Inquiry+Lesson+Plan

This lesson follows the problem-based learning method of teaching, providing students with a list of knowns inorder to discover the unknowns. It is a transitory lesson that would be most effectively presented at the end of a chapter, heading into the next. This particular puzzle-lesson would be most appropriate as a vocabulary review/introduction in a first-year spanish class around the 2nd or 3rd chapter. The great thing about this lesson is that by changing the word pairs used and maybe changing the prompt story slightly, it can be adapted for vocabulary in any chapter. It can be used throughout the year and can become a fun activity for students to look forward to at the end of every chapter. As an instructor, you can even choose to provide further incentive to this milestone by making this activity into a race and providing some reward for the winners.

This handout would be passed out to every student.

Here is the key to how the puzzle should look like when it is completed.

For all of you teachers out there, here is a sample of how you could present this activity in the classroom.