1. Las Verduras
En el mercado

2. Student Learning Outcome(s):
At the end of this lesson, I can:
YO PUEDO…
Select the appropriate vocabulary to identify vegetables in a Mexican Market Place.
Select the appropriate structures to maintain a conversation in a Mexican Market Place.
Select the appropriate formula to determine exchange rates in order to decide if an item is cheap or expensive.

3. Student Learning Agenda
At the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
Identify vegetables at a Market Place
Maintain a conversation using formulaic
language between a client and salesperson
at a Market Place
Demonstrate understanding of
noun/adjective agreement and present tense
conjugations
Convert pesos into US Dollars

4. HAZLO AHORA DO IT NOW Knowledge you should bring to class:
Students should come to class with the
ability to do long division without a
calculator. Demonstrate your ability to do
this by solving these problems:
144/12 = 350/12= 565/12=
Pre-Assessment of Today’s Lesson:
Imagine you are a salesperson at a Mexican
Market Place. What are you selling? How much does it
cost? Can you create a short conversation that you would
have with a client.

5. VAMOS A REPASAR EL VOCABULARIO

6. ¿Cuál verdura te gusta comer?

7. Vamos a aprender el vocabulario importante para mantener una conversación en el mercado

8. Las Personas en el Mercado
Yo soy el/la cliente.
Yo soy el
vendedero.
*If I was a girl, I would be – la vendedera.

9. ¿Cuál verdura quiere comprar Ud. Which vegetable do you want to buy
¿Cuál verdura quiere comprar Ud.? Which vegetable do you want to buy? *Remember, I must be respectful to my cliente and ask questions using the Usted form.
- Yo quiero comprar…

10. Con un/una compañero(a)…
With a partner take turns being the
vendedero and the cliente. Find out what
verduras the cliente wants to buy.
Cliente 1
Cliente 2

11. ¿ Cuánto cuesta? How much does…cost?
¿Cuánto cuesta el maíz? ¿Cuánta cuesta la lechuga? ¿Cuántos cuestan los pepinos? ¿Cuántas cuestan las papas?
*Remember that similar to an adjective, cuánto needs to agree (in number and in gender) with the noun that it is describing.
*Another item to remember – COSTAR is an irregular verb. It has a stem-change. The O changes to UE in all forms but nosotros and vosotros. It is important that verbs are congjugated to match the subject. In this case, the subject is the vegetable. Use the “él/ella” form for singular nouns and the “ellos/ellas” form for plural nouns.

12. CUESTA / CUESTAN …COSTS
-El maíz cuesta treinta y seis
pesos.
-La lechuga cuesta veinte y cuatro
-Los pepinos cuestan trescientos
-Las papas cuestan doscientos
cuarenta y uno pesos.

13. EXCHANGE RATE 12 pesos mexicanos = $1.00
¡Ay, que caro(a/os/as)!
How expensive!
¡Ay, que barato(a/os/as)!
How cheap!

14. Con un/una compañero(a)…
With a partner take turns
being the vendedero
and the cliente. Find out
how much each (cada)
verdura costs. Finally,
using the exchange rate,
decide if each verdura is
expensive or cheap.
Verdura
Cuesta(n)
Cliente 1
144 pesos
Cliente 2
75 pesos

15. VAMOS A PRACTICAR

16. Actividad # 1 In a Mercado Mexicano Use the given rubric to assess the
Using your highest level of proficiency, try
maintaining a conversation between a client and a
salesperson in a Mexican Market Place. What
vegetables does the client want, how much do they
cost, and what are the clients thoughts about the
price?
Use the given rubric to assess the
conversation that you and your partner have.

17. Actividad Final La Tarea
Turn and Talk
Can your partner…
Identify 5 vegetables?
Figure out how much 200
pesos is in US dollars?
Tell that something is
cheap?
Ask a question being either the customer or salesperson in a Mexican Market Place?
Study your vegetable vocabulary
Complete the Worksheet – En el mercado