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 Dan Hufford Body Worlds Unit Plan

I. Subject Area: //Spanish //Grade level: 10 Unit Title: //Explorando el cuerpo humano en Español (Exploring the human body in Spanish) // II. Estimated Time: This unit will be utilized over three forty-five minute class periods with lessons overlapping as necessary and building upon knowledge from the previous lesson. III. Student Population: Track 1 (Honors) Spanish class section comprised of 22 students, two of which are Mexican-American; no students have been identified as having special needs or learning impairments.

Stage 1 – Desired Results

IV. Standards: //using PDE English language standards for teaching Spanish.  // **1.1.10 Reading Independently** ** B: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> Use context clues, knowledge of root words, and word origins as well as reference sources to decode and understand new words. ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">**1.2.10 Reading, Analyzing and Interpreting Text** B: Assess the accuracy of facts presented in different types of informational texts by using a variety of consumer, workplace, and public documents. C: Distinguish between essential and nonessential information across a variety of texts and sources from all academic content areas, identifying bias or propaganda where present. D: Analyze inferences and draw conclusions, citing textual support, based on an author’s explicit assumptions and beliefs about a subject. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt;">1.4.10 Types of Writing <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">B: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> Write complex informational pieces (e.g. research papers, analytical essays, summaries, descriptive pieces or literary analyses) that: Gather evidence in support of a thesis, incorporate and document information and ideas from primary and secondary sources accurately and coherently, Anticipate and address readers’ potential misunderstandings, biases, and expectations. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt;">1.5.10 Quality of Writing <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">E: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> Review, evaluate, revise, edit, and proofread writing to improve style, word choice, sentence variety, and subtlety of meaning. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt;">1.6.10 Speaking & Listening <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">A: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Listen critically and respond to others in small and large group situations. B: Demonstrate awareness of audience using appropriate volume and clarity in formal speaking presentations.
 * Respond with grade level appropriate questions, ideas, information or opinions.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> V. Understanding(s) Discussing the human body is more than skin deep; there are many components of it that we understand in English and are learning, through this lesson, their Spanish language counterparts. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">El Dia de los Muertos //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">(the “Day of the Dead”)- discuss the Mexican tradition of the “Day of the Dead” and its relevance in Spanish/American culture. **

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> 2.) Identify specific understandings about the “big idea(s)” // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">· Learning the basic and advanced human anatomy vocabulary in Spanish, discover stigmas regarding the body and how they are relevant in English & Spanish culture <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">· Introduce students to the Day of the Dead and its cultural values and implications with regards to those who celebrate it. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">VI. Essential Question(s): //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> What questions will foster inquiry, understanding, and transfer of learning? // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">· What are the parts of the human body (in Spanish) and why would it be relevant to know them? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">· What stigmas associated with the human body, such as gestures that may be inappropriate to Spanish/Latin American people and vice versa? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">· Who celebrates //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">El Dia de los Muertos //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> and what does it mean to them? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">· How do celebrants carry on these traditions after they immigrate to the US? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> VII. Attitude(s) and Value(s): //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> What positive attitudes and democratic values will students develop? // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">· Appreciate the necessity for Spanish speakers to understand the human body, the stigmas associated with respect to Hispanic/Latin American peoples. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">· Develop an understanding and apprecation of //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">El Dia de los Muertos //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> and the role it plays in religious & cultural identities of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">VIII. Skill(s): //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> 1.) ////<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> What skills related to acquiring, organizing ////<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> and using information will students // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> develop? //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">  //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> 2.) What technological skills will students develop? // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">· Students will be expected to use print resources such as their textbooks & dictionaries and any information obtained at the exhibit as well as handouts provided in order to supplement information that they gather through web-based searches and personal interviews if at all possible. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">· Students will develop or enhance dictionary and cross-referencing skills. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">· Using PowerPoint and graphics-manipulation software. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> 3.) What interpersonal skills will students develop? // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">· Cooperation and collaborating with each other <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">· In-group deductive reasoning & problem solving <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">· Sharing cultural backgrounds and understanding/tolerating people of differing backgrounds. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> ||
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Identify content-specific vocabulary //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">distinguish between fact and opinion //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">identify main idea & detail //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">use primary and secondary sources //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">identify reference resources to use for a specific purpose //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">construct diagrams& picture journals //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">draw conclusions and make generalizations //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">formulate appropriate research questions //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">interpret Spanish language resources and translate to/from English //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">IX. Performance Task(s): //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Authentic Performance Tasks // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">· Label (in Spanish) a gross anatomy diagram, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">· Collaborate in small groups to create a PowerPoint that will comprise the following: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">a. ////<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">El Dia de Los Muertos, ¿Qué es? // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">b. ////<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Stigmas: Offensive gesture or a friendly wave? // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">c. ////<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Create a situation in which knowledge of Spanish vocabulary is essential. //

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Assessment Evidence Criteria // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">· Correctness of diagram (incl. spelling) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">· Accuracy & relevance of data; coherence of argument; spelling, punctuation and grammatical correctness of written Spanish; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">· Are slide & content requirements met? || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Other Evidence: //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Through what other evidence (e.g., quizzes, tests, observations, homework, journals, etc.), will students demonstrate achievement of the desired results? //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">In addition to the .PPT project, students will: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">· Use scenarios from the “123 Teach Me” website to play Spanish medical symptom charades, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">· Be observed playing vocab building games from BusinessSpanish.com.

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">How will students reflect upon and self-assess their learning? // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">· The students’ grades will be compiled using two rubrics, 75% of the grade will be determined by the teacher, 25% will be awarded by their peers (who will have to cite specific reasons for the grade assigned). || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Stage 3 – Learning Plan <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">X. Learning Activity <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">· Scavenger Hunt <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">· Rubric is attached || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">XI. References:

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">123 Teach Me. (n.d.). //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Medical Spanish for Health Professionals //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">. Retrieved March 3, 2010, from 123 Teach Me: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Anatomical Chart Company. (2006). //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">English/Spanish Anatomical Chart Desktop Collection: 34 Comprehensive Anatomy and Disease Topics Presented in Both English and Spanish. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> Hagerstown, MD, USA: Lipincott Williams & Wilkins.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Borras, A. C. (2001). //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Atlas Basico De Anatomia (Spanish Edition). //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> Barcelona, Spain: Parramon.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Joanna Rios, J. F. (2004). //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">McGraw Hill's Complete Medical Spanish: Practical Medical Spanish for Quick and Confident Communication. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> New York, NY, USA: McGraw Hill.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Quia Web. (n.d.). //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Body Parts/El Cuerpo //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">. Retrieved March 3, 2010, from

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Blank Body Diagram for Activity (see section IX) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">XII. Reflection: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">STUDENT TEACHING JOURNAL <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Format A

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">1. Topic: Spanish: vocabulary of the human body and //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">El Día de los Muerto //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">s

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">2. Sequence of events – The students were eager to learn about //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">El Día de los Muertos //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> and while some students paid excellent attention during the anatomy vocab lesson that I presented before it, others resisted having to learn more words. My main concerns follow below: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">· Some students were reluctant to participate in the vocabulary lesson <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">· Students often mispronounce words that they should be able to <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">· Confusion between proper uses of “por” and “para”

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">3. Highlights of one or two notable events - (Describe in detail what happened, including what you wanted students to learn and the extent to which you were successful in helping __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">all __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> students)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">We started off with a simple discussion of the human anatomy, going over the English descriptors for the parts of the body. Then I introduced the vocabulary words from the textbook and had students label the blank diagram of the anatomy using the SmartBoard and their notes. Along with the scavenger hunt that the students will be required to do on their field trip, I included a worksheet and assessment rubric for them to complete for a quiz grade. The worksheet is designed to reinforce the vocabulary lesson and the rubric will allow me to objectively judge the qualitative and quantitative knowledge gains made by the students. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> The second portion of the lesson covered //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">El Día de los Muerto //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">s. I introduced the topic to the students with a concept map that covered celebration-specific vocabulary, traditions for celebrating it, origins of the celebration and geographical locations and differences in celebrations. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> I feel that I was able to reach most students. The class as a whole has an impressive propensity to learn about the Spanish language and whenever we use audiovisual aids to spur conversation, the students amaze me with their creativity and curiosity.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">4. Analysis of the event(s) - (Include thoughts and feelings, questions that were raised, and what you learned) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> Going into this lesson, the students wanted to move through the vocabulary portion because they wanted to see the presentation on the Day of the Dead. The kids really love to learn visually. I was excited to be teaching such an interesting topic and was glad to see the students’ enthusiasm. However, I felt that I allowed myself to rush through the initial vocabulary presentation just so that there would be enough time to devote to the Day of the Dead presentation. After conferring with my cooperating teacher we decided that letting the presentation wait till the next class meeting would be more beneficial because I could assign homework to reinforce the lesson before the next class. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> One of the most important things that I have learned is “live to fight another day.” There is always more time to teach the lesson so I vow to always have a backup plan for my lessons. The class became bored with the vocabulary introduction because they knew that there was a presentation with video and a concept map handout that they would be able to study from. Rather than give out the full lesson plan at the beginning of class, I’ll try to keep some things to myself and use them as a reward for the students’ diligence. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> I think that the students were very well prepared by their trip to Body Worlds for this unit. They were able to recall information that they learned while at the exhibit and apply it to the lessons in class. I underestimated the level of enthusiasm that they would have for this unit; the field trip was a definite success! <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">