Phillips 1 Instructor: Miss Phillips Date Taught: 10/30/2013 Subject: Spanish Course/Level: 1-2 (1st year) Unit: Present Tense Verbs Lesson: #1 Sections/Periods: N/A Rooms: N/A Length: 15-20 mins. Anticipatory Lesson – Introduction to Present Tense –AR Verbs Objective(s): After the lesson, students will be able to conjugate two –AR verbs in written form w/ 100% accuracy (ACTFL 1.2, 3.2). After the lesson, students will be able to recite, from memory, the six –AR verb endings w/ 100% accuracy (ACTFL 1.3). Materials/Technology: De la cabeza a los pies (children’s book by Eric Carle) Guided notes handout Lesson plan notes Whiteboard Dry erase marker Notecards for Quiz, Quiz, Trade Prerequisite Knowledge: Subject pronouns Anticipatory Set: (5 mins.) 1. Teacher will give brief overview of lesson. - Introduce new unit of study. - Read lesson objectives. - Written on whiteboard for students to read. 2. Students will gather close together for “story time” as teacher reads aloud De la cabeza a los pies. Students will be asked to follow along and act out movements depicted in the book. - Modification: Teacher will ask for one or two volunteers to act out movements. Procedures: 1. Think, Pair, Share Activity - As individuals, students will list as many “movements” (verbs) from book as they can remember on guided notes handout (1 min.). - In pairs, students will collaborate to create bigger list of “movements” (verbs) from book (1 min.). - Students will share answers w/ the class. Direct Instruction & Modeling: 2. As students share “movements” (verbs) in English, teacher will write Spanish verb equivalent on the whiteboard & instruct students to fill in the blanks on guided notes handout. Phillips 2 3. When this has been completed, teacher will ask “What do many of these verbs have in common?” - Several of these verbs end in –AR. 4. Teacher will explain that all Spanish verbs ending in –AR have a common set of endings/conjugations in the present tense. Teacher will write all verb endings on whiteboard & instruct students to fill in the blanks on guided notes handout. Teacher will also explain that to conjugate verbs in the present tense in Spanish, you simply “cut off” the –AR & add the appropriate ending based on your subject. Guided Practice: 5. Teacher will then ask a student volunteer to pick one –AR verb from the list that we can conjugate together. Teacher will conjugate verb w/ student help, write answers on whiteboard, & ask students to write example on back side of guided notes handout (Repeat 2x). Shared Practice: 6. Quiz, Quiz, Trade Activity Teacher will instruct students that we are now going to practice our –AR verb endings. 7. Teacher will instruct students on the “game”parameters. - Each student will receive notecard w/ direct object pronoun on one side & appropriate –AR verb ending on the other side. - Students will circulate the room, pair up, & quiz each other. - After “quiz” is complete, students will exchange notecards & circulate again to find a new partner (3-4 mins.). Independent Practice: 8. After Quiz, Quiz, Trade activity, students will be asked to return to desks. 9. Teacher will explain homework assignment. - Students must pick two verbs (not done as examples in class) & conjugate all forms on reverse of guided notes handout. - Assignment due tomorrow; will serve as a formative grade/assessment. Closure: Before students begin homework assignment, teacher will ask if there are any questions/need for clarification. Teacher will ask for volunteer to recite –AR verb endings to class in closing.