Jessica

Drew
Espaol 1, Captulo 1: Preparacin para el Examen
~46 Minutes

Objective: How does the verb gustar function and how can we use it to begin to create
meaningful conversations with others?

Standards (ACTFL):
1.1- Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express
feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions
1.3- Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or
readers on a variety of topics
3.1- Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the
foreign language
Time
Activity
Activity
Purpose
Type
4 minutes
Individual
Answer the 3 questions on
Tap into PK and serve as a
Warm-Up
the board in their warm-up formative assessment for the
book. After answering, they
students to see if they have
should turn to a partner and mastered the questions from
ask/answer each others
the chapter.
questions.



Teacher will then call on
Teacher can make corrections
students to give their
as well as model strong
answers.
answers.
15 minutes Small Group
Students will play a game
There are many reasons that
within Large called Pgalo or Slap. The
this game works in the
Group-
students would put the photo classroom. It allows students

cards (which would be cut up to move about and to be a bit
Student
prior) out on their group of
competitive. It also allows
Vocab
desks. Teacher would call
them to hear correct
Practice
vocabulary words in the TL
pronunciation and to review
and the first student to hit
vocab by associating words to
the card gets to keep it. The
photos, instead of to English
student with the most cards
words.
at the end of the game wins.

Time allotted for this activity
includes a 3-minute
instructional time. Ground
rules need to be set.
20 minutes Large Group-
Students will complete an
The purpose of this activity is

activity called A la
three-fold. First, it is an
Speaking
derecha/A la izquierda.
informal speaking activity
Practice
Students work as a team to
that allows the students to

form a circle that all students

can join into. They form the
circle by a student starting
and saying A la derecha me
gusta ftbol y a la izquierda
me gusta bailar. Any other
student may then join on the
side that has an activity that
they like. They must repeat
that activity and add a new
one on their other side. For
example, A la izquierda me
gusta ftbol y a la derecha
me gusta correr.

5 minutes

Individual-

Closure

begin to feel more

comfortable speaking in front
of each other. Secondly, it
allows the teacher to make
minor corrections (usually
gusta versus gustan, and
pronouns) while the students
are practicing. Lastly, it allows
the students to ALL come
together and helps build
classroom rapport. The
activity is not completed until
all students are in the circle.
Sometimes it is fun to do a
speed round where the
classes challenge each other
to see how quickly they can
get everyone into their circle.
Students would reflect on
The purpose of this activity is
the class period and how
to ask the students to selfprepared they feel for
reflect on their learning and
tomorrows quiz in their
preparation so far. Teaching
classroom notebooks. They
the students to honestly
answer the attached prompt reflect allows them to begin to
and then we will discuss
assess their own learning and
study tactics as a class.
study habits, which is
incredibly important in a
world language. This is
especially true, as most of
them have never studied a
language before.