Lesson Plan for Tech Module

Name: Nathan Liston

Thematic Unit: Family, Description, Holiday
Lesson: Da de los Muertos
Grade Level: Espaol 1 (8th/9th)
Proficiency level: Novice Mid/High
Description of the Background and Context. How does this activity fit with the lesson:
Previous activities:
Students have worked with family and descriptive vocabulary to this point. This lesson will
take place at the end of October. They have completed the following:
1. Preliminary work with the vocabulary. Students have read different stories and
completed interpretive tasks for reading, writing, and listening while working with the
Day of the Dead. The activity described here is simply a formative assessment, not a
summative assessment. The students have been working with Day of the Dead for a
week at this point.
2. Thus far in the year, students have had a review unit, likes/dislikes unit, and for
this unit will be studying family. In using culture, it will be a good review for all
concepts learned to this point for the year.
Activities that will follow:
1. Students will compare the U.S. celebration of Halloween to Day of the Dead
with a reading/writing activity.
ACTFL Standards met:
1.3- Learners present information, concepts, and ideas to explain a topic using
appropriate media and adapting to various audiences, readers, or viewers.
Students will use the comics to portray Day of the Dead concepts to their classmates.
2.1- Learners use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the relationship
between the practices and perspectives of the cultures studied.
Students will use the vocabulary that they have worked with to analyze the Day of the Dead
and examine why Mexicans make ofrendas, why they use certain items, and their outlook on
death.
3.2- Learners access and evaluate information and diverse perspectives that are
available through the language and its cultures.
Students are evaluating culture through Day of the Dead and using Spanish to convey the
information.
Activity Objectives
What will learners be able to do with what they know by the end of this activity?
- Students will further their knowledge concerning Day of the Dead.
Students will be able to use their basic Spanish vocabulary to describe activities
and ofrendas.
- Students will review different concepts learned throughout the year and

apply them to Day of the Dead.

Language Objectives
Do
can do statements
- I can demonstrate
understanding of components that
make up Day of the Dead.
- I can describe ofrendas.

Know
knowledge they identify (you can list)
- I know about DoD and
the products, practices, and
perspectives.
- I know how to
specifically describe ofrendas
and explain their purpose.

Content Objectives
Culture Objectives (if any)

- Examine the culture in

Mexico during Day of the Dead.
- Examine the 3 Ps of DoD.

Learning Strategies (if any)

- Model and then complete

activity.
Assessment

Mode of Communication
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Formative Assessment

Presentational

- Students will present

comics to small groups. They will
read off their comics to their
classmates and display their work.
Upon showing to a small group,
the whole class will display their
comics and students can walk
around and have a comic gallery
to view all comics.
Activity

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Materials
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Computers
Any notes concerning Day of the Dead
Printed Comics (final product)