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EDUC/EDCE 699.107
World Language Methods I
Instructor: Thomasina I. White
Iralys Lpez Cruz
October 11th, 2016.
TEACH AND REFLECT
EPISODE ONE
Using the Interactive Model to Explore an Authentic Printed Text

Authentic Literary Text: Melvin el Marciano viajero

Grade Level: Elementary School- 3rd Grade

Thematic Unit: The 5 senses/ Los cinco sentidos
Short Range Objectives: SWBAT make connections between the five senses and the parts of the body.
SWBAT identify the days of the week.
Long Range Objectives: SWBAT identify the names of the planets of the solar system.
SWBAT make connections between the story and their real life.

Themes that can be found in the story:

The human senses
The days of the week
The Planets of the Solar System

Week at a Glance:

Monday
Review:
The parts of the
body
Introduction:
The five senses

Tuesday
Review:
The five senses
Introduction to the
Text through IRA
(Interactive Read

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Review of the text

Re-reading of the
Text
Interactive class
Discussion

Activity: Los
sentidos y los das
de la semana

Unit Assessment

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Aloud)

Lesson Plans for teaching an Authentic and Literary Text:

Thematic Unit: Los cinco sentidos
Day 1:
Objective: SWBAT connect the parts of the body with the five senses.
ACTFL Standards:
Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and
emotions, and exchange opinions.
Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
Standard 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign
language.
Standard 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only
available through the foreign language and its cultures

Activity
Do Now

Review : Las Partes del

Cuerpo

Introduction : Los Cinco

Sentidos

Description
Students will complete a Do Now in
which they will answer getting to know
you questions. For example: What is your
favorite part of the body and why?
Students already learned the names of the
parts of the body in Spanish. After
quickly reviewing it as a class, students
will have a quick turn and talk with their
partner practicing the names of each body
part in Spanish.

Time
5 minutes

10 minutes

Once that is finished, students will once

again review the parts of the body through
the song called Las partes del cuerpo.
Students will be introduced to the five
15 minutes
senses through a song called Los
Sentidos. Through this song students
will start to connect the five senses with
the parts of the body. Once, students have
understood the new vocabulary they will
play a game called Conecta el sentido
con la parte del cuerpo.
Students will receive a packet with
images of the parts of the body and cards
with the name of the senses in Spanish.
Students must connect the image of the

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part of the body with the name of the
senses. Ex: Ojos= Vista
Writing activity
Students will receive a worksheet that
10 minutes
allows them to practice what they learned
in Spanish class.
Thematic Unit: Los cinco sentidos
Day 2:
Objective: SWBAT make connections between the five senses and the story of Melvin el
Marciano viajero
ACTFL Standards:
Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and
emotions, and exchange opinions.
Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
Standard 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign
language.
Standard 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only
available through the foreign language and its cultures

Activity
Do Now

Review : Los Cinco

Sentidos

Interactive Read a Loud :

Melvin el Marciano viajero
Writing activity

Description
Students will complete a Do Now in
which they will answer a review question
from their previous class. For example:
Cules son los cincos sentidos?
Students already learned the names of the
five senses in Spanish. After quickly
reviewing it as a class, students will have
a quick turn and talk with their partner
practicing the names of the five senses in
Spanish.

Time
3 minutes

10 minutes

Once that is finished, students will once

again review the five senses through the
song called Los Sentidos.
Students will be introduced to the Spanish 20 minutes
text called Melvin el Marciano viajero.
Students will receive a worksheet that
allows them to practice what they have
learned from the story.

10 minutes

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Thematic Unit: Los cinco sentidos

Day 3:
Objective: SWBAT describe what they heard in the story.
ACTFL Standards:
Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and
emotions, and exchange opinions.
Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
Standard 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign
language.
Standard 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only
available through the foreign language and its cultures

Activity
Do Now

Interactive Read a Loud Part

2: Melvin el Marciano
viajero
Class Discussion

Writing activity

Description
Students will complete a Do Now in
which they will answer a review question
from their previous class. For example:
Por qu el Marciano se fue de su
planeta?
Students will continue to hear the story
of Melvin el Marciano viajero.

Time
5 minutes

First, students will describe what they

noticed within this story. What did they
hear? What connections did they make to
previous knowledge?

15 minutes

Second, students will express their

feelings regarding the story. They will
give their opinion and explain why they
liked or didnt like the story. Once this is
over, students will then work with a
partner to answer reading comprehension
questions.
Students will receive a worksheet that
allows them to practice what they learned
in Spanish class. Within this worksheet

10 minutes

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students will describe the qualities of the
main character, and the moral of the story.

Thematic Unit: Los cinco sentidos

Day 4:
Objective: SWBAT identify the days of the week and the five senses within the Spanish text
Melvin el Marciano viajero.
ACTFL Standards:
Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and
emotions, and exchange opinions.
Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
Standard 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign
language.
Standard 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only
available through the foreign language and its cultures

Activity
Do Now

Video : Melvin el Marciano

viajero

Video : Melvin el Marciano

viajero Part 2

Description
Students will complete a Do Now in
which they will answer a review question
from their previous class. For example:
Cules son los das de la semana?
Students will see a video of the story.
They will then be given a worksheet to
complete based on the read aloud.
Students will listen to the story closely to
hear the days of the week. They will then
write the assigned vocabulary words in
English and Spanish. Ex. Lunes is
Monday.
Students will once again see the video of
the story. They will have to repeat the
same activity as before but this time
focused on the five senses and the parts of
the body.

Time
5 minutes

15 minutes

20 minutes

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Writing activity

Students will listen to the story closely to

hear the description of the five senses.
They will then write the assigned
vocabulary words in English and Spanish.
Ex. Nose is nariz. The nariz goes
achoo
Students will receive a worksheet that
allows them to practice their vocabulary.

10 minutes

Thematic Unit: Los cinco sentidos

Day 5:
Objective: Unit Assessment
ACTFL Standards:
Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and
emotions, and exchange opinions.
Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
Standard 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign
language.
Standard 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only
available through the foreign language and its cultures

Activity
Do Now

Review : Melvin el
Marciano viajero

Unit Assessment :

Description
Students will complete a Do Now in
which they will answer getting to know
you questions. For example: Did you like
the story of Melvin el Marciano
viajero? If so, explain why?
Students will review the events that
happened within the story. They will have
the opportunity to make additional
questions regarding the text.

Time
5 minutes

Students will receive their Unit

Assessment in which they will have
reading comprehension questions,
vocabulary and definition pairing, draw
the parts of the body, and a creative
writing section.

30 minutes

10 minutes