Unit/ Lesson Plan Template (including IPA)

Language Level

Spanish 1 - Novice High

Age

15-18

Date

Day in
Unit

Unit Theme and Question

How do family celebrations in the United States differ from those in Mexico?

Daily topics:

Family members

STANDARDS
Which modes of
communication will be
addressed?

What are the communicative

and cultural objectives for the
lesson?
If applicable, indicate how
Connections / Comparisons
Communities / Common Core
will be part of your lesson.

Connections

Art (Hispanic artwork and vocabulary)

Comparisons

A comparison of a typical Mexican and American celebration

Cultures

X Interpretive
Interpersonal
Presentational

Communities
What students need to do to reach the learning
targets?

Minutes

50 min

LESSON OBJECTIVES
Students can:
- Identify family members and the relationships between
them

Communication
and

What students need to know in order to reach the

learning targets?
Family and Art vocabulary / Este es / Esta es / Telling age

IPA
Interpretive Assessment

Teacher will observe students as they participate in the TPR activitiesespecially when their eyes are
closed.

Interpersonal Assessment
Presentational Assessment

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Activity/Activities
What will learners do?
What does the teacher do?

Lesson Sequence

Gain Attention / Activate

Prior Knowledge

Provide Input

Elicit Performance / Provide

Feedback

Provide Input
Elicit Performance / Provide
Feedback

Bellwork What kinds of occasions does your family

celebrate? How does your family celebrate?

Students will view Barbacao para cumpleanos, a

painting by Carmen Lomas Garza to generate
conversation about family members and parties. Continue
brainstorming different types of family parties and
where/how they are celebrated.

TPR activity Family vocabulary

Time*
How many
minutes will this
segment take?

Materials Resources
Technology
Be specific. What materials will you
develop? What materials will you
bring in from other sources?

PowerPoint of artwork
by Carmen Lomas
Garza.

5 minutes

Magnetic family tree /

photos

TPR activity continued students show what they know

by pointing to the family member when asked Dnde
est la madre? etc

5 minutes

Magnetic family tree /

photos

Students will listen to and repeat family vocabulary.

4 minutes

Audio CD Disc 7Track 3

10 minutes

5 minutes

Students will listen to (CD) various statements about the

family tree and give a thumbs up if the statement is true
and a thumbs down if the statement is false.

(Optional) Teacher asks questions about her own family

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tree / photos

Closure

Enhance Retention &

Transfer

Students confuse similar words that differentiate gender

such as primo and prima. Review and give examples.
1 minute

Remind students that words ending in -a are usually

feminine and those with -o are usually masculine.

Students will label/draw their own family trees. (Students

may use pictures from magazines or real photos from
home.) Students will take home their family trees to finish
them if they chose.

Reflection Notes to Self

What worked well? Why?
What didnt work? Why?
What changes would you
make if you taught this
lesson again?
????

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20 minutes

Magazines for photo

cutouts (optional)
Colored pencils
Glue / Tape