| Summary of Lesson: |
Students will learn and review animal vocabulary
by taking a virtual trip through the Madrid Zoo. They will make an animal puppet
and then create a PowerPoint slide describing it in Spanish to be included in
a class presentation. |
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| Lesson Details |
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| Objectives: |
Students will recognize new and review old animal vocabulary.
Students will recognize cognates.
Students will answer questions about
the zoo.
Students will state the similarities
and differences between a zoo in Spain and a zoo in the US.
Students will create animal bag puppets.
Students will create a PowerPoint slide about an animal
using Spanish vocabulary.
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| Setting: |
Classroom, Computer lab |
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| Procedures: |
Day One – 40 minute class |
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The students have learned 10 animals in Spanish prior
to this activity. |
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Before going to the computer lab, ask students to brainstorm a list of animals
and other attractions they would find at the zoo in Madrid. Would there be
any differences from what they would find at a zoo in the US? These answers
may be written on a chalkboard/whiteboard |
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Have students go to www.zoomadrid.com . They will answer questions
concerning items about the Madrid Zoo on a worksheet. |
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Day Two and Day Three – 40 minute
classes |
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Have students make paper bag animal puppets.
Examples of puppets made in previous classes will be shown. They may create
an animal of their choice. If they do not know the word for their puppet in
Spanish, have them find it in a Spanish/English dictionary. When finished,
the students will take pictures of their animals using a digital camera. |
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Day Four |
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Have students create a PowerPoint slide
on their puppet, including the following information:
Me llamo/Se llama (name)
Soy/Es un (name of animal)
Soy/Es (colors of the animal)
Soy/Es de (location)
Soy/Es (adjectives)
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The slides can be combined and shown in class on
the Infocus machine. |
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Technology
Specific Activity: |
Students will access
website on the Madrid Zoo and answer questions.
Students
will take digital photos of their puppets.
Students
will create a PowerPoint slide on their puppet using Spanish vocabulary. |
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Students will
use Microsoft Word to type a response to a question on bullfighting. |
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| Assessment: |
Worksheet: Number correct/Number possible
Puppet: Rubric
PowerPoint slide: Rubric
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| State Standard
Met: |
The student will process, store, retrieve and
transmit electronic information. |
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The student will communicate
through application software. |
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| ISTE Standard
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Students will use content-specific tools, software,
and situations to support learning and research. |
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Students will design, develop, publish and present
products using technology resources that demonstrate and communicate curriculum
concepts to audiences inside and outside the classroom. |
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Foreign Language
Standards Met: |
Students understand and interpret written and spoken
language on a variety of topics.
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Students present information, concepts and ideas to
an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics |
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Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship
between the practices and perspectives of the cultures studied.
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Students demonstrate
an understanding of the relationship between the perspectives and
products/contributions of the cultures studied. |
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Students reinforce and further their knowledge of
other disciplines through the foreign language. |
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Students acquire information and perspectives through
authentic materials in the foreign languages and within the cultures. |
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Students develop understanding of the nature of language
and the concept of culture through comparisons with the language and culture
studied and their own. |
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Science Standards
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Students will identify process skills that
can be used in scientific investigations. |
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Students will use appropriate tools and techniques
to gather, analyze, and interpret data. |
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Art Standard
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Students will develop and expand visual arts knowledge
and skills in order to express ideas creatively. |
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Math Standard
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Understand relationships among units and convert
from one unit to another within the same system.
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| Materials |
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| Resources: |
www.zoomadrid.com |
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| Hardware: |
digital camera, Infocus
machine |
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| Miscellaneous: |
student worksheet
pencil or pen
paper bags
yarn
construction paper
scissors
glue
markers/crayons/colored pencils |
