Submitted by: Sarah-Henning Snellings
School: Brookland Middle School
Summary
Students will work on making plans for the future using the simple future tense vocabulary in Spanish. Working collaboratively in small groups, they will imagine they are competing to win prize money to spend on their Spring Break. Working only within their budget,, they will decide where they are going to go, what they are going to do for their dream break. They will research how much each activity or item they purchase is going to cost and put together a proposal written entirely in Spanish. They will then share their “entries” with the rest of the class and the world through the class’s blog site.
TIPC Ratings
TThis lesson scores approaching in the area of Research and Information fluency. The teacher designed a challenge that asked students to work within a budget to plan their spring break for a “mock” contest. Students researched possible activities using search engines and developed a written plan that was posted to the class blog.
This lesson scores in approaching for Communication and Collaboration. The lesson includes students working together in student selected pairs to create a post for the class blog. This post will be written complete in Spanish in the future tense which is a critical part of this lesson. Students will also complete a self reflection form using google docs.
This lesson scores in approaching for critical thinking and problem solving. The teacher has designed a authentic task in which students are competing in a radio contest to win money. In order to win this money students have to critically think about budget and compromising over decision on how to allocate their funds.
.This lesson scores in approaching for creativity and innovation. The teacher created a lesson where students must synthesize their research in a collaborative setting to develop the plan for their vacation. The students created that plan and posted it to the class blog. They then voted and commented on the most original idea.
