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LanguageLevel

UnitThemeandQuestion
Dailytopic:

Intermediate

Grade

7/17/16

Dayin
Unit

Minutes

54

LESSONOBJECTIVES
Whichmodesof
communicationwillbe
addressed?

Ifapplicable,indicatehow
ConnectionsComparisons

CommunitiesCommon
Corewillbepartofyour
lesson.

Date

LatinTraditions.
Ofthegivencelebrationsandholidayswheredotheycomefrom,howaretheycelebrated,andwhatroledothey
playintheU.S?

UsinganalyticalskillstoresearchandgathernewinformationonselectedLatintraditionorholiday

STANDARDS

Whatarethecommunicative
andculturalobjectivesforthe
lesson?

1011

Communication
and
Cultures

Connections
Comparisons

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xInterpersonal
Interpretive
Presentational

Studentscan:

Researchoneparticulartraditionthenlearnthroughpeertopeer
teachingasallareresponsibleforgainingtheappropriateknowledge
abouteachofthetraditionsclassmatesshareintheirpresentations.
TranslateEnglishinformationintotheSpanishlanguage
Comparevarioustextsandreliableresources
Understandtheimportanceoftechnologywhilealsolearninghowto
incorporateitintotheirlearning

Standard3.2AcquiringInformationandDiversePerspectives:Learnersaccessand
evaluateinformationanddiverseperspectivesthatareavailablethroughthelanguage
anditscultures.
ConnectingthevariouswayscertainholidaysarecelebratedwithinLatinAmerica
Standard4.2CulturalComparisons:Learnersusethelanguagetoinvestigate,explain,
andreflectontheconceptofculturethroughcomparisonsoftheculturesstudiedand
theirown.
StudentswillcomparethecelebrationofaMexicantraditioninAmericavs.inMexico

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Communities

CommonCore

CCSS.ELALITERACY.CCRA.R.7
Integrateandevaluatecontentpresentedindiversemediaandformats,includingvisuallyand
quantitatively,aswellasinwords.1
CCSS.ELALITERACY.CCRA.R.10
Readandcomprehendcomplexliteraryandinformationaltextsindependentlyand
proficiently.
CCSS.ELALITERACY.CCRA.W.4
Produceclearandcoherentwritinginwhichthedevelopment,organization,andstyleare
appropriatetotask,purpose,andaudience.
CCSS.ELALITERACY.CCRA.L.6
Acquireanduseaccuratelyarangeofgeneralacademicanddomainspecificwordsand
phrasessufficientforreading,writing,speaking,andlisteningatthecollegeandcareer
readinesslevel;demonstrateindependenceingatheringvocabularyknowledgewhen
encounteringanunknowntermimportanttocomprehensionorexpression.
Activity/Activities
Whatwilllearnersdo?
Whatdoestheteacherdo?

LessonSequence
GainAttention/Activate
PriorKnowledge

Standard5.1SchoolandGlobalCommunities:Learnersusethelanguagebothwithin
andbeyondtheclassroomtointeractandcollaborateintheircommunityandthe
globalizedworld.
Studentswillapplyknowledgegainedaboutinterviewingandwritingaprofessional
emailtointerviewsomeonelivinginaLatinAmericancountry

Teacherwillreviewyesterdaysinformationonvarioustraditions
andholidaysbyposingreviewquestions
StudentswillbehandedChromebookstoaccessGoogleDrive
TeacherwillshowavideocliponEldademuertosenMxico,
unatradicinquenuncamuere

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Time*
Howmany
minuteswillthis
segmenttake?

10min

MaterialsResources
Technology

Bespecific.Whatmaterialswillyou
develop?Whatmaterialswillyou
bringinfromothersources?

GoogleChromebooks
GoogleDrive
Youtubeandprojectorscreen

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Studentswillrespondtoreflectionquestionsaftertheywatchthe
videoonaGoogleForm
Teacherwillallowadditionaltimetoanalyzeimageandwrite
responsesreferringbacktothe5Ws
Teacherwillbeabletomonitorstudentengagementand
participationthroughGoogleclassroom
StudentsareprovidedaGooglechromebooktotypeandrespond
toquestionsonGoogleDriveassignment
ProvideInput
15
Whilewatchingthevideoclipandconductingadiscussion,
studentsareabletotypeanynotesontothedocument
TeacherisabletoprovidequickfeedbackwithGoogleDrive
assignments
TeacherwillinstructclasstousetheirChromeBookstoaccess
theiremailsinordertodiscusspenpalinteraction.
Teacherisabletohaveallstudentspullupdocument10Tipsfor
WritingaProfessionalEmail
Studentsareabletomakeadditionalnotestothedocumentand
saveittotheirGoogleDriveforfuturereference
Teacherwillreadhandoutaloudtostudentsanddiscussthe
importanceoflearninghowtowriteprofessionalemails
Teacherwillalsodiscusshowaninterviewisconductedand
ElicitPerformance/Provide
questionsthathelpgetthemostinformationoutofaninterviewee 15
Feedback
Studentswillbeginresearchingrelevantquestionsforinterviewee
livingincountryofselectedtradition
Studentswillberequiredtowritequestionsdownandsampleof
emailinGoogleDocssoteachercanaccessitandprovide
immediatefeedback
SkypeandFBMessengerwillalsobedemonstratedforinterview
process

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GoogleForms

ChromeBooks
GoogleDrive
Projectorscreenwithinternet

ChromeBookswillbeusedas
aresourcetohelpstudents
sharetheinformationthey
havefound,studentswillneed
tohavetheirhomeworkfrom
thenightbeforeinorderto
addtogroupdiscussion.

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Teacherwillprovidequickfeedbackonthestudent'sresearch
questionsandemailforintervieweewithquestions
HavingaGoogleClassroomwillallowteachertomonitorstudent
participation
Studentsareabletoreferbacktonotesabouttraditionspresented
yesterdaytohaveanideaofmoreindepthquestionsaboutthe
selectedtradition
Whileresearching,studentswillhavesitesprovidedforeasier
accessoninformationabouttraditions

GoogleChromeBooks
5

Notebookwithnotes
Projectorscreenwithinternet

Beforeproceedingwiththeonlineinterview,teacherwillhaveall
ChromeBooks
ElicitPerformance/Provide studentsemailteachertheirclassassignmentandincludeselected
5
traditionorholiday,countrywhereintervieweelives,and
Feedback
emails
connectiontotheinterviewee.
StudentswillaccessGoogleClassroom,joinadiscussiongroup
basedontheirtradition,andrespondtothefollowingquestion:
Closure
4
GoogleChrome
Whatare3thingsthatyoufindmostinterestingaboutthe
traditionyouhavechosentostudy?
Homeworkwillbetoresearchonchosentraditionandwritea
TeacherwillprovideaGoogle
EnhanceRetention&
12hoursof
100wordsummaryoftheirtraditioninSpanishtobeturnedin
Docwithexpectationsforthe
homework
Transfer
tomorrow.
100wordsummary
HavingstudentscorrespondwithfriendsandfamilyinLatinAmericancountriesgivesmeachancetoensureallare
ReflectionNotestoSelf
receivingappropriateresponses.
Whatworkedwell?Why?
Asateacher,IneedtomakesurethatIamprovidingallthenecessaryhelpforeachstudenttomakesuretheyare
Whatdidntwork?Why?
Whatchangeswouldyoumake comfortablecommunicatingwithsomeoneinadistantcountry
ifyoutaughtthislessonagain? SomestudentsmaynothaveaccesstoacomputerathomeorsomeonetointerviewfromanothercountrysoIwill
havefamilymemberstheycaninterview
????

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*Rememberthatthemaximumattentionspanofthelearnerisapproximatelytheageofthelearnerupto20minutes.Theinitiallessoncycle(gain
attention/activatepriorknowledge,provideinputandelicitperformance/providefeedback)shouldnottakemorethan20minutes.Thesecondcycle
(provideinputandelicitperformance/providefeedback)shouldberepeatedasneededandwillvarydependingonthelengthoftheclassperiod.

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