Lesson Plan Template Candidate Name:__Marcela Crowe_________

Strategy (circle one): Task Rotation; NAL; Mystery; Decision Making;

C/C Thinking; Metaphorical; Windows Notes; Other

Unit Name
U1-E3 Te presento a mi familia.

Standards
TAG Standards:
The student uses a variety of print and non-print resources to investigate a topic of interest.
The student develops and uses systematic procedures for recording and organizing information.
The student responds to contributions of others, considering all available information.
The student develops and uses systematic procedures for recording and organizing information.

WL Standards:
Culture Students will learn about target culture products, practices and perspectives.
Connections Students will connect aspects of their target language learning with information
acquired in other subject areas such as math, science, social studies, English and the arts.
Communication - Students will engage in conversations, understand and interpret spoken and
written language, and present information on a variety of topics.
Comparisons Students will demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language and culture,
making comparisons between those of the target language and their own.

Lesson Name Time Needed (Hours/Days)

Las celebraciones del ao 1 hour

Grade Subject Course

6th Spanish Level 1

Essential Question(s)
What should students know when lesson is completed?
Cmo uso las fechas y meses en espaol? How do I use dates and months in Spanish?
Cules son las celebraciones del ao en pases hispanos? What are the celebrations in Hispanic
countries?

Teacher Lesson Preparation

Textbook: !En espaol! , level 1, pp. 86-87
CD !En espaol! , level 1, pp. 86-87
Graphic organizar : Windows notes
Video: 10 mejores festivales del mundo 1:43 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx-8SZtxu6U
Comprehension questions for before-during-after watching the videos.

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Activating Strategy (for example: Hook/Mini-Lesson/Warm-Up/Connection to Prior Learning)
Students take a copy of the reading Las celebraciones del ao , a copy of the Windows Handout,
and take out a highlighter.
Ticket in the door: Qu fecha es hoy? En qu mes se celebra la Navidad?
Teacher presents the video
Video: 10 mejores festivales del mundo 1:43 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx-8SZtxu6U
Students watch the video and list their favorite two festivals and explain why they chose them.
Reto (challenge): Students share with their answers with their assigned partner.

Instructional Sequence and Activities including use of technology

Teacher introduces the Windows Notes.
Teacher models how to fill one while she talks about the day she was out sick.
Hechos -Facts Sentimientos - Feelings
1. I did not sleep the previous night 1. Sick
2. I had a lot of pain 2. Worried
3. My absence was not planned. 3. Somewhat nervous
4. My students had video-activities. 4. Reassured.
5. I had Emergency Lesson Plans.
Preguntas- Questions Ideas
1. Could I find a substitute teacher? 1. Contact WL teachers.
2. Could the classroom TV/CD player be set 2. Call my rheumatologist.
up? 3. Go to the ER.
3. What illness did I have?
4. Would I come to school on ERD?

Teacher asks students to open their textbooks !En espaol! , level 1, pp. 86-87 and look at the
pictures and title to predict what the reading will be about.
Teacher draws attention to the Essential Questions : Cmo uso las fechas y meses en espaol?
How do I use dates and months in Spanish?
Cules son las celebraciones del ao en pases hispanos? What are the celebrations in
Hispanic countries?
Teacher explains that the handouts are copies of the same pages but students will be able to write
on them.
Students take their headphones from the Language Lab .
Students listen and read the reading strategy Para leer on p. 86.
Students highlight the cognates while they read and listen to the reading Las celebraciones del
ao.
Students share their findings.
Students listen/ read again and fill out their Window Notes on the reading. Students need to
list at least 5 facts and 3 items on each of the other windows. (Spanish should be used in at
least in the facts and feelings windows).
Teacher calls on students to share their answers while the rest of the class completes their
own charts with the information they agree with or adds to their own ideas.

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 Teacher make sure students answers on the facts section include answers to the
questions in the Comprendiste? section on p. 87.
Teacher asks students to read the dates of the celebrations aloud and explain how dates are
expressed in Spanish.
If time allows, students watch the video: Holidays lesson in Spanish, pronunciation of holidays
1:24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbxARG4YFUw
Students practice pronouncing the names of the holidays listed on the section : Tambin se
dice on p. 87.

Homework/ tarea : Answer the Qu piensas? Section on page 87. Hay una celebracin
especial en tu casa para un da festivo? Cmo es?

Assessment Strategies
Pre-assessment: How to give dates: Ticket in the door. (Previous grammar-vocabulary quizzes on
U1-E3)
Post-assessment: Answers to the Windows Notes.

Differentiation
Scaffolds/ Interventions/Extensions/Enrichment
Differentiation: -Student will be paired with their assigned partner. That is, high/low performer.
-Reto : sharing warm-up activity with assigned partners.
-Product: Windows Notes
Extension/ Enrichment: 1. Homework answers.
2. Window Notes on the Reading on pages 88-89 about the Quinceaera
celebration.

Materials/Links/Text References/Resources
Textbook: !En espaol! , level 1, pp. 86-87
CD !En espaol! , level 1, pp. 86-87
Video: 10 mejores festivales del mundo 1:43 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx-8SZtxu6U
Video: Holidays lesson in Spanish, pronunciation of holidays 1:24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbxARG4YFUw

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U1-E3 Nombre: ________________________________ Clase: ___________ Fecha:_____________________

Profe Crowe Ventanas para notas /Windows Notes Tema: Las celebraciones del ao

Hechos (Facts) Sentimientos (Feelings)

Cuntos? Cuntos?

Preguntas Ideas

Cuntas? Cuntas?

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