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Lesson Plans
Wednesday September 29, 2004
Irregular Preterite Review and Practice
Brief Overview: -Spanish III
-Unit/Chapter 1-Unforgettable Days
-Section 1-Camping activities and nature
-Preceded by present verb review. Camping activities are one example of an
unforgettable day: describing events that took place in the past.
Objectives: Review irregular verb forms in the past tense. Practice “problem” verbs.
Notice important changes with different subjects.
Resources: -crossword puzzle homework sheet
-Jenga game sheet
-Jenga game block sets
-preterite review sheet for homework
Set Induction: To begin class today, I will greet the students in Spanish and
ask them if they have any general ideas or problems regarding our current verb
section. I plan to get an idea of where the students are still struggling and
assure them we will address those problems with today’s activities.
Methodology:
Beginning Class
1. T- greet students in Spanish
S- prepare to start class, listen to class plan
2. T- correct homework by asking for volunteers to read their
answers
S- check their homework and volunteer to read answers
Preterite Review Activity: The purpose of this activity is to allow the students
to practice and review the past tense of the verbs we have been studying while
playing a fun game. The students will also be able to help and correct each
other while playing.
1. T- hand out Jenga game sheet
S- listen for instructions
2. T- explain Jenga game and divide students into groups of 5
S- listen to explanation, break into groups, and pick up Jenga pieces
3. T- allow students time to play Jenga
S- conjugate verbs in corrects forms and move according Jenga pieces.
4. T- ask students to finish their games and put away their pieces
S- finish games; put Jenga back in original place
Assessment: Walk around the room while the students are playing Jenga
and listen for correct conjugation of the problem verbs. There will also
be a small quiz at the end of the week.
Closure: Get students started on their homework by doing an example
from each section and allow them to ask me questions. Remind them to
keep practicing these verbs, and that there will be a quiz on Friday.
Tuesday October 26, 2004
Problem Verb Review and Relative Pronoun Practice
Brief Overview: -Spanish V
-Unit/Chapter 9-Holidays and Celebrations
-Section 4-Christmas/New Year’s Eve Traditions
-Preceded by study of negative sentence structure and popular holiday celebrations
in Spain and Mexico.
Objectives: Continue practicing the conjugation of problem verbs in
all possible forms. Review and practice relative pronouns while also
incorporating the celebration content of this unit.
Resources:-verb of the day sheet (traer)
-individual white boards, erasers, and markers
-game sentence sheet w/ transparency
Set Induction: To begin class today, I will greet the students in Spanish
and then I will draw their attention to the board to remind them of
our verb of
the day activity. Generally, the students try to guess what the word means,
and briefly discuss amongst themselves what they think some of the correct
forms would be.
Methodology:
Beginning Class
1. T- greet students in Spanish
S- prepare to start class, listen to class plan
2. T- ask students to define verb of the day with an example
S- take out verb of the day sheet and begin with definition
Verb of the Day Activity: The purpose of this activity is to have students
practice verb conjugations in the many different forms on a regular basis.
We do verb of the day every Tuesday and Thursday.
1. T- allow students 5-7 minutes to work on verb of the day
conjugations
S- work on verb of the day conjugation sheet alone
2. T- ask for volunteers to properly conjugate verb forms
S- volunteer to give verb conjugations and correct any errors
3. T- answer any verb of the day questions and then give students directions
for next activity
S-ask any questions they may have and listen for the explanation of the
next activity
Relative Pronoun Practice: The purpose of this activity is to give students
practice with the proper placement in and translation of sentences using
the relative pronouns. They will either be choosing the proper pronoun
or translating a sentence and then writing their answers on the whiteboards
in a game setting. Also, all of the sentences talk about the holiday
content they have been studying.
1. T- explain how we will practice the relative pronouns using
the whiteboards in a game
S- listen to rules and then pick up a whiteboard
2. T- play whiteboard game using 10 or 12 sentences
S- write correct answers on the whiteboards as fast as possible
3. T-ask students to put away whiteboards and then give
homework instructions
S- put away whiteboards and markers, and then listen for
homework directions
Assessment: Have students give me proper conjugations of the different
verb forms during the verb of the day activity. Then, scan the students’ whiteboards
for the correct answers during the relative pronoun game.
Closure: Give students directions for their homework, which is related
to the game they will have just played, and give an example of a sentence
they could write. The students will write their own sentences using the
relative pronouns for a review session tomorrow.
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