This 3-page file includes:
~A reading that focusses on Amanda and her numerous adopted siblings! The reading is followed by 10 true/false reading comprehension questions.
~The same reading in which students must fill in the 22 missing adjective endings to complete the story.
~Answer key
The focus is on descriptive adjectives with ser including personality, physical characteristics and clothing.
This Italian reading bundle includes my top 15 readings at 40% off!
Each reading includes a comprehension section and an answer key.
Booking a trip
2.Family members
3.My friend
4.Daily life
5.Cognates
6.My favourite food
7.This upcoming summer (future tense)
Health and sickness
My hobbies
My daily routines (reflexive verbs)
Weather and seasons
My favourite colours
My family
All about me
Sapere vs conoscere
Levels: Beginner to Intermediate
This 3-page file includes:
~An advanced level reading that is a funny dialogue between two girlfriends, one of which has just met the man of her dreams at a costume party. The reading includes numerous examples of the pluperfect subjunctive and the conditional perfect. The reading also includes a glossary of new vocabulary.
Includes 6 reading comprehension questions in Spanish based on the story.
~The same story with the verbs in the pluperfect subjunctive and the conditional perfect highlighted for students to see in context.
~Answer key.
This 3-page file includes:
~A fun Italian reading where Roberto talks about his own habits around modern technology and those of three members of his family.
~A worksheet based on the reading with 8 comprehension questions based on the reading and 2 questions on how the students relate to modern technology to initiate discussion in class.
~Answer key.
Includes vocabulary around cell phone use, tablets, computers and video games.
Level: present tense only
PDF and Editable word file included
This 4-page file includes
~A 2-page handout on all uses of the genitive case:
• to show possession
• with nonspecific time expressions
• with certain prepositions
• after collective nouns or nouns showing proportion
• with certain adjectives
• with certain verbs
• with certain idioms
~12 translation sentences to practice this case.
~Answer key.
Level: Advanced
This short French reading has the descriptions of 3 people including physical appearance (eye color, height, hair) clothes and personality.
Followed by 8 short answer questions in English OR French.
Level: Beginner
Answer key included.
This 4-page file includes:
~The lyrics to the 2015 pop song Lieblingsmensch von Namika but with 15 key words missing that students must listen for and write in. The words appear in a word bank below.
~A short biography in German on the singer with 5 reading comprehension questions.
~Answer key
Editable Word file
The video can be found on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ryohiCVq3M
Song activities are a wonderful and fun way to introduce new vocabulary to your students while they work on their listening skills!
This 3-page file includes: (100% in Spanish)
~A fun Spanish reading in which five young people talk about their favorite TV shows and movie genres.
~An accompanying worksheet with eight reading comprehension questions and a short writing section where students talk about their own viewing habits.
~Answer key.
Level: Beginnner
This German Question Words / Interrogatives worksheet helps students familiarize themselves with the 12 most common question words.
The worksheet contains three parts:
12 matching questions
6 short answer questions
6 translation questions
Answer key included.
Editable Word file.
Activity idea: After the students have completed the worksheet have use the questions for conversation practice.
This worksheet includes a total of 16 fill in the blank questions for the present perfect tense:
8 with regular verbs
8 with irregular verbs
Students must fill in both the auxiliary verb and the correct past participle!
Editable word file.
Includes Answer Key.
This Spanish Question Words / Interrogatives worksheet helps students familiarize themselves with the 12 most common question words.
The worksheet contains three parts:
12 matching questions
6 short answer questions
6 translation questions
Answer key included.
Editable Word file.
Activity idea: After the students have completed the worksheet have use the questions for conversation practice.
This 3-page file includes:
~A reading that covers the highlights of the life and times of Fidel Castro. It covers a bit about his childhood, university education, marriages and his takeover of Cuba. This reading is up-to-date mentioning the relaxing of restrictions in 2015 and his death in 2016. This biography includes a full glossary of new vocabulary.
~The second page consist of a worksheet with 10 true/false reading comprehension questions and a short guided writing exercise in the preterite tense.
~Answer Key.
Level: Mostly past tenses
This 98-page file is a complete beginner textbook and workbook that I've completed over my last 15 years of teaching/tutoring German! This book is designed for grades 8+. I'm offering it here at 40% off!
It includes careful explanations and exercises on all the topics covered in a first year German course. It also includes a detailed description of grammar terms and a full appendix with all the most important charts for studying the German language. This book also includes 15 short readings, 30 worksheets and 5 partner acitivites to help students incorporate the new grammar concepts. Answer key included.
This book can be used on its own or as a complement to any beginner German language course of study. You can use it in its entirety or simply print out pages as needed.
Course Outline (It is thematic)
Unit 1: The Basics
Alphabet, pronunciation, greetings
Unit 2: Talking about Family
Family vocab, gender and plurals, haben
Unit 3: Describing People
Verb conjugations, sein
Unit 4: Numbers and Time Phrases
Numbers, Telling Time
Unit 5: My House
Word order
Unit 6: Common Irregular Verbs
Haben, sein, werden, Nationalities, The Weather
Unit 7: Asking Questions
Question Words, Stem-change Verbs
Unit 8: Talking about Hobbies
Months, Days of the Week, Modals
Unit 9: At a Restaurant
Nominative and Accusative, Possessives
Unit 10: Dative Case
Unit 11: Two-way prepositions, Places around Town, Expressing ‘to’
Unit 12: Genitive Case/ Case Review
Expressing ‘to’
Unit 13: Soccer Vocabulary
Comparatives and Superlatives
Unit 14: New Year’s Eve
Future tense
Unit 15: Taking a Trip
Separable prefix verbs
Unit 16: At the Movies
The Conversational Past
Unit 17: Grocery shopping
Food and shopping vocabulary
Unit 18: A Postcard
Conjunctions
Unit 18: Reflexive Verbs
Unit 20: Renting an Apartment, Adjective endings
Common Adjectives
Unit 21: Simple Past (Imperfekt)
Appendix: Useful Charts for Cases, Verbs and Grammar
Appendices A-G (Verb Tables, Case Charts and Grammar Terms Explained)
Editable word file
Level: Beginner to upper beginner
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 French reading is about a young 16-year-old boy from France now living in California. The focus of the reading is on reviewing family vocabulary and talking about yourself.
There are 2 versions of the reading for differentiated learning:
~One reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary, 8 true/false reading comprehension questions in English and a French writing prompt.
~One reading is 100% in French with 8 true/false reading comprehension questions in French and a French writing prompt.
Answer key included.
This 3-page file includes:
~A biography on the life of Messi, arguably the best soccer player of all-time! It includes information about his early life in Argentina, move to Spain, his family life and career to date. The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary.
~A worksheet with a section of true/false Reading comprehension questions and a short writing section.
~Answer key.
This reading is a great supplement to units on sports and famous Hispanics.
This reading is about a young medical student who goes to Africa to volunteer with children. We also learn about her family and daily life. This reading serves as good practice for describing people’s appearance, personality, profession etc.
This reading is accompanied by 10 true/false reading comprehension questions in German and a glossary of new vocabulary.
Activity idea: After reading, have students show pictures of friends and describe them to their classmates.
Answer key included
This 3-pages file includes:
~A Spanish biography of Eva Perón in Spanish. It includes a bit on her early life, career, marriage and untimely death. Also included is a glossary of new vocabulary.
~A worksheet with 8 true/false reading comprehension questions as well as a writing exercise where students need to write in complete sentences in the preterite tense what major event occurred in each of the years given in the life of Eva.
~Answer key
This 3-page file includes:
~A detailed biography of Che Guevara with information on his childhood and early life, his travels, his medical studies and marriage, his political ideology and death. The reading is prefaced by a Spanish/English glossary of new vocabulary and followed by ten true/false reading comprehension questions.
~Answer key.
Level: mostly past tenses
This 8-page file includes:
~24 task cards focused the Ir + a + Infinitive (4 pages x 6 cards per sheet)
~1 blank sheet for your ideas
~Recording sheet
~Answer key
All 24 task cards feature sentences where students need to conjugate “ir” in the present tense to complete the sentence.
Can be used alone, in pairs or in small groups!
Example sentences:
Yo _______ a viajar a Perú
Ellos no _______ a comprar los libros