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Spanish Infographic Reading Activities: Novice-High Set 1
Do you always see awesome infographics and you just don't know what to do with them?
This product contains 10 different reading activities to accompany a variety of the infographics available for free on the Internet. Due to their visual nature, infographics are a great way to get students reading interesting, age appropriate content that is manageable.
Your students will be encouraged by how much they can actually understand AND they will be building their interpretive reading skills while they do it!
These activities can be used at any time, regardless of what unit you may be currently teaching. They also make great sub lesson plans.
This Product Includes:
1. Links to 10 different infographics available on the Internet*
2. 10 Reading Activities (1 per infographic)
3. 10 Writing Prompts (1 per infographic)
Infographic Topics Include:
1. How Long do They Take to Disappear? (biodegradability of various materials)
2. International Toilet Day
3. Labor Day
4. The Spanish & The New Year
5. The Piñata
6. The Benefits of Traveling
7. Symptoms of Returning to School
8. International Happiness Day
9. Heat Sickness
10. The Use of Social Media in Spanish-Speaking Countries
*Note: Due to copyright, the actual infographics can not be included with the product, but their direct links can and are*
Introductions Spanish Listening Activities
These activities were created to assist Novice language learners in developing skills related to ACTFL modes of communication, with an emphasis on the mode of interpretive listening in the context of Spanish greetings and introductions.
The activities that accompany the audio recordings were created to allow teachers to easily differentiate and target specific skills.
“E” Activities – these activities are presented in English and focus on students being able to demonstrate comprehension of the audio sample.
“S” Activities – these activities are presented in Spanish and ask students to respond in Spanish. They will allow students to improve presentational writing and/or speaking skills (if done orally) as well as aural recognition of vocabulary.
“A” Activities – these activities focus on using context to predict word meanings and general vocabulary knowledge.
“B” Activities – these activities focus on making inferences about the person or situation presented in the audio samples.
“C” Activities – these activities, presented in English, assist students in making cultural connections to the information presented in the audio sample.
This resource deals with the theme of introductions in Spanish and includes:
-2 audio samples
sample 1: A man introduces himself and gives basic personal information
sample 2: A man introduces his sister and tells a bit about her.
7 Activities in two different formats
Half Page Format – works well if you are using the activities as bell ringers, exit tickets, to differentiate, or for quick formative assessments.
Continuous Page Format – works well if you will be having students complete all of the activities for a given sample.
Spanish Music Appreciation Station Activities
Looking for an easy and convenient way to expose your students to a wide variety of Spanish language music?
These activities are designed to expose students of all fluency levels to Spanish language music. These tiered activities can be used with the 16 song cards included or with the song of your choice and make differentiation simple.
I like to use these activities for my fast finishers or set them up as stations around my classroom. The 16 song cards feature QR codes that students can scan with their personal devices or school issued devices. This will link them right to audio tracks of the corresponding songs. They can listen as many times as they need to to complete the activities. With endless possibilities, this product will be able to be used with any level of Spanish class for years to come.
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This product includes:
-Guide for Educators
-Master Song List
-16 Song Cards with QR Codes
-1 Music Appreciation Activity for Novice Learners
-1 Music Appreciation Activity for Novice - Intermediate Learners
-1 Music Appreciation Activity for Intermediate - Advanced Learners
Peppa Pig Spanish Listening Activities
These activities accompany free episodes of Peppa the Pig in Spanish (Youtube links provided). In each episode, students will listen for and match 8-10 of the most frequently heard words to their English meanings. Then, students will fill in sentences in Spanish with these same missing words. Finally, students will respond to basic comprehension questions, in Spanish, about the episode that also focus on these high frequency words.
Cartoons are the perfect way to get students used to hearing and understanding Spanish. The speech is cartoons is clear and easily understood since they are made for children. The grammatical structures are simple as well, and words are often repeated a number of times. The visuals provided in the cartoon help students to predict meanings and focus in on particular objects and actions.
This product includes:
-Link to Peppa the Pig episodes on YouTube
-39 Activities (3 per eipsode for 13 episodes)
Vocabulary Themes Include:
-Winter
-Play Time
-Colors
-Nature
-Family Members
-Animals
-Modes of Transportation
-Directional Phrases
-Food
-Adjectives
-Common Verbs
-And MUCH MUCH More
Spanish Speaking Prompts - La Familia (Family)
These speaking prompts are designed to move students from asking/answering basic questions in Spanish to responding to increasingly complicated prompts around the theme of Family (La Familia).
There are 4 categories of prompts that ask students to move between different levels of communication including the presentation of facts, opinions, feelings, and towards complete openness in social situations.
Category A – Yes or No Questions, Either/Or Questions
Category B – Additional Information Questions
Category C – Expressing Opinions and Feelings
Category D – Situational Speaking Prompts & Extended Response
You may approach these prompts by moving students through them from Categories A-D in a sequential manner, or you may use them as an opportunity for easy differentiation between the various proficiency levels of Novice to Intermediate learners that may be present in your classroom.
Although these prompts have been designed as speaking prompts, they can also be used as writing prompts for individual practice, homework, or assessment.
Ideas for Usage:
-Pair students for one on one practice.
-Form small groups and have students interview a student.
-Invite a guest speaker or native speaking student to your classroom and have students select questions to ask them during a Q&A session
-Have students write additional prompts or variations of existing prompts on the blank cards provided
-Pull 1 prompt from each category for a challenging oral proficiency assessment
-Have students develop role plays based on the situational prompts
This Product Includes
-Guide for Educators
-15 Category A Prompts
-15 Category B Prompts
-9 Category C Prompts
-6 Category D Prompts
-Blank Cards to allow for creation of additional questions if desired
Spanish Speaking Prompts - Jobs & Professions
These speaking prompts are designed to move students from asking/answering basic questions in Spanish to responding to increasingly complicated prompts around the theme of Jobs & Professions.
There are 4 categories of prompts that ask students to move between different levels of communication including the presentation of facts, opinions, feelings, and towards complete openness in social situations.
Category A – Yes or No Questions, Either/Or Questions
Category B – Additional Information Questions
Category C – Expressing Opinions and Feelings
Category D – Situational Speaking Prompts & Extended Response
You may approach these prompts by moving students through them from Categories A-D in a sequential manner, or you may use them as an opportunity for easy differentiation between the various proficiency levels of Novice to Intermediate learners that may be present in your classroom.
Although these prompts have been designed as speaking prompts, they can also be used as writing prompts for individual practice, homework, or assessment.
Ideas for Usage:
-Pair students for one on one practice.
-Form small groups and have students interview a student.
-Invite a guest speaker or native speaking student to your classroom and have students select questions to ask them during a Q&A session
-Have students write additional prompts or variations of existing prompts on the blank cards provided
-Pull 1 prompt from each category for a challenging oral proficiency assessment
-Have students develop role plays based on the situational prompts
This Product Includes
-Guide for Educators
-15 Category A Prompts
-15 Category B Prompts
-9 Category C Prompts
-6 Category D Prompts
-Blank Cards to allow for creation of additional questions if desired
Spanish Speaking Prompts - Tecnología
These speaking prompts are designed to move students from asking/answering basic questions in Spanish to responding to increasingly complicated prompts around the theme of Technology.
There are 4 categories of prompts that ask students to move between different levels of communication including the presentation of facts, opinions, feelings, and towards complete openness in social situations.
Category A – Yes or No Questions, Either/Or Questions
Category B – Additional Information Questions
Category C – Expressing Opinions and Feelings
Category D – Situational Speaking Prompts & Extended Response
You may approach these prompts by moving students through them from Categories A-D in a sequential manner, or you may use them as an opportunity for easy differentiation between the various proficiency levels of Novice to Intermediate learners that may be present in your classroom.
Although these prompts have been designed as speaking prompts, they can also be used as writing prompts for individual practice, homework, or assessment.
Ideas for Usage:
-Pair students for one on one practice.
-Form small groups and have students interview a student.
-Invite a guest speaker or native speaking student to your classroom and have students select questions to ask them during a Q&A session
-Have students write additional prompts or variations of existing prompts on the blank cards provided
-Pull 1 prompt from each category for a challenging oral proficiency assessment
-Have students develop role plays based on the situational prompts
This Product Includes
-Guide for Educators
-15 Category A Prompts
-15 Category B Prompts
-9 Category C Prompts
-6 Category D Prompts
-Blank Cards to allow for creation of additional questions if desired
Spanish Speaking Prompts - Likes & Dislikes
These speaking prompts are designed to move students from asking/answering basic questions in Spanish to responding to increasingly complicated prompts around the theme of Likes, Dislikes, and Preferences.
There are 4 categories of prompts that ask students to move between different levels of communication including the presentation of facts, opinions, feelings, and towards complete openness in social situations.
Category A – Yes or No Questions, Either/Or Questions
Category B – Additional Information Questions
Category C – Expressing Opinions and Feelings
Category D – Situational Speaking Prompts & Extended Response
You may approach these prompts by moving students through them from Categories A-D in a sequential manner, or you may use them as an opportunity for easy differentiation between the various proficiency levels of Novice to Intermediate learners that may be present in your classroom.
Although these prompts have been designed as speaking prompts, they can also be used as writing prompts for individual practice, homework, or assessment.
Ideas for Usage:
-Pair students for one on one practice.
-Form small groups and have students interview a student.
-Invite a guest speaker or native speaking student to your classroom and have students select questions to ask them during a Q&A session
-Have students write additional prompts or variations of existing prompts on the blank cards provided
-Pull 1 prompt from each category for a challenging oral proficiency assessment
-Have students develop role plays based on the situational prompts
This Product Includes
-Guide for Educators
-15 Category A Prompts
-15 Category B Prompts
-9 Category C Prompts
-6 Category D Prompts
-Blank Cards to allow for creation of additional questions if desired
Ser vs Estar Read, Draw & Write Activities
This sequential 4 activity sets focuses on introducing students to the difference in usage between the Spanish verbs SER and ESTAR (to be).
This product includes the following activities;
1. Concept Attainment Activity - students cut and paste Spanish sentences onto cards explaining the different reasons for the usage of SER and ESTAR.
2. Read, Conjugate, Draw Activity - Students fill in blank sentences with correct forms of the verbs SER & ESTAR, then illustrate the meaning of each sentence to demonstrate comprehension.
3. Side-by-Side Writing Prompt - Students will read a brief story in Spanish about a boy named Pablo who has an evil twin (weird, I know, but they love this stuff). Using the original story as a model, they will change the information to talk about the evil twin and invent his character in Spanish.
4. Open-Ended Writing Prompts - This activity uses two visual images for support as students apply the knowledge they have gained to write their own paragraphs using the verbs SER and ESTAR appropriately.
Spanish Inductive Grammar Lesson: Definite & Indefinite Articles
This inductive grammar lesson leads students to discover the rules behind the correct usage of definite and indefinite articles in Spanish.
Students will follow a 4 step inductive process to make learning grammar more meaningful.
Step 1: Students will see examples of correct usage and create rules based on what they observe.
Step 2: Students will test those rules against additional examples of correct language usage.
Step 3: Students will make adjustments and additions to their rules based on more observations.
Step 4: Students will apply the rules while producing their own language.
These scaffolded activities promote higher order thinking skills and represent the method of grammar instruction that is recommended by national organizations like ACTFL.
Cortometraje Activities: Ratón en Venta
These listening, reading, writing, and speaking activities accompany the cortometraje "Ratón en Venta". Similar to MovieTalk, these lessons focus not only on speaking, but on all communicative skills.
Students are introduced to 8 key vocabulary words that will help them to talk about the story in Spanish.
Prior to watching the animated short, they will consider a couple of questions which can then be discussed with a partner, as a whole class, or reflected on with a written response.
After watching the cortometraje, students will engage in listening activities where they must match scenes of the short with description in Spanish, reading activities where they must apply new vocabulary, writing activities where they must describe scenes, and speaking activities where they must retell the events of the story.
These are great anytime activities with a lot of comprehensible input that seek to develop all modes of communication.
This resource includes:
-Link to the Cortometraje
-Key Vocabulary
-Discussion Activity
-Listening Activity
-Listening Script for Teacher
-Reading Activity
-Writing Activity
-Speaking Activity
-Answer Keys for all Objective Activities
Cortometraje Activities: Steadfast Stanley
These listening, reading, writing, and speaking activities accompany the cortometraje "Steadfast Stanley". Similar to MovieTalk, these lessons focus not only on speaking, but on all communicative skills.
Students are introduced to 8 key vocabulary words that will help them to talk about the story in Spanish.
Prior to watching the animated short, they will consider a couple of questions which can then be discussed with a partner, as a whole class, or reflected on with a written response.
After watching the cortometraje, students will engage in listening activities where they must match scenes of the short with description in Spanish, reading activities where they must apply new vocabulary, writing activities where they must describe scenes, and speaking activities where they must retell the events of the story.
These are great anytime activities with a lot of comprehensible input that seek to develop all modes of communication.
This resource includes:
-Link to the Cortometraje
-Key Vocabulary
-Discussion Activity
-Listening Activity
-Listening Script for Teacher
-Reading Activity
-Writing Activity
-Speaking Activity
-Answer Keys for all Objective Activities
Cortometraje Activities: La Nube y la Cigüeña
These listening, reading, writing, and speaking activities accompany the cortometraje "La Nube y la Cigüeña".Similar to MovieTalk, these lessons focus not only on speaking, but on all communicative skills.
Students are introduced to 8 key vocabulary words that will help them to talk about the story in Spanish.
Prior to watching the animated short, they will consider a couple of questions which can then be discussed with a partner, as a whole class, or reflected on with a written response.
After watching the cortometraje, students will engage in listening activities where they must match scenes of the short with description in Spanish, reading activities where they must apply new vocabulary, writing activities where they must describe scenes, and speaking activities where they must retell the events of the story.
These are great anytime activities with a lot of comprehensible input that seek to develop all modes of communication.
This resource includes:
-Link to the Cortometraje
-Key Vocabulary
-Discussion Activity
-Listening Activity
-Listening Script for Teacher
-Reading Activity
-Writing Activity
-Speaking Activity
-Answer Keys for all Objective Activities
Spanish Inductive Grammar Lesson: Reflexive Verbs
This inductive grammar lesson leads students to discover the rules behind using reflexive verbs in Spanish.
Students will follow a 4 step inductive process to make learning grammar more meaningful.
Step 1: Students will see examples of correct usage and create rules based on what they observe.
Step 2: Students will test those rules against additional examples of correct language usage.
Step 3: Students will make adjustments and additions to their rules based on more observations.
Step 4: Students will apply the rules while producing their own language.
These scaffolded activities promote higher order thinking skills and represent the method of grammar instruction that is recommended by national organizations like ACTFL.
Cortometraje Activities: Jinxy Jenkins & Lucky Lou
These listening, reading, writing, and speaking activities accompany the cortometraje "Jinxy Jenkins & Lucky Lou" (link included). Similar to MovieTalk, these lessons focus not only on speaking, but on all communicative skills.
Students are introduced to 8 key vocabulary words that will help them to talk about the story in Spanish.
Prior to watching the animated short, they will consider a couple of questions which can then be discussed with a partner, as a whole class, or reflected on with a written response.
After watching the cortometraje, students will engage in listening activities where they must match scenes of the short with description in Spanish, reading activities where they must apply new vocabulary, writing activities where they must describe scenes, and speaking activities where they must retell the events of the story.
These are great anytime activities with a lot of comprehensible input that seek to develop all modes of communication.
This resource includes:
-Link to the Cortometraje
-Key Vocabulary
-Discussion Activity
-Listening Activity
-Listening Script for Teacher
-Reading Activity
-Writing Activity
-Speaking Activity
-Answer Keys for all Objective Activities
Spanish Inductive Grammar Lesson: Present Tense of Ser
This inductive grammar lesson leads students to discover the rules behind using the verb SER in the present tense in Spanish.
Students will follow a 4 step inductive process to make learning grammar more meaningful.
Step 1: Students will see examples of correct usage and create rules based on what they observe.
Step 2: Students will test those rules against additional examples of correct language usage.
Step 3: Students will make adjustments and additions to their rules based on more observations.
Step 4: Students will apply the rules while producing their own language.
These scaffolded activities promote higher order thinking skills and represent the method of grammar instruction that is recommended by national organizations like ACTFL.
Spanish Inductive Grammar Lesson: Preterite Tense Stem-Changing Verbs
This inductive grammar lesson leads students to discover the rules behind using the stem-changing verbs SERVIR and DORMIR in the preterite tense in Spanish.
Students will follow a 4 step inductive process to make learning grammar more meaningful.
Step 1: Students will see examples of correct usage and create rules based on what they observe.
Step 2: Students will test those rules against additional examples of correct language usage.
Step 3: Students will make adjustments and additions to their rules based on more observations.
Step 4: Students will apply the rules while producing their own language.
These scaffolded activities promote higher order thinking skills and represent the method of grammar instruction that is recommended by national organizations like ACTFL.
¡Descúbrelo! - Food / Comida Edition
Descúbrelo! is a Spot-it style game for use in Spanish or other world language or ESL classrooms. This edition focuses on vocabulary related to common fruits, vegetables, beverages, and other foods (comida). Since this game is picture-based, no modification is required to use it in classes teaching other second languages.
This game will help students review 30 different words related to food in the target language. It encourages use of the target language and reinforcement of vocabulary in a fun and active way.
Instructions are included for 5 varieties of game play so that you can choose what will work best depending on the number of students you are working with.
All images are in color but the game can still be played regardless of whether the cards are printed in color or black/white.
This Product Includes:
-Teacher Tips & Instructions
-Detailed Game Play Instructions (5 different games)
-31 playing cards
Giving Directions in Spanish Unit
The activities included in this unit will help students to both understand and give driving directions in Spanish. Also included are several activities to teach or review describing the location of a place using directional phrases.
Following this unit, students should be able to meet the following ACTFL progress indicators for Novice-High learners:
-Ask for directions to a place
-Tell someone how to get from one place to another
-Tell someone where something is located
-Give simple directions to a nearby location
-Understand if someone is asking for directions
This unit includes recommended vocabulary as well as 8 different activities centered around the included town maps. The activities focus on all modes of communication including interpretive listening/reading, presentational writing/speaking, and interpersonal speaking. Many of the activities are hands on and allow students to manipulate visuals as they learn. The materials included can be used in a variety of ways throughout many levels of Spanish coursework.
This product includes:
-Guide for Educators
-Vocabulary List
-2 Maps
-Map Cards
-2 Reading Activities
-2 Listening Activities
-2 Writing Activities
-2 Speaking Activities
-Answer Keys for all Objective Activities
-2 Interactive Power Point Activities
Spanish 2 Final Exam & Study Guide
This final exam is meant for second year proficiency-based classrooms. It also easily adapted as a mid-year exam for a level 3 course. The exam aligns directly with the ACTFL progress indicators Novice-High language learners.
Interpretive Listening, Reading, Culture, and Presentational writing are all addressed by the exam. You may choose to assess all modes of communication or use only particular sections of the exam depending on the turnaround time you have with grading them.
You will also find a study guide that may be handed out to students to help them prepare for the exam.
Also included are links to listening samples, scripts, rubrics, forms, and other information that will be helpful in administering the exam.
This exam addresses the following themes:
-House
-Driving Directions
-Weather
-Clothing
-Food
This product includes the following:
-Guide for Educators
-Student Study Guide
-Links to listening samples, rubrics, etc
-Listening Section (20 MC questions)
-Reading Section (20 MC questions)
-Writing Section (5 prompts)
-Answer Key for all Objective sections