STEPP Lesson Plan Form

Teacher: Ms. Lilley

School:
Lincoln Middle School
Content Area: Spanish

Date: 4-14-2015
Grade Level: 8th grade

Title: Estar With Conditions & Feelings

Content Standard(s) addressed by this lesson:

directly from the standard)

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(Write Content Standards

Standard: 1. Communication in Languages Other Than English (Novice-Low)

1. Communicate about very familiar topics (written or oral) using isolated words
and high frequency phrases (interpersonal mode)
2. Comprehend isolated learned words and high- frequency phrases (written or
oral) on very familiar topics (interpretive mode)
(Colorado Academic Standards: World Languages, Colorado Department of
Education,
http://www.cde.state.co.us/sites/default/files/documents/coworldlanguages/docume
nts/world_languages_standards_adopted_12.10.09.pdf)
Understandings: (Big Ideas)
Students will understand and be able to properly use the verb, estar, to express
conditions and feelings. Students will also be introduced to useful vocabulary for
conditions and feelings. Furthermore, students will be able to better express
themselves as well as describe the state of objects and other people.

Inquiry Questions: (Essential questions relating knowledge at end of the unit of

instruction, select applicable questions from standard)
Can the student explain how to use estar?
Can the student explain what estar is used to express?
Evidence Outcomes: (Learning Targets)
I can: Use estar to express a feeling/condition of myself, another person, and an
object.
This means:
I can properly conjugate the verb, estar, and match the ending with the subject.
I can understand and properly use the appropriate vocabulary words for
feelings/conditions.

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List of Assessments: (Write the number of the learning target associated with
each assessment)
For the last activity, the students will do a puzzle and match the vocabulary words
with their meanings in English as an informal assessment/practice session.

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Planned Lesson Activities

Name and Purpose of Lesson

Approx. Time and Materials

Anticipatory Set
5 min
Procedures

Closure

Differentiation

Estar with Conditions & Feelings

The purpose of this lesson is to teach how one can use the verb, estar,
to express conditions and feelings as well as to introduce some
vocabulary of conditions/feelings.
25-30 minutes
Whiteboard, puzzle packets for each student, note organizer for the
vocabulary words (for each student)
-

Explanation of the verb, estar, and what it is used for: to express

feelings and conditions
- Review of how to conjugate estar
5 minutes- explanation of estar used for conditions/feelings &
conjugation review
10-15 minutes- Introduction of each vocabulary word
Ask if students know/have an idea of what the word is
Have a student come up and draw a visual
representation of the term
The students all write in the vocab word, the English
equivalent, and a visual representation in one of the
boxes on their note organizer
10 minutes- Students work on and complete vocabulary word puzzle
Check to see if students completed the puzzle correctly
The closure of this lesson will be to check the students puzzles and ask
if they have any questions or if they dont completely understand any
of the vocabulary words. To check for understanding, I will ask several
of the students, in Spanish, how they are or to make a statement about
an object or another person using estar and one of the vocabulary
words.
To modify, I will go around and help while the students are working on
their puzzles. I will ask if they have any questions or are having a hard
time with anything and will explain further.
To extend, while the students work on the puzzle, I will go around and

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ask those who finish first or are having no problem with the puzzle to
tell me, in Spanish, how they are and to describe various people and
objects in the classroom using estar and the conditions/feelings
vocabulary terms.
Assessment

I will know by their participation when we go over the vocabulary words

and by how well they are able to complete the puzzle and use estar
with the vocabulary words orally when asked.

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Post Lesson Reflection

1. To what extent were lesson objectives achieved? (Utilize
assessment data to justify your level of achievement)
I certainly covered the vocabulary very well and provided the students
with a good resource to study with. So the students got a very good
understanding of the new vocabulary words, but they were not able to
practice using estar with them orally or with the puzzle because of
time constraints.
2. What changes, omissions, or additions to the lesson would
you make if you were to teach again?
I would break down the vocabulary into two separate lessons: one for
conditions and one for feelings. Going through all of the vocabulary
words ended up taking the entire class period to finish, with no time
left to do the puzzle or practice them. I would come up with a different
activity for each of the two sets and then later have the students do
the puzzle to go over both sets before a quiz.
3. What do you envision for the next lesson? (Continued practice,
reteach content, etc.)
Next time, I would have the students tell me how they are in Spanish,
using estar with a condition/feeling vocabulary word. I would have
them do/finish their puzzle and work with each other by asking how
each other are and by describing people and objects in the classroom
using estar and the vocabulary. They would have a quiz at the end of
class on the vocabulary words and the conjugations of estar in the
present tense.

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