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ACTIVITIES
Quiz (By Yourself)
Answer the questions in the quiz below to see how well you can talk about Personality in Spanish!
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PRACTICE
WITH A FRIEND Guided Conversation
Carmen finds a magic lamp and asks uses her three wishes to change the personalities of different people. Read the dialogue below with a conversation partner.
Genio: Soy el Genio de la Lámpara y te otorgo tres deseos. Genie: I'm the Genie of the Lamp and I grant you three wishes. Carmen: Bueno. Con mi primer deseo, yo quiero ser más inteligente. Carmen: Okay. With my first wish, I want to be smarter. Genio: ¿Qué tan inteligente? Genie: How smart? Carmen: Quiero ser más inteligente que Einstein. Carmen: I want to be smarter than Einstein. Genio: *pfff* Ya se cumplió. Eres la persona más inteligente en el mundo. Genie: *poof* It is done. You are the smarter person in the world. Carmen: También quiero que mi jefe sea más simpático. Carmen: Also I want my boss to be nicer. Genio: *pfff* Ahora tu jefe es la persona más simpática del mundo. Genie: *poof* Now your boss is the nicest person in the world. Carmen: Y haz a mi novio más extrovertido. Carmen: And make my boyfriend more outgoing. Genio: ¿Por qué? Genie: Why? Carmen: Porque no le gusta salir a bailar. Carmen: Because he doesn't like going out to dance. Genio: *pfff* Tu novio ahora es el hombre más extrovertido del mundo. Genie: *poof* Your boyfriend is now the most outgoing man in the world. Carmen: También quiero que... Carmen: I also want... Genio: Espérate. Ya usaste los tres deseos. ¡Yo no soy tonto! Genie: Hold on. You already used your three wishes. I'm not dumb! DISCUSS TOGETHER
Answer the following questions in Spanish: 1. Who does Carmen use her three wishes on? (Which three people are affected by her wishes?) 2. What are Carmen's three wishes? 3. Why does Carmen want her boyfriend to be more outgoing? 4. Why does the genie think that Carmen takes him for a fool? 5. Do you think that Carmen used her three wishes wisely? 6. If you found a magic lamp, what would you wish for? Flexible Conversation
A new employee is disappointed with his new boss. and is complaining to another coworker in the breakroom. Act out the conversation below with a conversation partner or native speaker.
Lucía: Says, "Ud. es el nuevo empleado, ¿no?" (You're the new employee, right?) Pablo: Says, "Así es. Este trabajo es muy difícil." (That's right. This job is really hard.) Lucía: Says, "¿Difícil?" (Difficult?) Pablo: Says he can't stand the boss (aguantar el jefe); Pablo: Lists one of the personality traits of the boss that he doesn't like and gives an example why (Por ejemplo: Él es tonto. No sabe hacer el trabajo.) Lucía: Says he's not so bad; gives a good point about his personality with an example Pablo: Responds with, "Sí, puede ser," but then gives another bad quality with an example Lucía: Contradicts Pablo by giving another good trait and example for the boss Pablo: Asks why he's defending the boss so much Lucía: Says because the boss is right behind him (detrás de él) Free Response
1. Make complete sentences to tell who you know with the different personality traits learned in this lesson. (Por ejemplo, "El Papa es bueno." "Mis amigas Sofía y Claudia son extrovertidas.")
2. Do you think some of the personality traits in this lesson are inherently negative? Why? 3. How would you describe your own personality? 4. Give the different traits of your own personality traits, but say what you would like to change by becoming more of the opposite. (Por ejemplo, "Soy muy hablador pero me gustaría ser más callado a veces para saber las opiniones de los demás.") |