Session Date
Lesson Topic
Construction of questions and answers - format changes; We began with simple sentences and moved to compound sentences.
Lesson Outline
Vocabulary review and addition of new words; the proper construction of questions and answers. The format of questions and answers change when prepositions are in a sentence. To teach this lesson I used an entire interactive approach. Chase had flash cards and was able to choose the next word in each sentence. She then had to translate the sentence she created and could move the words into different positions as needed. The noun flash cards contained the article and the verb flash cards contained all their conjugated forms. Our beginning sentences were 3 words: subject/ or question word; verb; object. We then moved to compound sentences: we especially added time of day.
Assignment
Memorize question words
Session Minutes
120
Minutes Student Attended
100
Lesson Comments
Chase adapted to this lesson very well. She was given 15 minutes to sketch a city with whatever buildings she liked. While she was sketching, we reviewed vocabulary words - question words, verbs, nouns of buildings. As she sketched a building, she choose a question word from a pile of flash cards turned upside down. She then chose a verb from a pile of flash cards facing her. She placed the cards in order to form a question sentence and and an answer. Some of her sentences were: Where are you eating? I am eating in the restaurant. Why are you going to Starbucks? I am going to buy a coffee. The sentences then became more complex with the addition of prepositions. Chase learned that the prepositions had to be placed first in a question. We then reviewed time and added that to our sentences. Example: When are you visiting your grandmother? I am visiting at 6:00. As she added buildings, pools, beach, we created more questions and answers. Chase moved the flash cards as she constructed each question and answer. At first her sentence construction was awkward. However, after about 4-5 sentences an improvement was noticed. She continued to add buildings as she thought of the places she frequents. This activity kept her focused, interested and learning for the entire session. Her Spanish vocabulary improved and her question and answer format improved greatly. By the end of the session she was asking me questions without using the flash cards. She did very well today.
Session Hours
2.00
Hours Attended
1.67
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