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Unit Plan – Birthdays, classroom objects, BUA (Feb 23 to March 13)

 * Standards-based proficiency goals:** World Language isn’t proficiency based and does not require benchmarks or standards. However, there is a uniform exam for each language covered.

Feb 23 - Feb 26 Feb 26 - Mar 4 Mar 5 - Mar 9 Mar 10 - Mar 13
 * General Timeline:**
 * Students will practice repeating and applying the months of the year. They will make a detailed colored calendar of their birthday month using numbers, the days of the week, and drawing a picture associated with that month on the it. This will segway into introducing how to respond to the question "Cuando es tu cumpleanos?" Students will participate in making their own paper birthday cake with the number of candles as their age on it. They will have a spelling quiz on months.
 * Students will practice repeating and applying classroom objects and culture. They will respond to the phrase "Que es esto?" and work on a packet that requires them to know the Spanish translations for each item. Students will play a drawing game in 3 teams in order to practice the vocabulary. They will also play a matching game at their desks using pictures in a bag and holding up the correct objects I mention. They will have a matching quiz on classroom objects. I will also pass out a culture sheet and go over it with the class. Most of it focuses on Mexico and Spain.
 * Students will review everything that we have learned in the Spanish portion of the class. This includes greetings, goodbyes, numbers 0-100, colors, days, months, classroom objects and culture. We will play Tic-Tac-Toe in 2 teams with each spot being a phrase they needs to be translated. We will also do a learning centers activity that will focus on the sections students have most trouble with on the benchmark: greetings/goodbyes, numbers, and spellings the days/months. Students will then be tested on the material over a period of 2 days.
 * Tournament:**
 * Students will see a PowerPoint covering Pablo Picasso and pictures from my study abroad trip. They will learn about his life and a brief overview of his artwork and influence in the field. They will then sign up for an art piece from a list that I specifically chose (due to there being nudity in some of his works). Students will then have 3 days to research their art work using websites that I have provided them in the library.


 * List of Key Activities:**

Feb 23 □ Repetition □ Month kinesthetic activity □ Start birthday month calendar

Feb 24 □ Repetition □ Work on birthday month calendars □ Birthday

Feb 25 □ Repetition □ Birthday cake activity □ Month review sheet

Feb 26 □ Spelling quiz on months □ Classroom objects packet □ 6 classroom objects repetition

Feb 27 □ Classroom objects flashcards review □ 8 more classroom objects repetition □ Drawing game □ Culture sheet

Mar 2 □ Classroom object flashcards review □ 6 more classroom objects repetition □ Work on packet

Mar 3 □ Classroom object flashcards review □ Picture matching game □ Review sheet

Mar 4 □ Matching quiz on classroom objects □ Culture review □ Review Tic-Tac-Toe game

Mar 5 □ Learning centers review (greetings/goodbyes, numbers 0-100, colors, days, months)

Mar 6 □ Spanish Benchmark Assessment

Mar 9 □ Finish Spanish Benchmark Assessment

Mar 10 □ Spanish Benchmark Make-ups □ Pablo Picasso PowerPoint □ Sign-up sheet for Picasso works

Mar 11 □ Library trip □ Research chosen art piece

Mar 12 □ Library trip □ Research chosen art piece

Mar 13 □ Turn in final project

__Comments:__ · I really like the calendar idea. It might be cool if you created a class calendar that includes all of the months so that all students get to interact with all of the months rather than just their birthday month. Maybe you could make some kind of competition and people can vote on whose design for each month gets put into the final version of the calendar and you could add all the students birthdays on the months. · What is the “culture” part of this description? · I really like the Picasso idea and I think it’s smart that you are assigning paintings in order to keep it appropriate. What will students be doing with the research once it is done? Maybe you could make some kind of art display and put their research up with it?

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