Lesson Plan 2014-2015
Class rules
1. Only speak when others don't have the floor.
2. Keep your hands, feet, and negative comments to yourself.
3. Food and drinks outside the class. Water? Yes.
4. Follow teacher instructions.
Class procedures
Materials needed
1. Laptop (a must)
2. Pen, pencil, colors sharpener, eraser, and ruler.
3. School agenda
4. Notebook
Class rules
1. Only speak when others don't have the floor.
2. Keep your hands, feet, and negative comments to yourself.
3. Food and drinks outside the class. Water? Yes.
4. Follow teacher instructions.
Class procedures
- Walk in, sit down, get out materials. You may chat softly until teacher speak
- Focus and engage on class activities.
- Copy necessary information on your agenda.
- When the teacher dismisses the class, leave your desk area clean and neat, push in you chairs, and walk to your other class.
Materials needed
1. Laptop (a must)
2. Pen, pencil, colors sharpener, eraser, and ruler.
3. School agenda
4. Notebook
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Basic Greetings in Spanish: Greeting Others and Introducing Yourself Basic Greetings in Spanish Ser Ser and estar Ser and estar2
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Songs: 1 2 Unit # 1 The individual unit 1 topic # 1: Self and others Objectives students will be able to: 1. greet each other 2. talk about personal information (name, nationality, age, birthday, languages they speak, etc.) 3. talk about physical and character traits. 4. talk about family relationships and friends. 5. describe their daily routine and time. unit 2 Topic # 2: The home Objectives students will be able to: 1. talk about and describe their homes. 2. talk about life at home and household tasks. 3. talk about invitations and celebrations. Unit # 2 Town and services topic # 1: ShoppingObjectives students will be able to: 1. talk about types of shops. 2. talk about goods and products. 3. talk about purchases and payments. 4. talk about customer service. topic # 2: Public services and communication Objectives students will be able to: 1. talk about public transportation. 2. talk about banks, post office, etc. 3. talk about the telephone, police, fire department, etc. 4. e-mail, fax, and the Internet. Unit4 Education and work Topic#1 School and daily routines Objectives students will be able to: 1. talk about the different types of schools. 2. talk about their subjects, schedules, and dates. 3. describe the facilities in their schools. 4. talk about after school activities and clubs. topic # 2: Future plans Objectives students will be able to: 1. talk about careers and professions. 2. talk about part time jobs and work experience. 3. future ambitions Unit#5 Daily routine Topic Our lifestyle Unit#6 Leisure Tpoic:Free time activities hobbies, sports etc Unit # 7 Food and drink unit7 topic # 1: Shopping Objectives students will be able to: 1. talk about food stores. 2. talk about food names. 3. talk about grocery shopping. 4. talk about quantity and weight. Unit 7 topic # 2: Eating out Objectives students will be able to: 1. talk about types of restaurants. 2. talk about meals in a restaurant. 3. talk about reservations, menus, and ordering food. Unit 7 topic # 3: Food Objectives students will be able to: 1. talk about meals, and meal times. 2. talk about recipes. 3. talk about diets and preferences. 4. special dishes. Unit# 8 Topic Vacaciones Topic 1:Our lifestyle Unit# 9 Topic Health Topic 1:A healthy lifestyle Unit # 1: The Individual
Topic # 1: Self and Others Students will learn about family relationships and friends
Outline of Activities:
Unit # 1: The Individual Topic # 1: Self and Others Students will learn about daily routines and telling time Outline of Activities:
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Unit # 1: The Individual
Topic # 1: Self and others Students will learn about greetings and introductions
Outline of Activities
Unit # 1: The Individual Topic # 1: Self and Others Students will learn about physical and Character Traits.
Outline of Activities PP # 1: slide 1, review objectives
Topic # 2: The home students will be able to talk about and describe their homes, talk about how other people live, talk about life at home and household tasks, and talk about invitations and celebrations. Power Point # 1: En mi casa
en_mi_casa.pptx Download File Power Point # 2: La vida en la casa y los deberes que tu haces para ayudar. la_vida_en_tu_casa.pptx Download File Visual Prompt # 1: Helping at home with chores Visual Prompt # 1: Mi casa Visual Prompt # 2: Mi casa |
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Unit # 2: My hometown
Topic # 1: Places in my hometown
Students will be able to talk about the different places they are going in their hometown, and ask others about the different places they are going in their hometown.
Lesson Outline:
Topic # 1: Places in my hometown
Students will be able to talk about the different places they are going in their hometown, and ask others about the different places they are going in their hometown.
Topic # 1: Places in my hometown
Students will be able to talk about the different places they are going in their hometown, and ask others about the different places they are going in their hometown.
Lesson Outline:
- Word document # 3 (SER/ESTAR) in Review Topic #1 above.
- PP # 1: En mi casa. Go to slides 2 - 18 and review vocabulary and expressions related to where you live (location) and the type of dwelling you have.Class ended. Agreed on having a vocabulary/ grammar evaluation
- PP # 1: En mi casa. Students work in pair and review slides 2 - 18.
- PP # 1: En mi casa. Go to slides 19 - 26. Here you will be able to use a map to identify the different locations where people live.
- PP # 1: En mi casa. Practice with a partner slide 27. Ask your partner where each person lives. Partner answers in complete sentences.
- Today is your grammar/vocabulary assessment. Good luck.
- Give back test and review answers. Go over any questions.
- PP#1: En mi casa. Slides 29- 42. Here we are going to learn about the different living spaces in our homes.
- PP # 1: En mi casa. Practice with a partner slides 29-42 Ask your partner what are the different living spaces. Partner answers in complete sentences.
- PP # 1: En mi casa. slide 43. Here we are going to learn how to ask on what floor and apartment number someone lives in.
- PP # 1: En mi casa. Practice with a partner slide 43. Ask your partner where each person lives. Partner answers in complete sentences.
- PP#1: En mi casa. Slide 45. Here we are reviewing the verb TENER. Use this slide as a reference.
- PP # 1: En mi casa. Slide 46. Here we are going to review a sample paragraph where a boy talks about where he lives and describes his apartment.
- PP # 1: En mi casa. Slide 47. This slide gives you instructions about a paragraph you need to write. Read the instructions and ask any questions.
- PP # 1: En mi casa. slides 50-60. Here we are going to learn about the different types of furniture and accessories in our bedroom.
- PP # 1: En mi casa. Slides 50-60. Practice with a partner slides 50-60. Ask your partner what is in his/her bedroom. Partners answer in complete sentences.
- PP#1: En mi casa. Slides 62-68. Here we are going to learn how to say where objects are located in relation to other objects.
- PP# 1: En mi casa. Slide 69. Practice with a partner and ask each other where the different items are located.
- Power Point # 1: En mi casa. (Slides 72 - 80) In these slides we will take a look at our morning routine.
- Power Point # 1: En mi casa. (Slides 72 - 80) Practice with your partner your morning routine.
- Power Point # 1: En mi casa (Slides 81 - 83) In these slides we will review thereflexive pronouns used to talk about your morning routine.
- Power Point # 1: En mi casa (Slide 84) In this slide we will review how to talk about our morning routine in the correct order that we do things. Now practice with your partner slide 84.
- Power Point # 1: En mi casa. (Slide 85) Here we will review some activities related to our afternoon routine and we will mention them in the correct order that they occur. Practice with your partner slide 85.
- Morning Routine Paragraph: Write a paragraph about your morning routine during school days. Make sure you useReflexive Pronouns.
- Afternoon Routine Paragraph: Write a paragraph about your afternoon routine during school days.
- Continue working and editing your paragraphs about your morning and afternoon routines.
- Interview your partner about their morning routine, afternoon routine,apartment(include country, city, location in relation to the school, building or house, number of floors in the building, apartment number, three adjectives that describe your apartment, and the different living spaces in your apartment) andbedroom (include the location of things in the bedroom. Use at least 6 different prepositions of location).
- Home Project: In this home project you will have the option of choosing how you want to present your project (skit, video, power point, Poster, etc.) and whether you want to do it individually or in a group. Whether you work in a group or alone, every student will be required to show something tangible of what he/she did, and each student will need to explain his/her project in Spanish to the class.Requirements: Whatever you decide to do, you need to have the following content: 1) City and country where you live (location with respect to the school) 2) Whether you live in a house or apartment 3) Describe your apartment or house (big, small, beautiful, number of floors, etc.) 4)Describe all the different living spaces in your home 5) Describe your room, its furniture, and the location of things using the prepositions of location (behind, in front of, next to, etc.)
- Assessments: You also need to start preparing for two assessments. Assessment # 1: Oral assessment about your morning and afternoon routine. I will ask you what is your routine in the morning and the afternoon and you will just tell me what is it exactly that you do in the morning and afternoon. Assessment # 2: Written assessment about your apartment and room. In this assessment you will have to describe in paragraph form your apartment and your room.
- These days you will take the opportunity to work on the planning and the basic structure of your project with your partner.
Topic # 1: Places in my hometown
Students will be able to talk about the different places they are going in their hometown, and ask others about the different places they are going in their hometown.
Power Point # 1: My hometown
my_hometown.pptxDownload File
Power Point # 2: Describing where you live. describe_donde_vives.pptDownload File
Lesson Outline:
my_hometown.pptxDownload File
Power Point # 2: Describing where you live. describe_donde_vives.pptDownload File
Lesson Outline:
- Power Point # 1: My hometown (Slides 1 - 25) Here we are going to learn about the different places we go to in our town or city.
- Power Point # 1: My hometown (Slides 20 - 25) Finish learning about the places we go to in our town or city. Now, go back and review with your partner slides (1 - 25)
- Power Point # 1: My hometown (Slides 27 - 32) Here we are going to learn how to give directions and how to follow directions using a map grid.
- Power Point # 1: My hometown (Slides 1 - 25) Review with a partner.
- Power Point # 1: My hometown Today we are going to continue listening to directions and plotting the route on a grid.
- Assessment dates For the paragraph about your apartment, you need to tell me the following: General location of your apartment (city, coast, town, outskirts, etc.), location of your apartement with respect to the school (North, South, East or West, etc.) describe your building and the number of floors it has, say what floor your apartment is at and your apartment number, list each of the living spaces in your apartment, and finally write a closing sentence about what you think of your apartment. For the paragraph about your room you need to tell me the following: one introduction sentence about your general opinion about your room, a list of the furniture and things that are in your room. When you write about the furniture ant the things in your room, you need to mention their location by using the following preposition of location (al lado de, en frente de, a la izquierda de, a la derecha de, detras de, sobre, encima de, debajo de, and entre). You need to use all of the above 9 prepositions. Finally, you need to write a closing sentence on your opinion about your room.
- Power Point # 1: My hometown (Slides 37 - 43) Today we will continue to review listening to directions
- Today the we will start with the presentations about your home.
- Today we will begin our oral assessment on your daily routines in the morning and the afternoon.
- Today is your written assessment about your Apartment and Bedroom.
- Touch base with William about his presentation (Home project).
- Listening to and giving directions Today we will continue practicing listening to directions, and you will start practicing giving directions. You will practice with a partner. First, you will trace 9 different routes on your maps to get to different places. Then you will give the directions to a partner. As you give the directions, your partner, he/she will trace the route on their own map.
- Today will present ur project about the home.
- Listening to and giving directions Today we will practice for about 15 minutes listening to directions and giving directions to your classmates.
- Power Point # 2: Describing where you live. This Power Point shows two examples of how to describe where you live. Let's review these examples together. After we are done, you are going to do the following: 1) Draw a small map grid of where you live. This map should show some of the different buildings, streets, shops, restaurants, supermarkets, and other places that are around your neighborhood. Once you are done drawing your map to the best of your ability, colore it neatly. 2) Once you are done coloring your map, write a descriptive paragraph below it. In this paragraph you should describe the different places in your map and where they are located in relation to other places. Also, don't forget to mention where your house is. Make sure you use the following expressions in your paragraph: lejos de, cerca de, entre, al lado de, enfrente de, and detrás de. Lastly, talk about a place you can walk to because it's near and a place you need to go by car because it's far. This needs to be done in your notebook, not the computer.
- We will continue working on the map grid project.
- Today your map grids should be finished along with the written component.
- I will be going over your map grids and written component with you individually. While I am working with other students, you should be practicing with your partner and talk about your map grid without reading. This will be your first oral evaluation for semester two. So, let's start preparing now. Let's decide on the date for this oral test together.
- Today I was going to be pulling you out individually so you would talk to me about your map without reading your written component, and I was going to ask you questions related to your map. However, since I am not with you today, please do the following. You will talk to your partner about your map grid. It is not a reading exercise. So, don't read. You need to know the information so you may speak about your map confidently and fluently (in Spanish). After talking about your map to your partner, he/she will ask you three questions in Spanish, and you need to answer these questions in complete sentences. Once done, your partner will tell you about his/her map grid, and then you ask three questions. Repeat this cycle twice (Each person talks about his/her map and answer questions twice). When you are done, each one ofyou needs to send me an e-mail about you partners performance. This e-mail needs to include the following 4 things. 1) Content: how detail was your partners explanation of his/her map. Where they able to say everything about his/her map? 2) Fluency: how quickly or slow did your partner speak 3) Pronunciation: How well were the words pronounced 4) Questions: How quickly and accurately did your partner answer your 3 questions?
Unit # 2 Education and work
topic # 1: School
Objectives: students will be able to talk about the different types of schools, talk about their subjects, schedules, and dates, describe the facilities in their schools, and talk about after school activities and clubs.
topic # 1: School
Objectives: students will be able to talk about the different types of schools, talk about their subjects, schedules, and dates, describe the facilities in their schools, and talk about after school activities and clubs.
Power Point # 1: My Schoolmi_escuela.pptDownload File
Word Document # 2: School project school_marketing_project.docxDownload File
Outline of Activities:
Word Document # 2: School project school_marketing_project.docxDownload File
Outline of Activities:
- General discussion about your opinion of your school
- Today we will start our unit on school. We will take a look at Power Point # 1: My School.
- Today we will continue with the task on slide # 25 on Power Point # 1: My school.
- Today we will clarify any doubts you have about the skit on slide # 26. Then we will practice the skit in partners, and later we will answer some questions about the skit.
- Today you need to do the following: 1) Do the task on slide 35. Here you need to write a paragraph about 6 different classes you like and don't like. You need to write a paragraph about these classes using 6 different adjectives. Make sure your paragraph has an introduction, body and conclusion. Also, don't forget to use transition words. Also, on slide 36, there are the verbs Pensar and Preferir. Please use these two verbs appropriately in your paragraph. 2) Review for your oral assessment about the traditional celebration in your country.
- Today we will have our oral assessment about the traditional celebration of your home country. Once you finish testing, please continue working on the paragraph you were working on yesterday (slide # 35 on the Power Point.
- Once you finish the paragraph assigned in slide 35 you need to have me revise it. Once your paragraph is done, go over slide # 37 and do the task on slide # 38. Once your are done with the task on slide # 38, let me revise it.
- Today we will continue with ourPower Point: My School on slide # 39 (Telling time).
- Today we will touch base on the vocabulary and expressions you need to be able to understand and use so far about the topic of your school. After answering questions about vocabulary and expressions, you need to work with a partner and go through the process of asking and answering the 16 questions on the word document to your right.
- Today we will continue withPower Point # 1: My School. We will go over slides 65 - 84. These slides are about different facilities within a school. Once we are done reviewing the facilities practice with your partner by asking and saying what facilities schools have (use the Power Point).
- Paragraph: Write a paragraph about one of the facilities in your school. Talk about the name of the facility, where it is located, what it is used for, what things it should have, and what is your opinion about the facility. Remember that your paragraph should have: 1) introduction sentence 2) body 3) closing sentence 4) transition words.
- Paragraph: Write a paragraph about the subject you like the least in your school.a) Talk about why you don't like the subject (mention at least 2 reasons), b) what the teacher can do to make the subject more appealing to you, c) What can you do to make the subject more interesting d) your opinion about how useful the subject is in your present or future life, e) what subject would you rather take and why. Remember that your paragraph should have: 1) an introduction sentence 2) body 3) a closing sentence 4) transition words.
- Paragraph: Write a paragraph about what public or private institution, organization, or business should our school have connections in order for BIFS improve the quality of its curriculum. a) Describe the institution with respect to what it does. b) Describe what type of working relationship should the school have with the institution you chose. c) How will the school benefit from having this working relationship with the institution? d) How will the institution benefit by having relationships with different schools? e) What do you think happens when a school has little or no connections with private or public organizations outside of school? Remember that your paragraph should have: 1) an introduction sentence 2) body 3) a closing sentence 4) transition words.
- Student to student interview You need to pair up with one student and ask 4 questions about school facilities, 4 questions about a subject they don't like, and 4 questions about school relations with an outside public or private organization. Please write your questions first and make them interesting and a bit challenging. Write the questions in a word document and let me check them before you send them to your partner. Once you receive the questions you are going to answer, answer them in the same Word document and then e-mail them to me. Make sure that the Word indicates who wrote the questions and who is answering the questions.
- This week you will be working on your project related to: Marketing your school. Please take a look at the instructions in Word Document # 2: School Project to the left of the screen. Remember that the project needs to be written in Spanish and delivered verbally in Spanish.
Word Document # 1: Dia de los Reyes Magos
dia_de_los_reyes_magos.docxDownload File
Video de YouTube: Dia de los Reyes Magos
Word document # 2: Día de los Reyes Magos (Respuestas)
dia_de_los_reyes_magos_respuestas.docxDownload File
Word document # 3: Celebración de la Independencia de México
celebracion_de_la_independencia_de_mexico_.docxDownload File
Video: Celebración de la Independencia de México. (Here you will see several presidents do the reenactment of "El grito de Dolores". You may start your video at 4:10)
Word document # 4: El Día de los Muertos en México.
el_dia_de_los_muertos_en_mexico.docxDownload File
Video: El Día de los Muertos en México.
Word document # 5: La Semana Santa en Mexico
la_semana_santa_en_mexico.docxDownload File
Video: La Semana Santa en Mexico (La Procesión del Silencio)
Word document # 6: La Guelaguetza en Oxaca Mexico
la_guelaguetza_.docxDownload File
Outline of Activities:
dia_de_los_reyes_magos.docxDownload File
Video de YouTube: Dia de los Reyes Magos
Word document # 2: Día de los Reyes Magos (Respuestas)
dia_de_los_reyes_magos_respuestas.docxDownload File
Word document # 3: Celebración de la Independencia de México
celebracion_de_la_independencia_de_mexico_.docxDownload File
Video: Celebración de la Independencia de México. (Here you will see several presidents do the reenactment of "El grito de Dolores". You may start your video at 4:10)
Word document # 4: El Día de los Muertos en México.
el_dia_de_los_muertos_en_mexico.docxDownload File
Video: El Día de los Muertos en México.
Word document # 5: La Semana Santa en Mexico
la_semana_santa_en_mexico.docxDownload File
Video: La Semana Santa en Mexico (La Procesión del Silencio)
Word document # 6: La Guelaguetza en Oxaca Mexico
la_guelaguetza_.docxDownload File
Outline of Activities:
- lunes 3 de febrero Today is the last day we will work on the apartment/house floor plan visual prompt. It will be your responsibility to finish your writing at home. We will set a date for our first oral assessment for the second semester.
- martes 4 de febrero Word Document # 1: Today we are going to read about the Three Magic Kings in the Word document to the left. This is a celebration that happens in Spain. Please read the text, look up vocabulary, consult with your classmates, and consult with your teacher. After you feel confident about the meaning of the text, answer the questions found in the document. But first, let's take a look at the video to the left.
- lunes 10 de febrero Today is the last day to work on analyzing Word Document # 1. You are responsible for answering the questions about the Día de los Reyes outside of class. Today we will come up with a due date to check these questions together in class.
- miercoles 12 de febrero Today we will start our oral evaluation about the apartment floor plan.
- jueves 13 de febrero Today I will be absent. Your task is to continue answering the questions inWord document # 1: Día de los Reyes Magos. Once you are done, your next task is to write a paragraph about a traditional celebration in your country. Remember, birthdays are not traditional celebrations of a country. As usual, your paragraph needs a title, an introduction sentence, a body, a closing sentence, and transition words. Also, your paragraph should address the following: 1) what is celebrated 2) when it is celebrated 3) why it is celebrated 4) what happensin the celebration (Describe what goes on.) 5) what is your opinion about this celebration. Please write this in your notebook and double space the lines. When your are done writing, send me a YouTube link that shows a short (6 minutes or less) video about your country's traditional celebration. The video may be in English, Spanish, or your own language.
- lunes 17 de febrero Today I am going to be absent. Your task is to continue working on the paragraph about a traditional celebration in your country. This task will prepare you for your next assessment. In your next assessment, you will show your YouTube video to the class, and you will speak (in Spanish) to the class about the traditional celebration in your country. Thus, once your are done writing your paragraph, start practicing for your class presentation.
- martes 18, miércoles 19 y jueves 20 de febrero Today we will check the answers to the questions about the three wise men (See Word document # 2). Also, today and in the next two days you should continue writing about the traditional celebration in your country and preparing for your oral evaluation. I am ill today. So, please check the answers to the questions about the three wise men in Word document # 2 to your left. Then continue working on your paragraph about a traditional celebration in your country.
- miércoles 19 de febrero Today I will touch base with each one of you to see how you are coming along with your traditional country celebration paragraph.
- jueves 20 de febrero Today we will be practicing our verbal skills by asking each other different questions about the typical celebration in our own individual countries.
- lunes 24 de febrero Today you will be in charge of investigating a specific typical celebration from Mexico. There is a text you need to read and a YouTube video you need to watch. In other words, you need to become knowledgeable enough about the typical celebration you have been assigned to inform the whole class about it. Thus, you are the expert in that particular Mexican celebration. You will be divided into 4 groups of 2. Each group will be assigned a number between 1 - 4. Below are your assigned celebrations: Group # 1: Word document # 3 and its video Group # 2: Word document # 4 and its video Group # 3: Word document # 5 and its video Group # 4: Word document # 6 and its video. Today you need to read the text and watch the video. Then you need to work with your group and discuss what the celebration is about and decide who is going to explain what to the whole class. Before each group does their presentation about the typical celebration in Mexico, the whole class will get a chance to view the YouTube video. Additional requirements: Each group needs to use at least 4 pictures, in aPower Point, to explain the typical celebration to the class. After each group presents, the other groups are required to ask one question to the presenters, and the presenters need to make their best effort to answer. The teacher will also ask each group one question about the typical Mexican celebration. Important: Your time islimited. You will work on this today and tomorrow and present to the class on Wednesday February 26. You need to manage your time wisely.