501TechTrends

NounandArticleAgreementPluralization
Level:Beginning
Subject:Spanish
Preparedby:ShannonFoster,BoiseStateUniversity,EducationalTechnology,
EDTECH501
Date:Sunday,October28,2012.

OverviewandPurpose:
InSpanish,agreementofnouns,articles,andadjectivesisoneofthecornerstones
thatmustbelearned.Nounsandadjectivesmustagreeingender,masculineor
feminine,andinnumber,singularorplural.Articlesmustagreeinnumberandgender,
aswellasindicatingwhethertheyaredefiniteorindefinite.Inthislessonstudentswill
learntherulesofnounandarticlepluralagreementandpracticewriting,creating,
communicating,andcomparing.

EducationalStandards
(AmericanCouncilOnTheTeachingofForeignLanguage,n.d.)
Standard 1.1Studentsengageinconversations,provideandobtaininformation,
expressfeelingsandemotions,andexchangeopinions.
Standard4.1NatureofLanguage:Studentsdemonstrateunderstandingofthenature
oflanguagethroughcomparisonsofthelanguagestudiedandtheirown.

AECTstandards
Standard1.1InstructionalSystemsDesign
Standard1.3InstructionalStrategies
Standard2.2AudiovisualTechnologies
Standard2.3ComputerBasedTechnologies
Standard2.4IntegratedTechnologies
Standard3.1MediaUtilization
Standard3.3ImplementationandInstitutionalization
Standard4.4InformationManagement

PreviousKnowledge:
1. Studentshavepreviouslylearned
a. howtotransformtheirkeyboardintoaSpanishconfiguration.
b. whatanounis.
c. whatgenderagreementofnounsis.
d. whatdefiniteandindefinitearticlesare.
e. howtomakesingularagreementbetweennounsandtheirarticles.
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f. avarietyofbasicvocabulary.
2. Studentshavepreviouslybeendividedintodyads(epals)forpracticingwriting,
spelling,andtypingskillsandfacetofaceconversations(viawebconferencing
tools).
3. StudentshaveregisteredforaGoogleaccountandarefamiliarwithGoogle
applications.

Objectives:
Attheendofthislesson,studentswillbeableto:
(KnowledgeLevel)identifysingularandpluralnouns.
(ComprehensionLevel)classifythelistofverbsaseithersingularorplural.
(ApplicationLevel)changesingularnounstopluralnouns.
(AnalysisLevel)explainhowtomakenounssingularorplural.
(SynthesisLevel)createavocabularyflashcardPowerPointpresentationoftheir
newvocabularywithphotostakenontheircellphone.
(EvaluationLevel)comparethedifferencesbetweenSpanishagreementrules
andthoseoftheirnativelanguage.

MaterialsNeeded:
Computer
InternetconnectionwithGoogleapplications.
Skypeaccountwithrecordingcapabilitiesorothervideoconferencingtool(Ijust
happentobemostfamiliarwithSkype).
Cellphonewithphotocapabilities.
AppendixAStudentworksheet

OnlineLessonResources:

LossustantivosPowerPoint(Duggan,n.d.) http://tpduggan.tripod.com/powerp.html
LearnaLanguageSpanish,SchoolSuppliesvocabularylist
http://www.learnalanguage.com/learnspanish/spanishwords/schoolsupplies.php
SpanDict,SpanishGrammar,HelpfulVideos(video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz_UWWxn3s&feature=bf_prev&list=PL5719D69EE7A3
BF54

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OtherOnlineResources:
Speak7
(website)http://spanish.speak7.com/spanish_plural_numbers.htm
SpanishDict(Googleapp)
http://www.spanishdict.com/topics/show/3

Information:

1. ThislessonisoneofthefoundationalelementsofSpanishandtheconceptmust
bemasteredtoeffectivelylearnmoreadvancedcomponentsofSpanish
grammarandvocabulary.Atthispointinalanguageclassroom,studentsare
verylimitedinSpanishcomprehensionandconversationalskills.
2. Thislessoniswrittenforanonlineclass,butitcanbedoneinatraditional
classroomwiththeteacherpresentingtheinformationandstudentsusingthe
onlinevideoandPowerPointasreviewresources.Allactivitiescanbedone
inpersonratherthanviaSkypeorsomeothervideoconferencingtool.
3. Theseareonlyafewresources,butthereareseveralsitesthatstudentscan
accessindependentlyifdesired.

Verification:

1. Studentswillsubmittheirpeercorrectedworksheetforgrading.
2. StudentswilluploadtheirvocabularyflashcardPowerPointpresentationfor
classmatestoseeandmakecomments.
3. Studentswillrecordtheirepalvideoconferenceandsubmittherecordedvideo.
4. StudentswillcomparethelessonconceptofSpanishwiththeirownnative
language.

Activities:

1. logontotheclasswebsite.
2. Studentschoosethenewvocabularylist,schoolsupplies,fortheweekat
LearnaLanguage.comandusepriorknowledgeandnewvocabularytocomplete
assignmentsfortheweek.
3. Studentsfollowlinkstothewebsitesforexplanationofhowtopluralizenouns
andtheirarticles.
a. BeginwithSpanDictSpanishGrammar,HelpfulVideos
b. ContinuewithLossustantivosenespaolPowerPointpresentation(they
mayneedtoscrolldownthepageuntiltheyfindit).
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4. StudentscompletegivenpracticeworksheetfoundonGoogleDrive.
5. StudentscreateavocabularyflashcardPowerPointpresentationtosharewith
classmatesanduploadittotheclassassignmentpage.
6. DrivestudentswillsharetheirpracticepagesviaGooglewiththeirepalandnote
anycorrections.
7. Studentswillmeetsynchronouslyviaawebconferencingtool,suchasSkype,to
practicepronunciation,fluidity,andsharetheirPowerPointpresentations.
a. StudentswillrecordtheirmeetingandorallyquizeachotherviaSkype
usingmostlynewandpreviouslyacquiredvocabulary.
8. Studentswillwriteareflectionoftherulesofagreementcomparingand
contrastingSpanishandtheirnativelanguage(Englishusually)andpost/writeit
intheirlearningjournal.

References

AmericanCouncilOnTheTeachingofForeignLanguage.(n.d.).Nationalstandardsfor
foreignlanguageeducation.ACTFL.RetrievedOctober17,2012,from
http://www.actfl.org/advocacy/discoverlanguages/advocacy/discoverlanguages/
advocacy/discoverlanguages/resources1?pageid=3392
Clark,D.(2006).SpanishNouns,PluralinSpanish.Speak7.RetrievedOctober25,
2012,fromhttp://spanish.speak7.com/spanish_plural_numbers.htm
Duggan,T.(n.d.).Lossustantivosenespaol.PowerPointPresentationsforSpanish
Class!!Retrievedfromhttp://tpduggan.tripod.com/powerp.html
SchoolSupplies|LearnSpanishWords.(n.d.).LearnaLanguage.Retrieved
October25,2012,from
http://www.learnalanguage.com/learnspanish/spanishwords/schoolsupplies.ph
p
Lyle,J.(2009).Gramtica02NounsandArticles:PluralForms.Thisplaceisfilthy!
Letscleanitup:).YouTube.RetrievedOctober25,2012,from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz_UWWxn3s&feature=bf_prev&list=PL5719
D69EE7A3BF54
Pluralformsofnouns(regularandexceptions).(n.d.).SpanishDict.RetrievedOctober
25,2012,fromhttp://www.spanishdict.com/topics/show/3

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AppendixA
StudentWorksheet
NewVocabularyList:SchoolSupplies

English

Spanish

English

thebackpack

lamochila

theglue

thebriefcase

elportafolio

themarkers

elmarcador

thecalculator

lacalculadora

themechanical
pencil

ellapicero

thechair

lasilla

thenotebook

elcuaderno

thecoloredpencil

ellpizdecolor

thepaper

elpapel

thecomputer

lacomputadora

thepen

lapluma/el
bolgrafo

thecrayons

elcrayn

thepencil

ellpiz

thedesk

elescritorio

thestaple

thefolder

lacarpeta

thestapler

laengrapadora

elzapato

thecomputer

lacomputadora

theshoe

Spanish

lagoma

lagrapa

SchoolSupplies|LearnSpanishWords.(n.d.).LearnaLanguage.RetrievedOctober25,
2012,from
http://www.learnalanguage.com/learnspanish/spanishwords/schoolsupplies.php

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ToDoList
1. InyourSpanishnotebook(createdonGoogleDrive),makefoursections(2
columns,2rows).Usethenewvocabularyfromtheabovetable.Donotcutand
pastevocabulary!Individuallytypeeachwordinthetabletopracticespellingand
keyboardingskills!
a. Inthetoplefthandsectionwriteallofthemasculinesingularnounswith
theirrelateddefinitearticle.
b. Totherightofeachvocabularyinthetoprighthandsection,rewritethe
masculinenounsandarticlesusingtheirpluralforms.
c. Inthebottomlefthandsectionwriteallofthefemininesingularnounswith
theirrelateddefinitearticle.
d. Totherightofeachvocabularyinthebottomrighthandsection,rewrite
thefemininenounsandarticlesusingtheirpluralforms.
2. Usingyourcellphonetakephotosrepresentingeachnewvocabularyword.
3. CreateavocabularyflashcardPowerPointpresentationwithyourphotos(mixup
thewords).
4. Saveandlinkthepresentationtotheclassassignmentpage.
5. Shareyourworksheetwithyourepalandpeercorrecttheworksheets.
6. Setupavideoconferencemeetingwithyourepal(Skypeorotherprogram).
Recordyourconference.
7. Quizeachotherorally.Usingknownandnewvocabulary,giveyourepala
singularnounandarticle.Yourepalshouldrespondwiththecorrectpluralarticle
andnounandhowitisspelled.(Thisisnotseeifyoucanstumpyourepal,but
howaccuratelytheycanrespond.)
a. Workonpronunciationandfluidity.
b. Givefivevocabularywordsandthenswitchroles.
c. Playuntilallofthenewvocabularyhasbeenpracticedbybothepals.
8. ViewyourepalsvocabularyflashcardPowerPointandmakecomments.
9. Afteryourvideopractice,writeacomparisonofSpanishrulesofpluralizationto
thoseofyournativelanguage.
10. Submityourcorrectedworksheet,PowerPoint,videoconference,and
comparisontoyourclasslearningjournal.
11. Havefunandwhenyouredone,patyourselfonthebackforajobwelldone!

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