IPA: Historias de Mi Comunidad
IPA: Stories of My Community
The Grade 7 capstone: research a real story from your own community — a person, place, or tradition — interview a source, and present it as narrated past-tense storytelling.
Unit objectives
- Research one community story with a primary source
- Conduct and record a real interview
- Craft the story with narrative structure
- Present it live, in past tense, with visuals
Can-Do targets
- I can research a true local story in Spanish.
- I can interview a source and use their words.
- I can present a compelling true story to an audience.
Vocabulary scope
Integrates all Grade 7 units; research language: la fuente, el testimonio, según, citar, la investigación
How this unit builds
Preterite narration + interviewing + civic awareness converge in the year’s defining performance — direct rehearsal for Grade 8’s exit portfolio.
What this unit will contain
Lessons are produced in the same fully interactive format as Kindergarten — flashcards with audio, games, listening tasks, and take-home activities — and will unlock here as they are finished.
La historia elegida — choosing
La entrevista — the source
La narrativa — story crafting
El ensayo — rehearsal
La presentación — story night
Every community holds stories
The unit’s thesis: your town has stories worth telling in any language — the family behind the taquería, the mural’s history, the coach who stayed. Students prove it.