Lesson Plan: Ser vs.

Estar & Vocab 

 
Name​: Sally Moceyunas 
Subject​: Spanish 1 
Period​: 3 
Date​: 4/10/2020 
Length of Activity​: 90 minutes 
 
Unit Objectives:  Lesson Objectives:  Standards (TEKS) 
Addressed:  

  ● Understand how  1(A) ask and respond to 

and when to use  questions about everyday 
SER and ESTAR  life in spoken and written 
● Practice using the  conversation; 
new vocabulary   
3(B) describe people, 
objects, and simple 
situations orally and in 
writing using a mixture of 
words, phrases, and 
simple sentences 
 
Technology & Instructional Materials Needed​: 

● HMDI, computer, clicker 

● Powerpoint 
● Vocabulary Slides 
● En el restaurante 
● Las analogias 
● Famous People 
● Memory game cards 
● Slap it 
● Vocab Quiz Restaurant 
 
Assessments​:  

What evidence will students provide to demonstrate knowledge, skills, or 

understanding? Maybe formative or summative.  
● Formative: Vocab Quiz Restaurant 
 ○ Students will be assessed on their restaurant vocabulary. Students will 
have to identify restaurant items and words that identify people. This 
assessment will show their understanding of these words.  
 
Daily Agenda: 

Time in  What do the students do? What  What do you do? What 
Min  questions/directions/actions are  questions/directions/actions 
they engaged in?   occur? 

10  Warm Up- Students will come in,  I will greet students at the door and 
collect their notebook from the bin  remind them to grab their 
at the front, and begin the warm up  notebooks and start the warm up. I 
that will be displayed on the screen.   will then circulate the room 
stamping papers as students finish. 

7  Review Vocabulary Slides- students  I will walk students through the 

will repeat the words after me to  vocabulary slides powerpoint and 
practice their pronunciation.  say the words so students can 
repeat after me. 

10  Famous People- students will pair  I will explain the directions and 
up and decide on 8 famous people.  then circulate around the room.  
They will then individually decide 
whether the statement is true. 
Then, in pairs, they will compare 
their answers.  

7  Memory game- students will work  I will explain the directions and 
as a pair to try and solve the  then circulate around the room.  
memory puzzle.   

10  Las analogias- students will  I will go over the example with the 
complete the rest of the worksheet  students and we will complete the 
by themselves.   first question together.  

7  Slap It- students will compete  I will give the definitions or the 
against their partner to slap the  English word. 
word card that corresponds to the 
definition given.  
 15  En el restaurante- students will  I will explain the directions and 
work individually or with a partner  then circulate around the room.  
to complete the conversation. As a 
class, students will discuss what 
they matched up with.  

20  Vocab Quiz Restaurant- students  I will explain the directions and 
will work individually to complete  then circulate around the room to 
the quiz.   monitor the quiz.  
 
Instructional Sequence: 

Engagement/Hook  Warm Up- Students will complete a warm similar to the Ser 
vs. Estar with Vocab activity they completed at the end of the 
last class period. They will practice deciding between ser and 
estar using the vocabulary they have been practicing.  

Exploration  Famous People- students will work on this activity with a 

partner. They will decide together on eight famous people 
they want to talk about. Students will then fill out the form 
individually about whether the statement is true for that 
famous person or not. Students will then talk with their 
partner about their answers and see if they answered the 
same.  

Explanation  Review Vocabulary Slides- as a class we will go over the 

powerpoint with all the vocabulary words and repeat all the 
words so students get comfortable saying the words and 
recognizing what the word means in Spanish. 

Extension  Memory Game- students will practice their vocabulary by 

playing a memory game with a partner. There will be 
vocabulary cards with the words in Spanish and English. 
Students will have the cards flipped over and they will turn 
over to cards at a time and try to match them up.  
 
Las analogias- students will work on acquiring the vocab 
words by comparing and contrasting the vocabulary words. 
This will take the understanding of the vocabulary words to a 
higher level of thinking. 
 
Slap It- Students will use the same cards for the memory 
game for this game. Students will slap the card that 
 corresponds to the appropriate word said aloud. I will say a 
word in English or a definition in Spanish and students will 
compete with their partner to hit the corresponding word 
first.  
 
En el restaurante- Students will practice their vocabulary by 
matching the sentences of the waiter with the two young 
people in the restaurant. This will help students understand 
the vocabulary in context. It will give them an opportunity to 
practice the vocabulary in an actual context.  

Evaluation  Vocab Quiz Restaurant- Students will be assessed on their 

restaurant vocabulary. Students will have to identify 
restaurant items and words that identify people. This 
assessment will show their understanding of these words.  
 
Differentiation: 

● Students are able to have as much or as little time as they want to work on all 
the activities.  
 
Extensions: 

● If students finish the En el restaurante or Las analogias activities, they can 

play more rounds of the memory game.  
 
Reflection & Notes: 

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