Lesson
Materials (PowerPoint document)
Often times when
teaching a foreign language, teachers are confined to textbooks
and Regents preparation. Seldom do students have the opportunity
to utilize what they have learned. This lesson addresses
the overcrowding in Bronx high schools, which is an important
component of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity case. (If you
are a teacher in another borough, this lesson is very adaptable
and any Spanish teacher can use in the classroom. At the
end of the lesson, you will find possible modifications.)
Standards:
LOTE 1, LOTE 2
Guiding
Principals:
Spanish
- Students
will use school vocabulary (i.e. student, school, classroom)
in practical application.
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Students will review cognates and use them to assist them
in reading authentic material.
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Students will read and analyze authentic text.
Social
Awareness
- Students
will become aware of overcrowding issues facing students
in the Bronx.
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Students will become aware of the CFE case.
Materials
- LCD
projector and screen
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Laptop => at least one for the LCD; however, if each
student could have one that could be helpful. If no technology
is available the lesson could be printed and copied.
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Internet connection
- Microsoft
Power Point
Before
the lesson
-
Modify the power
point presentation for your class.
- Set
up laptop and LCD.
- Open
power point presentation and link to website
Lesson
Lesson
Opener
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Slide 2 and 3
*
Do now (para hacer ahora): Write five sentences
answering the question: ¿Qué hay en
la sala de español?
Possible answers:
Hay veintiséis estudiantes en la sala de
español.
Hay muchos carteles.
*
Go over the students’ answers. Options:
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Students write answers on board or overhead.
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Teacher types students’ answers on Microsoft Word
and projects the answers onto the screen. (I recommend
you open the program before the lesson, set language
options to Spanish, increase font size to about 24,
and make the view of the document “web layout.”
- Go
over answers orally only.
Reading
Preparation
*
Slide 4, 5, and 6
*
Students quickly review cognates and their meaning
Highlight the difference between a true cognate and
a false cognate.
Reading
*
Minimize the PowerPoint, and open the webpage http://www.nyccouncil.info/cfe2/
overcrowding2_span.cfm
for information in Spanish about 9 schools that were going
to be created, however the money to make those new schools
was revoked by Governor Pataki. This money is causing
an even worse overcrowding situation in the Bronx.
Options:
If you do not have access to the internet in the classroom,
you can print up the webpage and give a copy to each
student. It is two pages front and back.
*
Give students about five minutes to review the page. Ask
what is it about? What’s going on?
Options:
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Students free write for five minutes in English or Spanish
and then the issue is discussed as a class.
-
Students write answers on board or overhead.
-
Teacher types students’ answers on Microsoft Word
and projects the answers onto the screen. (I recommend
you open the program before the lesson, set language
options to Spanish, increase font size to about 24,
and make the view of the document “web layout.”)
- Go
over answers orally only.
*
Refer back to the PowerPoint presentation
Using
the www.nyccoucil.info/cfe2,
you can ask your students to figure out what CFE is. Or
you can use the Power Point Presentation, slides 7-10. You
can also copy the section on CFE for students to be able
to see the whole statement at once.
Based
on the reading you can break down each slide at a time and
have students free write about what they think CFE is one
slide at a time.
Have
students read the entire CFE synopsis at once (4 mini-paragraphs)
in pairs, or groups of four to discuss and write down what
they understand of the CFE case based on the four paragraphs.
After a few minutes, groups or individuals should share
with the class.
Wrap-Up
*
Ask students what they learned today about CFE and overcrowding
in the Bronx.
*
Ask students how they were able to read so much after
only having limited language instruction.
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Subject
Areas:
Spanish
Grade Levels: 9-10
About
the teacher:
Keri
Rodgers is currently in her third year of teaching
and was on the planning committee of The Gateway School
of Environmental Research and Technology since its inception
in 2003. Using an interdisciplinary approach to learning
that integrates math, science, history, art, language, and
maintenance of the campus ecological garden, she has designed
and implemented the Spanish and Environmental Studies curriculums
used at the school. She currently teaches all levels of
Spanish (including Advanced Placement) and Environmental
Studies.
Email:
msrodgersgw@yahoo.com
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