🇪🇸 Spanish Beginner - Week 12
DOCUMENT 1: Lesson Plan • Theme: Integrated Beginner Capstone
Learning Objectives
- Integrate core structures from the full 12-week course.
- Sustain a 2-4 minute beginner conversation.
- Switch between present, near future, and simple past appropriately.
- Use repair strategies when communication breaks down.
- Complete an end-of-course speaking and writing performance task.
Day 1 - Full-Course Retrieval and Diagnostic
Comprehensible Input (Dialogue or Reading)
— Hola, soy Marta y soy de Perú.
— Mucho gusto. ¿Qué haces aquí en la ciudad?
— Estudio español y trabajo por la tarde.
— ¿Qué hiciste ayer?
— Ayer fui al mercado y compré comida.
Vocabulary Table
| Spanish | English | Use |
|---|
| la meta | goal | High-frequency week target |
| el repaso | review | High-frequency week target |
| la práctica | practice | High-frequency week target |
| la conversación | conversation | High-frequency week target |
| la presentación | presentation | High-frequency week target |
| el plan | plan | High-frequency week target |
| la experiencia | experience | High-frequency week target |
| la ciudad | city | High-frequency week target |
Grammar Discovery
- Identify target pattern(s): integration of present, near future, and introductory past forms in functional communication.
- Underline key forms in the input and match each form to its meaning/function.
- State one rule and one caution in your own words.
Guided Practice
- Yo ___ de Colombia y ___ español cada día.
- Ahora ___ practicando con mi grupo.
- Mañana ___ a visitar el museo.
- Esta noche ___ que repasar vocabulario.
- Ayer ___ al centro con mis amigos.
- Después ___ la tarea de gramática.
Semi-Controlled Practice
- Soy estudiante de español. (Add origin)
- Estudio en casa. (Change to present progressive)
- Voy a visitar la biblioteca. (Question)
- Hago la tarea. (Change to preterite)
Free Production
Write 8-10 lines connected to Integrated Beginner Capstone. Include at least two questions and one negative sentence.
Speaking Activity
Introduce yourself and your current routine.
Real-World Simulation
You handle your first week in a Spanish-speaking city: introductions, plans, and recounting experiences.
Day 2 - Targeted Repair Clinics
Comprehensible Input (Dialogue or Reading)
— ¿Puedes repetir, por favor?
— Claro. Estoy diciendo que voy a visitar el museo mañana.
— Gracias, ahora entiendo.
— Excelente. ¿Tienes que trabajar después?
— Sí, pero puedo salir más tarde.
Vocabulary Table
| Spanish | English | Use |
|---|
| el repaso | review | High-frequency week target |
| la práctica | practice | High-frequency week target |
| la conversación | conversation | High-frequency week target |
| la presentación | presentation | High-frequency week target |
| el plan | plan | High-frequency week target |
| la experiencia | experience | High-frequency week target |
| la ciudad | city | High-frequency week target |
| el progreso | progress | High-frequency week target |
Grammar Discovery
- Identify target pattern(s): integration of present, near future, and introductory past forms in functional communication.
- Underline key forms in the input and match each form to its meaning/function.
- State one rule and one caution in your own words.
Guided Practice
- Ahora ___ practicando con mi grupo.
- Mañana ___ a visitar el museo.
- Esta noche ___ que repasar vocabulario.
- Ayer ___ al centro con mis amigos.
- Después ___ la tarea de gramática.
- Anoche ___ una reunión en línea.
Semi-Controlled Practice
- Estudio en casa. (Change to present progressive)
- Voy a visitar la biblioteca. (Question)
- Hago la tarea. (Change to preterite)
- Tuve clase ayer. (Negative)
Free Production
Write 8-10 lines connected to Integrated Beginner Capstone. Include at least two questions and one negative sentence.
Speaking Activity
Explain your plans for tomorrow.
Real-World Simulation
You handle your first week in a Spanish-speaking city: introductions, plans, and recounting experiences.
Day 3 - Capstone Conversation Building
Comprehensible Input (Dialogue or Reading)
— ¿Te gustaría cenar hoy?
— Sí, me gustaría. ¿Dónde está el restaurante?
— Está cerca del centro y es más barato que aquel.
— Perfecto, voy a ir a las siete.
— Nos vemos allí.
Vocabulary Table
| Spanish | English | Use |
|---|
| la práctica | practice | High-frequency week target |
| la conversación | conversation | High-frequency week target |
| la presentación | presentation | High-frequency week target |
| el plan | plan | High-frequency week target |
| la experiencia | experience | High-frequency week target |
| la ciudad | city | High-frequency week target |
| el progreso | progress | High-frequency week target |
| el reto | challenge | High-frequency week target |
Grammar Discovery
- Identify target pattern(s): integration of present, near future, and introductory past forms in functional communication.
- Underline key forms in the input and match each form to its meaning/function.
- State one rule and one caution in your own words.
Guided Practice
- Mañana ___ a visitar el museo.
- Esta noche ___ que repasar vocabulario.
- Ayer ___ al centro con mis amigos.
- Después ___ la tarea de gramática.
- Anoche ___ una reunión en línea.
- Nosotros ___ conversación en clase.
Semi-Controlled Practice
- Voy a visitar la biblioteca. (Question)
- Hago la tarea. (Change to preterite)
- Tuve clase ayer. (Negative)
- ¿Qué hiciste ayer? (Answer)
Free Production
Write 8-10 lines connected to Integrated Beginner Capstone. Include at least two questions and one negative sentence.
Speaking Activity
Retell one event from yesterday.
Real-World Simulation
You handle your first week in a Spanish-speaking city: introductions, plans, and recounting experiences.
Day 4 - Rehearsal and Peer Feedback
Comprehensible Input (Dialogue or Reading)
— Primero te presentas, luego explicas tu rutina.
— Después hablas de tus planes para mañana.
— Finalmente cuentas algo que hiciste ayer.
— Usa conectores para organizar tu respuesta.
— Excelente práctica.
Vocabulary Table
| Spanish | English | Use |
|---|
| la conversación | conversation | High-frequency week target |
| la presentación | presentation | High-frequency week target |
| el plan | plan | High-frequency week target |
| la experiencia | experience | High-frequency week target |
| la ciudad | city | High-frequency week target |
| el progreso | progress | High-frequency week target |
| el reto | challenge | High-frequency week target |
| la meta | goal | High-frequency week target |
Grammar Discovery
- Identify target pattern(s): integration of present, near future, and introductory past forms in functional communication.
- Underline key forms in the input and match each form to its meaning/function.
- State one rule and one caution in your own words.
Guided Practice
- Esta noche ___ que repasar vocabulario.
- Ayer ___ al centro con mis amigos.
- Después ___ la tarea de gramática.
- Anoche ___ una reunión en línea.
- Nosotros ___ conversación en clase.
- Yo ___ de Colombia y ___ español cada día.
Semi-Controlled Practice
- Hago la tarea. (Change to preterite)
- Tuve clase ayer. (Negative)
- ¿Qué hiciste ayer? (Answer)
- Soy estudiante de español. (Add origin)
Free Production
Write 8-10 lines connected to Integrated Beginner Capstone. Include at least two questions and one negative sentence.
Speaking Activity
Ask your partner two follow-up questions.
Real-World Simulation
You handle your first week in a Spanish-speaking city: introductions, plans, and recounting experiences.
Day 5 - Final Speaking Challenge and Mini Test
Comprehensible Input (Dialogue or Reading)
— Soy Diego. Vivo en Austin y estudio ingeniería.
— Hoy estoy practicando español con nuevos amigos.
— Mañana voy a visitar la biblioteca y tengo que estudiar.
— Ayer fui al centro e hice compras.
— Este curso me ayudó mucho.
Vocabulary Table
| Spanish | English | Use |
|---|
| la presentación | presentation | High-frequency week target |
| el plan | plan | High-frequency week target |
| la experiencia | experience | High-frequency week target |
| la ciudad | city | High-frequency week target |
| el progreso | progress | High-frequency week target |
| el reto | challenge | High-frequency week target |
| la meta | goal | High-frequency week target |
| el repaso | review | High-frequency week target |
Grammar Discovery
- Identify target pattern(s): integration of present, near future, and introductory past forms in functional communication.
- Underline key forms in the input and match each form to its meaning/function.
- State one rule and one caution in your own words.
Guided Practice
- Ayer ___ al centro con mis amigos.
- Después ___ la tarea de gramática.
- Anoche ___ una reunión en línea.
- Nosotros ___ conversación en clase.
- Yo ___ de Colombia y ___ español cada día.
- Ahora ___ practicando con mi grupo.
Semi-Controlled Practice
- Tuve clase ayer. (Negative)
- ¿Qué hiciste ayer? (Answer)
- Soy estudiante de español. (Add origin)
- Estudio en casa. (Change to present progressive)
Free Production
Write 8-10 lines connected to Integrated Beginner Capstone. Include at least two questions and one negative sentence.
Speaking Activity
Use one repair phrase if needed.
Real-World Simulation
You handle your first week in a Spanish-speaking city: introductions, plans, and recounting experiences.
Spiral Review
Full course review from Week 1 to Week 11.
Speaking Challenge
Speak for 90 seconds without notes. Integrate this week’s target grammar with at least one structure from previous weeks.
Mini Test
- Translate: I am practicing now and I am going to study later.
- Translate: Yesterday I went to the library and did homework.
- Fill in: Nosotros ___ practicando conversación. (estar)
- Fill in: Yo ___ que estudiar para el examen. (tener)
- Correct: Mañana voy estudiar con mi amiga.
- Write three integrated sentences (present + future + past).