Lesson Plan: Ser vs.

Estar & Vocab 

 
Name​: Sally Moceyunas 
Subject​: Spanish 1 
Period​: 3 
Date​: 4/13/2020 
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 
● Vocabulary Slides 
● Las descripciones 
● Situation Cards 
● OPQ Questions  
● Actividad 10 Extension Powerpoint Activity 
● Heads Up 
 
Assessments​:  

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

understanding? Maybe formative or summative.  
● Formative: Situation Cards 
 ○ Students will turn in a dialogue based off the situation card to practice 
writing using the vocabulary and ser and estar.  
 
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. 

7  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. 

7  Las descripciones- students will  I will walk students through the 

work individually to describe the 5  example at the top of the page. 
pictures using the verb ser.   Then, circulate around the room to 
answer questions and to ensure 
students are on task.  

10  Heads Up Ser y Estar- students will  I will circulate and answer 
compete with the rest of the class to  questions after giving the 
guess as many of the reasons as  directions.  
possible in the allotted time. They 
will be creating sentences to 
demonstrate the different reasons 
(DOCTOR or PLACE). 

20  Situation Cards- students will work  I will give directions and then 
to write a dialogue based on the  circulate around the room and 
situation.   answer questions.  

15  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. 

15  Actividad 10 Extension Powerpoint  I will give directions and then will 
Activity- students will work in  circulate around the room 
groups to create powerpoints.   answering questions.  
 
Instructional Sequence: 

Engagement/Hook  Warm Up- students will begin the warm up as soon as they 
enter class. The warm up will be focused on the vocabulary 
used for the verbs ser and estar.  

Exploration  Las descripciones- students will practice using ser to 

describe people including physical characteristics and 
personality. This activity will depend upon each individual 
student. Students will work on this activity on their own to 
explore their writing to describe people to practice for the 
situation cards and for the writing assessment.  

Explanation  Review 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  Heads Up- students say an example sentence of each of the 

reasonings for SER (DOCTOR) and ESTAR (PLACE) and then 
the other person has to guess what the reasoning of their 
sentence is; this will help students remember the reasonings 
and practice using ser and estar. 
 
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.  
 
Actividad 10 Extension Powerpoint Activity- students will 
work as a group to describe either their family members or 
famous people. They will create a powerpoint with images 
and sentences about 3 different people. This activity will help 
students apply their knowledge about using ser and estar and 
the vocabulary to a real life situation.  
 Evaluation  Situation Cards- students will pick a situation card from the 
list and write a dialogue based on the situation. This will 
allow students to practice their ability to use ser and estar 
and the vocabulary. This activity also gives students the 
opportunity to practice their writing skills in preparation for 
the writing assessment later that week.  
 
Differentiation: 

● Students are able to have as much or as little time as they want to work on all 
the activities.  
 
Extensions: 

● Students can expand upon the Powerpoint activity and the situation cards 
based on the students’ ability level.  
 
Reflection & Notes: 

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