Learning Experience Plan

Subject: Spanish

Grade level: 9

Unit: el Dia de los Muertos

Length of LEP (days/periods/minutes):

Topic: Vocabulary and Background

Content Standards: (include only standards addressed in this LEP)
Literacy Standards: (include only standards addressed in this LEP)
Learning Experience Outcomes (knowledge/skills)
Learning Experience Assessments
Students will:
-assessment where the students look at pictures and
Be able to identify vocabulary associated with el
write the corresponding vocabulary word
Dia de los Muertos and understand the cultural
-crossword puzzle of vocab for homework
practices of the products named.
Differentiation (What will you do to meet the needs of students at these different levels?)
Approaching
On-level
Beyond
An English translation of the
I will challenge the student that is
story will be given to students
beyond the level of the other
that have a difficult time
students to answer questions and
comprehending the language.
translate words for other students
when they are having difficulties
comprehending the material.
Curriculum Integration (Does this lesson correlate with any other content area? Describe.)
Social Studies- An important part of Social Studies is examining the cultures of ethnic groups all over the
world. El da de los muertos is an important holiday for Latinoamrica. Cultural practices are emphasized
and studied in Social Studies courses.
Materials
Procedures/Strategies
Day 1

(add additional days as needed)

Sponge Activity (activity that will be done as students enter the room to get them into the mindset of the concept to be
learned)
Powerpoint
/projector
Projector

I can: Identify and understand the meanings of various vocabulary terms associated with el
Da de los Muertos.
Anticipatory Set (focus question/s that will be used to get students thinking about the days lesson)
How do you celebrate your loved ones who have passed away?
Activating Prior Knowledge (what information will be shared with/among students to connect to prior
knowledge/experience)

Projector

I will show the slides of pictures and text that give basic info about the rituals of el Da de los
Muertos. The students should remember some of these basic ideas from their previous
1

Spanish classes.
Direct Instruction (input, modeling, check for understanding)
Vocab list
Story
English
translation

I will go through the list of vocabulary that I have provided and have the class repeat each
term after me. Then, I will put up on the board the story that explains a familys practices in
the first person. The story includes the important vocabulary words. I will have a student
read a paragraph, and then we will stop and examine the paragraph for key words listed on
the vocabulary sheet. We will work together to come up with definitions/translations of the
words by going paragraph by paragraph.
Guided Practice (how students will demonstrate their grasp of new learning)

Projector

The students will work together in partners to identify the vocabulary words by looking at
the pictures on the board
Closure (action/statement by teacher designed to bring lesson presentation to an appropriate close)

Crossword
puzzle

Time permitting, I will go over the answers to the ten questions briefly. If not, I will go over it
in the next session. I will tell the students about their homework that is to complete a
crossword puzzle with the vocabulary.
Independent Practice (what students will do to reinforce learning of the lesson)
Complete a crossword puzzle