Joyce Soares

Great Oak Middle School

University of St. Joseph
Mr. Arroyo
LESSON BACKGROUND
For this lesson, students will be creating a Toon Doo comic strip in Spanish. ToonDoo.com is a free web-based application where students can create
comic strips and cartoons. This application is safe, secure, private, engaging, and fun for students. Students need to register by entering a username,
password, and an email. This web site is a great learning tool for students. Students will enjoy constructing their own comic strips and applying the
target language to them. Teachers will get to see how well students understand the chapter vocabulary and its usage.
Name:
Joyce Soares

Class Type:
Spanish 1 (7th Grade)
Heterogeneous inclusive classroom

Date:
March 22, 2016
Topic of Instruction (strand):
Create a comic strip in Spanish using Toon
Doo
Objective(s):
1. Students will be able to develop their technological skills through exploring and learning how to operate the Toon Doo site.
2. Students will be able to apply previous learned Spanish vocabulary into a creative and visual cartoon.
3. Students will be able to become excellent digital citizens and use appropriate language and concepts when creating a public project.
Common Core Standard Addressed:
Materials, Media, Resources:
1. Laptops (one for each student)
2. Internet access: http:www.toondoo.com/.
3. Students will be given a Creating Your First Toon Doo guide with pictures and instructions
LESSON PROCEDURE

Initiation (narrative/notes/bullets):
Hook to the lesson:
1. Teacher will give students a copy of a Spanish comic strip as they enter the classroom to read.
Explanation of Objectives:
1. Students will be able to develop their technological skills through exploring and learning how to operate the Toon Doo site.
2. Students will be able to apply previous learned Spanish vocabulary into a creative and visual cartoon.
3. Students will be able to become excellent digital citizens and use appropriate language and concepts when creating a public project.
Teaching Process (narrative/notes/bullets):
Warm-up (5 minutes)
Have students answer two questions about the Spanish comic strip.
1. What was the comic strip about?
2. Do you like to read comic strips? Why or why not?
(10minutes)
The teacher will show students how to go to the Toon Doo website and log-in. Then, the teacher will give students a brief explanation how to navigate
through Toon Doo. After the teacher will demonstrate to students how to create a Toon Doo comic strip. Students will also be given a Creating Your
First Toon Doo guide that contains pictures and instructions to use if needed to refer back to it for later.
(6 minutes)
The teacher will be giving students the opportunity to brainstorm, communicate, collaborate, and share ideas with other students through discussion
with other students. Upon brainstorming, the teacher will tell students that they will be creating a cartoon comic strip that must be completed in Spanish
from previously learned vocabulary. The teacher will discuss the importance of not using inappropriate language and images. Teacher will remind
students of being a good digital citizen while they are creating their comic strips. Each student will then grab a laptop where they will get to work on
creating their comic strip.
(30 minutes)
The teacher will be available to support students as they work on their comic strip using Toon Doo. The teacher will offer ongoing feedback and
address any potential concerns. This is a student center activity the teacher is there as a guide if needed.
Closure (narrative/notes/bullets):
Wrap-up (5-9 minutes)
Exit ticket: Students will be asked to reflect in writing their experience in using Toon Doo to create a cartoon comic strip.

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Did you find this lesson meaningful and worth completing?

What went well and why?
What did not go well and why?
Any suggestions for next time?

Follow up: The next day in class, students will present their Spanish comic strip that they created using Toon Doo.

Differentiation strategy(s):
*This lesson will promote learning for visual learners by allowing the students to create a pictorial cartoon using Spanish.
*During this task, students will be working independently at their own pace. However, students may collaborate and discuss features that they
discovered exploring Toon Doo.
* Students will be given a Creating Your First Toon Doo guide with pictures and instructions.

Use of Technology: Students will be using laptops to utilize the use of Toon Doo to create a comic strip in Spanish.
Assessment Tool (attached)/Results (data table of pre and post assessment data:
1. Comic strip
2. Exit Ticket
3. Informal Observation (Monitoring)
Narrative (based on assessment data) of Student Learning:
Students overall were very successful in utilizing their technological skills through exploring the learning how to operate the Toon Doo site to create a
comic strip in Spanish from previous learned Spanish vocabulary. Students were able to demonstrate their learning in a very creative way. This
information was gathered from informal observation, exit ticket response, and the creation of the comic strip. All my students were very engaged and
helped one another if needed. By the end of the lesson, students were very excited to show each other their Toon Doo.

Self-reflection on the lesson.

I decided to teach this lesson, Digital Spanish comic strip to my Spanish one class because I wanted to my students to apply previously
learned Spanish vocabulary utilizing technology. I learned about Toon Doo and I explored a first on my own by creating a sample Spanish comic
strip. I was very excited to introduce this tool to my students because it was fun and I was able to show my creativity. I was very excited about this
Toon Doo lesson for I wanted to see what the students would create.
Waiting all week to do this lesson, it finally came. I started the lesson by passing out a Spanish comic strip as students walked into the
classroom. I could tell based on my students facial the expression that they were very excited to read the Spanish comic strip that I had created.
Students were eagerly asking me how I created the digital comic strip because it looked very professional. Before began I asked my students if they
ever heard of Toon Doo and they all replied no. I students were all asking me if they would be able to create one under own. I replied very excited
yes. I showed my students how to sign-in and navigate through the Toon Doo website.
As I reflect on my lesson with my Spanish students by utilizing Toon Doo to create a Spanish comic strip I feel that it went very well. It did take
a little longer than I expected asked the students added a lot of details to their comic strips. I have to say that all my students were motivated and
engaged in creating the Spanish comic strip. As always, I was very impressed with how quickly my students learned to use and navigate through the
website. The thing that surprised me the most was that my students worked collaboratively with each other by helping one another with feedback and
suggestions using the website tool. Students work majority of the time creating their comic strip. I walked around the room monitoring and providing
students with feedback and I didnt see any issues. I was happy and excited to see the quality and detail the students put into creating their comic strip.
Overall, this was a really good lesson I had no negatives results about this lesson. My objectives were met. I plan incorporating this tool with
my other classes as well. This lesson provided me with the feedback in how students are using their Spanish vocabulary in the content. Even though I
have no negatives results about this lesson, in the future instead of printing all the comic strips I will have students save it to their flash drive. I will
mostly certainly implement this lesson again next year with my students.