Spanish 670 Unit Plan – Great example
Objectives: By the end of this unit, students will be able to…
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Rationale for Selecting this topic or tasks (What motivated you, why is it valuable):
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Organizing
principles
for unit
(from
textbook)
Theme
Making friends
and free time
Task / Function / Topic
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Activities
(from
textbook, as
well as
supplementa
l activities)
Interpersonal
Mode
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Assessments
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Communicative
Activities
Realia and
Teaching
Suggestions
Interacting with
partners in
saying and
practicing the
functions at task
Paso Quizzes
and Chapter 1
Test
Standardized
Assessment
Tutor, pp. 1-4
Saying hello and goodbye
Introducing people and
responding to an introduction
Asking how someone is and
saying how you are
Asking and saying how old
someone is
Asking where someone is from
and saying where you’re from
Talking about likes and dislikes
Interpretive Mode
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(reading, listening)
Student Response Forms for
Listening Activities
Additional Listening Activities
Reading Strategies and Skills
¡Lee conmigo!
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Teacher Observing practices
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Oral conversations w/ teacher
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Quizzes 1-1A, 1-2A, 1-3A
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Culture
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First and last
names in Spanish
First names and
Catholicism
Saint’s Days
Greetings
Handwriting in
Spanish-speaking
countries
Snack foods
Grammar
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Punctuation
marks
Pronouns tú,yo
Soy, eres, y es
Asking
questions
Nouns and
definite
articles
Vocabulary
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Presentational Mode
(writing; making presentations; projects;
etc.)
 Collage
 Passport
 Practice and Activity Book
Numbers 0-30, p. 36
Sports, p. 44
Classes at school, p.
44
Musical genres, p. 45
Foods, p. 45
Change of Pace
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(songs, games, etc.)
Additional listening
activities (song) p. 5
¿Qué te Gusta?
Ponga
La Papa Caliente
Tentative Daily Distribution – Block Classes (Note: Since these are block classes they are longer than an hour and contain more activities per day)
Monday
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BOCA
Presentation – De
Antemano, pp. 22-25
Video Program, VHS 1,
video guide, pp. 6, 8
Activities 1 & 2, p. 25
with class, closed books
Activity 3 with partner
Presentation – Nota
Cultural, pp. 26-27 and
Asi se dice, p. 27
Play audio recording for
Activity 5, cassette 1
Activities 6 & 7, p. 28
with a partner
Homework – Practice &
Activity book, pp. 6-8
Tuesday
NO CLASS
B – DAY
Wednesday
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BOCA
Presentation – Asi se
dice, p. 29
Play audio recording for
Activity 8, circulate
Activity 9 with partners
Presentation–Gramatica
& Nota Cultural, p.30
Activity 10 with class
Activity 13 with a
partner, circulate & help
Presentation–Gramatica
& Nota Cultural, pp.
32-33
Activities 14 orally &
write and act out 16
Homework – grammar
and vocabulary
workbook, pp. 1-4
Thursday
NO CLASS
B – DAY
Friday
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BOCA
Quick review of
grammar & vocabulary
Quiz 1-1A and Grammar
and Vocabulary pp. 1-2
Presentation – Nota
Cultural, p.34, Asi se
dice & Vocabulario, pp.
35-36
Play audio recording for
Activity 20, p. 37
Activities 21 & 22, p. 37
with partner
Game, Ponga, p. 19J in
teachers manual
Slower Pace, p. 37
Homework – Practice &
activity book, pp. 9-10
Monday
NO CLASS
B – DAY
Tuesday
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BOCA
Presentation – Asi se
dice & Nota gramatical
p. 38
Play audio recording for
Activity 23, circulate
Activity 24 individually
Presentation – Nota
grammatical, p.39
Activities 25 & 26, p. 39
as a class
Song, “ La mar estaba
serena” Additional
listening activities p. 5,
Audio CD 1
Homework – grammar &
vocabulary workbook,
pp. 5-6
Wednesday
NO CLASS
B – DAY
Thursday
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BOCA
Quick review of
grammar & vocabulary
Quiz 1-2A and Grammar
and Vocabulary pp. 3-4
Bell work and Motivate,
pp. 42-43
Presentation – Nota
Cultural, p. 42, Asi se
dice & Vocabulario, pp.
43-45
Play audio recording for
Activity 28, check
comprehension
Homework – Write a
paragraph of things you
like to do using the
vocab list on pp. 44-45
Friday
NO CLASS
B – DAY