LEVEL: Spanish III Intermediate-Low

TEACHER: Sr. Rosales

UNIT/THEME: Live and feel: Balance/Schedule
Lesson/Grammatical focus of the lesson: Perfect tense, Gustar
Day: 1st day of the unit (unit I of the semester). 60 minutes
Standards addressed: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 3.1, 3.2
OBJECTIVES:
(At the end of this lesson) students will be able to:
- Describe what they like to do on a daily basis and/or what they want to do in the future
- Have an understanding of what their partner hopes to accomplish by age 30
How will I know that students can do that? Assessment (formal or informal) [this is similar to the by
column on the lesson plan I showed earlier]:
- Students will write a small summary of what they want their life to be like when they are 30, with a list
of hobbies they hope to either still do or pick up.
- Students will share what things they like to do for fun to the class
- Students will discuss aspirations for the future with their assigned partners.
Instructional sequence:
Description

StudentTeacher

Warm-up

Listen to song about life

around the world (2x)

S (as
class)

Check

Volunteer or random
selection of what they
found interesting in the
video

Intro to
topic

Standards
addressed

Time

Rationale

a 1.2

6 minutes

Introduction to
unit on live
and feel.

S-T/S

1.3

4 minutes

Make sure
they were
paying
attention to
what their
classmate and
video
presented

Each student starts to

list things that they like
to do, what they hope to
achieve by age 30

S
(individual)

1.1, 3.1,

10
minutes

Recall vocab
from the past
school year

Activity

Students are randomly

assigned with each
other, they start to share
their aspirations with
one another

S-S

1.3, 3.1, 3.2

10
Introduce
minutes (5 future
minutes
each)

Check

Teacher walks around

making sure students

T-S

1.1, 1.3

Give feedback
or ask

are expressing what

they want to express
and checking for
comprehension on both
parties

question to
students about
their
aspirations.

Activity

Introduction to their final

assignment, they begin
to make a schedule that
would fit their partners
aspirations for when
they are 30.

S
(individual)

1.2

Check

Teacher walks around

the class answering
questions and reading
what students are
writing

T-S

1.2

Activity

Share to the class

interesting things they
found out about each
other.

S-Class

1.2, 1.3

Informal
assessmen
t

Teacher is listening to
students talking in
spanish about each
other.

T-Class

1.3

Cool-down

Students ask teacher

about the homework
and project.

TOTAL

10
minutes

Start making a
thought out
plan for
someone else.
Write a
summary
explaining
their
reasoning.
Make
connections
with students

10
minutes

Open-ended
language
practice. They
express their
ideas.
Teacher
listens and
gives
feedback on
common
errors created
by class

5 minutes

55minutes
(5 minutes
left for
misc)

Materials: projector, screen or white wall, internet, computer

I will need: whiteboard, cooperative students in the classroom
Limitations: almost no target culture. Students may not know much about the necessary vocab. This
would call for a review on the vocab needed.