This 3-page file includes:
~A biography on the life of the famous Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi and his masterwork La sagrada familia. This enormous cathedral is located in Barcelona and is a UNESCO heritage site. This reading includes a Spanish-English glossary of new vocabulary.
~A worksheet with 7 reading incomprehension questions in Spanish and a short writing section.
~Answer Key.
Activity ideas: As the majority of this reading is in the preterite tense students could underline all the preterite tense forms they find for contextual review.
Level: Uses mostly past tenses
This 3-page file includes:
~A Spanish biography about the famous Latin pop singer Enrique Iglesias. It covers his early life, family and rise to fame. It is written in a combination of present and past tenses. Reading includes a full glossary of new vocabulary.
~A worksheet featuring 10 true/false reading comprehension questions and a short translation with some subjunctive.
~Answer Key.
This reading makes a great complement to any unit on Latin music, culture or biographies of famous Hispanic people.
This 72-page file is a complete beginner textbook and workbook that I’ve completed over my last 15 years of teaching/tutoring Spanish. It’s designed for grades 8+. I’m offering it here at 40% off!
This book includes 20 worksheets, 12 readings and 5 partner activities! It has explanations on all the topics covered in a first year course. You can use this resource in its entirety or simply page by page as needed for extra materials.
Unit 1: The Basics
Greetings, alphabet, pronunciation
Unit 2: Family
Family vocab, gender and plurals, tener
Unit 3: Talking about Yourself
Nationalities, Professions
Unit 4: Regular Present Tense Verbs
Verb conjugations
Unit 5: Making Plans
Numbers, Telling Time, Yo-form Irregular
Unit 6: My House
Adjective agreement, possessives
Unit 7: Asking Questions
Question Words, estar
Unit 8: Talking about Hobbies
Months, Days of the Week
Unit 9: At a Restaurant
Stem-changing Verbs
Unit 10: Tener Expressions
Tener Expressions
Unit 11: Around Town
Prepositions
Unit 12: Ir and Tener Conjugations
Conversational Future Tense
Unit 13: Ser vs. Estar
Unit 14: Describing People
present continuous
Unit 15: Object Pronouns
Object Pronouns, Personal a
Unit 16: Expressing Likes and dislikes
Gustar and similar verbs
Unit 17: Reflexive Verbs
Daily Routines
Unit 18: Simple past tense
Regular Preterite Forms
Editable word file.
Answer keys included.
This 8-page file includes:
~A funny reading in which a young woman named Cecelia has a choice of five candidates to be her ideal boyfriend! Throughout the reading there are numerous uses of the present subjunctive. Cecelia describes the qualities her ideal boyfriend would have and each of the candidates also describe one or two qualities they are looking for.
~A worksheet with 15 true/false reading comprehension questions, a section where students underline all the subjunctive verbs in the reading (15 forms) as well as two short writing assignments.
~The same worksheet but with short answer reading comprehension questions instead of true/false.
~Answer key. (4 pgs)
This reading is a great supplement to help students see the present Spanish subjunctive conjugations in context!
This 4-page file includes:
~A reading that features an advertisement for an apartment for rent short term in the center of Madrid. Students read the advert in Spanish and then answer 6 true or false reading comprehension questions and underline all the present subjunctive forms in the text.
~Once completed, students are given the task of writing a reply to the advert explaining: why they are the perfect person for the rental, what activities they will undertake while in Madrid and to arrange a time to meet the person renting out the apartment. They are also prompted to use three examples of the present subjunctive in their reply.
~Answer Key. (2 pgs)
This worksheet includes two parts to help your students get comfortable with professions in Spanish:
matching 20 professions (English to Spanish)
completing a chart with the missing male/female/English forms of 8 professions
Answer key included.
German Gap Fill Game to help students with talking about activities and when they occur to review telling time.
Students must conjugate verbs into the present tense and ask each other at what time a certain person does a specific activity.
Great to get students talking!
This 3-page file includes:
~A reading about a couple celebrating Valentine’s Day together in a romantic restaurant. The reading includes a glossary of specialized Valentine’s vocabulary as well as a number of qué phrases.
~The same reading with the qué phrases highlighted for students to see in context.
~10 true/false reading comprehension questions
~Answer key
Activity ideas: Students can read the story in pairs and underline all the qué phrases they find. They can then discuss how they plan to celebrate Valentine’s Day.
This 3-page file includes:
~A reading from the perspective of a 15-year-old boy in Mexico celebrating the day of the dead with his family. It is written in the first person present tense and is therefore suitable for beginning students of Spanish. The emphasis is on the cultural significance of this holiday. Reading includes a glossary of specialized vocabulary
~A worksheet with 8 comprehension questions in Spanish.
~Answer key.
Here is a video link for this celebration to show students: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqJ_8QQwtig
This 3-page file includes:
~An easy reading whereby students of German can learn how to order food naturally in a restaurant. The reading contains a glossary of new food vocabulary including popular German dishes.
~A worksheet with 7 reading comprehension questions in German based on the reading.
~Answer key.
Activity idea: after reading have the students “role play” going out to eat in a German restaurant by writing their own script to perform for the class or hand in for homework using the new vocabulary.
Level: beginner
This 3-page file includes:
~A Spanish biography about the life of Spanish poet Federico García Lorca. It discusses his childhood, education, personal life, all of his major works and his death during the Spanish Civil War. The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary.
~A page with 9 reading comprehension questions in Spanish based on the reading.
~Answer key.
This reading is a great compliment to any unit on Spanish history and writers.
Level: mostly past tenses
This reading is about the ancient ritual of bullfighting. It is written from the first person perspective of a matador on his final day of bullfighting. It talks about the history and art of bullfighting.
Reading includes specialized vocabulary in a full glossary and 7 true/false reading comprehension questions.
Note: This reading includes some present and past tenses.
Includes answer key.
This 4-page file includes:
~A German reading written from the perspective of a 12-year-old boy living in southern Germany. He talks about Christmas traditions in his region in general as well as how his family celebrates. It also includes a description of the history of the Christmas tree!
The reading is in a mixture of present and past tenses and includes a glossary of new vocabulary. Includes reading comprehension questions.
~A worksheet with 4 parts: Matching Christmas vocabulary, short answer, translation and conversation.
~Answer keys (2 pgs)
This 8-page file includes:
~24 task cards focused on the imperfect subjunctive (6 cards x 4 cards per sheet)
~Recording sheet
~Answer key
These task cards provide a perfect cumulative review of the WEIRDO acronym as they include a mixture of:
Verbal expressions:
deseaba que…
insistía que…
Impersonal expressions:
Era bueno que…
Era raro que…
Emotions:
Me alegraba de que…
Temaba que…
Conjunctions:
Estudiaba para que…
Regular and irregular verbs are featured!
This 7-page file includes:
~24 task cards focused on asking questions (6 pages x 4 cards per sheet)
~Recording sheet
All 24 task cards feature questions beginning with interrogatives:
qué, quién, cuántos etc.
Example questions:
¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono?
¿Cuántos hermanos tienes?
¿Dónde viven tus abuelos?
Can be used alone, in pairs or in small groups!
This 3-page file includes:
~An English language cultural reading that explains the significance and meaning of the Mexican celebration of Día de los Muertos. It includes a short glossary of specialized Spanish vocabulary.
~A worksheet with 8 reading comprehension questions.
~Answer key.
Vocabulary includes:
copal
ofrendas
cempasúchil
calaveritas
Great for hispanic heritage!
This reading is about a family traveling back to Germany to visit the grandparents. It includes a lot of vocabulary relevant to travel. The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and 7 reading comprehension questions.
Answer key included.
This 6-page file includes:
~A reading that's perfect for students to see the present subjunctive in context! It is a dialogue between two best friends who are university students looking for an apartment together. They use various subjunctive constructions including verbs and conjunctions to express what they and their parents wish for themselves.
~A worksheet based on the reading with 8 true/false reading comprehension questions in Spanish, an exercise where students have to underline all of the subjunctive forms and a writing exercise for students to create 5 sentences in the subjunctive expressing what they would like in a dream home!
~The same worksheet with short answer questions instead of true/false.
~3 page Answer Key.
In this easy French reading students are introduced of three young people all of which have different sports. The reading is followed by eight and reading comprehension questions in English OR French.
Vocabulary includes:
patiner
courir
nager
jouer au baseball
jouer au tennis
jouer au football
faire du vélo
faire du yoga
la boxe/ski
Editable word file.
Answer key included.
This 3-page file includes:
~ A Spanish biography of the fascinating and enigmatic Spanish artist Salvador Dalí. The reading includes a bit about his childhood, artistic influences and other interests. Reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary
~A worksheet with 10 reading comprehension questions in Spanish.
~Answer Key.
Level: Uses past tenses