Grade 7 Spanish Lesson Plan

1. Oberlin High School
Lesson Plan
Teacher: Donna Johnson
Subject: Spanish
Grade: 7O-H
Unit 1 TERM 1 Lessons 1& 2
Theme: Nos conocemos
Lesson 1
Topic: El español en el mundo
Sub-Topic: The Spanish Influence in Jamaica and the World
Date: September 13-24, 2021
Duration: 2 weeks
General Objective: To deepen students’ awareness of the importance of studying another
language

2. Specific Objectives: Students will be able to:
i. State three benefits of learning another language
ii . List the names of ten Spanish speaking countries and their capitals
iii. Pronounce the letters in the Spanish alphabet
iv. Count in Spanish from 1-20
v. Work collaboratively
Attainment Target 1.
Students are able to participate in short, structured conversations aided by repetition
Differentiation Strategies
Discussion, questioning , sentence completion, labelling, unscrambling ,
Focus Strands: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing
Resources
¿Qué hay? Libro del Alumno1, Unit 1 pages 7 and 9, laptop computer, speakers, atlas,
photocopy/scan of map with Spanish-speaking countries.¿ Qué hay? Cuaderno page 3,
Ejercicios 2-3.
Engagement
The teacher will invite the students to view a YouTube video:
‘Learn Capitals of Spanish Speaking Countries with BASHO & FRIENDS- Países
hispanohablantes...www.youtube.com
https://youtu.be/2ETVGEDEipk

3. The class will be required to listen to answer questions based on the song. The song will be
played twice. The students will be asked to name some of the countries they heard in the song
which was played.
Exploration:
The teacher will play a CD track /read the numbers and names of the countries on the world
map from page 7 in the text, ¿Qué hay? 1 Libro del Alumno. The students will listen and
repeat the names as they locate each on the map based on the numbers heard.
Explanation
The teacher will ask the students to say what language is spoken in the countries highlighted.
The teacher will ask further questions about the importance of Spanish and its influence in the
world.
Elaboration
Students will look at the map in their textbook. They will read the names of each country
according to the order in which it is numbered. Students will write the Spanish-speaking
countries in their notebooks. Students will work in groups of two or three to do find the capital
of each Spanish-speaking countries. They will present their answers orally to the class.
Evaluation
Students will complete the following table with ten Spanish- speaking countries and their
capitals.

4. El español en el mundo
Complete the following by writing the missing countries/capitals in Spanish.
País Capital
Argentina 1.
2. La Habana
España 3.
4. Santiago
Colombia 5.
6. San Salvador
Cuba 7.
8. San Juan
Uruguay 9.
10. Caracas
Home Work:
¿Qué hay? Cuaderno, Ejercicios 2-3
Students will re-order the words in the sentences in Ejercicio 2 on page 3 in their workbook to
tell the capital of six Spanish-speaking countries. The students will write true () or false (x)
for the statements in Ejercicio 3.

5. WEEK 1 –September 13-17, 2021
Topic : El español en el mundo
¿Qué hay? CUADERNO 1 page 7
Summary of Content
Los Países hispanohablantes y sus capitales
1.México- la Ciudad de México 11.Uruguay- Montevideo
12. Paraguay- Asunción
2.Guatemala-la Ciudad de Guatemala 13.Ecuador- Quito
3.El Salvador- San Salvador 14.Colombia- Bogotá
4.Honduras- Tegucigalpa 15. Nicaragua- Managua
5.Costa Rica- San José 16. Venezuela- Caracas
6. El Perú- Lima 17. Puerto Rico- San Juan
7.Panamá- La Ciudad de Panamá 18. La República Dominicana
Santo Domingo
8. Bolivia- La Paz/ Sucre 19. Cuba- La Habana
9. Chile- Santiago 20. España- Madrid
10. Argentina 21. La Guinea Ecuatorial- Malabo
Cultural Note(i) The Spanish settled in Jamaica from 1494 until 1655. During this time they
gave names to places such as mountains, plains, rivers and towns. Many of the places still
have the names they were given during the Spanish colonial period.

6. (ii) Spanish is the official language in twenty-one countries. Twenty of these countries are in
the Caribbean region. Spanish is one of the official languages of the United Nations
Organization.
Teacher Evaluation
Oberlin High School
Teacher: D Johnson
WEEK 2: September 20- 24, 2021
Subject: Spanish
Topic: El alfabeto español
Grade:7 O-H
Duration: 80 minutes
Previous Knowledge:
Students already know the Spanish-speaking countries and their capitals.
They already know the letters of the English alphabet .
Resources: Students’ text, ¿ Qué hay? Libro del Alumno 1, page 14 -15.
YouTube videos :
https://youtu.be/9LT9ltzFJTQ
https://youtu.be/JUcu9PU9_A

7. Tongue twisters
https://youtu.be/lsiVNc1GCl
Los Números 0-10
https://youtu.be/pzmB0GoEKkA
11-20
https://youtu.be/Aq4UAss33qA
Summary of Content
El alfabeto español (The Spanish Alphabet)
a [a] be [b] ce [c] che [ch] de [d] e [e]
efe [f] ge [g] hache [h] i [i] jota [j] ka [k]
ele [l] elle [ll] eme [m] ene [n] eñe [ñ ] o [o]
pe [p] q [ cu ] ere [r] erre [rr] ese [s]
te uve /ve doble ve equis i griega zeta
¿Cómo se escribe tu nombre? ( How do you write your name?)
Trabalenguas( Tongue twisters)

8. 1. Mi mamá me mima.
Yo mimo mucho a mi mamá.
2. Como poco coco
Como poco coco como
Poco coco compro
Objectives:
Students will be able to:
(i) to pronounce the letters of the alphabet correctly
(ii) spell their names in Spanish
Attainment Target
1. Students are able to participate in short structured conversations aided by repetition
Differentiation Strategies: Games , questioning , pronunciation drills, tongue twisters
Engagement
The teacher will present a video with the letters of the Spanish alphabet.
https://youtu.be/t8MIEtsdJxO
The students will watch the video.They will be asked questions following the viewing.
Students will repeat tongue twisters with the sound of ‘m’ and ‘c’ and the vowels.
(Please see Summary of Content.
Exploration

9. The students will be asked to name some of the letters they heard/saw in the video.
The class will be divided into 6 groups. Each group will be asked to repeat a particular
sequence of the letters of the alphabet-the first five, the next five, the last five et cetera.
Explanation
The students will be asked to say which letters of the Spanish alphabet make a particular
sound or what is equivalent of a particular letter of the English alphabet.
Elaboration
Students will take turns spelling their names when asked, ¿Cómo se escribe tu nombre?
Students will ask the question of each other.
Students will spell their names orally in Spanish.
Evaluation
1. The students will be put into groups of five. They will be given the names of five
persons. They will spell out the names using the letters of the Spanish alphabet.
They will be given a time limit of two minutes. The team with the most correct
answers wins.
2. Students will write out the letters of their name using the Spanish alphabet.
Home Work: Students will watch the following videos and practise counting the numbers
from 1-20 in Spanish
https://youtu.be/pzmB0GoEKkA
https://youtu.be/Aq4UAss33qA

10. Teacher Evaluation:
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