Expressing the
Time and Date
Lesson Plan
Video: 15 minutes
Lesson: 35 minutes
Pre-viewing
• :00 Warm up: Have students review numbers from 1 – 60. Prompt the students using a calendar or clock.
2 minutes
• :02 Pre-test: Write on the board the following phrases:
1. hoy es el seis de marzo – today is the six of march
2. son las cinco menos cuarto – it is the five minus quarter
Ask the students what they think the phrases refer to and how the grammatical structures differ from English. Go
over the learning objectives.
4 minutes
Viewing
• :06 Playing Video: Hand out Viewing Guide. Go over viewing questions and expectations and tell the students to pay
attention to the program and answer the questions while watching. Don’t hesitate to stop the program and review if
the students seem confused. A difficult concept is telling the time between 12:30 and 1:30.
15 minutes
Post-viewing
• :21 Question & Answer Session: Ask the class for the answers to the viewing questions. See if any parts of the program
were difficult or confusing for the students. Ask a few questions to check their understanding of the key topics.
5 minutes
Sample Questions
1. What’s “Wednesday” in Spanish?
2. ¿Qué hora es?
3. ¿Qué día es hoy?
Handouts
• :26 Practicing Material: Hand out the Worksheet and give the class 6-8 minutes to complete it. Students are allowed to
use their Viewing Guides. Monitor the students’ progress, helping where needed. Go over Worksheet as a class.
10 minutes
• :36 Applying Material: Split the class up into pairs and hand each pair Activity #1 and #2. Go over the instructions and
give the class 6-8 minutes to do the activity before asking the class for the answer. The correct answer is: Tuesday 1:15.
This activity can also been done as a class activity if you prefer.
10 minutes
• :46 Wrap-up: Briefly sum up what has been covered in class, using the students to do the summary. Refer back to the
questions from Pre-testing and show that they now can easily answer the questions. Assign any homework.
4 minutes
Viewing Questions Answer Key
1. What’s the rough translation of son las seis? it’s the six
2. When do you use menos? between half past (:30) and the top of the hour
3. In the program, when is the female Deviant’s Spanish exam? How do you say that in Spanish? May 6th / seis de mayo
Expressing the
Time and Date
Teacher’s Reference Guide
Video: 15 minutes
Lesson: 35 minutes
Learning Objectives
At the end of the module, students will be able to:
• define, pronounce, and correctly spell the vocabulary words
• ask and tell the time
• ask and tell the date
Materials
• Video: telling the time, seasons, months, days, telling the date; 15 minutes long
• Viewing Guide: vocabulary, pattern sentences & questions; 3 Viewing Questions
• Worksheet: vocabulary practice, sentence practice, applying time to daily routines
• Activity Sheet: pair conversation practice, group guessing game
• Check Your Knowledge: vocabulary, asking and telling time & date, students’ favorites; 50 points
Background
Students must be able to count easily from 1 to 60.
It’s helpful if the students know how to conjugate ser and estar. If they don’t, students should be able to focus on asking
and telling the time and date without worrying about the grammar rules.
Preparation
Copies of calendars or a wind-up clock are very useful.
A simple clock can also be made with construction paper.
Have an equal number of both activity sheets copied and ready to be handed out.
Extension:
Teach the class sports vocabulary and have them practice talking about which sports they play in which season.
Depending on their level, they can make reports about their favorite season, including holidays, weather, and their
activities.
Expressing the
Time and Date
Viewing Guide
VOCABULARY
a – at
la camarera – waitress
el camarero – waiter
el cuarto – quarter
el día – day
hoy – today
media – half
menos – minus
el mes – month
otra vez – again
LOS MESES DEL AÑO
MESES
enero – January
LAS ESTACIONES
EL INVIERNO
febrero – February
WINTER
marzo – March
TELLING THE TIME
abril – April
LA PRIMAVERA
mayo – May
SPRING
junio – June
What time is it? ¿Qué hora es?
It’s 12:00
Son las doce
It’s 12:45
It’s 12:50
Es la una menos cuarto
Es la una menos diez
It’s 1:00
It’s 1:25
Es la una
Es la una y veinticinco
It’s 2:15
Son las dos y cuarto (or)
Son las dos y quince
It’s 2:22
Son las dos y veintidós
It’s 2:30
Son las dos y media (or)
Son las dos y treinta
It’s 3:00
Son las tres
10
9
8
12 1
2
3
7 6 5
4
EL VERANO
SUMMER
agosto – August
Remember: use es la between 12:30 and 1:30!
11
julio – July
11 12 1
2
10
9
3
8
4
7 6 5
Viewing Questions
1. What’s the rough translation of son las seis?
2. When do you use menos?
3. In the program, when is the female Deviant’s
Spanish exam? How do you say that in Spanish?
septiembre – September
octubre – October
EL OTOÑO
noviembre – November
diciembre – December
LOS DÍAS DE LA SEMANA
lunes – Monday
martes – Tuesday
miércoles – Wednesday
jueves – Thursday
viernes – Friday
sábado – Saturday
domingo – Sunday
¿Qué día es hoy?
– Hoy es (day)
THE DATING GUIDE
• ¿Qué fecha es hoy?
• ¿Qué día es hoy?
• ¿A qué fecha estamos?
– Hoy es el (date) de (month)
• ¿A cuánto estamos?
– Estamos a (date) de (month)
AUTUMN
Expressing the
Time and Date
Worksheet
A. Tell Me About It
Complete the sentence in Spanish.
1. My favorite season is
2. My favorite month is
3. My favorite day is
4. Today’s date is (day, month and year)
5. My birthday is
B. Don’t Tell Me About It, Talk To Yourself
Write out the following questions and replies in Spanish. Enjoy talking to yourself!
1. What time is it?
It’s 1:00.
2. What’s the date?
It’s the tenth of December.
3. What day is it today?
It’s Friday!
C. A Day in the Life of. . .
Fill in the blanks with the time that matches your schedule.
Example:
I eat breakfast at. . .
siete y media
1. I get up at. . .
2. I go to school at. . .
3. I have Spanish class at. . .
4. I eat lunch at. . .
5. I get home at. . .
6. I go to sleep at. . .
7. (Write your own)
Expressing the
Time and Date
Worksheet
Answer Key
A. Tell Me About It
Complete the sentence in Spanish.
1. My favorite season is
(Answers will vary)
2. My favorite month is
3. My favorite day is
4. Today’s date is (day, month and year)
5. My birthday is
B. Don’t Tell Me About It, Talk To Yourself
Write out the following questions and replies in Spanish. Enjoy talking to yourself!
1. What time is it?
¿Qué hora es?
It’s 1:00.
Es la una.
2. What’s the date?
It’s the tenth of December.
¿Qué fecha es hoy?
Hoy es el diez de diciembre.
3. What day is it today?
It’s Friday!
¿Qué día es hoy?
¡Hoy es viernes!
C. A Day in the Life of. . .
Fill in the blanks with the time that matches your schedule.
Example:
I eat breakfast at. . .
siete y media
1. I get up at. . .
2. I go to school at. . .
3. I have Spanish class at. . .
4. I eat lunch at. . .
5. I get home at. . .
6. I go to sleep at. . .
7. (Write your own)
(Answers will vary)
Expressing the
Time and Date
Activity #1
I’m Sorry Darling, I Can’t Make It
Work in pairs. Your goal is to find a free date that both of you can go rubber chicken shopping. Actually, that’s not really your goal.
Actually, you want to practice asking and answering in Spanish as much as possible. Studies have shown, though, that students are
more motivated when they are given an incentive...like pretending to shop for rubber chickens.
Use this dialogue as a template. One student makes a suggestion and the other student checks their day planner. Then switch roles.
Repeat until you find the one date that both of you have in common.
Student 1: “Can we go on _________________?”
Student 2: “Maybe. ¿Qué hora es?”
Student 1: “___________________________.”
Student 2: Yes/no. _____________________.”
lunes
9:00
martes
miércoles
brushing
toenails
jueves
selling fluffy
dice collection
1:15
jumping
jacks
5:45
dinner with
Quasimodo
7:30
bathing in
pond scum
viernes
unscrewing
lightbulbs
domingo
eating
humble pie
sticking gum
on shoes
meditating
party at the
mortician’s
sábado
posing for a
blind painter
driving slow in
the fast lane
taking dog
for a skip
donating
earwax
Expressing the
Time and Date
Activity #2
I’m Sorry Darling, I Can’t Make It
Work in pairs. Your goal is to find a free date that both of you can go rubber chicken shopping. Actually, that’s not really your goal.
Really, you want to practice asking and answering in Spanish as much as possible. Studies have shown, however, that students are
more motivated when they are given an incentive like pretending to shop for rubber chickens.
Use this dialogue as a template. Switch roles after each time.
Student 1: “Can we go on _________________?”
Student 2: “Maybe. ¿Qué hora es?”
Student 1: “___________________________.”
Student 2: Yes/no. _____________________.”
lunes
9:00
1:15
martes
miércoles
replacing “f”s
with “ph”s
singing to
plants
living and
learning
viernes
grinning and
bearing it
chasing
dogs
making art
with pudding
domingo
living large
making a glass
slipper
hugging
a lizard
sábado
crying over
spilt milk
climbing the
May pole
5:45
7:30
jueves
juggling
porcupines
opening a
can of worms
Expressing the
Time and Date
Check Your Knowledge
Total Score
/ 50
A. Vocabulary
Fill in the Swiss cheese calendars with the missing months and days. (2 points each)
febrero
abril
septiembre
julio
3
4
5
lunes
6
jueves
mayo
noviembre
7
8
sabádo
B. Telling the Time
Translate the times into Spanish. (2 points each)
1. It’s 3:00
2. It’s 5:30
3. It’s 1:15
4. It’s 12:50
5. It’s 11:22
C. Translation
Translate the dialogue into Spanish. (3 points each)
1. What date is it?
2. It’s the sixth of December.
3. What time is it?
4. It’s 8:45.
D. It’s All About You
Write the answer in English in the first blank and in Spanish in the second blank. (2 points each)
1. What’s your favorite season?
2. What’s your least favorite season?
3. When’s your birthday?
4. What’s your favorite day?
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Expressing the
Time and Date
Check Your Knowledge
Answer Key
Total Score
/ 50
A. Vocabulary
Fill in the Swiss cheese calendars with the missing months and days. (2 points each)
enero
febrero
marzo
abril
mayo
junio
julio
agosto
septiembre
octubre
noviembre
diciembre
3
4
lunes
martes
5
6
miércoles
jueves
7
viernes
8
9
sabádo
domingo
B. Telling the Time
Translate the times into Spanish. (2 points each)
1. It’s 3:00
Son las tres
2. It’s 5:30
Son las cinco y media / Son las cinco y treinta
3. It’s 1:15
Es la una y cuarto / Es la una y quince
4. It’s 12:50
Es la una menos diez
5. It’s 11:22
Son las once y veintidos
C. Translation
Translate the dialogue into Spanish. (3 points each)
1. What date is it?
¿Qué fecha es hoy? / ¿A qué fecha estamos? / ¿A cuánto estamos?
2. It’s the sixth of December.
Hoy es el seis de diciembre. (or other variant)
3. What time is it?
¿Qué hora es?
4. It’s 8:45.
Son las nueve menos cuarto.
D. It’s All About You
Write the answer in English in the first blank and in Spanish in the second blank. (2 points each)
Example answers:
1. What’s your favorite season?
winter
el invierno
2. What’s your least favorite season?
summer
el verano
3. When’s your birthday?
January 19th
el diecinueve de enero
4. What’s your favorite day?
Saturday
el sábado