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This lesson plan seeks to introduce new vocabulary words, new phrases, and Hispanic music and dance to students, by using the song “La Bamba. The teacher pronounces and explains the target words, phrases and grammatical structures first, so students can become acquainted beforehand and therefore more appreciative upon listening to the song.
The words and phrases that will be focused upon are: marinero- sailor, capitan- captain, arriba- up (faster), para bailar – in order to dance, una poca de gracia – a little grace, para mi – for me , para ti – for you, yo no soy – I am not, soy – I am.
The lesson plan proposes that the students listen to the song two times, after which the teacher facilitates a discussion. Students will compare and contrast to see how the words and phrases differ from English. They will discuss what feelings and emotions the song evokes. Based on the discussion they can compare and contrast to their own dance and music. They can discuss if they heard it before in their community and if so, they are able to make connections.
The next section of the lesson plan allows students to fill in missing words of the song lyrics and to use grammatical structure in the song to write their own expressions. For example based on their prior vocabulary they can write – yo soy estudiante, no soy profesora in keeping with the song’s lyrics “no soy marinero, soy capitan”.
The climax of this lesson plan is to divide students in three groups. One will sing the song. Another group will dance and the other group will act out the content of the song while the music plays in the background.
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