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Michelle Gelrud Presentation Lesson Plan

Introduction

Lesson topic conjugating ar verbs

Length of Lesson 50 minutes

VA Standards of Learning there are no SOLs in Spanish classes

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to:

recall, cite and successfully use the steps for regular ar verb conjugation without referencing notes

Teaching and Learning Sequence

Introduction/Anticipatory Set: total time for activity = approximately 10 minutes

Para Empezar (bell ringer activity/anticipatory set): students will be asked to make a list of the ar verbs that they ha

used or encountered in class. They will also be asked to write the conjugated forms of those verbs, if they recall them

*Students will be given 5 minutes to do this while teacher takes attendance and checks for homewocompletion from the previous class

*After 5 minutes, 5 student volunteers and write their list of ar verbs on the board (if no volunteers, teach

will randomly select names using popsicle sticks with student names on each)

*remaining students will go to the board (in rows, or 5 at a time) and put a check next to the verbs that the

also have on their list and add the verbs that they do not see already written on the board

*through this activity, students will be introduced to the material for the lesson and see that they already have som

prior knowledge (positive effect on participation, confidence)

Lesson Development:1. (2 minutes) After the Para Empezar activity, the teacher will distribute a verb conjugation worksheet (s

attached); during distribution, teacher will explain the use of this worksheet (students will be given addition

copies throughout the year to use as a study resource or exercise it is a blank format to work on ve

conjugation, verb definition, sentences for reference and additional notes space for students to use for studen

to note mnemonics or other notes to self)

2. Teacher will instruct students that this worksheet will be used after the students have been taught ar ve

conjugation (students put worksheets aside)

3. (6 minutes) Teacher reviews subject pronouns with studentsa. this is done by asking 9 students to come forward

b. teacher uses self as example for I subject pronoun and reviews remaining pronouns using studenfor visual reference for class

c. teacher then writes the subject pronoun chart on the board

yo nosotros

t vosotros

Ud. Uds.

l, ella ellos, ellas

4. (12-15 minutes) Teacher delivers lesson on ar verb conjugation

a. teacher asks students for the definition of a verb (in English)

b. teacher defines infinitive both English and Spanish verbs

c. teacher reviews what conjugation is and why it is necessary

i. emphasis on demonstration of appropriate conjugations (you wouldnt say I eats, righ

You say HE eats; can you say THEY eat?, etc.

d. teacher begins the steps for conjugating verbs:i. drop the infinitive ending

ii. rewrite the stem

iii. add the appropriate ending

e. using the verb hablar (to speak), teacher demonstrates conjugation using the steps

f. teacher asks students for another ar verb and demonstrates conjugation using that verb (aga

showing on the board each step, while explaining each step orally)

g. students provide another ar verb example and teacher again demonstrates step-by-step conjugatibut asks students to direct her through the steps

5. (3-4 minutes total) Teacher asks students to conjugate 1 ar verb (estudiar) on their own, using the ve

conjugation worksheet that they were given earlier.

a. 1 volunteer (or randomly selected student via popsicle sticks) writes his/her answers on board

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6. (8-10 minutes) Students are then put into groups of 4

a. using 2 dice (each a different color) per group, they do an activity for conjugation practice

i. on the board, teacher will write two (2) lists of numbers 1-6, each representing a die

ii. list one: 6 different subjects/subject pronouns

iii. list two: 6 different ar verb infinitives

b. groups roll the dice and look at the list for the subject and verb represented by the numbers rolled

students at a time roll and students in group take turns completing the conjugations)**as students complete exercise, teacher pulls up YouTube video for closing activity and then walks around and listens

groups, commenting, helping, etc. (monitoring, assessing)

Closure : (6 minutes total) Students are asked to cite (as a group) the steps for conjugating verbsa. teacher then reminds them to write down the hw assignment (written on board in area marked homewo

each day) and tells them to pack up

b. teacher then tells students that they are about to see a video created by a Spanish student that explains ho

to conjugate ar verbs

a. teacher explains that it, as well as many other similar videos, can be found on YouTube aencourages students to research some of them and share their favorites with the class v

Discussion Board on class site

b. teacher plays video for students

Homework

Students are given a blank verb conjugation chart worksheet and are told to find 5 ar verbs and conjugate them on th

worksheet using steps; in addition, write 4 sentences using different subjects/subject pronouns for use in an activity in t

next class. Sentences are to be fill-in-the blank using conjugated ar verb as the answer needed (the infinitive of the ar veis given) example (given on board with assignment): Maria ___________________ (hablar) para el examen. *this portion

the hw will be used as the bell ringer (Para Empezar) activity in the next class.

Assessment

Formative student comprehension will be assessed via participation, correct answers to questions (steps f

conjugation, correct conjugation of verbs during group lesson, individual worksheet conjugation, and dice game

Comprehension will also be assessed during the dice game via teacher walking around and listening to the students

they answer

Summative teacher will assess individual student comprehension via visual assessment of individual ve

conjugation exercises, as well as oral assessment during group activity as each student is required to answindividually. Further individual assessment will be provided via homework (are the original fill-in-the-blank sentenc

formatted correctly and then are they answered correctly by another students in Para Empezar (bell ringer) in next cla

(this provides the teacher with an assessment of 2 students per assignment)

References

*YouTube Conjugations Back video (url:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ex3k3yKjYk) Video created by a stude

in a Spanish 1 class and then posted on the web.

*There are no other references for this lesson teacher has created both the verb conjugation chart worksheet, the dice gamand the homework

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ex3k3yKjYkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ex3k3yKjYkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ex3k3yKjYk