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This lesson plan is for a 50 minute class of Spanish 508k (beginner-intermediate). It
should be done in the very first days of class, when they do not know each other well so
the pragmatic aspect of introductions can be exploited. Simultaneously, it is a good way
to review the uses of the verb to be, a grammar point they should already know if they
register for this course. By writing a short introduction of themselves, they explore one
part of the very language corpora generated by the verb to be.
To warm up and help them learn the script of presentations in Spanish without forcing
them to talk about themselves, the first activity is based on characters familiar to them.
They could be well-known celebrities, athletes, politicians, comedians, etc. They will
have the name of a famous persona attached to their back, and they have to guess who
they are by asking their partner information about that famous person.
The second activity is a dictogloss. After Al-Batal’s class we could question the last
step, that is to say, comparing the student reconstruction of it with the original one. In
this case we don’t think it is problematic because of the level of the text. It is very easy,
so it works as an orthography reinforcement activity, and the aim of this particular
activity is to write a brief, but well-written introduction.
The third activity is based on the text read for the dictogloss. It is a short description of
the tennis player Rafael Nadal. Having this description works as a model for writing their
own introductions afterwards. Linking the uses of the verb to be for presentation
purposes, the final task will be easier for them.
Finally, in the last activity, as a class, they will decide what they want to share or what
they want to know about their classmates. This is important because their presentations
will be posted in Blackboard, and they have to respond to two classmates’ descriptions
with whom they have something in common.
As Prof. Abrams pointed out, the writing assignment has to be planned as a continuum
of activities. We tried to layer this assignment as much as possible in 50 minutes,
preparing the students to be successful in writing their presentations. Due to their
Spanish level, this is a getting skill activity. Presentations are very culturally structured
and schematized, so the activity is planned to teach them the script in Spanish. Even if
it is very structured, nonetheless, this activity is also an example of communicative
writing. By posting their presentations, this feature is accentuated.
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Objective: to make the students write an authentic introduction of themselves, so
they can get to know their classmates a little bit more.
Subskills: vocabulary related to characteristic and traits, uses of the verb to be.
INSTRUCTIONS
TIME
Activity 1. Identify a character
5 min
Activity 2. Dictogloss about Rafael Nadal
15 min
Activity 3. Rafael Nadal’s biography and review of the uses of the
verb to be
10 min
Activity 4. Writing a short presentation
20 min
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