Standards:

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Brief Summary of Lesson:

After students have learned the vocabulary for sports and seasons, they will assume the identity of their favorite sports personality. (living, deceased, family member or friend) Before beginning the writing activity, students needed to research biographical information about their athlete. Using mostly verbs in the first person singular, students will prepare a written biography following a specific outline, the final outcome of which is presented to classmates and parents. Students also have the option of dressing up as their character and utilizing one prop.

Students have to answer the following required questions:

¿Cómo te llamas?
¿Cuántos años tienes?
¿Cuál es la fecha de tu cumpleaños?
¿Dónde nació?

Students then had the options of selecting from the following questions to enhance their biographical information:

¿Qué juegas? (Juego al…)
¿En qué estación (estaciones) juegas? (Juego en…)
¿Cómo se llama tu equipo? (Mi equipo se llama…)
¿Cuáles son los colores de tu equipo? (Los colores son…)
¿Qué usas para jugar tu deporte? (Uso…)
¿Cuándo practicas tu deporte? (Practico…)

All students closed their oral presentation by announcing, “Tengo que jugar/practicar… Adiós.” At this point student used the prop.

Identify desired results:

Students will understand…

Grammar: usage of present tense verbs, first person singular (tener, jugar, usar, practicar); usage of the construction “tengo que + infinitive”.  

Students will know…

- how to name sports in Spanish,
- names of the seasons,
- names of sports equipment.  

Students will be able to…

- read and understand all the questions listed above for this lesson,
- write responses in Spanish to the questions they have selected,
- talk about themselves in the present tense, using verbs related to the topic of sports.
- present what they wrote to the class orally without notes.  

New information/structures/vocabulary acquired

•  Tengo que + infinitive
•  Regular present tense verbs, first and second person singular
•  All vocabulary related to sports and seasons

What do they already know that will help them learn new information?

Students know how to respond to: ¿Cómo te llamas? ¿Cuántos años tienes? ¿Cuál es la fecha de tu cumpleaños?  

Determine acceptable evidence:

Performance Tasks:  writing task, oral presentation
Other Evidence  

Examples of Student Work: