Irma Zambrano
Edison School District
THEMATICALLY ORGANIZED ASESSMENT
SPANISH
TOA Title: Una hora diaria (An Hour a Day)
Theme: Health
Level: Novice-Mid
TOA Overview:
A new school year has begun, and with it your determination to make a change in your exercising habits. While waiting at a doctor’s office for your annual check-up, you came across an article that explains the importance of exercising and other healthy habits. You will read the article, interview some classmates to find out their sports preferences, and create posters to promote a healthy life style around the school.
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Irma Zambrano
Edison School District
Task Title: Una hora diaria
Theme: Health
Level: Novice-Mid Focus Age Group: 10 – 11 years
National Standards Goals: Communication Connections Cultures
Communicative Mode: Interpretive
Time Frame: One 25-minute class period
Description of Task:
You are at the doctor’s office for your annual check-up. School will soon start again and your mom wants to make sure you that you are healthy. While you wait, you pick up a magazine and start flipping the pages. An article calls your attention because you see children your age having fun in the picture, and also because you understand the title. Read the article and answer the questions:
Materials Needed:
1. Copy of the article
2. Comprehension guide
Teacher Notes:
1. Describe the task to the students.
2. Explain the rubric.
3. Distribute the article. (Make one class set that you will be able to reuse in other classes.)
4. Distribute the comprehension guide. (One per student)
5. Students complete comprehension guide after reading.
Adaptation: Teachers will use their own discretion as to whether to give pictures to be matched with the vocabulary or to allow the children to look for the cognates inside the article.
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Una hora diaria
Los niños que no son activos y pasan mucho tiempo viendo televisión o jugando video juegos son más propensos a sufrir problemas de salud como obesidad y diabetes tipo 2.
Impulsa a tus hijos a participar tan sólo una hora diaria en alguna actividad física. Montar en bicicleta o hacer algún deporte en equipo les ayudará a tener un futuro más saludable.
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Nombre ______
Now that you have read the article, complete the following activities:
1. Look in your paragraph and find the Spanish words that best describe the following words:
active …………………………………………. ______
bicycle …………………………………………. ______
children ………………………………………… ______
future …………………………………………… ______
health…………………………………………….. ______
obesity…………………………………………… ______
physical …………………………………………… ______
sports ……………………………………………… ________
suffer……………………………………………. ______
team …………………………………………… ______
2. What is the main idea of this article?
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3. What can happen to children that are not active?
4. Name two activities that children spend to much time doing.
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Irma Zambrano
Edison School District
Nombre ______
Now that you have read the article, complete the following activities:
1. Match the following words with the pictures that best describes it.
1.activos / 2. bicicleta / 3.
niños / 4. salud / 5.
obesidad / 6. participar / 7.
deportes / 8. sufrir / 9. equipo / 10. televisión
______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ____ ______
2. What is the main idea of this article?
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Novice-Mid Interpretive Rubric
Una hora diaria
Exceeds Expectations / Meets Expectations / Does Not Meet ExpectationsDo I identify the main idea?
(Main Idea) / I identify the main idea of the article. / I identify the main idea of the article. / I do not identify main idea.
Do I understand supporting details?
(Comprehension) / My answers are accurate and to the point. / Most of my answers are accurate and relevant. / My answers are irrelevant and/or inaccurate.
Do I infer meaning?
(Interpretation) / I use context clues and cognates to understand the article. / I use some context clues and cognates to understand the article. / I do not use context clues or cognates.
Do I recognize the vocabulary?
(Word Recognition) / I recognize all vocabulary words. / I recognize most vocabulary words. / I do not recognize enough vocabulary words.
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Irma Zambrano
Edison School District
Task Title: Una hora diaria
Theme: Health
Level: Novice-Mid Focus Age Group: 10 – 11 years
National Standards Goals: Comparisons
Communicative Mode: Interpersonal
Time Frame: One or two 25-minute class period, depending on the number of students.
Description of Task:
You left the doctor’s office determined to change your life. The doctor said that you have gained some weight. You know that your diet is healthy, but as your mother has said, you spend too much time in front of the television or the computer and not enough time exercising. After reading the article, you decide to give exercise a chance but you don’t know what to do. You decide to take a survey of your classmates to find out what they do for exercise.
Do the following:
1. Introduce yourself.
2. Interview 4 to 5 students in your class.
3. Write your classmates’ answers in the chart provided.
Materials Needed: Survey
Teacher Notes:
1. Prepare a unit related to sports and health before giving out this assessment.
2. Prepare a chart in advance for every student.
3. Children should write the answers correctly in the provided chart.
Adaptation: Teachers will use their own discretions as to weather to give children a word bank or a word-picture bank with their chart. (See examples)
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Irma Zambrano
Edison School District
¡Hola! Me llamo ______
Tengo ______años
CUESTIONARIO
¿Cómo te llamas? / ¿Cuántos años tienes? / ¿Cuál es tu deporte favorito? / ¿Cuándo practicas ese deporte? / ¿Qué otro deporte te gustaría practicar?Banco de palabras
nadar practicar karate correr jugar al béisbol jugar al fútbol jugar al voleibol
bailar saltar a la cuerda montar en bicicleta jugar al baloncesto jugar al tenis
Banco de palabras y dibujos
nadar / practicar karate / correr / jugar al béisbol / jugar al fútbol / jugar al voleiboljugar al baloncesto / saltar a la cuerda / montar en bicicleta / bailar / jugar al tenis
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Irma Zambrano
Edison School District
Novice-Mid Interpersonal Rubric
Una hora diaria
Exceeds Expectations / Meets Expectations / Does not Meet ExpectationsDo we understand you?
(Comprehensibility) / My questions are easily understood by my audience. / My questions are understood by my audience with occasional difficulty. / My questions are not understood by my audience.
Do you understand me?
(Comprehension) / I understand my interviewees’ answers.
I can record their answers. / I understand my interviewees most of the time.
I can record most of their answers. / I do not understand my interviewees’ answers.
How well do I use the Spanish language?
(Vocabulary Use & Language Control) / I can understand and read the questions correctly.
I can help my interviewees by attempting to be creative with the language.
I recognize and use vocabulary with ease. / I can understand and read most of the questions correctly.
I make some mistakes when attempting to be creative.
I recognize and use most of the vocabulary correctly. / I do not understand and can not read most of the questions correctly.
How well do I keep the conversation going?
(Communication Strategies) / I begin to recombine some memorized language to keep the conversation going.
I ask for repetition and/or clarification. / I use memorized chunks of language to:
Ask for repetition and /or state clarification. / I cannot complete the interview.
Task Title: Una hora diaria
Theme: Health
Level: Novice-Mid Focus Age Group: 10 – 12 years old
National Standards Goals: Communication Cultures Connections Communities
Communicative Mode: Presentational
Time Frame: Two 25-minute class period
Description of Task:
You are beginning to realize how important it is to exercise and live a healthy life style. Your enthusiasm has been very contagious. Now your classmates want to help you promote the idea of “One hour of fun exercise a day and other healthy activities”. The teacher announced a poster contest that could help spread the message to the new Spanish students that are just arriving to the school. You will have to explain and promote your poster in front of the class. The five best posters will be displayed in and around the nurse’s office.
Make sure your poster:
· Is well organized
· Explains the importance of daily exercise and other healthy habits
· Uses correct spelling
· Is colorful
· Includes at least six different activities and promotes healthy behaviors
· NOTE: you may use the cutout pictures you have been coloring.
Materials Needed:
- Poster board
- Markers
- Magazines
Teacher Notes:
1. Prior to the presentational task, students will have learned the vocabulary and:
i. Es importante……..
ii. ¿Te gustaría ______?
iii. Es saludable ______.
iv. Hacer ejercicios es muy saludable.
v. ¿Qué deporte prefieres?
2. Before and or around the beginning of the presentational task, have “sports cutouts” and other pictures that promote “good health,” for the children to color. Later they will be able to use them for their posters.
Exceeds expectations / Meets expectations / Does not meet expectationsDo we understand you?
(Comprehensibility) / My message is easily understood by my audience. / I am able to communicate my message by reproducing memorized material. / I rely heavily on visuals to convey my message.
How well do I use the Spanish language?
(Language Control & Vocabulary Use) / I can write simple sentences correctly.
My presentation is rich in appropriate vocabulary. / I demonstrate some accuracy in written presentation when I reproduce memorized words and phrases.
My vocabulary reveals basic information. / My presentation is correct only at word level.
My vocabulary is limited and/or repetitive.
I use English.
How well do I organize the presentation?
(Communication Strategies) / My message is supported with examples.
My presentation has a beginning, middle and an end. / My presentation has a beginning, middle and an end. / My presentation lacks organization.
How well do I impact the audience?
(Impact) / I use visuals, gestures and a good tone of voice to maintain my audience’s attention. / I use some visuals.
My gestures and the tone of my voice are acceptable to my audience. / I can not maintain my audience’s attention.
How well do I act like a native speaker?
(Cultural Awareness) / I demonstrate some awareness of cultural appropriateness. / I demonstrate some awareness of cultural appropriateness. / I do not demonstrate awareness of cultural appropriateness.
Novice-Mid Presentational Rubric
Una hora diaria
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