In this activity, students will work together to create individual viral video resumes.
In this activity, students will deepen their understanding of the imperfect by using it to describe various contexts (time, weather, location) and people or things in the past.
In this activity, students will journey through the history of the most common names found in Spain and reflect on the weight and tradition of change.
In this activity, students will create postcards from around the world using the different grammar techniques.
This website, in English, includes numerous Spanish language-learning explanations and quizzes. This link includes a complete lesson to explain the difference between the preterite and imperfect tenses, how to form the conjugations and when to use each.
This website, mostly in English, includes numerous Spanish language-learning explanations and quizzes. This link is to a self-correcting 40 item quiz. Quiz items vary between translation, correctly conjugtating the given verb and tense, as well as choosing the correct verb conjugation and tense based on the English sentence. For some items the student must enter the correct spelling but in others there are drop-down menus and multiple choice possibilities.
Provides options to explore articles on all aspects of teaching Spanish from the perspective of teaching Spanish using the textbook Autentico. Of interest are the added benefits of incorporating technology in and out of the physical classroom.
This is the main website for a virtual memorial to those who disappeared during the Dirty War in Argentina. Visitors can search by name, province, religion and profession for lists, documents and facts about those who disappeared. There are links to the military oppressors' photos. The main page offers a simple overview of how many disappeared, where and when.
Cuéntame Más Vocabulary Groups 1-4 review and mastery through collaboration and competition
In this activity, students will understand and practice uses of the future tense.
In this activity, students will read and understand slang used in conversation between young people in Spain.
This popular Spanish nursery rhyme is about elephants balancing on a spider's web. Animated video with audio song, accompanied by written lyrics in English and Spanish
Soy el mundo will allow students to use prior knowledge of names, places, and ages from unit #1 through reading biographical excerpts of culturally relevant Spanish speaking figures. These excerpts, describing people's (dis)likes and physical characteristics, are authentic readings to enhance literature and grammatical concepts in 20 minute periods.
This video set created for UT Austin features native speakers describing other peoples' physical appearances. English and Spanish transcripts are available.
This lesson plan, designed for beginning Spanish, provides students the opportunity to learn vocabulary to express things that they are thankful for. The lesson also includes additional activity ideas that go with the mini-book including sample dialogue and a song. The PDF included provides instructions and a template for creating the mini-book.
Students practice vocabulary and TPRS story using quizlet and recap.
Materials, items and hyperlinks are provided in the attached document to utilize after a story* has been established in class using the following structures**: Hay, muchach@, se llama, es de. This unit includes embedded readings, ideas for personalization and reinforcement of key structures.
*A teacher ought to be familiar with the following acronyms, TCI/TPRS, and its strategies for this unit to be beneficial. If unfamiliar, see lower section in attachment for a links to access history and storytelling 101.
** A complete list of structures are provided in the attachment.
In this activity, students will practice using the future tense by telling each other’s fortune using printable tarot cards.
It provides information about France, Spain and Italy. The web pages contain facts, language exercises, music, quizzes, recipes and related worksheets. The material is designed ideally for desktop viewing in the classroom. It is updated continually.
Students complete this self-grading, multiple choice online test in Spanish about camping and nature focusing on the correct usage of preterit and imperfect verbs.