Lesson Plan: Ser vs.

Estar & Vocab 

 
Name​: Sally Moceyunas 
Subject​: Spanish 1 
Period​: 3 
Date​: 4/8/2020 
Length of Activity​: 90 minutes 
 
Unit Objectives:  Lesson Objectives:  Standards (TEKS) 
Addressed:  

● Students will be  ● Understand how  1(A) ask and respond to 
able to decide  and when to use  questions about everyday 
between SER and  SER and ESTAR  life in spoken and written 
ESTAR  ● Practice using the  conversation; 
● Students will be  new vocabulary   
able to conjugate  3(B) describe people, 
SER and ESTAR  objects, and simple 
● Students will be  situations orally and in 
able to comprehend  writing using a mixture of 
the vocabulary  words, phrases, and 
simple sentences 
 
Technology & Instructional Materials Needed​: 

● HMDI, computer, clicker 

● Powerpoint 
● Vocabulary Slides 
● Kahoot 
● Family feud 
● La palabra correcta 
● Sofia Vergara Reading 
● Sofia Vergara Questions 
● Ser vs. Estar with Vocab 
 
Assessments​:  

What evidence will students provide to demonstrate knowledge, skills, or 

understanding? Maybe formative or summative.  
● Formative: Ser vs. Estar with Vocab 
 ○ Students will complete this worksheet on their own and turn it in for a 
formative grade. This will allow me to see where students are having 
the most trouble with deciding between ser and estar because they 
have to show they know the vocabulary and the acronym that 
corresponds before conjugating the word.  
 
Daily Agenda: 

Time in  What do the students do? What  What do you do? What 
Min  questions/directions/actions are  questions/directions/actions 
they engaged in?   occur? 

10  Warm Up- Students will come in,  I will greet students at the door and 
collect their notebook from the bin  remind them to grab their 
at the front, and begin the warm up  notebooks and start the warm up. I 
that will be displayed on the screen.   will then circulate the room 
stamping papers as students finish. 

10  La palabra correcta- Students will  I will walk students through the 
follow along with the first two  first two questions and clarify the 
examples and then work to  directions. I will circulate and 
complete the rest of the worksheet  answer any questions students may 
on their own or with their partner.  have and ensure they remain on 
When they are done, they will put  task.  
their responses up on the board.  

7  Review Vocabulary Slides- students  I will walk students through the 

will repeat the words after me to  vocabulary slides powerpoint and 
practice their pronunciation.  say the words so students can 
repeat after me. 

7  Kahoot- students will sign onto  I will run the game on the 
kahoot and play the game.   computer by clicking on the next 
question.  

20  Sofia Vergara Reading & Questions-  I will facilitate the reading process 
students will read aloud as we read  and answer any questions about the 
it all together the first time. They  reading. While students are 
will follow along when it is not their  answering the questions, I will 
 turn to read. Students will search  circulate and ensure that students 
for cognates and then follow along  are on task.  
with the reading again and ask any 
questions about comprehension. 
Students will then complete as a 
group the questions about the 
reading.  

10  Family Feud- students will stand in  I will facilitate the game through 
line and when it is their turn the  the computer and keep score of 
students will compete to guess the  which team is winning.  
meaning of the Spanish word. When 
they believe they know it, students 
will ring the bell and say it out loud.  

25  Ser vs. Estar with Vocab- students  I will explain the directions to the 
will work through the worksheet on  students and model the first 
their own asking questions of their  question as an example.  
partner or of me when needed.  
 
Instructional Sequence: 

Engagement/Hook  Warm Up- Students will complete a warm up based on the 

vocabulary that was reviewed last class period in order to 
refresh their brains about what was learned last class.  

Exploration  La palabra correcta- As a class, we will do the first two 

together and then students will try to find the best word 
from their vocabulary list that fits into the sentence. Once it 
looks like most students have finished, I will invite students 
to write the correct answers on the board.  

Explanation  Vocabulary Slides- as a class we will go over the powerpoint 

with all the vocabulary words and repeat all the words so 
students get comfortable saying the words and recognizing 
what the word means in Spanish.  
 
Ser vs. Estar Review- As a class, we will review saying the 
different forms of Ser and Estar while they are presented on 
the screen. We will also go over the acronym and give 
examples of what that might mean.  
 Extension  Kahoot- students will play a Kahoot game that will review the 
vocabulary words they learned last class. The Kahoot will 
focus on the meaning of the word as well as how to use the 
word in context.  
 
Sofia Vergara Reading & Questions- students will work to 
improve their reading skills and their understanding of when 
to use ser. The reading focuses on using the verb ser to 
describe Sofia Vergara. Students will read through it once as 
a class then work on writing down words that seem to be 
cognates. Afterwards, as a class, we will read through it again 
stopping to ensure that the meaning is understood. Students 
will then work as a group to answer the questions about the 
reading.  
 
Family Feud- students will compete against each other to 
guess correctly what the definition of the Spanish word. This 
activity will help students practice the vocabulary words.  

Evaluation  Ser vs. Estar with Vocabulary- students will work on 
deciding between ser and estar using the vocabulary and 
acronym. These steps are laid out for the students so that 
they practice using them when they are not there. These 
steps will help students practice deciding between ser and 
estar and not skip over important steps. For those that 
already speak Spanish, this will help explain to them why you 
use ser and why you use estar.  
 
Differentiation: 

● Students are able to have as much or as little time as they want to work on all 
the activities.  
 
Extensions: 

● Students will be able to work on some of the activities at their own pace and 
when they have time, students can study their vocabulary list on paper or on 
their quizlet set.   
 
Reflection & Notes: 

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