Unit Planner
Teacher: Corrie Ibarra
Unit Title: Unit One (Spanish IV Honors)
Standards / Benchmarks: – What are the standards and benchmarks to be addressed?
Communication Standard One (CM-1-E1, CM-1-E2, CM-1-E7), Two (CM-2-E3), Three (CM-3-E7)
Cultures Standard One (CL-1-E4)
Connections Standard One (CN-1-E2)
Comparison Standard One (CP-1-E3)
Standards Analysis:
Critical Questions or Statements:
Relevance:
1.What students are expected to know:
1. Do you know the vocabulary from Lesson
1?
-new vocabulary expands ability to communicate in
Spanish
-in-depth study of present tense expands ability to
communicate accurately and prepares students for
the study of subjunctive
-literature allows students to apply knowledge of
Spanish to learning something other than the
language itself
-Cajas de cartón also furthers knowledge and
understanding of immigrant conditions/cultures
-vocabulary and structures from Ch 2, Lesson 1 of
Mírame, puedo hablar muchísimo
-plot of Cajas de cartón
2.What students are expected to be able to do:
-understand and respond to questions about
literature/stories in Spanish
-apply knowledge of vocabulary and structures to
new situations
-discuss the lifestyle of migrant workers
-conjugate regular and irregular present tense verbs
2. Explain the major events and themes in
Cajas de cartón.
3. How do you conjugate present tense verbs?
Which verbs are irregular?
Pre-assessment tools / strategies:
-informal checks for prior knowledge
Differentiation strategies:
Final Assessment(s) - Body of Evidence How can students show what they
know and can do?
Test – present tense, Ch 2 Lesson 1 vocabulary, Cajas de cartón
Instructional Strategies: How will students learn this?
1. Ch 2 Lesson 1 – TPRS storytelling (interactive “asking a story” to learn
vocabulary
2. In-class reading of Lectura 1 (in Ch 2 Lesson 1) with
questioning/discussion to practice vocabulary
3. Read and discuss Cajas de cartón
4. Lecture – present tense
5. Workbook exercises – present tense
6. Journal/discussion of journal entries
Formative assessments / assignments – including classroom and homework – How will you know students have learned this?
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Journals
Class assignment – make up new story with vocabulary words
Vocabulary quiz
Workbook exercises (in class and as homework) on present tense
Present tense quiz
Comprehension questions for Cajas de cartón
Discussion of Cajas de cartón