Unit Planner
Week 4 •
¿
Cómo somos?
Day 13
(
pages 36–37)
Language Functions
Students will
•
identify different forms of media
by reading an email.
•
describe places, people, and things
in Spanish.
•
use and apply present-tense forms
of the verb
ser
(
to be).
Vocabulary
Essential Question
¿
Cómo son algunos lugares, personas
y cosas?
What do some places, people, and things
look like?
Activate Prior Knowledge
Frontload Vocabulary
Build Background
Language in Context
Predict
Listening and speaking activities to elicit
ideas and Spanish vocabulary to make
predictions.
Close
Interactive exercise involving listening
and speaking that brings closure to Day.
Day 14
(
pages 38–39)
Read
Un correo electrónico
Warm-up
Echo Read
Multiple Access Strategies*
Meeting Individual Needs*
Practice and Apply
Listening, speaking, and
reading activities.
Close
Confirm-predictions activity
and interactive exercise
involving listening and
speaking that brings closure
to Day.
Extension
Writing activity involving
Cuaderno de práctica.
Day 15
(
pages 40–41)
Check Functions and
Forms
Listening, speaking, and
reading activities.
Multiple Access Strategies*
Meeting Individual Needs*
Scaffold and Apply
Listening, speaking, and
reading activities.
Close
Interactive exercise involving
listening and speaking that
brings closure to Day.
Extension
Writing activity involving
Cuaderno de práctica.
Day 16
(
pages 42–43)
Explore Communities
Multiple Access Strategies*
Meeting Individual Needs*
Review and Apply
Informal Assessment
Culminating Activities
Writing Process
Presenta
Álbum de recuerdos
Extension
Multiple Intelligences*
Descubre Online
Writing activity involving
Cuaderno de práctica.
Unit Assessment
comida
plaza
bueno(a)
curioso(a)
delicioso(a)
divertido(a)
grande
hermoso(a)
inteligente
mexicano(a)
pequeño(a)
tímido(a)
soy, eres, es,
somos, son
*
Differentiated Instruction, including Accessing Critical-Thinking Skills activities and activities for heritage speakers.
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