Conversations on Weekends

At a Glance:

Grades:	10, 11, 12, 7, 8, 9
Subject:	World Languages
Topic:	Culture, Communication, Recreation, Expression, Hobbies
Lesson Length:	45 mins - 1 hour

Standards / Framework:

Students will use the target language to express interests outside of school.

Students should have language fluency to conduct basic or intermediate conversations.

Ask students:
- “What are some conversations you might have on the weekends?”
- “What are some of your favorite weekend activities?”
- “How could you talk about your favorite activity with someone who speaks a different language?”

As a class, have students share what activities they like to do on the weekends.
Have students brainstorm different conversations they might have during their activities.
Using the sample comic as a guide, have students use their target language to create a comic that portrays a short dialogue between students on the weekend, on a topic of their choice.

Have students share their comics with the class or in small groups.
Have students explain why they chose the conversation topic featured in their comic.
Discuss why it’s important to be able to create dialogue in a different language.
Emphasize that practicing conversations that might happen on the weekends can help practice for conversations in a different language that might happen anywhere.
Discuss the differences and similarities between conversations that might happen in school or out of school.

Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
If students are struggling to create an original script, they may start by writing in English and then translating it into the target language.
Allow students to use digital dictionaries/translators as appropriate for your class policy.