Spanish I Lesson Plan

Julia Martinez

Howard High School

Objective:

Students will describe where people go and how often.

Materials:

Student made picture flashcards of places

Colored paper

Scissors

Spinners – cut out

1. Warm up:

Have a famous painting of a place in the students place vocabulary; students are to write down:

¿Dónde está?

¿Qué ves?

¿Qué hace la gente?

¿Te gusta este cuadro? Por que

2. Review:

Students are to take out their places vocab flashcards, and quiz each other on the Spanish. (3 – 4 minutes)

Teacher calls out names of places and students play “dale” as they slap the vocabulary the teacher mentions in Spanish.

3. Pinch cards:

Students use pinch cards provided by the teacher.

Nunca, a veces, todos los días. Students hold up the pinch cards to indicate frequency with which they go these places.

4. Introduction to the verb IR:

a.  Watch the video presentation and write down questions.

b.  Review the forms with Powerpoint and how to form “a la” and “al” and fill out notes sheet.

c.  Students are to create manipulatives with IR verb. (Foldable with the pronouns on the outside and translations of pronouns on inside flap and verb conjugation on the inside).

d.  Students practice writing with a small fill in the blank activity with the forms. They should put a star if they needed to use the foldable.

5. Usage of the IR verb

a.  Students grouped by interest:

Names of places are on the walls, and students are instructed to go to the place they prefer. (8 different places) Flexible groups are formed.

b. Students are given the spinners and asked to write the pronouns on the six spots in markers.

c. Students are to take out their place flashcards, and a piece of blank paper, as well as the spinner (with paper clip and pencil)

d. Students then take one flashcard at a time, spin the spinner for the form of IR, and create a sentence that must include the pronoun, the correct form of IR and A/AL with the place, and an adverb of time.

DIFFERENTIATION: honors students must include other elements in the sentence, like, with who, or why the go to this place. Model will be provided.

e. After 20 sentences, activity is complete.

6. Conclusion:

Each group will choose one of their sentences to share with the class on an overhead, document camera, or the board. Class reviews and corrects together.

7. Assessment:

Do the 3 – 2 – 1 Assessment as an exit ticket.

3 – three vocabulary you need to study

2 – forms of IR that you used today

1 – question you still have about the places or IR verb.