Plan de Unidad Veronica Santamara

V Ve er ro on ni ic ca a S Sa an nt ta am ma ar r a a U Un ni it t s s P Pl la an n
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Units Author
Names
Vernica Santamara
School C.E..B.G. Alto Caballero
Address Ngbe Bgle COMARCA
Address 2
Unit Description
Unit Title
Panama Holydays
Unit extract

The celebrations of the people, are what allow them to
form their identity can be both religious festivals as
holidays for their foundation, independence, etc. days,
through this project it is intended that the student of
7th grade CEBG Alto Caballero, achieve awareness of
the importance that possess the holydays in our
country.
Subjects
Social Sciences, English

Level, Grade
Pre-Media, 7th degree
Area 5. HOLIDAYS AND TOURISM
Approximate time for application
8 session, 40 minutes each

Contents of the unit

Concepts Procedures Attitudes
RECREATION, SPORTS,
HOLIDAYS, AND TOURISM.
5.1-Holidays
-Traditions In Panama
Identifying holidays
celebrated in Panama
Respecting holidays from different
cultures and regions in our
country.


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LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Compiles and discriminates information in oral, non-verbal, and written form.
Integrates and develops listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through cultural heritage content.

ACHIEVEMENT INDICATORS
Summarizes the most important traditions from Panama (written and oral)

Guiding Questions Unit Plan
Essential question How can be determined the identity of a country?
Unit question What identifies us as Panamanians?
Content questions What holidays are celebrated in your community?
Which of these national holidays do you like best?
Which of these national holidays think is more important?


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Assessment plan
Cronograma de evaluaciones evaluation schedulevaluation schedule
Before starting work on the
project
During the project
development
Once the project is
completed

Brainstorming Checklists
Rubrics
Checklists
Rubrics
informal questions

Summary of evaluations

Evaluation Process and purpose
Questions Students generate terms and ideas related to a topic
and shape creative connections between prior
knowledge and new possibilities. Are used at the
beginning of the project, during a class discussion,
individually or in small groups.
Informal observations and anecdotal notes Notes from observations support adjustments in
teaching and provide evidence for the final
evaluations. Checklists to help focus the behavior
expected
Informal questions Informal questions allow students to openly express
their ideas and thoughts, and reflect on the
explanations of other students and build
relationships. used when necessary to generate
challenges, assess student understanding and
reviewing lessons.

Unit details
Previous Skills

Reading and writing skills
How to live in society
Search information on the Internet
Using the computer
Following instructions


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Process/Activities

Activity 1. What are the holidays?

Participate in brainstorming about holidays
They write the ideas expressed in their workbooks
are grouped in teams of three on three
discuss the ideas generated
make their own definition of public holidays
Share with the rest of the class the definition of your holidays

Final Product: Definition of Holydays

Activity # 2. What are the holidays celebrated in Panama?

Research on the followings websites: about holidays in Panama
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/panama/ ;
http://panama.angloinfo.com/inside/public-holidays/
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Festividades_y_celebraciones#Panam.C3.A1
You can expand and improve the information from other websites.

After having read and analyzed the information from the suggested web pages,
Make a classification of holidays in Panama, according to their origins, uses a Smart Art
box, included in Office 2013 to do so.
Together in teams of 4 students are assigned their roles and responsibilities
They discuss their boxes Smart Art to find similarities and differences.
Develop a new Smart Art box containing the most important points from the previous
discussion.
Present their Smart Arts to the classmates.

Supporting tools:
Tutorial for using the Smart Art
Instructions for the preparation of Smart Art (see Instructions in the weebly website)

Final Product: Smart Single Art, Smart Art Group

Activity 3: Why the holidays are celebrated in Panama?

Investigate the following websites:
http://fiestas.panamatipico.com/secciones.php?Seccion=22
You can complement search on other websites
After doing your research, you have readed and analyzed the information:

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Students are grouped using the letters A, B, C
Assign the appropriate roles to each team member.
Group A, will be the group of religious holidays.
The B group is the group of patriotic holidays.
Group C is the group of popular holidays.
Each group prepares a poster using Glogster, about the group of holidays that
corresponded to them.
They expose orally to the rest of their classmates, their Glogster.

Supporting Tools:
Glogster Tutorial
Instructions for the preparation of Glogster (see Instructions in the weebly website)

Final Product:
Glogster Poster

Activity 4: What is your favorite holiday?

Having developed all activities proposed above:
Choose what your favorite festive day is.
Write personal essay in which you explain why this is your favorite holiday.
Make a collage using Microsoft ResearchAutocollage, with images related to the chosen
festive day.
Present your collage and essay to the class.
In Teams, select the top 4 essay and 4 best collages.
Make a Bulletin Board with the material chosen as the best

Supporting Tools
Instructions for essay
Instructions for Bulletin Board

Final product
Essay
Bulletin Board
Collage


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Students with
special needs

Does not apply
No Spanish
speakers

Does not apply
Talented students
Develop a two-minute video using MovieMaker
Materiales y recursos necesarios para la unidad
Tecnologa Hardware (equipo necesario)

Cmara
Computadora(s)
Cmara digital
Reproductor de DVD
Conexin a Internet
Disco lser
Impresora
Sistema de proyeccin
Escner
Televisor
VCR
Cmara de vdeo
Equipo de vdeo conferencia
SmartPhone
Tecnologa Software (necesario)

Base de datos/Hoja de clculo
Diagramador de publicaciones
Programa de correo electrnico
Enciclopedia en CD-ROM
Editor de imgenes
Buscador Web
Multimedia

Desarrollo de pginas web
Procesador de texto
Otro Windows Live
MovieMaker
Printed Materiales
MEDUCA. English Official Textbook. 2013
Supplies
Does not apply

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Internet resources
Tutorial de Word - Crear un Organigrama SmartArt. Verified on August 2, 2014, from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoiHolprHS8

Holidays in Panama in 2014, Observed on august 27th, 2014 from:
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/panama/

National Public Holidays in Panama. Verified on August 27th, 2014 from:
http://panama.angloinfo.com/inside/public-holidays/

Anexo:Festividades y celebraciones. Verified on August 26th, 2014 from:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Festividades_y_celebraciones#Panam.
C3.A1

Fiestas Patronales. Verified on August 29th, 2014 from:

Fiestas Cvicas. Verified on August 29th, 2014 from:

Ferias Regionales. Verified on August 29th, 2014 from:
http://fiestas.panamatipico.com/secciones.php?Seccion=21.

Tutorial de Glogster. Verified on August 27th, 2014 from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrs54wnwktQ

Tutorial de Glogster. Verified on August 27th, 2014 from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoiHolprHS8

Other resources
Does not apply

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