1. Objetivo: 1) To locate Spanish speaking countries on a map. 2)To ask where you are from and answer. Hagan Ahora: How do you say, and write, the United States in Spanish?

2. El apunte cultural Jaime Escalante Teacher Born in 1930 in Bolivia Changed the lives of latinos in poor neighborhoods in Los Angeles. Fought for better textbooks and inspired students to succeed The movie Stand and Deliver was made about him and how his students were able to pass a very difficult math test before college.

4. Los países hispanohablantes The United States - Los Estados Unidos Group Activity (3 people per group) Fill in as many countries as you can on the map of North, Central and South America in 5 minutes. Each student must complete their own map. Communicate with each other so everyone has the answers.

5. Where are you from? To ask, “Where are you from?”, say: ¿De dónde eres? To answer: Soy de los estados unidos. (I am from the United States.)

6. Where he/she is from? ¿De dónde es ____? - Where is ____ from? Example: ¿De dónde es Raquel? (Where is Raquel from?) Answer: Raquel es de Costa Rica. (Raquel is from Costa Rica.)

7. El fin – the end How do you ask: Where are your from? ¿De dónde eres? How do you answer: Soy de los estados unidos.