April 29, 2013
Objective: Students will be able to use reflexive verbs to describe their daily routine.
Monday: Reading from page 82 of text; answer the questions from that section
Tuesday: Reading from page 83; answer the questions over the reading on activity 14
Wednesday: Speaking practice Activity 15 page 83; Juego Activity 16 page 84
Thursday: Activity 19, 20 & 21 pages 86 and 87
Friday: Quiz on Reflexive Verbs
Materials: Book, Paper/Pencil/Phone/Vocab List
Evaluation: Quiz/Speaking practice
TEKS: b01.A.01, 01.A.02, 03; 01.A.04,05
April 15, 2013
Objective: Students will communicate in the target language about their daily routines.
Monday: Read and discuss pages 75 & 75 and complete 2 listening activities
Tuesday: Read and discuss pages 76 & 77, Complete exercise 3 page 77
Wednesday: Read and discuss pages 78 & 79; Participate in verbal question and answer practice with activities on those pages
Thursday: Discuss pages 81 & 82; Participate in verbal question and answer practice with activities from those pages
Friday: Reflexive verbs quiz
Evaluation: Various verbal activities as skills check; Exercise 3 page 77; Reflexive Verb quiz
TEKS:b01.A.01, 01.A.02, 03; 01.A.04,05
February 25, 2013
Objective: Students will be able to form sentences in the target language in conditional and future tenses. Students will continue to narrate stories in the target language adding these two tenses to their skill sets.
Materials: Notes and Worksheet Packets
Evaluation: Class discussion, Quiz
Monday & Tuesday: Conditional Tense Packet
Wednesday & Thursday: Future Tense Packet
Friday: Quiz on Conditional and Future Tense
TEKS:b01.A.01, 01.A.02, 03; 01.A.04,05
February 11, 2013
Goal: Students will go back to review some verb tenses that were used incorrectly last week. By the end of the week, students should have cleaned up those errors in order to incorporate those skills into their writing and speaking in the target language. The overall goal is to gain confidence with the new vocabulary and old verb structures to improve their speaking skills.
Objective: Students will use the target language efficiently to effectively narrate a story incorporating various vocabulary about clothing, fashion and shopping.
| TEKS: |
TEKS:b01.A.01, 01.A.02, 03; 01.A.04,05 |
| Materials: |
Notes, Phones, iPads Apps: Evernote, ShowMe, Hootsuite, PearlTrees |
| Evaluation: |
Sentences 4-4/4-5; Vocab Test 4-4 & 4-5 on Friday (2/15) Project using ShowMe App |
Instructional Strategies:
| Monday: |
Review Vocab 4-4 & 4-5 Flashcards via Quizlet; Class discussion to review the four verb tenses we have already covered in class; Vocab 4-4 & 4-5 sentences: Students will write 15 sentences choosing words from their 4-4 & 4-5 vocab lists using the 4 verb tenses we reviewed in class today including Present, Present Progressive, Tener Que and Immediate Future. 12 of the sentences will be in these tenses. Sentences 13-15 will be with the verb Costar, which we are discussing this week. |
| Tuesday: |
Students will review flashcards using quizlet. Access to the flashcards is through the Hootsuite app, which is connected to students’ Twitter accounts; Warm-Up 4-5–8 sentences dealing with current vocab words a class opener–access to Warm-Up is via Hootsuite app connected to their Twitter accounts; Discuss Warm-Up 4-5; Move to introduction of ShowMe project using the 4 verb tenses. Students will receive the requirements of the project via their Evernote app accounts. Individual conference with students about their sentences from the previous day. |
| Wednesday: |
Review 4-4 & 4-5 vocab words via Quizlet; Answer questions about the ShowMe project; Brainstorm on ways to use cellphones as effective study tools in class. Student input on PearlTree presentation. |
| Thursday: |
Review 4-4 & 4-5 flashcards on Quizlet. Warm-Up 4-6 (access from Hootsuite/Twitter); Discuss Warm-Up 4-6; Submit ShowMe projects; Vocab Review Game |
| Friday: |
Vocab 4-4 & 4-5 Vocab Test: The test will include identifying 10 vocab words in English and 10 in Spanish, and using various words from the list in sentences. |
NOTE: These lesson plans are a guide for the week and are subject to change. Changes will be made based on the needs of each class and on the quality of the content students produce each day.
January 27, 2013
Objective: Students will use vocabulary to give an accurate description of people, places and things. Students will also use past and current vocabulary to narrate a story based on a character of their choice in the target language.
Monday: Review Vocab 4-3 via Quizlet Flashcards; Answer Twitter Prompt; Students will practice their description skills by choose a photo to describe in Spanish.
Tuesday: Review Vocab 4-3 Quizlet Flashcards; Answer Twitter Prompt; Students will record a story introduction including a description of the main characters. Listen to the recordings and pick up things that need to be corrected.
Wednesday: Review Vocab 4-1, Vocab 4-2 & Vocab 4-3 Quizlet Flashcards; Answer Twitter Prompt; Record a second story intro including the description of the main characters. Listen to recording and polish delivery for fluidity.
Thursday: Verbal Test 4-2–Record story based on a random character; Students will be graded for content, accuracy, pronunciation and fluidity.
Friday: Blog Posts about the activities for the week embedding student work
TEKS:b01.A.01, 01.A.02, 03; 01.A.04,05
January 21, 2013
Objective: Students will improve their listening comprehension skills along with their reading and writing skills in the target language.
Monday: School Holiday
Tuesday: Review Vocab 4-2 via flashcards; Complete Twitter prompt; Finish recording partner conversations
Wednesday: Review Vocab 4-2 via flashcards; Complete Twitter prompt; Begin description prompts–describe a photo in Spanish using Vocab 4-1, 4-2 & 4-3 using Audioboo or Fotobabble apps and the ShowMe app
Thursday: Review Vocab 4-2 via flashcards; Continue description prompts
Friday: Vocab 4-2 Quiz; Blog posts embedding work from this week
TEKS:b01.A.01, 01.A.02, 03; 01.A.04,05
January 13, 2013
Objective: Students will compare and contrast Christmas and New Year’s celebrations in Mexico and the United States. Students will work with noun/adjective agreement to describe people, places and things in the target language via writing, listening and speaking activities.
Monday: Students will research Christmas and New Years traditions in Mexico; Students will write a short description of the dates of the activities and customs, then compare the spirit of the season to the traditions and customs of their own families. Students will submit their findings via email.
Tuesday: Class discussion of Vocab 4-1, 4-2 & 4-3
Wednesday: Review Vocab 4-1 via flashcards, question/answer activity with Vocab 4-1; Worksheet 4-1: Adjective Practice
Thursday: Review Vocab 4-1 via flashcards; Check and discuss worksheet 4-1; Begin partner question/answer activity using adjective from the master Vocab list
Friday:Review Vocab 4-1 via flashcards; Class discussion on the expression Estar harto/a de & answer Twitter prompt using this expression; Work on partner conversation.
TEKS:b01.A.01, 01.A.02, 03; 01.A.04,05
Objective: Students will be able to accurately describe people, places, things and situations in the target language via listening, writing, and speaking activities.
Monday: Review Vocab 4-1 & 4-2 via flashcards; Practice partner conversation; Answer Twitter prompt for exit ticket
Tuesday: Review Vocab 4-1 & 4-2 via flashcards; Practice partner conversation; Class question/answer activity; Answer Twitter prompt for exit ticket
Wednesday: Answer Twitter prompt for class opener; Take Vocab quiz 4-1; Begin recording partner conversations
Thursday: Review Vocab 4-2 via flashcards; Continue recording partner conversations; Write blog post & embed video
Friday: Review Vocab 4-1 via flashcards; Continue blog posts & embed videos; Peer edit blog posts and comment on posts & videos
TEKS: TEKS:b01.A.01, 01.A.02, 03; 01.A.04,05
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December 5, 2012
Objective: Students will communicate using the 4 verbs tenses we have covered in the target language via written, speaking and listening activities.
Activities:
Cover Vocab 3-1 with discussion and pronunciation practice; Review vocab each day via the quizlet link for online flashcards; Verbal verb tense practice with vocabulary (students will be responsible for communicating in all 4 verb tenses with the verbs on their vocab list); Glogster vocab/verb tense assignment; Twitter question and answer activities; Content mastery project using ShowMe app.
Assessments:
Various class discussion assessments throughout the week to gauge comprehension
Wednesday–Verb Tense Verbal Assessment using Vocab from all lists
Thursday–Question/Answer written assessment using Vocab 3-1
Friday–Vocab 3-1 Quiz
TEKS:b01.A.01, 01.A.02, 03; 01.A.04,05
October 29, 2012
Objective: Students will create a finished project that reflects their knowledge of telling time and discussing their daily schedules in the target language.
Monday-Friday: Students will work on a project using their skills of telling time, discussing their schedule. Students will create a series of blog posts including one post that will show their class schedule including their class times, and a verbal recording of them speaking in the target language about their daily activities. Students will also have the opportunity to blog in the target language on topics of interest to them. Students will also learn how to share their posts via Twitter and work in groups to practice the skills necessary to be an effective participant in discussion on Twitter.
Parents:
I have decided to postpone covering present progressive tense. My feeling is that students will not be able to focus and give me maximum effort this week with all the distractions of Homecoming. I feel it would be best to cover that material next week after Homecoming.
