Grade Level: 7th Grade
Subject(s): Spanish
Topic of Study: Mi familia
Time Allotment: 30 - 60 mins
Standards: For spanish standards, many schools use the 5 C’s - communication, culture, connections, comparison, community
1.0 Communication: Communicate effectively in more than one language in order to function in a variety of situations and for multiple purposes.
- 1.1 Interpersonal Communication: Learners interact and negotiate meaning in spoken, signed, or write
- 1.3 Presentational Communication: Learners present information, concepts, and ideas to inform, explain, persuade, and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media and adapting to various audiences of listeners, readers, or viewers
3.0 Connections: Connect with other disciplines and acquire information and diverse perspectives in order to use the language to function in academic and career-related situations
- 3.1 Making Connections: Learners build, reinforce, and expand their knowledge of other disciplines while using the language to develop critical thinking and to solve problems creatively.
Objectives:
-Students will be able to create a family tree using google docs to demonstrate their spanish knowledge of the simple present tense with 80% accuracy.
Reflection:
Prior knowledge
Before: My students should have a basic understanding of Spanish syntax and vocabulary before we complete this lesson. Because the formation of sentences is important for their final paragraph, it is important that the students understand the grammar rules - this lesson should be taught after competency of sentence formation is established.
Assessment of PK: Before the students begin their project, I will give them a short quiz about the different aspects of spanish grammar (simple present tense). This will allow me to assess their level and grade them according to their Spanish ability. I will be providing informational and vocabulary sheets to my students to help them with their gaps.
Using PK to Plan: I will think about the different ways I can help students whose L1 is English - providing vocab, sentence structure, crash courses in Spanish. With these tools, their chance of success increases; I will also be walking around helping them during the lesson.
Planning Instruction
Why this grade level: Personally, I think all of our schools should be teaching second languages at younger ages. When you teach other languages to young children, they are more likely to verbally practice, have a better accent, and develop a deeper understanding. However, with the current standards, second language acquisition isn’t as popular as it is in other countries, causing me to settle on 7th grade.
Standard Alignment: My lesson will help my students build interpersonal communications skills (writing) and improve their grammar. They will also get the chance to reference their family tree when creating their sentences and have a way to present their writing.
When to Teach: This lesson should be taught after the students have learned the simple past tense. After that, this unit would be a great opportunity for them to practice the present tense while using descriptive vocabulary about families, jobs, and characteristics. This would provide the students with the foundations they need to have the most opportunity for success.
IMPLEMENTATION
Prior Knowledge
- Assess the prior knowledge of the students with a quiz on basic spanish grammar
Instruction
- Introduce the computer program (Lucidchart) they will be using to create their family tree
- Log each of the students onto the computers and have them begin working on their family tree
- Pass out vocabulary sheets and basic sentence formation refreshers
- Help the students create their family trees
- Once their family tree is created, have the students save the image and upload it to another google doc
- Here they will write two sentences introducing 5 members of their family and themselves.
Conclusion
- Edit each other’s sentences
ISTE Standards:
- 6. Creative Communicator: Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals.
a. choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their
creation or communication.
b. create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new
creations.
c. communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively by creating or using a variety of
digital objects such as visualizations, models or simulations.
I focused on this list of standards when creating my lesson plan. The family tree is a model that the students will create and use to build their writing skills.
Reflection:
Instructional Methods: When I was taking spanish classes, my teacher relied on memorization of verbs, grammar, and vocab - we never applied our information into projects or activities like this one. I think this lesson gives the students an applicable and fun activity to help them practice their sentence formation and vocab,
Alignment to Methods: Our courses talk about using authentic learning methods - I think constructing a family tree and writing about it will make a memory for my students. This will help their retention of the vocab and sentence structure as well.
Technology Alignment:
How does your integration of technology support what you know about best practices for technology integration in the classroom? (Use the the ISTE standards and research that you and your classmates did as a resource)
Needs of Students:
How is your lesson designed to meet the needs of all students? ? (Use the the UDL guidelines as a resource)
ASSESSMENT
- Prior Knowledge Test:
I made a quiz on google forms for my students to take to establish their baseline Spanish knowledge.
- Rubric:
This is the rubric I will be to grade the student's descriptions of their family tree.
Yes
|
No
| |
Family Tree Created
| ||
Introduced self
| ||
Introduced 5 other family members
| ||
Minimum of 10 sentences
| ||
At least 6 different verbs used
| ||
At least 5 different family vocab words used
| ||
Edited another student’s work
|
Reflect on:
Alignment:
Student Success: The students will finish this lesson with a paragraph describing their family, this will show the teacher whether they are understanding the previous lessons and provide the students with feedback about their writing. I think the best way to display success and knowledge of a subject is to provide an explanation or essay using the skills they should have acquired.
Higher Order Thinking: When my students have to edit another person’s paragraph, they will have to think about the different grammar rules of Spanish. This will cause them to focus more on what the paragraph is saying and improve their language skills.
Individual Needs: This lesson plan hopes to use the student’s background to help tie into writing curriculum. This lesson plan can also be extended or remediated depending on the Spanish proficiency within each student - some can introduce 3 family members and other can introduce 7. Our society heavily relies on written language and this helps build their skills in those areas.
MATERIALS AND RESOURCES
Teacher Example of Family Tree
Hola, me llamo Brenna. Soy una estudiante a NAU y quiero ser una maestra. Tengo una madre, se llama Lisa. Ella es una ama de casa, pero ella es una maestra también. Por la otra parte, tengo un padre, Doug. Mi padre trabaja por una iglesia. Tengo dos hermanos, Connor y Patric. Ellos son estudiantes también, Patric quiere ser un ingeniero y Connor espera ser un poeta un día. En la familia de mi padre, tengo un abuelo se llama George. Mi abuelo es chevere! George es un veterano de la guerra de Corea y un veterinario. La esposa de George es mi abuela, Gloria. Ella es una ama de casa también; todos los mujeres en mi familia son amas de casas.
I’ll be providing these for my students as well
No comments:
Post a Comment