This is lesson 8 from the series Mis aventuras en Costa Rica. Profe goes to a Pineapple tour with Coco and Cassandra and learns about the process of the pineapple production in the plantation. Then Profe introduces the different fruits that grow in Costa Rica, each of them unique and delicious. The lesson can work well in both remote and in-person teaching. Please check my video recording of the lesson here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLtz-E4a28w&feature=youtu.be

This product is a Google slide show that introduces the directional prepositions and the objects around the house in the context of learning about Frida Kahlo and the house, where she lived- La Casa Azul. The lesson can be taught in person or remotely. The lesson is interactive and ideally it is designed to be used with Pear Deck during its presentation. Please, feel free to check the [PREVIEW]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-99I15fOIE.

With this scavenger hunt game you could introduce some Spanish proverbs and practice the vocabulary for places around school.

This product includes a presentation with the French speaking countries around the world and a handout with two activities to identify and learn the French speaking countries, their capitals and flags.

This is lesson #5 from the series Mis aventuras en Costa Rica. It introduces the animals of the rain forest with a focus on the National Park Tortuguero in Costa Rica. It is suitable for both remote and in-person teaching. Check my video recording of the lesson here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LHSPMzI468&t=19s

This is a complete lesson that introduces the vocabulary for family members and the possessive adjectives. The activities are built around the topic of the Spanish royal family. There is a presentation included with an introduction, the answer key for the practice activities (the Student’s copy) and offers communicative, cultural, vocabulary and grammar activities, as well. (13 page document and 40 slides; duration of the lesson: 2-3 days)

This product is a bundle that includes a teacher’s script of the lesson, a PowerPoint presentation, a student copy with communicative and video interpretive activities and a document with vocabulary practice activities and games related to the clothing and accessories’ vocabulary. UPDATE: I have updated the product to include a slideshow rather than a video, because the video is no longer available. You will find the teacher’s notes and other links for the lesson in the PowerPoint speaker’s notes (below the certain slides). You could check the preview of the lesson HERE.

This is a unit suitable for a distance learning three day assignment. It explains the use of SER vs. ESTAR in an interesting cultural context that explores la Casa azul, the house where Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera lived. It also introduces the vocabulary for the rooms in the house and the vocabulary for the directional prepositions. It includes many links to practice activities, including listening comprehension activities and games.

This is a complete lesson on how to make a Spanish tortilla that includes the objectives, the teacher’s notes on how to introduce and present the lesson; practice activities, grammar notes and grammar activities on tú and ustedes affirmative and negative commands in Spanish; the answer keys; a presentational writing activity for the students with a rubric. In addition it includes flash cards with the pictures and the words in Spanish of the vocabulary of the lesson, as well as of the steps of making the Spanish tortilla. It also includes a tic-tac-toe game to practice the new vocabulary with and suggestions for communicative activities with the flash cards.

This product is a lesson that introduces the character descriptions in French and the adjective noun agreement, the place of the adjective and some irregular cases in French. It offers an interpretive video activity, vocabulary practice, grammar notes and grammar practice activities. It includes a student’s and a teacher’s copy for each of the worksheets.

This is a two day unit on the Spanish Royal family. It can be used in a distance learning setting. It introduces the family vocabulary by using a cultural theme and a video link. It includes a cloze activity, an exit ticket, a vocabulary link, additional activities and games. It is suitable for a self guided work and it improves the interpretive skills of the students.

The product includes a lesson about school supplies and introduces the terms for objects around the room. It includes a link to a Prezi presentation, which introduces the new terms through pictures of the room of artist Frida Kahlo in the museum La Casa Azúl in Mexico City. It contains a teacher’s copy, which explains how to teach the lesson and a students’ copy with activities and vocabulary flash cards.

This is a theatrical play in Spanish to use with your students and to present to an audience. The Smelly Feet, a delightful and playful animal fable, is a story that offers opportunities for students to invent animal characterizations. This story is easy to understand and fun to perform. The pdf has suggestions of how to organize a theater event at you school to promote your Spanish language program or to celebrate this beautiful language or as an end of the school year project that you do with your students.

This is a complete lesson for El Día de los muertos that includes the following: an introduction with the painting by Diego Rivera El Día de los muertos; a warm up group activity with a Venn Diagram and an infographic comparing el Día de los muertos with Halloween; key vocabulary introduction (La ofrenda); a story reading about the Day of the Dead by Mis Cositas; questions about the story; a virtual tour of Las ofrendas in the DIA- the students describe una ofrenda of their choice using Hay un(a)… an optional game activity for breakout rooms (Xs and Os) an independent work project- the students create a virtual ofrenda another independent work activity, where the students make a video introducing a loved one, who has passed away. Please check my lesson https://youtu.be/VwEAzw9U4A4.

This product is a fun and interesting animal fable in Spanish, which can be used to introduce some forest animals and body parts. It is a Google slide show with the story illustrated, followed by five comprehension questions about the story. It can be used as a theatrical play, presented at a school event ( I use the slides to introduce the play to my students, then we prepare to present the play as an end-of-the year project/event. It has been a successful and my students really enjoy this story.

This product includes a stations activity with four postcards about major cities in Argentina. The handout for the students is included, where they answer questions about the places in town and the modes of transportation they see on the pictures. It is activity that should be integrated into a unit about places in town and transportation in Spanish. The postcards could be printed in color and laminated for repeat use, or the activity could be assigned digitally to the students. Please, feel free to check the video for more information about this product.

This product is a lesson introducing the greetings and basic conversation in French, including age, name and How are you? expressions. It could be used for in-person or remote teaching. Please, feel free to check the PREVIEW of the lesson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2hfAo1JSaA.

This is a lesson that introduces the places in the city and the ways of transportation as well as the conjugation of the verb ir (to go) and the use of the preposition a in front of the definite articles el, la, los and las. The lesson evolves around the story of a young girl Zoe, who has to leave the city, where she grew up due to a war, and she marks all her favorite places in the city on a map that she takes with her. It is based on the book El mapa de los buenos momentos by Fran Nuño and Zuzanna Celej. Along with the story and the introduction of the vocabulary of the city and the grammar there are many activities included that reinforce the learning, such as: Two Pear Deck interactive activities- one to practice the vocabulary and the other with comprehension questions (I have included a link to the Google slides, which is required for the Pear Deck- if you cannot do the activity as a Pear Deck, you could do it as a class discussion); Flash cards of the vocabulary for places in the city and transportation that the students have to label in Spanish; Four grammar activities with ir a… An independent activity A Jeopardy game. Please, feel free to see the PREVIEW of the lesson here:https://youtu.be/btWLOvbIPfc.

This is a lesson teaching the dates and birthdays in French. It can be used in both remote and in-person teaching. It includes important holidays in France, the moths, numbers from 0-31, how to ask about somebody’s birthday and how to answer when somebody’s birthday is. It also includes games, a quizlet set, a Info Gap communicative activity, and a digital notebook with the vocabulary and the grammar notes from the lesson) for the students to study with and to do independent work activities (a word search and other activities about dates). Please, feel free to check my product here: https://youtu.be/G0b0acp_vCw.

This is a lesson that introduces the French food unit with two traditional French recipes la salade niçoise and les crêpes. The students will virtually go to Normandy, France where they will visit the house museum of Monet, who takes us to a French restaurant. The famous painter explains how to make la salade niçoise and les crêpes. Your students will learn about the use of and practice le partitif. This lesson includes a Google slide show (93 slides), 2-3 handouts, which can be assigned digitally or printed for your students including vocabulary flash cards, a game, a couple of vocabulary practice activities, grammar notes and a grammar activities page.