Day Of The Dead

Día de los muertos Content objective(s): Day of the Dead- Dia de los muertos Language objective(s): Conjugation of er/ir verbs Future tense using ir+a Introduce new vocabulary Standards (ACTFL & MI): • Comparisons- How language compares/dia de los muertos v. Halloween • Culture – Celebration of the holiday- Dia de los muertos • Communities –Native speaker from Mexico Communication Standards: • Interpersonal • Interpretive

Multiple Intelligences: • Reading • Listening

Materials Needed: • PowerPoint- Dia de los muertos • Sound clip of Fernando • Verb conjugation worksheet • Practice worksheet (still need to finish tonight) • Seating chart

Preparation: • Record sound clip • Make worksheets • Prepare worksheets and overhead with key words for the listening

Announcements: Grades due today-if you find a problem circle it and give it to me before you leave.

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backs: Grade sheets Project sheets Diarios

Warm up: New seating chart! Have students sit in their new seats. Ask the class if there is anyone who can name all of their classmates. Have students practice “ir+a” that they learned yesterday using prompts written on an overhead while I pass back papers and grades. Activity 1:

Time Adapted from Gibbs, 2007- 2008

Día de los muertos Dia de los Muertos actividad

30 minutes

Rationale: Dia de los muertos was this weekend. It is important that students study it because it is a very important holiday in Mexican culture. Also, I wanted to use an authentic sound clip of a native speaker from Mexico describing how he celebrates the day. Students will be given a transcript of a sound clip of a friend of mine from Mexico talking about Day of the Dead. The script is broken into seven chunks, A-G. Student will number off by 7 and in their groups they will each be responsible for reading and interpreting the information in their section of the text. They will be asked to report back to the class as to what they read. Each group will need a dictionary a paper and pencil. Before starting, the teacher will give students an overhead containing important words in the text so that they can understand the material. Each group will also be given key words for their section of the reading. I am giving them more support than I might give a higherlevel class because this reading is fairly complicated. Teacher will circulate the room to help students as needed. Students will report back to the class about what they have read. Teacher will show a picture of the person who is talking and play the sound clip of her friend. Students will be asked to follow along with the text and to raise their hang when their portion of the reading is being said. Differentiation strategies: I plan to give different sections to groups based on their level. There are some sections that are more challenging than others. Activity 2: Dia de los Muertos PowerPoint

Time 10

Rationale: I want to give a more solid explanation of the Holiday and show pictures. Teacher will present a PowerPoint about Dia de Los Muertos that Adapted from Gibbs, 2007- 2008

Día de los muertos includes its origins, pictures and some of the important traditions. Activity 3: Verbos! Review –ar verbs and introduce er/ir verbs

Time 30

Rationale: It is important to learn the new verbs. Short review of what a verb is. • What verbs do we know? • Regular? Irregular? • When do we conjugate? When do we use the infinitive? • What are the three types of verbs? Using the reading from the previous activity, students will find all of the verbs in their section. These verbs will be put into a chart (which I will provide for them) and separated based on the endings of the verbs. Students will write out both the conjugated and infinitive of the verb. I will also provide a separate chart that has all of the verbs that are in tenses other than English so that the students don’t get confused. Next students will be asked to come up with a generalization about the endings of verbs. What is the rule for er/ir verbs? Students will fill out the correct information in their packet of notas for section 2.3 of the book. Activity 4: Practice worksheet

Time Remainder of class/HW

Rationale: Students need to use the information that they just learned in order to retain the new information. Students will be given class time to work on their homework with a partner. Whatever they do not finish in class will be homework for the night.

Adapted from Gibbs, 2007- 2008