Lesson Plan: Ser vs.

Estar & Vocab 

 
Name​: Sally Moceyunas 
Subject​: Spanish 1 
Period​: 3 
Date​: 4/6/2020 
Length of Activity​: 90 minutes 
 
Unit Objectives:  Lesson Objectives:  Standards (TEKS) 
Addressed:  

  ● Understand how  1(A) ask and respond to 

and when to use  questions about everyday 
SER and ESTAR  life in spoken and written 
● Practice using the  conversation; 
new vocabulary   
3(B) describe people, 
objects, and simple 
situations orally and in 
writing using a mixture of 
words, phrases, and 
simple sentences 
 
Technology & Instructional Materials Needed​: 

● HMDI, computer, clicker 

● Powerpoint 
● Student laptops 
● Vocabulary Slides 
● Papa Caliente items 
● Vocab Practice Slides 1 
● Vocab Practice Slides 2 
● Fly Swatters 
● OPQ Questions 
● Exit Ticket 
 
 
Assessments​:  

What evidence will students provide to demonstrate knowledge, skills, or 

understanding? Maybe formative or summative.  
 ● Formative: Exit Ticket-Vocab 
○ Students will demonstrate their knowledge of the practiced vocabulary.  
 
Daily Agenda: 

Time in  What do the students do? What  What do you do? What 
Min  questions/directions/actions are  questions/directions/actions 
they engaged in?   occur? 

10  Warm Up- Students will come in,  I will greet students at the door and 
collect their notebook from the bin  remind them to grab their 
at the front, and begin the warm up  notebooks and start the warm up. I 
that will be displayed on the screen.   will then circulate the room 
stamping papers as students finish. 

20  Quizlet Vocab Set- students will  I will circulate the room to ensure 
complete on their computers a  students are creating their quizlet 
vocabulary set on Quizlet.com.   vocab set and answer any questions 
that they might have. 

10  Review Vocabulary Slides- students  I will walk students through the 
will repeat the words after me to  vocabulary slides powerpoint and 
practice their pronunciation.  say the words so students can 
repeat after me. 

10  Papa Caliente- students will pass  I will start and stop the music and 
the papa around and practice saying  circulate the room.  
the words in Spanish or answer the 
question on the screen. 

10  Google Slides Vocab Practice-  I will circulate the room and 
students will work independently  answer any questions students may 
on their computers and work on the  have.  
google slides vocabulary practice. If 
they didn’t bring their computer, 
students can work with a partner. 

10  Fly Swatter- students will split into  I will give the descriptions for 
two teams and compete to guess the  students to guess.  
vocabulary word. Students will have 
 a fly swatter and have to swatt the 
word that goes with the description. 

10  OPQ Practice- students will move  I will put the question they will be 
the desks into the rotation  answering each round on the 
formation. They will sit across from  screen. I will keep track off the time 
a partner and answer the OPQ.  and ring the bell for each round. 

10  Exit Ticket- students will complete  I will circulate and answer any 
the exit ticket individually.  questions. I will collect the exit 
ticket. 
 
Instructional Sequence: 

Engagement/Hook  Warm Up- students will complete the warm up to review the 
concepts of Ser vs. Estar that were covered in the last class 
period. This will consist of a few questions where students 
will have to decide between SER and ESTAR and conjugate 
the verb correctly.  

Exploration  Quizlet Vocab Set- students will create a Quizlet vocabulary 

set to begin to learn the new words pertaining to going to a 
restaurant and using ser and estar.  

Explanation  Vocabulary Slides- as a class we will go over the powerpoint 

with all the vocabulary words and repeat all the words so 
students get comfortable saying the words and recognizing 
what the word means in Spanish.  

Extension  Google Slides Vocab Practice- students will work through the 
two google slides vocabulary practice by themselves on their 
computers. If they didn’t bring their computers, then they 
can work with a neighbor. They have to click on the image 
that represents the word displayed on each screen. This will 
help them recognize what the words mean and hopefully 
encourage memorization and understanding.  
 
Papa caliente- Music will play and when it stops, whoever is 
holding the papa will have to say the Spanish word for the 
image that is on the screen. We will do several rounds of this 
to practice the vocabulary. Some of the images will be 
questions instead that might ask if using this vocabulary 
word would you use ser or estar? In order to help students 
 understand how to identify when to use ser and estar based 
on the vocabulary. 
 
Fly swatter- students will split into two teams to compete to 
see who knows the vocabulary words. It is a way for students 
to practice the vocabulary in a fun, engaging way.  
 
OPQ Practice- Students will practice their OPQs in rotations 
so that they get used to saying all of their responses. Most 
students at this point should have all of their answers written 
out on their paper. Today students will be able to use their 
paper to work on their answers.  

Evaluation  Exit Ticket- the exit ticket will be based on the vocabulary 
practiced in this lesson. It will indicate where students are at 
with acquiring the vocabulary in this unit.  
 
Differentiation: 

● There are different activities that involve movement, talking, and reading. The 
activities play to different learning styles.  
 
Extensions: 

● There are two vocabulary slides for those that work faster and would like to 
move on to the second one.  
● Students who finish the quizlet set before others can quiz themselves using 
the flashcards or games option on the site.  
 
Reflection & Notes: 

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