Aztec Spanish Lesson
Aztec Spanish Lesson
Aztec Spanish Lesson
Grade Level:
10th
Length of
class:
50 minutes
ACTIVATE/ENGAGE
(How will I engage students
in learning or prepare
students to learn by
activating/building up their
prior knowledge?)
Ask a question, think-pairshare activity, Anticipatory
set activity, checklists, quick
write, cooperative learning
activity, inquiry-based task,
carousel activity, KWL, circle
map, show a video clip, do a
demonstration, tell a story,
quiz, thumbs up, fist-to-five,
etc.
ACQUIRE/EXPLORE/APPLY
(How will I help students
acquire and apply new
knowledge and skills?)
Lecture, demonstration,
guest speaker, inquiry-based
activity, text analysis,
discussion, debate,
simulations, skits, projectbased learning, jigsaw
activity, cooperative learning
activity, flexible grouping,
learning center rotation,
research activity, etc.
ASSESS/CLOSURE/BRIDGE
(How will I assess my
students understanding or
provide closure in the
lesson?)
Selected Response (Test,
quiz, exit slip)
Products from
Performance assessment
(Skit, role play,
dramatization, debate,
cooperative learning, project,
student-inquiry)
Written Communication
(Short-answer, journal entry,
bulleted response, essay,
exit slip)
Personal Communication
(Questions, Discussion
Interview)
6. Assignment:
Students will write a 2-3 page paper,
stating and defending their personal
choice of most influential advantage
and how it affected the Spanish
conquest. Additionally, student will
respond to whether the Aztec would
have been able to defeat the Spanish
and defend their reasoning on their
answer. Due the following week.
DIFFERENTIATING YOUR INSTRUCTION:
This lesson addresses multiple forms of differentiation, by utilizing several
types of learning. More visual learners can use graphic organizers to
help guide their thoughts and understanding, as well as images during
the group presentation to help with comprehension. The group work
targets collaborative learning and helps weaker students progress by
pairing them with the more experienced learners with the class.
Discussion allows for the sharing of ideas and generates common
understanding, while the short essay assignment allows the more
individualistic learner to demonstrative their knowledge in the manner
more comfortable to them.
WHAT COULD YOU DIFFERENTIATE?
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BASED ON
___ READINESS
___ INTEREST
X LEARNING STYLE (VISUAL, AUDITORY, KINESTHETIC)
DIFFERNTIATED INSTRUCITONAL STRATEGIES
___ FLEXIBLE GROUPS
ASSIGNMENTS
X COOPERATIVE LEARNING GROUPS
BOARDS
___ LEARNING CENTERS
PROJECTS
___ RAFTS
QUESTIONING
X GRAPHIC organizers
___ SCAFFOLDED READING/WRITING
___ TIERED
___ MENUS/CHOICE
___ INDEPENDENT
___ LEVELS OF