ESL Lesson Plan

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A Day at the Beach
ESL: Grades 6-7

Overview of Lesson
Students will practice speaking and writing English on their own
and in groups.
Description of
Learners
The students are 12-14 year olds, about 25 students in the
class, and have 2-3 years of classwork.
Learning Objectives
1. Given a common topic to discuss, the learner will be
able to come up with a sentence, translate, and speak in
English.
2. Given a list of Spanish vocabulary words and their
English meaning, students will be able to match the
Spanish vocabulary words to their English translation
and vise versa.
3. Using their vocabulary list, students will be able to use
the English translation to interpret a brief experience at
the beach.
Standards
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1. Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain
information, express feelings and emotions, and
exchange opinions.
2. Students understand and interpret written and spoken
language on a variety of topics.
Required Materials
1. Vocab List (see attached)
2. Pencil and Paper (if not provided by students)
3. Small Prizes (winner of game)

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Indiana Academic Standards for Foreign Language
http://sites.evscschools.com/Uploads/Files/03e2304b-ec3c-47be-90a3-8cadc2c55ed1.pdf

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Procedures
1. To begin class, have each student say at least two
sentences in front of the class about what they did since
last time the class met together.
2. The students will be in their desks. Tell the students to
all stand up because they are going to play a game. The
teacher will say a word in Spanish and the student will
respond in English. If they respond incorrectly, have
them sit down. Keep playing until until there is a winner
and give them a small prize.
3. Hand out a sheet of the English vocabulary words for
the chapter to the students with the Spanish translation
scrambled around. Tell them to match the words
together This will be done on their own.
4. After about 5 minutes, go over the words to make sure
the students have the correct words written down. As
you go over the words, use the projector to display
pictures of each word for the class to see.
5. As a class, have the students recite the words in English
after you say the word. This is so they understand how
to say the words. Also, have the teacher say the words
again in Spanish and have the students recite the
English word again.
6. Give assessment.
Assessment
At the end of class, have the students get into groups of
3-5 and they will pick 5 of the vocab words and write a
short paragraph in English using the words. They will
recite their paragraph to the class.











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A Day at the Beach

Match the English words on the right to their Spanish translation on the left.
1. towel arena
2. beachball pelota de playa
3. boat lentes de sol
4. sand toalla
5. sea shell bronceador con filtro solar
6. sunscreen nadar
7. ocean toalla
8. fish pez
9. swimming delfin
10. sunglasses gaviota
11. swimsuit concha
12. lifeguard barco
13. pier oceano
14. seagull muelle, embarcadero
15. dolphin salvadidas







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A Day at the Beach Vocabulary List (Answer Key)

1. towel


toalla

2. beach ball


pelota de playa

3. boat


barco

4. sand


arena

5. sea shell


concha

6. sunscreen


bronceador con filtro solar

7. ocean


oceano

8. fish


pez

9. swimming


nadar

10. sunglasses


lentes de sol

11. swimsuit


traje de bano, banador

12. lifeguard


salvadidas

13. pier


muelle, embarcadero

14. seagull


gaviota
15. dolphin

delfin