Common Core Lesson Planner

Grade Level: High School 9-12 Teacher: Cecilia Serrato

Subject: Spanish non-natives
Select grade level appropriate standards:
Common Core State Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.1
Language: I. Conventions of Spanish language: Demonstrate command of the conventions of the target
language grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.9-10.1
Listening and Speaking: I. Comprehension and Collaboration: Prepare for and participate effectively in a
range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing
1 their own clearly and persuasively.
Common Core
Content:
and Content Content.StageI.1.1.g
Standard(s) 1.1. Students address discrete elements of daily life, including:
g. Leisure, hobbies and activities, songs, toys and games, sports
Communication.StageI.1.0
1.0 Students use formulaic language
Communication.StageI.1.1
1.1 Engage in oral, written…language
Communication.StageI.1.2
1.2 Interpret written, spoken…language

2 What materials and resources will you and the students need for the lesson?
Materials/ -Computer
Resources/ -Projector, whiteboard
Lesson -Paper & pencil/colors
-worksheets
Preparation
-Kahoot

What should students know and be able to do after the lesson?

3  I know how to create basic sentences.
Objective(s)  I have basic knowledge of verb conjugations.

 I will learn new vocabulary.

 I will be able to tell other about my hobbies, activities or games.
 Level 1: Recall  Level 2: Skill/Concept
Level 3: Strategic Thinking Level 4: Extended Thinking

Explain how the lesson addresses each box you checked:

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Level 1: Students will recall all content learned before to apply it to the new content. Students will be
Webb’s Depth of responsible for using what they already know to facilitate the comprehension of the new information.
Knowledge Level
Level 2: Students organize their ideas using their past knowledge and the new information learned today.
Students will construct fragment sentences utilizing the new vocabulary words.

 Demonstrating independence  Building strong content knowledge

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Responding to varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline
College and
Career Ready Comprehending as well as critiquing Valuing evidence
Skills Using technology and digital media strategically and capably
Coming to understand other perspectives and cultures

SAUSD Common Core Lesson Template (adapted)

 Explain how the lesson addresses each box you checked:

Students will have to work alone to create sentences, but they learn from their mistakes as they keep
practicing the new information.

In this lesson, students will add more vocabulary to their knowledge of the language. Students will learn
new words, their meaning and in what context could be use. Student will comprehend the new information,
process it and apply it using their own lives.

 Communication  Collaboration Critical Thinking Creativity

Explain how the lesson addresses each box you checked:

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Students will articulate ideas using written and oral communication. Students will figure out meaning and
st
21 Century intentions of what is being introduced.
Skills

Students demonstrate ability to work with other, showing respect and working together effectively.

Lesson Delivery
Identify vocabulary and key terms that are important for students to know to understand the lesson:
Aficciones/hobbies
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Tiempo libre/free time
Vocabulary/Key
Terms Me encanta/ I love it
Bailar, arte, jugar, leer, escuchar música, montar en bici, ir de compras, cine, baile etc.
8 Describe how you will adapt your lesson for the following learners:
Differentiated
 English Spanish Learners
Instruction
Hands and facial gestures to figure out meaning and words. Slow talk and the use of
cognates. Students will also get pictures and objects to figure out the meaning and
facilitate knowledge and comprehension.
 Special Needs
Depending on their identified needs, students will get the necessary adaptations. For
example, give them a special seat; give them more time for assignments, individual help
and more. In a few words, investigate the possible accommodations/modifications and
give them special attention.
 Accelerated (Gifted/Talented)
The gifted students may help the teacher with those students that need extra explanation of
the content. These students will help other struggling students and at the same time their
knowledge will increase. Or maybe give them harder task to push them to the limits and help
them expand their knowledge.

9 Describe at least TWO different types of formal or informal assessments you will use during your
Assessments lesson to check for student learning:
Students will be given a worksheet with vocabulary words in English and students will need to
translate those words into Spanish. This will be an informal assessment that will be given right
after introducing the words, as a way to get students to push themselves to learn.

SAUSD Common Core Lesson Template (adapted)

 At the end of the lesson, students will need to demonstrate their knowledge by competing for a
couple of points. Students will use their phone app (Kahoot) to answer questions about the content
of today’s lesson. There will be questions and students will need to answers and there will only be
three students that will obtain those points.

10 Prior Knowledge, Context, and Motivation (How will you connect the beginning of the lesson
Lesson to what students already know and/or motivate them to learn about the topic?)
Delivery
At the beginning of the lesson, students will be given a question that will make them use what they
learned the day before. This is a way to get students to use phrases or the vocabulary words they
learned in the past. Students tend to pay more attention if what they are learning is somehow
connected to their lives. Therefore, that question will make students to provide a little information
about themselves and their lives.

Describe each step of the lesson

Teacher will… Students will…

1. will greet the students and ask them how
they are doing.
2. ask them today’s date
3. ask students to take out their phones to
answer the ‘warm-up’
4. ask a couple of students to share their
answer to the question and have them write
it on the board as a way for classmates to
help them with the writing. Teacher will
guide them.
5. introduce vocabulary words using
powerpoint or google slides. These will
have the word in one slide and the picture,
object or gif of the words on the next slide.
6. ask students for an action that will make
them remember that word and have them
practice the action and saying the word.
7. act the action and students say the words.
8. say the word and students act the word.
9. give students a worksheet to test their
knowledge
10. ask them to create small sentences about
their hobbies individually.
11. ask them to work with a partner and share
their answers and correct themselves
12. go around and help students
13. be checking for their understanding as she
goes around
14. ask students to take out their phones to
have a little competition for points, she will
use Kahoot with questions about today’s
content.
15. give students a small hint about the class
1. respond to the teacher’s greeting and
basically answer that they are doing fine.
2. say today’s date and if their don’t say it
correctly, teacher will make them repeat it.
3. take out their phone and start answering the
question that related to their lives and will
use previous knowledge and the content
learned the day before. Students have to
answer this question in Google slides.
4. be selected by teacher and will have to
write their answers on the whiteboard.
Classmates will correct those answers as a
whole group.
5. help teacher with an action for their
vocabulary words. These actions will also
be learned for their better understanding.
They will pronounce the words and act
them out.
6. after they reviewed all words, they will say
the word when the teacher acts the words.
7. then act the word when teacher say the
word.
8. answer the worksheet by translating the
words into Spanish. And then, they will
review the answer as a group.
9. create sentences about their hobbies using
all the knowledge they have.
10. share their answers with a classmate and
will correct each other. Students will have
to be talking as way for teacher to check
their understanding and will have help if
needed.
11. take out their phones to answer the question
on the Kahoot page. Since it’s a little

SAUSD Common Core Lesson Template (adapted)

 next day. competition, students will have to do their
best and the first three places will receive
points.

SAUSD Common Core Lesson Template (adapted)