Monica Acuna-Suarez

Audience
22 college students (different ages) males and females.
They have taken previous courses for Spanish in High School
At this time of the semester, the students have learned lesson 5: they can
talk about vacations, describes a hotel, talk about the season and the
weather, and talk about feelings.
Classes are held three times a week.
Fall semester- 15 weeks of classes
Three classes per week (Two classes of 1:15 min and one class of 45
minutes)
Date of the lesson:
Tenth week of classes- Friday
Length of the class:
5o minutes length.
Lesson Objectives
SWBAT recognize different types of weather in different Hispanic countries
(cultural)
SWBAT Identify the vocabulary learned about weather( Esta
lloviendo/Hace calor/Hace fresco/ Hace buen/mal tiempo/ Hace frio/ Hace
calor (functional/ grammatical)
SWBAT construct a meaningful sentence using the weather adjectives.
(grammar/functional)
SWBAT Engage in real world conversations (vocabulary/grammatical)
SWBAT orally describe a picture posted on the board using SER y ESTAR
and characteristics of feelings (adjectives)(vocabulary/functional)
SWBAT state a sentence using present progressive
(functional/grammatical)

SWBAT write down a meaningful sentence using SER and ESTAR with an
adjective (grammatical)
SWBAT recognize a Direct Object Noun and pronouns
SWABT select a Direct Object Pronoun (grammatical)
Materials:
Web sites

http://www.eltiempo.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhSpFFJSRd8

http://www.rtve.es/eltiempo/

Hands out- Exercise (lesson 5.4)

Paper and pencil
Internet connection
Book: Aventuras . Blanco,Jose and Philip Redwine Donley. Ed 2014.
(pages: 127-128-129-131)
Procedures Overall
5 min -Warm up
10 min Review- differences of weather
10 min - cooperative learning (pair assignment)
5 min Recall information from previous lesson (SER y ESTAR)
5 min - Introduction of the new material
10min- Exercises

Class
Sequence
10:10- 10:15
Start up/
Warm up

Description of Activities
The day before, this Spanish
class has learned lesson 5.3
Comparing SER y ESTAR.
Today, the classroom will
watch a couple
videos/websites/newspaper
to see and explore the report
of the weather in Colombia
and Espana.
The question of the day:
Cmo est el tiempo hoy en
Tampa?

http://www.eltiempo.co
m/
http://www.rtve.es/eltie
mpo/

OBJECTIVES:
SWBAT recognize different
types of weather in different
Hispanic countries (cultural)
SWBAT Identify the
vocabulary learned about
weather( Esta lloviendo/Hace
calor/Hace fresco/ Hace
buen/mal tiempo/ Hace frio/
Hace calor (functional/
grammatical)

Materials

Internet
connection

10:15- 10:20
Introduction

Students have learned how

to describe feelings and use
action verbs in the present
progressive form.
PAIR ACTIVITY
Each student will choose
his/her partner.
For this activity, the
instructor will distribute the
handouts. Give directions in
the target language.
If they do not understand
explain in English
Then,The instructor will show
a picture on the board with
people demonstrating
different feelings and action
verbs.
(Pictures in the book/power
point pag: 127-128-129-131)
Vamos a describir. Give
instructions in Spanish- Give
examplesEach student will describe at
least 3 characters from the
pictures posted on the
board. The other classmate
will guess who it was from
the picture.
Then, The instructor will ask
randomly to each one but
using a different picture.
Questions to be used:
Dnde est/n?
Cmo es/son?
Qu estn haciendo?
OBJECTIVE:
SWBAT Engage in real world
conversations

Power point
Or
Elmo
Hands outs
Aventura Book

(vocabulary/grammatical)
SWBAT orally describe a
picture posted on the board
using SER y ESTAR and
characteristics of feelings
(adjectives)
(vocabulary/functional)
SWBAT state a sentence
using present progressive
(functional/grammatical)

10:20- 10:30
Evaluation/
assessment

The instructor will make at

least one question to each
student using any
pictures.
The student will give one or
more descriptions using
adjectives.
Alegre-Cansado-Avergonzado
Content-Enojado-feliz
Questions to be answer by
students:
Dnde est Ana?
Cmo est Pedro?
Qu est haciendo?
Use and recognize these
verbs:
Hablando-Corriendo-Leyendo
Sacando fotos-NadandoLlorando
Montando bicicletaCaminando
Jugando-Corriendo-leyendoMontando caballo
OBJECTIVES
SWBAT orally describe a
picture posted on the board
using SER y ESTAR and
characteristics of feelings
(adjectives)
(vocabulary/functional)

Board
Power Point
Book

SWBAT state a sentence

using present progressive
(functional/grammatical)

10:30 10:35
Lesson
Recall

The instructor will present a

review of lesson 5.3 SER y
ESTAR.
Using a power point
presentation
The whole class will work
individually to choose the
right form of the verb
according to the sentence.
Then, the instructor will
compare their answers using
a projector.
OBJECTIVE
SWBAT write down a
meaningful sentence using
SER and ESTAR with an
adjective (grammatical)

10:35- 10:45
Lesson

The instructor will present

lesson 5.4 with the key
lesson words:
Me/te/lo/la/nos/las/los
and integrate in a sentence
With the use of a power
point and the board.
Gives some examples.
Use a hand out to practice
(page. 9 from the file
grammar_activities.pdf)
If we have extra time
The instructor will choose an
activity from the Aventuras
book to be completed in the
class.
OBJECTIVES
SWBAT recognize a
singular/plural Direct Object

10:30- 10:40
Wrap up

Board/markers/era
ser

Board, markers,
and eraser
Extra exercise
From the book
Aventuras
pag:131 (Manos a
la obra)
Prints out
From the file:
grammar_activities
.pdf (pag. 9)

Noun and pronouns

SWABT select a
singular/plural Direct Object
Pronoun (grammatical)
The instructor will distribute
and Use a hand out to
practice (page. 9 from the
file grammar_activities.pdf)
10:40 10:50
Closing

Objective:
SWABT select a Direct Object
Pronoun (grammatical)

Before students leave, the

instructor will remind to do
their homework assignment
online.
Anticipated problems and solutions
I will bring extra exercises (printed them out) to work in the classroom.
I will bring the book for the class, just in case the computer does not work;
I will be able to use the book and go through it using a projector.
If there is one student absent, I will assign a group of three.
Unexpected Issues in the classroom
I did not use one of the videos.
For the second activity: Students took extra time.
At first, the students did not understand the given instructions in the target
language. For this reason I chose to talk in English to clarify meanings and
directions.
During the second activity, I noticed that my students needed to review
the vocabulary about descriptions and feelings from lesson 5. For this
reason, I extended the time for the oral activity and to not exclude anyone
in the classroom.
One more issue, I was unable to open a picture from the book on the
internet. I decided to use the book and the projector.
For this reason I could not complete what I planned for this day. I had an
extra practice (hand out) to work together. Lesson 5.4