LESSON PLAN


Teacher: Jenifer Young
School: Medina High School
email:  youngj@mcsoh.org
 

LESSON TITLE _______Caracas:  Yesterday and Today____________

LESSON SKILL TARGETED ____listening comprehension____ (model:  Shrum & Glisan, 2000; pp. 135-137)

CLASS LEVEL ___Spanish III______
 
 
**Note:  The listening sections for this lesson can be found in
    Ven conmigo III  (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2000), capítulo 3, 
videocassette 1 (27:42-33:04) or CD 3 (Trs. 1-4)

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 TARGETED STANDARDS

1.1     Students engage in conversations,  provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
1.2     Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
1.3     Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.
2.2     Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied.
3.2     Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures.
4.2     Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
5.1     Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.
5.2     Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.

I. OBJECTIVES
               1.2    Students see a video and listen to a CD and understand the information provided.
        1.1, 1.3    Students discuss the technologies they use in their lives within a small group and present their findings to the class.
        2.2, 3.2    Students learn common technologies used by Venezuelans and their attitudes regarding these technologies.
        5.1, 5.2    Students research their own community and summarize their findings.
 

II.  MATERIALS
        A.  Ven conmigo,  CD 3 (Tr. 1-4),  videocassette 1 (27:42-33:04)
        B.  worksheet to show student understanding
        C.  overhead projector
        D.  poster board and markers
 

III.  PROCEDURES
        A.  Preparation
            1.  Introduce the topic by asking students to compare their life with that of their parents and grandparents at the same age.  What is similar?  What is different?  Encourage students to focus on technological advances and list them on the overhead.
            2.  Discuss Venezuelan society.  Ask students if they think it has developed as the United States has.  Why / why not?
            3.  Introduce the three people they will hear describing the changes in Caracas and the technologies that they use regularly.
        B.  Comprehension
            1.  Show the video, "La vida de ayer," to the students.
            2.  Ask students to give a title for each section, based on what they understand and remember.  List the suggestions on the overhead and ask students why they think it's appropriate.  As a class, have students pick the best title for each section from those listed.
        C.  Interpretation
            1.  Show the video again (or play the CD) and have students listen for more detail.  They will complete the worksheet based on what they hear.
            2.  Display correct answers on the overhead and answer any questions.
        D.  Application
            1.  In small groups, students will create a list of the technology they use in their daily lives.  They will put these on a poster to share with the rest of the class.  They will also explain the influence of this technology in their lives.  What would they do if they did not have the use of these technologies.  How would their lives be different?  Each group will share its thoughts with the class.
        E.  Extension
            1.  Students will interview members of the staff and community who have lived in Medina for 20+ years, asking them what Medina was like in the past and if, in their opinion, the city is better now than back then.  They will then write a paragraph to summarize the interview.
 

IV. CULTURAL INFORMATION
        contrast between Venezuela in the past and Venezuela today
        the attitudes of Venezuelans regarding the use of technology in their lives
 

V. TECHNOLOGY USED
        video recorder
        CD player
        overhead projector