French
LESSON PLAN
Date: xxxxxx
Class: French 2
STANDARDS-BASED TEACHING PLAN
(Adapted from Madelyn Hunter)
Subject/Unit: Impressionism
PSSA Standard(s):
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Lesson Goal/Objective:
Students will be able to…
 learn about Impressionism through
the works of Claude Monet
 gain an understanding of the
Impressionistic movement in art
 View Impressionism painting
 Create an Impressionistic painting
Materials:
 Printed examples of Monet
 Paints/brushes
 Paper
 Worksheet
Anticipatory Set:
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Show a Claude Monet painting that
the students may already know. Ask
what they know about that painting.
Accommodations/ Differentiated
Instruction:
 Remediation/enrichment
opportunities
 Student A will receive extended
time on assignments
 Student B will be read instructions
orally by co-teacher.
Procedures:
1. Anticipatory set: Sample Monet Painting
2. Explain the Impressionism movement in art and its importance
3. Discuss how light and shadow are related. Show examples for discussion.
4. Discuss with the students what thoughts the paintings bring to mind, what emotions
they evoke. Explain to the students that different paintings can stir different thoughts and
emotion.
5. Give students print-out samples of Monet’s paintings.
6. Have students discuss the importance, light and shadow relationship, and emotion they
receive from each painting.
7. Ask students what they think about Impressionism, how do the paintings make them
feel, do they like this style of artwork (In French)
Guided Practice/ Check for Understanding:
 Ask students what they learned
Assignment (s):
 Create an impressionist painting of their own that resembles the Monet paintings.
 Students will write a one-paragraph essay in French on impressionism and what
they know about Monet’s paintings.
Evaluation:
 Student created painting
 Essay
Remediation: Students can take additional time to review paintings. Students may also
use the computers and view this website: http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/monet/.
Enrichment: Students can research other painters during the French Impressionist era
and compare/contrast their work with Monet’s.
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Spanish
LESSON PLAN
Date: xxxxxx
Class: Spanish 4
STANDARDS-BASED TEACHING PLAN
(Adapted from Madelyn Hunter)
Subject/Unit: Don Quixote De La Mancha
PSSA Standard(s):
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Lesson Goal/Objective:
Anticipatory Set:
Students will be able to…
 Research the cultural topics of 15th Review with students what they
16th century Spain
read the previous night of Don
Quijote de la Mancha
 Discuss in Spanish the connection
between the novel and the 15th-16th
century culture
Materials:
Accommodations/ Differentiated
Instruction:
 Posterboard
 None
 Laptops for research
 Don Quijote texts
Procedures:
 We will first review what was read the previous night for homework and assure
that all students understand.
 I will introduce the project that will last the next two weeks.
 Students will choose a cultural topic of Spain in the 15th-16th century and create a
poster.
 Students will use the Library and the classroom laptops to acquire information.
 Students will prepare an oral presentation in Spanish of the connection between
what was happening culturally in Spain during the 15th-16th century and what they
read in Don Quijote.
 Students will have time today to work on project.
Guided Practice/ Check for Understanding:
 I will walk around the room and ensure that all the students understand the
assignment.
Assignment (s):
 Poster with facts on it
 Oral Presentation
Evaluation:
 Poster
 Oral presentation
Remediation: Students that need assistance with word/verb usage will be given
assistance. Students may also use index cards for oral presentation.
Enrichment: Students will write in addition to oral presentation a written aspect of their
presentation in Spanish.
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German
LESSON PLAN
Date: xxxxxx
STANDARDS-BASED TEACHING PLAN
(Adapted from Madelyn Hunter)
Subject/Unit: Architecture
Class: German 2
PSSA Standard(s):
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Lesson Goal/Objective:
Students will be able to…
 Use German vocabulary to talk
about art and architecture
Anticipatory Set:

Show a picture of a castle and
provide sample vocabulary
Materials:
Accommodations/ Differentiated
Instruction:
 Flash cards
 None for this class
 Pictures of architecture
 Pictures of art
Procedures:
 Anticipatory set
 We will review the terms below and use picture examples of each.
 Students will make flash cards with examples based upon the following terms:
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Baroque: barock, das Barock
Rococo: rokoko, das Rokoko
Gothic: gotisch, die Gotik
Romanesque: romanisch, die Romanik
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building: das Gebäude
cathedral: der Dom
church: die Kirche
interior wall: die Wand
exterior wall or high enclosing wall, as outside a castle: die Mauer
castle/palace: das Schloss (as in the famous Schloss Neuschwanstein in Bavaria).
fortress: die Festung (such as the Festung that sits on a hill high above Salzburg).
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sculpture: die Skulptur
marble: der Marmor
stone: der Stein, die Steine
wall painting/mural: die Malerei
painter: der Maler
plaster: der Pflaster
Guided Practice/ Check for Understanding:
 Oral practice
 Walk around the room and check for understanding/pronunciation
Assignment (s):
 Create flash cards for practice
 Study terms for quiz on Friday
Evaluation:
 Quiz on Friday
Remediation: Extended time
Enrichment: Additional vocabulary words
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ELL
LESSON PLAN
Date: xxxxxx
Class: ELL
STANDARDS-BASED TEACHING PLAN
(Adapted from Madelyn Hunter)
Subject/Unit: Getting your driver’s license
PSSA Standard(s):
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Lesson Goal/Objective:
Students will be able to…
 Identify various traffic and road
signs in preparation for taking their
driver’s license test
Materials:
 Traffic Sign pictures
Anticipatory Set:

Show a few signs and see if
students know what they mean. The
signs will get progressively harder.
Accommodations/ Differentiated
Instruction:
 None
Procedures:
 Students will review road signs and test if they know what to do with them.
 I will go over all the road signs and what they mean with a demonstration of a toy
car.
 Students will review the road signs.
 Students will have a sample course set up in the classroom and will act as though
they are driving. They will obey all the signs on the walls and tell me what they
mean in English.
Guided Practice/ Check for Understanding:
 Verbal discussion
 Practice in class
Assignment (s):
 Review signs for driver’s license test
Evaluation:
 In class “course”
Remediation/ Enrichment: None
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Chinese
LESSON PLAN
Date: xxxxxx
Class: Mandarin 1
STANDARDS-BASED TEACHING PLAN
(Adapted from Madelyn Hunter)
Subject/Unit: Culture and Poetry
PSSA Standard(s):
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Lesson Goal/Objective:
Anticipatory Set:
Students will be able to…
 Ask students what they know about
 Identify sample Chinese poetry
the Forbidden City, Chinese Art,
 Identify sample Chinese art
and Chinese Poetry
 Discuss in English how the art and
poetry relates to the history with
China and the Forbidden City
Materials:
Accommodations/ Differentiated
Instruction:
 Chinese poems
 Extended time for practice
 Chinese Art
 Forbidden City in pictures/ and on
Google Earth program
Procedures:
 Introduction to show Chinese art.
 Story: "How Poetry Became a National Sport"
 Games Chinese played with poetry
 Distribute worksheets with examples of short Chinese poems
 Discuss how art and words are integrated in Chinese art
 Discuss Chinese calligraphy
 Preview images from the Forbidden City to stimulate interest
 Discuss ideas about Chinese civilization, its art and poetry
Guided Practice/ Check for Understanding:
 In class discussion
Assignment (s):
 Write a paper identifying how art, culture, and poetry combine within the
Forbidden City.
Evaluation:
 Essay based on PSSA Rubric
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