Conexiones assignment, other teachers needed
My Conexiones assignment is a list of about 40 tasks that students do to seek out and use Spanish in their daily lives. They only have to choose about 6-12 per quarter, depending on the level of the...
View Article#FLAVA16 – the Speaking Assessment
Essential components to a formative speaking assessment: Presentational and interpersonal modes of communication Extemporaneous speaking Teacher as silent observer Useable and understandable feedback A...
View ArticlePOSTER – Helping students overcome fear of the 90% (+)
When using comprehensible input, there is nothing more rewarding than the look on a student’s face when they realize they understand you even though you’re speaking another language. On the other hand,...
View ArticleBTS after winter break
On the first day back, I want to share the tradition of eating 12 grapes along with the 12 bells at midnight. However, those of us with more than 100 students have no intentions of bringing 12 grapes...
View ArticleSite Share: Digital Collaboration Board
Padlet.com is a site I’ve started using for collaboration. Imagine a big poster on the wall and everyone is throwing sticky notes onto it. This site uses the same concept, but digitally. Many sites...
View ArticleQuick prep for a movie
This is a movie lesson that involves lots of discussion on part of the students, and very little prep on part of the teacher. My AP class used this activity with the Argentinean film, Anita....
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I created these stickers for my AP Spanish students as they finish the year. I told them to put them on any name tags, etc whenever they can. You never know when this little sticker might really help...
View ArticleMovie Talk – BunBun
#MovieTalk I made this for an impromptu lesson in Spanish – teaching verbs like “gustar” in context. It has some questions in it – first I am answering them, and elaborating a bit, then I have the...
View ArticleAfrolatinos famosos
I was asked to share this unit… In the month of February, I try to incorporate a unit related to Afrolatino culture and history. For my Spanish II classes, we have done this project: Popcorn Bag...
View ArticleComprehensible News
I’m just starting a project that I’ve been planning for a long time and wanted to share it by with you. Overview: My AP Spanish students will produce a newscast for lower level Spanish classes in the...
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