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Spanish Future — Los Planes

Tenth graders learn to talk about future plans in Spanish using ir a + an infinitive — voy a estudiar, vamos a viajar — the easy, everyday way to say what you’re going to do.

Grade 10El Futuro50 minutes1 class periodACTFL / CommunicativeExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Use ir a + infinitive.
  • ✓Talk about plans.
  • ✓Say what you’ll do.
  • ✓Make future statements.
Essential Question

You can talk about the past — now talk about the FUTURE! “Going to” in Spanish is easy: ir a + a verb. How does it work?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

Spanish Future Plans Check

Project each item and have students answer about the future with ir a + infinitive.

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The Lesson · Communicative Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

50 minutes, five moves

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Warm-Up — Talk About the Future

5 min

You can talk about the past — now the FUTURE! “Going to” = ir a + a verb.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say a future plan.
  • Ask how to say it.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — El Futuro

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Spanish Future Plans Check.
  • Note ir a + infinitive.
  • Say examples aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Note it.
  • Repeat.
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Practice — Practice

14 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “voy a…”
  • Say “vamos a…”
  • Make a plan.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Voy a…
  • Vamos a…
  • Plan it.
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Speak — Speak

14 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say a weekend plan.
  • Use ir a.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Use it.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say what ir a means.
  • Give a future plan.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Give one.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Intermediate).

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: express plans.

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand the near future.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare future forms.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to time and plans.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Future sentence frames.
  • Sentence frame: “Voy a ___.”
  • Use a calendar.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with voy a.
  • Use one clear example.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add the simple future tense.
  • Describe next week.
  • Write your plans.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🗓️A calendar
  • 💻Spanish Future Plans Check
  • 🗣️Audio
  • ✏️Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

el futurothe futureir agoing tovoy aI’m going tovamos awe’re going tomañanatomorrowla próxima semananext weekel planplanprontosoon
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
How do you say what you’re GOING to do?
ir a + an infinitive (voy a estudiar).
QUESTION 2
What does “voy a viajar” mean?
I’m going to travel.
QUESTION 3
What does “vamos a comer” mean?
We’re going to eat.

Reflect: ¿Qué vas a hacer?

Have students say two things they’re going to do this weekend using ir a. A printable future sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: el futuro, el plan, ir a, la próxima semana, mañana, pronto, vamos a, voy a
  1. plan
  2. next week
  3. going to
  4. the future
  5. tomorrow
  6. soon
  7. we’re going to
  8. I’m going to

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say what you’re GOING to do?
  2. What does “voy a viajar” mean?
  3. What does “vamos a comer” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) el plan · 2) la próxima semana · 3) ir a · 4) el futuro · 5) mañana · 6) pronto · 7) vamos a · 8) voy a
Part B: 1) ir a + an infinitive (voy a estudiar). 2) I’m going to travel. 3) We’re going to eat.