This fun, creative music video by Chilean singer-songwriter Francisca Valenzuela, who has been dubbed «la princesa del rock chileno,» is sure to be a hit with your students! Here you will find a free PDF worksheet with which your students can get creative as well! I would recommend this activity for beginner and intermediate-beginner levels. It could be used at the beginning of the semester, which from my experience usually features a unit on the verb ser and descriptions. The activity begins with simply watching the video. I show it twice (or three times if requested) to give the students time to both enjoy the video and follow along with the lyrics, which are provided on the worksheet. As you can see, the lyrics have plenty of cognates, and I´ve provided translations of some other words verse by verse. After discussing the video and lyrics, the students fill out the bottom part of the worksheet in which they rewrite the first verse to describe their own personality. Special attention is drawn to agreement between possessive adjectives and the nouns they describe.
One thing to mention in the class discussion is that the singer´s description of herself is quite candid and includes some negative traits. She states that she feels she needs to change, while in the end we hear that the recipient of the song does not think she needs to change at all. Here we find the message of the song, that it is dedicated to someone who loves the singer for just who she is, the good and the bad. Students may want to take this angle to writing their own verses, but it´s just one option. Any sort of description will be fine!
As always, feel free to leave a comment with any suggestions. I love getting comments! Also, if you try this activity in your class I´d love to know how it goes!
Note: Currently on the video there is a pop-up annotation that takes you to another music video for the song «Buen Soldado.» Just a heads up, that video is not school-appropriate!
Here’s a gallery of some examples of my students’ work. We did this activity on the second day of class, so while checking them I got to know a little bit of each student’s personality. The students participated really well, and we got the semester off to a great start!
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Thanks so much. We start back into classes next week and I look forward to using this with my Level 2 eight graders. Just a heads-up that your pdf has a typo. In the second box on the right, you put: quejas – clumsiness instead of torpeza – clumsiness.
Thanks for catching that typo, Gretchen! I just fixed it and uploaded the new version. Good luck with starting back to classes next week! I start back next week too. I hope your students like this activity! ¡Gracias por comentar y feliz 2013!
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Thanks so much. We start back into classes next week and I look forward to using this with my Level 2 eight graders. Just a heads-up that your pdf has a typo. In the second box on the right, you put: quejas – clumsiness instead of torpeza – clumsiness.
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Thanks for catching that typo, Gretchen! I just fixed it and uploaded the new version. Good luck with starting back to classes next week! I start back next week too. I hope your students like this activity! ¡Gracias por comentar y feliz 2013!
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