PSD World Languages UbD Unit Template
Language
Course
Targeted
Proficiency
Level
Thematic unit
Unit length
Teacher/School
Learning
Scenario
Standards:
Check as many
as apply.
Enduring
Understanding(s)
Essential Question
Spanish
Spanish 2
Novice-low to novice-intermediate
Daily Routine
6 weeks
Megan Folkerts/Ruben Enriquez/Paul Ashby - Fort Collins High School
At the end of this unit learners can describe their daily routine, how it is different times of the
week and year and what they did yesterday.
Stage 1: Desired Results
__X___1.1 Interpersonal communication
__X___1.2 Interpretive communication
__X__1.3 Presentational communication
__X___2.1 Cultural practices and perspectives
_____2.2 Cultural products and perspectives
__X__3.1 Connections to other disciplines
__X___3.2 Acquiring new information
__X__4.1 Language comparisons
__X___4.2 Cultural comparisons
Understanding of the differing concept of reflexive verbs in Spanish.
Understanding of routines among genders, ages, and cultures.
What is my daily routine and how does it vary depending upon the time of day or year?
Guiding Questions
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Functions
What can learners do?
Functions
What is my morning routine?
What is my evening routine?
How is it different on the weekends?
How is it different during vacation periods?
What did I do yesterday?
Knowledge
What vocabulary, grammar and culture will learners need to
demonstrate their knowledge?
Vocabulary
Grammar
Culture
Describe daily routines in
sequential order
Personal hygiene verbs
Tell what time something
occurs
Expressions of time
Seasons
Ask and answer questions
Question words
Describe your routine on the
weekend and vacation
Describe what items are used
to complete your routine
Discuss likes and dislikes
regarding routine and
products
Tell what your routine was
like yesterday
Personal hygiene verbs
Reflexive verbs
Bathroom vocab
Interrogatives
Question formation
Preview to comparison
words
Reflexive verbs
Bathroom & personal hygiene
vocab.
Verbs like gustar
Indirect object pronouns
Personal hygiene verbs
Preterite tense
Irregulars: ir/ser
Access to running
water in other
countries
What time
school/work begins &
ends in other countries
Social register
Listen to and watch others’
routines and describe in
sequential order
Personal hygiene & reflexive
verbs
Use the 3rd person to
describe someone’s routine
Reciprocal reflexives
Stage 2: Assessment Evidence
Summative Performance Assessments
Listen to routines and put into sequential order
Interpretive
Interpersonal Speaking Interview with a partner - Ask/answer questions about someone else’s daily routine
Presentational Present a powerpoint describing daily routine
Formative Assessments
Other Summative Assessments
Vocabulary quiz
Reflexive verb quiz
Stage 3: Learning Activities
Interpersonal
Role play difference between
reflexive vs. non-reflexive verbs
Interpretive
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Watch commercial and
respond to questions about
the routine
Presentational
Present a daily routine in
sequential order with actions
to represent it
Other Learning Activities
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Practice activities via online notebook
Research routines of people in rural parts of Spanish-speaking countries and create a poster
illustrating the differences
Create a storyboard with pictures and sentences that describes routine
Resources
District Resources – Descubre 1
Unit 7 – daily routine
Unit 5 – months & seasons; ordinal numbers
Unit 1 – time
Other Resources
Youtube – Reflexive your verby video
Learner Targets
Interpretive
Through listening and
viewing, I can understand,
sequence and respond to
questions regarding the
events of someone else’s
routine.
Interpersonal
I can ask about and
understand someone else’s
routine.
Presentational
I can describe my daily
routine as well as what I did
yesterday.