4A Lesson Plans
4A Lesson Plans
4A Lesson Plans
Tema 4, Captulo 4A
Day 1
Learn about a painting by Francisco de Goya
Learn new vocabulary about places to go
Listen to and understand descriptions about locations for activities
Listen to and understand statements about identification of places
National Standards
3. PRESENT/PRACTICE
ALL STUDENTS
Fondo cultural: El quitasol (p. 170)
Go over the information and have students respond to the question.
Core Instruction: Vocabulario y gramtica en contexto (pp. 172-173)
Play Tracks 1 and 2. Present the new vocabulary about places to go.
Actividad 1 Ests de acuerdo? (p. 173)
Play Track 3. Students listen to someone talking about locations for
activities and indicate comprehension.
Actividad 2 Muchas actividades! (p. 173)
Play Track 4. Students indicate listening comprehension about identifying
a place.
ADVANCED LEARNERS / PRE-AP*
Have students research the Parque del Retiro in Madrid. They can search
in guidebooks or on the Internet to create reports on its history and what
activities are available there.
Have students create a calendar for the coming month on which they label
where they are going and at what times.
STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES
To help students acquire the structure a + el = al, use the Clip Art from the
Teacher Express CD-ROM or the Teachers Resource Book and provide
each student with copies of the pictures. Have them label the pictures with
the appropriate prepositions.
Targeted Resources
Vocabulary, Cap. 4A
Vocabulary & Grammar
Transparencies:
Transparency 81
Vocabulary & Grammar
Transparencies:
Transparency 82
TRB: Cap. 4A, Audio Script
TRB: Cap. 4A, Input Script
TRB: Cap. 4A, Vocabulary
Clip Art
TPR Stories: Tema 4
Act. 1, Act. 2 Audio, Cap. 4A
Answers on Transparencies:
Cap. 4A, Act. 1 Answers
Answers on Transparencies:
Cap. 4A, Act. 2 Answers
Targeted Resources
Targeted Resources
ALL STUDENTS
Practice Workbook 4A-1, 4A-2
Assign 4A-1 and 4A-2 for homework or in-class work.
Go Online (p. 171)
Have students Go Online at home or in class to view the Online Atlas.
Go Online (p. 173)
Have students Go Online at home or in class for more practice with the
new vocabulary.
HERITAGE LANGUAGE LEARNERS
Realidades para hispanohablantes: A primera vista, 4A. Assign for
homework or in-class work.
STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Guided Practice Activities for Vocabulary and Grammar: Vocabulary Flash
Cards, Vocabulary Check. Have students fill in vocabulary flash cards as
in-class work or homework.
Divide students into groups of five or six. Allow each group to have one
open book. Students take turns secretly writing down one of the places
shown. The others ask, Vas a(l)...? until they guess the destination.
When it is guessed, the first student confirms the answer: S, voy
a(l)....Continue until all have had a turn.
Completed
Tema 4, Captulo 4A
Day 2
Learn additional vocabulary and grammar in visual and story context
Watch and listen to the video and understand new vocabulary and grammar in authentic
context
Read and demonstrate comprehension of statements about the video
National Standards
1.2, 1.3
1. WARM-UP/ASSESS (5 minutes)
ALL STUDENTS
Homework check Review the previous days homework assignment. Go
over any recurring errors that students may have made, reteaching as
necessary.
Targeted Resources
Answers
3. PRESENT/PRACTICE
ALL STUDENTS
Video Activities 2, 3, 4
Assign Video Activities 2, 3, and 4 for in-class work.
Actividad 3 Comprendes? (p. 175)
Students indicate reading comprehension by answering questions about
the Videohistoria.
ADVANCED LEARNERS / PRE-AP*
Have students rewrite the dialogue for the various characters in the
Videohistoria, substituting other activities or places that theyve learned.
They may also personalize it using names of classmates.
HERITAGE LANGUAGE LEARNERS
Have students write a short paragraph telling what they usually do each
day of the week. Verify their spelling and have them make necessary
corrections before placing the paragraphs in their portfolios.
Targeted Resources
Vocabulary, Cap. 4A
Vocabulary & Grammar
Transparencies:
Transparency 83
Vocabulary & Grammar
Transparencies:
Transparency 84
TRB: Cap. 4A, Audio Script
TRB: Cap. 4A, Video Script
Writing, Audio & Video Activity
Workbook: Cap. 4A, Video
Activity 1
Writing, Audio & Video Activity
Workbook Answer Key: Cap.
4A, Video Activity 1
Targeted Resources
material to be covered.
Vocabulary recognition
REALIDADES para
hispanohablantes: Prueba
4A-1, Vocabulary recognition
REALIDADES para
hispanohablantes: Answer
Key: Prueba 4A-1,
Vocabulary recognition
QuickTake Quiz 4A-1
Targeted Resources
Divide students into groups of five or six. Allow each group to have one
open book. Students take turns secretly writing down one of the places
shown. The others ask, Vas a(l)...? until they guess the destination.
When it is guessed, the first student confirms the answer: S, voy
a(l)....Continue until all have had a turn.
Completed
Tema 4, Captulo 4A
Day 3
Write about frequency of going to certain places
Read and complete sentences about where certain activities take place
Talk about places people go and how often in a personalized context
Practice using expressions of frequency
Listen and write information about a painting
Learn about the main square of towns and cities in Spanish speaking countries
Learn about the original of the Spanish words for days of the week
National Standards
Targeted Resources
Targeted Resources
Answers on Transparencies:
Cap. 4A, Act. 4 Answers
Answers on Transparencies:
Cap. 4A, Act. 7 Answers
Answers on Transparencies:
Cap. 4A, Exploracin del
lenguaje Answers
Act. 4 Answers, Cap. 4A
Act. 7 Audio, Cap. 4A
TRB: Cap. 4A, Audio Script
Writing, Audio & Video Activity
Workbook: Cap. 4A, Audio
Activity 5
Writing, Audio & Video Activity
Workbook: Cap. 4A, Audio
Activity 6
Writing, Audio & Video Activity
Workbook Answer Key: Cap.
4A, Audio Activity 5
Targeted Resources
Targeted Resources
Targeted Resources
Divide students into groups of five or six. Allow each group to have one
open book. Students take turns secretly writing down one of the places
shown. The others ask, Vas a(l)...? until they guess the destination.
When it is guessed, the first student confirms the answer: S, voy
a(l)....Continue until all have had a turn.
Completed
Tema 4, Captulo 4A
Day 4
Talk about activities and how often people do them
Practice using vocabulary for leisure activities
Ask and tell about where you go on specific days
Learn about the verb ir
Read and write forms of the verb ir in context
Read a letter and orally answer questions about it
National Standards
Targeted Resources
Students ask and tell about where they go on specific days using
vocabulary for leisure activities.
Communicative Activity
Assign the Communicative Activity for in-class work.
Core Instruction: The verb ir (p. 180)
Present the grammar box about the verb ir.
View: GramActiva Video (p. 180)
Show the GramActiva video about the verb ir.
Actividad 11 Un invierno en Chile (p. 180)
Students read and write forms of the verb ir in context.
Actividad 12 La carta (p. 181)
Students read a letter and orally answer questions about it.
ADVANCED LEARNERS / PRE-AP*
Have students research places to go in Chile and present their information
as a postcard. They may use pictures from the Internet or magazines to
make the postcard.
Targeted Resources
Divide students into groups of five or six. Allow each group to have one
open book. Students take turns secretly writing down one of the places
shown. The others ask, Vas a(l)...? until they guess the destination.
When it is guessed, the first student confirms the answer: S, voy
a(l)....Continue until all have had a turn.
Tema 4, Captulo 4A
Day 5
Write and speak in a personalized context
Read, speak, and write about activities and
Write and talk about what people like to do they do it
Learn about sports clubs and gyms in Spanish- countries
Learn about Spanish-speaking neighborhoods United States
Learn about stress and accents in Spanish
Vocabulary: Places to go vocabulary
Technology: Overhead/LCD projector, CD player
Pacing:
90 minutes
Completed
National Standards
Targeted Resources
Answers on Transparencies:
Cap. 4A, Act. 13 Answers
Act. 13 Answers, Cap. 4A
Writing, Audio & Video Activity
Workbook: Cap. 4A, Audio
Activity 7
Writing, Audio & Video Activity
Workbook Answer Key: Cap.
4A, Audio Activity 7
TRB: Cap. 4A, Audio Script
Pre-AP* Resource Book:
Listening Strategies
Pre-AP* Resource Book:
Speaking Strategies
Targeted Resources
Targeted Resources
Divide students into groups of five or six. Allow each group to have one
open book. Students take turns secretly writing down one of the places
shown. The others ask, Vas a(l)...? until they guess the destination.
When it is guessed, the first student confirms the answer: S, voy
a(l)....Continue until all have had a turn.
Completed
Tema 4, Captulo 4A
Day 6
Learn about interrogative words used to ask questions
Identify interrogatives and word order
Write and speak about weekend activities
Review forms of ir
Write and talk about a photo
Read a theater advertisement and complete questions about it using appropriate
interrogatives
National Standards
Targeted Resources
Grammar, Cap. 4A
Vocabulary & Grammar
Transparencies:
Transparency 86
TRB: Cap. 4A, Video Script
Answers on Transparencies:
Cap. 4A, Act. 15 Answers
Act. 15 Answers, Cap. 4A
TRB: Cap. 4A, GramActiva
BLMs
Writing, Audio & Video Activity
Workbook: Cap. 4A, Audio
Activity 8
Writing, Audio & Video Activity
Have students prepare a list of questions that they would like to ask their
favorite singer, actor, athlete, or other person using the interrogative words
taught on p. 184. Have students exchange lists and answer each others
questions.
STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Write the words in Actividad 15 on individual cards. Use a different color
card for the interrogative words and emphasize the accent marks so
students notice them.
STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES
Assist students in coming up with questions to ask about the photo in
Actividad 18 by providing them with statements from which they can
derive questions. Ask them to identify appropriate interrogative words and
create questions from those.
ADVANCED LEARNERS / PRE-AP*
Invite students to bring in a few vacation photos to share. Pair students
and have them ask and answer questions about their photos.
Targeted Resources
Targeted Resources
Targeted Resources
REALIDADES para
hispanohablantes: Prueba
4A-4, Asking questions
QuickTake Quiz 4A-4
Guided Practice Activities:
4A-3, Asking questions
Guided Practice Activities:
4A-4, Asking questions
Guided Practice Activities
Targeted Resources
Divide students into groups of five or six. Allow each group to have one
open book. Students take turns secretly writing down one of the places
shown. The others ask, Vas a(l)...? until they guess the destination.
When it is guessed, the first student confirms the answer: S, voy
a(l)....Continue until all have had a turn.
Completed
Tema 4, Captulo 4A
Day 7
Learn about the popularity of movie-going in Spanish speaking countries
Read and learn about Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
Read about historical Spanish influences in the United States
National Standards
2. WARM-UP/ASSESS
ALL STUDENTS
Homework check
Review the previous days homework assignment. Go over any recurring
errors that students may have made, reteaching as necessary.
Prueba 4A-4: Asking questions
Administer Prueba 4A-4 in class.
Targeted Resources
Targeted Resources
Targeted Resources
Divide students into groups of five or six. Allow each group to have one
open book. Students take turns secretly writing down one of the places
shown. The others ask, Vas a(l)...? until they guess the destination.
When it is guessed, the first student confirms the answer: S, voy
a(l)....Continue until all have had a turn.
Tema 4, Captulo 4A
Day 8
Read and demonstrate comprehension of an article about after-school and weekend activities
offered at a mall
Learn about Andean music
Read about and learn childrens rhymes
Prepare and practice a presentation about a new students first day of class
Vocabulary: Places to go vocabulary
Technology: Overhead/LCD projector, CD player
Completed
National Standards
Pacing:
90 minutes
1. WARM-UP/ASSESS (5 minutes)
ALL STUDENTS
Homework check
Review the previous days homework assignment. Go over any recurring
errors that students may have made, reteaching as necessary.
Targeted Resources
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or in-class work.
Guided Practice Activities for Vocabulary and Grammar: Presentacin
oral. Have students complete guided practice activity for homework or inclass work.
STANDARDIZED TEST PRACTICE
Reading and Writing for Success: Assign a practice standardized test for
homework or in-class work. Review with students how the test will be
scored, including how the rubric is used.
Adelante!
REALIDADES para
hispanohablantes Answer
Key: Cap. 4A, Adelante!
Guided Practice Activities:
4A-5, Lectura: Al centro
comercial
Guided Practice Activities:
4A-6, Presentacin oral
Guided Practice Activities
Answer Key: 4A-5, Lectura: Al
centro comercial
Targeted Resources
Targeted Resources
Divide students into groups of five or six. Allow each group to have one
open book. Students take turns secretly writing down one of the places
shown. The others ask, Vas a(l)...? until they guess the destination.
When it is guessed, the first student confirms the answer: S, voy
a(l)....Continue until all have had a turn.
Completed
Tema 4, Captulo 4A
Day 9
Give a presentation to the class about a new students first day of class
Vocabulary: Places to go vocabulary
Technology: Overhead/LCD projector, CD player
Pacing:
90 minutes
1. WARM-UP/ASSESS (5 minutes)
ALL STUDENTS
Homework check
Review the previous days homework assignment. Go over any recurring
errors that students may have made, reteaching as necessary.
National Standards
Targeted Resources
ALL STUDENTS
Presentacin oral: Step 3 (p. 191)
Students will make their presentations to the class.
Vocabulario y gramtica (p. 194)
Review chapter vocabulary and grammar
with students to prepare them for the Examen del captulo.
Preparacin para el examen 1, 2 (p. 195)
Play Track 16. Have students complete tasks 1 and 2 in class.
STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES
Have students use the Organizer in the Practice Workbook as a basis for
review. Have them fill it in carefully, and then check the work for accuracy.
HERITAGE LANGUAGE LEARNERS
Have students create a list of all the interrogatives that were explained in
the Gramtica. They can add these to their ongoing list of accented
words.
4. WRAP-UP/HOMEWORK OPTIONS
ALL STUDENTS
Examen del captulo, 4A
Remind students to review for the Examen del captulo.
hispanohablantes: Listening
Comprehension Scripts
Targeted Resources
REALIDADES para
hispanohablantes: Speaking
Proficiency Scripts
ExamView, All Students: Test
Bank A, Cap. 4A
ExamView, All Students: Test
Bank B, Cap. 4A
ExamView, Heritage
Learners: Cap. 4A
ExamView, Pre-AP*: Cap. 4A
Targeted Resources
Divide students into groups of five or six. Allow each group to have one
open book. Students take turns secretly writing down one of the places
shown. The others ask, Vas a(l)...? until they guess the destination.
When it is guessed, the first student confirms the answer: S, voy
a(l)....Continue until all have had a turn.
Completed
Tema 4, Captulo 4A
Day 10
National Standards
2. WARM-UP/ASSESS
ALL STUDENTS
Examen del captulo, 4A
Administer Examen del captulo, 4A in class.
HERITAGE LANGUAGE LEARNERS
Realidades para hispanohablantes Assessment Program: Examen del
captulo. Administer Examen del captulo, 4A in class.
STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Alternate Assessment Program: Examen del captulo. Administer Examen
del captulo, 4A in class.
Targeted Resources
Targeted Resources
REALIDADES para
hispanohablantes: Speaking
Proficiency Scripts
Alternate Assessment:
Examen del captulo, 4A
Answer Key: Alternate
Assessment: Examen del
captulo, 4A
ExamView, All Students: Test
Bank A, Cap. 4A
ExamView, All Students: Test
Bank B, Cap. 4A
ExamView, Heritage
Learners: Cap. 4A
ExamView, Pre-AP*: Cap. 4A
Targeted Resources