Lesson Plan: When I was Young Unit: 4
Standards-based Objective:
Students will compare with other students what they did when they were young
using the imperfect with accuracy in writing and verbally.
Assessment Task:
Completed worksheet to practice imperfect
Journal entry to describe photos
Context for the Lesson:
Social Issue
(Communities)
Self Image
Culturally Authentic
Materials
Content from Other
Disciplines
Culturally Authentic Photos,
Games/Activities from other
countries
Travel
(Cultures & Comparisons)
(Connections)
Targeted Grammatical Structure:
Key Vocabulary Words: 1) columpiar 2) saltar a la cuerda 3) (no)
llevarse bien 4) chismear 5) molestar 6) meterse en problemas
7) patinar
PRE-ACTIVITY
1
Warm-up: Quiz: The imperfect
15
DURING ACTIVITIES
2
Contextualized Experience: Authentic Games from Cuba
10
3
Focus on Meaning: Diario: Create story based on culturally
authentic pictures
10
4
5
Focus on Form: Worksheet: The imperfect
20
Focus on Communication: Activity: When I was young…
15
POST-ACTIVITIES
6
7
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Closure: Read your Journal Entry to another
Homework: Study for quiz
Assessment Task: Imperfect worksheet and Journal Entry
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Lesson Plan: When I was Young Unit: 4
Activity Title
1
Warm-up:
Quiz
2
Focus on Form: Worksheet:
The Imperfect
3
Focus on Communication:
Actividad: Cuando yo era
niño…
4
Focus on Meaning:
Diario
5
Contextualized Experience:
Authentic Games
6
Closure:
Share Journals
7
Homework:
Study for Quiz
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Students will . . .
The teacher will . . .
Assessment Task:
Worksheet and Journal
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Instrucciones:
Paso 1: Saquen una hoja de papel y un lápiz
Paso 2: Guarden sus notas
Paso 3: Tomen la prueba
Paso 4: Cambien de papel con otra persona
Paso 5: Corrijan las pruebas y escriban la nota
Actividad:
The warm up will be a quiz that recycles old material and past
lessons plus whatever new material added from the last class
period. They are taken individually and without notes of any kind.
They will complete the quiz and then change papers with someone
else to grade (using a pen). They will return the quizzes to the right
person and then pass the quizzes to the front to the teacher.
Instrucciones:
Paso 1: Escriban los verbos nuevos en sus listas
Paso 2: Saquen la hoja de trabajo azul
Paso 3: Corrijan la sección A
Paso 4: Completan y corrijan la sección B
Paso 5: Completan y corrijan la sección C
Actividad:
First, students need to learn the new verbs as well as review verbs
they have already learned and notice cognates. The teacher will present
the PPT with four pictures and four verbs and students must match the
correct picture to the verb. Then, they will correct part A of the worksheet,
started during last class. Then students will answer the questions in part B
individually. Afterwards teacher and students will correct it together.
Finally students will translate the sentences in part C from English to
Spanish. Afterwards teacher and students will correct this part together as
well. Use a different colored pen to correct the worksheets.
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Instrucciones:
Paso 1: Formen grupos de 4
Paso 2: Empiecen con 10 dedos
Paso 3: Persona A describa algo que NO hacías como niño
Paso 4: Los otros bajen un dedo si sí lo hacías
Paso 5: Sigan hasta que solamente una persona tenga dedos
Actividad:
In order to practice the imperfect tense, and the new verbs, students
will play the game “Never Have I Ever” with a twist. In groups of four,
students will take turns saying something they never did as a child. They
must conjugate the verbs correctly. The others listen and if they had done
it as a child, they must lower a finger. The next player states something
they never did and play continues until only one person has a finger left
standing.
Instrucciones:
Paso 1: Saquen sus diarios
Paso 2: Miren a las fotos en el pizarrón
Paso 3: Escriban por cinco minutos una historia en el imperfecto
Paso 4: Miren a las siguientes fotos
Paso 5: Escriban por cinco minutos una historia en el imperfecto
Actividad:
Pre-Activity: Teacher will brainstorm on the board, directed by the
students, lists of words to describe people, the weather, places, etc. Then
the teacher will put the first set of pictures on the board. Students will write
for five minutes about the pictures. They will create a narrative using the
imperfect about where their family traveled every summer. They must
include something about each photo in their entry. Then the teacher will
put up a new set of photos and the students must do the same for the
new set of photos.
Thematic Lesson Plan Template ♦ 2011 ♦ Cherice Montgomery, Ph.D. & Span 378 Students ♦ cherice_montgomery@byu.edu
Instrucciones:
Paso 1: Lean las instrucciones como clase para juego número 1
Paso 2: Dividan en grupos de 2
Paso 3: Jueguen el juego número 1
Paso 4: Lean las instrucciones como clase para juego número 2
Paso 5: Dividan en grupos y jueguen el juego número 2
Actividad:
Students will experience a couple of culturally authentic games from
the country Cuba. As a class, teacher and students will read the
instructions, prepared on a PPT presentation. Then for the first game in
groups of 2 students will play the game for 3 minutes. Then the class will
read the instructions for the second game. Students will divide into groups
of about 10 and will play the game for 5 minutes.
Thematic Lesson Plan Template ♦ 2011 ♦ Cherice Montgomery, Ph.D. & Span 378 Students ♦ cherice_montgomery@byu.edu
Adaptations:
1) Students who are native speakers will write more complex sentences for part B
of the worksheet and the Journal entries. For the speaking activity, there will only
be a maximum of one native speaker per group.
2) Students who are gifted will write more complex sentences for part B of the
worksheet and the journal entries. They will be paired with struggling students for
the speaking activity.
3) Students who are disabled will be able to finish the worksheet at home for
homework if not finished and if permitted extra time on assignments by a 504
plan. In extreme cases (autism) students will be able to write their statements
instead of speaking them during the speaking activity.
Sponge Activities:
1) White board races with conjugating verbs into the imperfect. The teacher will tell
the students a verb in English and a subject and the students must write the correct
answer on their boards and put them up in the air.
2) White board races with teams. Students will have one white board per column.
The teacher will say a verb and students must start with the board in the back and
one at a time, fill in one form of the verb with correct subjects. When all are filled in
the class will check it for correctness. First team to finish wins and gets a point. The
next round, have a different player on the team start.
3) Continue play of Cuban games for longer if extra time is left over. Alternatively,
have a native student in the class teach a game they know from their native country
to the class.
Thematic Lesson Plan Template ♦ 2011 ♦ Cherice Montgomery, Ph.D. & Span 378 Students ♦ cherice_montgomery@byu.edu