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Lesson Plan 4

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Title: Globe Raider: Part II
Subject Area: Spanish
Grade Level: 4th and 5th
Teacher: Michelle Arden
School: Fort Mill Elementary
Summary of Lesson:  The students will design a rough draft of a PowerPoint
presentation about their assigned Spanish speaking country.

Lesson Details

Objectives: 
TSWBAT: Design a PowerPoint slide using information gathered about a Spanish 
speaking country.

Setting:  1 computer classroom– 40 minute Related Arts class

 

Procedures:    Time:

Greet students and ask ¿Cómo estás?

Show example PowerPoint show and explain that they will be creating and showing a similar presentation about their country.

Explain that their show will have 6 slides (while showing examples):
Title Slide (Country and Team Member names)
People (population, religion)
Geography
Government
Major Holidays
Art and Entertainment

Hand out design sheets while allowing groups to assign 1 slide to
each team member.  (The group will create the title slide together.) 

Tell students to look at the worksheets and explain that each slide needs 4 items.  Display sample slide again to highlight each one:
Heading
Important Fact #1
Important Fact #2
Something I liked about the country…..

Have students use the blank sheets to write their slides, using the information they gathered in the Globe Raider activity.

If there is time left, show brief demonstration of PowerPoint.

 

10 min.

 

 

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5 min.


15 min.


Extra time

Total Time: 40 min.

Technology Specific Activity/Project Description:

The teacher uses a projector to demonstrate and show examples of PowerPoint 
presentations.

 

Assessment:  Student participation is assessed through completion of their 
slide design worksheets.

Foreign Language Standards: 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2

Materials

Resources: encyclopedias, books and periodicals for each country

www.lonelyplanet.com
www.mapquest.com

Software: PowerPoint

Hardware: computer and projector

See My Slide Design worksheet


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Last updated on February 15, 2002.
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