Spanish in Context

Lesson Title: Spanish in Context: Using Superlatives
Academic Standards: Learners use the Spanish language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own. Learners use the language both within and beyond the classroom to interact and collaborate in their community and the globalized world. (ACTFL)
Content Creator: Mrs. Kathleen Greiwe
Level: High School
Duration: 35-45 min
  /  Spanish in Context: Using Superlatives

Objectives

  • Students will compare three or more similar objects in the target language.
  • Students will use adjectives to describe and identify objects.

Description

In this lesson, students continue to practice describing objects at Teotihuacán. They will build off of the content they have learned in the previos two classes. They will speak in complete sentences and use superlatives in Spanish. They will also continue to learn about these ancient pyramids and compare them to other pyramids around the world.

Sequence

  1. Welcome students and review basic VR controls.
  2. Students review previous content by describing and comparing things in the classroom. Students manipulate IFX objects to demonstrate the sentence frames from the previous classes.
  3. Students will repeat vocabulary words and see images that represent them. They will read sentences to see how the words are used in context.
  4. Students will repeat sentence frames to learn superlatives using the phrases "el más" and "la más."
  5. Students will work together to put post-it notes in the correct order to make sentences that demonstrate the superlative.

  6. Students will answer questions to practice forming sentences independently.
  7. Students will read about pyramids in different parts of the word. After the reading, students will state what they have learned in English.
  8. Students will compare three objects in VR to demonstrate their command of superlatives in the target language.
  9. As a final assessment, students will say which pyramid is their favorite and why using a superlative.

Demonstratives & Media

Classroom Space
Virtual Field Trips & Lab Demonstrations
Instructional Videos
3D objects

Suggested Ancillary Support

Vocabulary Words:

  • bonito/a: pretty
  • feo/a: ugly
  • popular: popular
Google Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1t2g2jen9PmoVDByhv8o7M-v8iDKmBQflDozCu-uINFA/edit?usp=sharing Notes: Sticky notes in VR with example sentences. Each sticky note will have one word on it, such as: La/pirámide/del/sol/es/la/pirámide/más/grande. El/templo/de/la/serpiente/emplumada/es/el/más/bajo.

Notes