Jennifer Patterson Sample Lesson Plan Lesson Plan: El Tiempo

Jennifer Patterson
Sample Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan: El Tiempo
Context:
This 60-minute lesson was taught for 8th grade Spanish I students on the second day of the
Weather and Travel Unit. In the class before, students were introduced to the weather
vocabulary and organized the weather conditions by writing where they go and what they do
based on the weather.
Lesson Objectives:
• Students will be able to describe the weather on a map based on symbols.
• Students will be able to ask what the weather is like in certain cities.
Standards/Benchmarks Achieved:
• Communication 1.1:
Interpersonal Communication: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain
information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
• Communication 1.2:
Interpretive Communication: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language
on a variety of topics.
Equipment and Materials
• White Board and Dry Erase Markers
• El Tiempo vocabulary notes from yesterday
• Powerpoint, white sceen, projector
• Weather report map of Mexico
• ¡Bravo! Level 1, Unidad 4, Lección 3, p. 45-46: interpersonal speaking activity worksheets
• Crossword puzzles
Introduction/Agenda/Opening Activity
- Greet class (¡Hola clase! ¿Cómo están hoy?)
- Go over the agenda for class that day on the whiteboard. Explain the topic for today (Hoy
vamos a continuar aprendiendo el tiempo!).
- Ask students, “¿Qué tiempo hace hoy?” 3 students raise hands to volunteer answers. After
each response, all other students repeat.
- We review El Tiempo vocabulary with Teacher-Students repetition while looking at our
vocabulary sheets to get pronunciation and spelling in mind
Present New Material
- I project the map of Mexico onto the screen and point. I do a mini weather report,
introducing “¿Qué tiempo hace en (ciudad)?” y “En (ciudad), (weather description)”. With
each answer, I ask students to repeat after me.
• How did I say, “In (whatever city), the weather is (this)?
• Ss answer “En (ciudad), (weather description)”
• I ask students “¿Qué tiempo hace en (ciudad)?” using different cities and students answer
by raising their hands.
• After each student response, the class repeats the answer.
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Transition
Ahora, ustedes van a hacer algo similar a esto en parejas. (Now, you are going to do something
similar to this in partners.)
Practice Methods and Organization
- For now I want you to work with the person sitting next to you.
- You will be asking each other what the weather is like in certain places around the world
- “¿Cómo se dice ‘ what’s the weather like in…’?”
o Students volunteer answers, class repetition of “¿Qué tiempo hace en…”
- I tell students it’s a little like “Guess Who” – the other person has your answer and you have
theirs – you don’t want them to get the information easily so they must ask in Spanish.
- Comprehension check: students explain the directions to their partner, then volunteer to
explain the directions again to the whole class
- I give each column of students a different sheet, A or B, and students
Transition
Now since we’ve practiced speaking about the weather, let’s make sure we keep working on
spelling and meanings.
Practice Methods and Organization
- Students work on the crossword puzzle until the end of class, and if they don’t finish, it is
homework.
Closing Activity
In the last few minutes of class, I walk around and ask each student to tell me two new weather
expressions he or she has learned and their meanings.
Assessment
I will assess students on their oral participation in the partner activity, their completion of the
crossword puzzle, and their oral “exit slip”.
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Weather map of México for the date that the lesson was taught:
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Sample Lesson Plan
Jennifer Patterson
Sample Lesson Plan
Jennifer Patterson
Sample Lesson Plan