Cjelina 9: U zdravom tijelu zdrav duh
🧭 Cjelina 9: Pregled
SINJSKA ALKA (English, Alka of Sinj) — For more than three centuries, the town of Sinj has been home to the knightly game known as the Alka of Sinj, which is held according to strictly defined rules and with participants dressed in historical costumes and equipped with historical equipment and weapons. It is organized in memory of the glorious victory of the knights of Sinj over the Ottoman army in 1715.
🗂️ Topics13 lessons
Module 1: You Can Do It!
Možeš ti to!
Lesson 1: Sport and Recreation
Lesson 2: Daily Rhythm
Lesson 3: Health Care
Lesson 4: Appearance and Traits
Module 2: It’s Not All About the Money
Nije sve u novcu
Lesson 1: Wishes For the Future
Lesson 2: Curriculum Vitae
Lesson 3: Job Vacancy
Lesson 4: Conversation
Module 3: At the Doctor
Kod doktora
Module 4: Practice Makes Perfect
Ponavljanje je majka znanja
Lesson 1: Review
Lesson 2: Conversation (Test)
🎯 Goals19 outcomes
Sports, appearance, and personality
Talk about sports and free time activities, express your interest in sports, talk about physical descriptions, express opinions about personal traits, express more information about yourself and people close to you.
Health and wellbeing
Discuss fears and phobias, talk about different types of body aches, understand the concept of medical services in Croatia, research traditional Croatian beliefs in relation to home remedies, express concerns about your own health, make a dialogue in a doctor’s office, talk about ways to live a healthy life, ask specific information about a certain dish and how it is made, give instructions for preparing food.
Career and future plans
Talk about your plans for the future, talk about your dream job, understand the Croatian concept of writing a CV and understand the differences, talk about types of student jobs in your country and in Croatia, present your skills and qualifications.
⚙️ Grammar6 structures
| Structure | Details |
|---|---|
| Present tense | more about reflexive verbs / more about irregular verbs |
| Imperative mode | verbs ending in -ći / verbs ending in -ti |
| Instrumental case | used without the preposition s/sa |
| Irregular nouns | masculine nouns ending in a vowel (posao) / feminine nouns in a consonant (ljubav, budućnost, momčad) |
| Superlative forms | adjectives |
| Genitive case | used without a preposition / adjectives |
🧩 Vocabulary10 themes
Body and health
Sports, the human body, fears and phobias, the doctor’s office, healthy diet and food items.
Career, personal info, and commands
Types of jobs, curriculum vitae, dates and birthdays (DD/MM/YY), the Zodiac and Horoscope signs, how to give commands.
🔖 Outline4 modules
At/by the end of the unit, what do you want the students to be able to do with the language?
Final assessment (Scenario):
Your instructor will play the role of a local friend. The topic of discussion will be about you, your closest friends, and family members. You might be asked to reflect on your life, past experiences, what to do after graduation, and your ideas for the future. You might be asked to talk about your closest friend, for example. The goal would be to present that person as best as you can. This will include: physical description, personality traits (compare it with the generally associated characteristics of their horoscope sign), fears, goals for the future, lifestyle, etc. You might be asked to compare your lifestyle with someone else’s. You are expected to learn more about your local friend – ask intelligent questions of your instructor. You might also be asked to give advice on how to improve a lifestyle. Think of home remedies and whether you would implement them in your life.
Break the goal down into smaller learning targets.
Module 1
I can talk about sports, interests, activities, and my free time. I can talk about someone’s physical appearance, general information, and traits that best describe a person.
Module 2
I can talk about my plans for the future, my ideal job, and can understand the basics of a job application.
Module 3
I can talk about my fears and phobias, and I can express my aches and health issues at the doctor’s office. I can talk about my eating habits, a healthy lifestyle, and can give suggestions on how to improve healthy living.
Module 4
Performance-based final unit assessment.
For each learning target (Modules 1-3), determine a concrete task that will demonstrate that the students have reached it.
Module 1
In a dialogue, talk about yourself. What are your daily and weekly routines? It’s a conversation with a friend about physical activities and life routines. You will need to compare your lifestyles and discuss possible improvements for both of you.
Module 2
Talk about your dream job. What qualities do you have for the job, what are you working on to improve yourself, your qualifications and your personality traits. Create your Europass CV on their online platform.
Module 3
Talk about your general fears. What do you do when you get sick? Perform a dialogue at the doctor’s office. Do you use any home remedies and would you use any from Croatia that people make/use? Give suggestions on what to do to get better soon.
Media Attributions
- Alka © TAKO LAKO is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license
