Spelling City Lesson Plan: ESL for Spanish Speakers
November 12, 2010
ESL for Spanish Speakers
Grade Level: Middle/High School
Lesson Time: 40-50 minutes
Created by: Jacob Watts
Overview
This lesson will help Latino students, who are learning English as a second language,
with the English language and communication in English with other students and
teachers by listening to pronunciation and learning the spelling through SpellingCity.
Objective
Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able to identify, translate, and
correctly pronounce the given list of words, and they will demonstrate this
knowledge by being able to translate and pronounce the words with 80%
correctness.
Standards
1.1 (Indiana Department of Education’s Standards and Resources)
Word Recognition, Fluency, and Vocabulary Development:
Students understand the basic features of words. They see letter patterns and know
how to translate them into spoken language by using phonics, syllables, and word
parts. They apply this knowledge to achieve fluent oral and silent reading.
Materials
O A computer with Internet and sound capabilities
O www.spellingcity.com
Spelling City Lesson Plan: ESL for Spanish Speakers
November 12, 2010
O Several pens or pencils
O A notebook of lined paper
O English/Spanish Dictionary
Procedures:
1. The lesson will begin by the teacher finding out exactly how much English
the students knew, if any at all. Based on how much English each student
knows, the teacher will recommend different words for him or her to learn.
2. Then, speaking in Spanish, the teacher would learn the students’ interests,
and then assign a list of words for them to learn that pertained to their
interests.
3. The teacher will direct the students to use SpellingCity to explore the words
that they are assigned, and use the “Teach Me” application to explore the
pronunciation and spelling of the list of words.
Evaluation
1. After giving each student some time to type in their words, learn the spelling
and pronunciation, and practice saying them, the teacher will give the
students an oral quiz on the words.
2. The teacher says the word in Spanish, and the student has to translate the
word to English.
3. The teacher will grade the students based on their pronunciation.