Friday, March 20, 2020

Unit: Musica y Baile


Music and Dance
We’ve gone through multiple versions of our dance unit.  We tried to make it culturally focused on dances, but found the students’ interest and engagement was divided.  We decided to focus on creating an authentic task for what our students would really do in their lives.  
This is for our 10th graders, a level 3 Spanish class.  We teach in block schedule (80 min) and meet every other day.


They post everything..so why not have them post about their experience?  Do they have a concert experience?  Some do, some don’t…either way we’ll make a unit that gives them tons of these experiences! So we didn’t lose culture…we are focusing on pop culture and we know they love music! We're going to fill their brains with stories and experiences about concerts!  We started many days with Senor Wooly Una Cancion Original but didn't require anything with it...just wanted it to get stuck in their heads!

I am really proud of this unit.  I set up the typical IPA a bit different than normal in the fact that we began with a presentational performance.  However, this is not the beginning of the year, we know our students’ abilities and this is in their performance ability.  We used this text (I’ll admit it’s a slightly modified authentic resource…I’m always aware of our mental and time limits!) as a springboard and I kept asking about it all unit long. 

The PowerPoint for the unit

Task: I can share details about my concert experience.
We share this with the students from the very beginning and remind them on a regular basis when we unpack the daily learning target and how it connects to the big picture.
Overall Plan (* = graded work)
Day 1: Connections to music unit
Day 2: Introduction to Artists * (writing IPA)
Day 3: Justin Bieber story
Day 4: Justin Bieber story * (“vocab” focus)
Day 5: Alvaro Soler La Cintura story
Day 6: Alvaro Soler La Cintura lyrics focus
Day 7: Alvaro Soler Puebla story
Day 8: Alvaro Soler Puebla point of view * (“grammar” focus)
Day 9: Alvaro Soler Puebla Dance
Day 10: Chino y Nacho NiƱa Bonita Concert
Day 11: Nacho “Concert” * (Reading IPA)
Day 12: Events and emotions  
Day 13: Beyonce “Concert”
Day 14: Story Ask and Write together (to serve as “review”)
Day 15: Evaluation*
Day 16: Celebration