This lesson includes start up notes for students on how to identify the gender of a noun and decide the correct article to use with nouns in Spanish. Each note section is followed by practices that can be completed indidivually as homework or together as a class during introduction of the concept. Page 2 outlines rules for making nouns plural and includes 40 practice examples. Lessons can be taught separately or together.

50 question quiz that assesses usage of POR vs PARA. Answer key included. Matches notes and practice examples offered in my store.

This 4 page practice packet on the conditional explains to students step by step how to form it and when to use it. Packet contains detailed notes, 40 practice exercises and conjugation boxes, and an essay prompt for students to demonstrate creatively their usage. Can be assigned as homework, extra practice or completed in class. Best suited for a level III or higher class as introduction or extra practice for this concept.

Rows of alphabet letters for you to read to beginning students as a game. Easy fun way to practice learning the alphabet and drill on those pesky vowels. Could easily be adapted (remove a few letters) for French or German practice. Enjoy.

125 practice examples for using preterite and imperfect. Some in English to start, some more in Spanish, then some simple sentences and some challenging sentences. Four pages of practice that you can give all at once or break apart and assign daily, use in class for discussion, whatever you like because we all know we never ever seem to have enough practice using and choosing Preterite vs Imperfect!

This practice sheet explains the conjugation of Perfect tenses in Spanish. (Present, past, future and conditional) It covers how to form the past participles for regular verbs and provides a list of irregular verbs for students to use. There are practice examples, 50 easier sentences and a few more challenging sentences for students to practice using the perfect tenses. This lesson works best for Spanish III or higher who are just learning the perfect tenses and how they can be used.

This five page packet contains everything you need to introduce your students to reflexive verbs in Spanish. Includes: a list of reflexive verbs and their definitions, a step by step explanation on the use and conjugation of reflexives with practice samples, three worksheets to practice conjugations, deciding if a verb s/b reflexive in simple sentences and box charts of stem changers.

Practice using SER and ESTAR

This powerpoint presentation will launch the unit on subjunctive, covering requirements for a subjunctive verb, formation of the tense and many of the irregular, weird Yo, stem changer verbs, and lots of practice examples. There are several slides for oral practice where students can shout out then check their conjugations, followed by a list of WEDDING conditions for subjunctive sentences with examples and 32 practice examples on slides with answers so students can check their work and discuss along the way. I use this presentation over the course of several days to work on subjunctives and follow up with a practice packet of additional exercises, but the powerpoint could easily carry students through the first three days of notetaking and practice. Presentation adapts nicely to the AVID style of Cornell notetaking. I was observed using this lesson and the administration loved it!

This handout reviews Direct, Indirect and Reflexive pronouns as well as placement of pronouns in 1 verb, multi verb and command sentences. It is a good review for students who already seen pronouns or as a notetaking outline.

This worksheet reviews days of the week, months, and seasons for students who need extra practice or are just being introduced to them.

20 slide powerpoint to discuss use of reflexive verbs with students. I break this up into several days of shorter presentations and intersperse practice and partner activities as we look at reflexives in 1 verb sentences, verb pairs, gerunds and positive tú commands. Lots of practice slides in between for guided practice on white boards or just plain paper. Answers given on the following slides so students can check their progress as they experiment with reflexive pronouns. This presentation is best suited to a level II class for introduction or as a quick and comprehensive review to higher levels who need a quick refresher.

This project works best for students who are completing French II or higher and have already had practice with partitive articles and passe compose verbs with AVOIR. Students prepare and demonstrate a recipe giving commands to a classmate to prepare their project step by step live in class. Hilarious project, especially when a student is randomly paired who has never cooked before. This project works best as a final assessment after a unit on food and incorporates their knowledge of past tense verbs, words of quantity, partitives, words of order and food vocabulary. Project takes several days to watch in class, you can see about 5 students per day in a regular class period, more if they are making sandwiches. Students will need time outside of class to write their presentations and you may wish to give them a day in class to proof their work and make corrections before they begin to memorize.

This quiz works best for a level III or higher class where students have already been working with subjunctive verbs for awhile. I use it as my second quiz after students have completed my homework practice packet. Quiz is 50 pts, takes one class to complete and is graduated in task level. 1) identification of expressions that take either Subj or Indicative tenses. 2) Practice sentences to complete in Subj, Ind or Infinitive 3) an essay prompt on a student familiar topic for them to answer creatively using subj and indicative tenses, work bank of starter expressions included for them.

This 23 slide powerpoint walks students through making comparisons of equality and inequality. Slides use celebrities and athletes to help student practice making comparisons. Examples of each kind and opportunities for creative examples from students. This presentation works well as an introduction to comparatives (have students take notes and copy examples) or as quick review before a quiz.

This is an easy worksheet on SABER and CONOCER that could be used to introduce the concept or as extra practice for students who need it. Worksheet introduces when to use each verb and has conjugation boxes for each verb. 20 practice examples follow for students to demonstrate their understanding of the differences. Answer key provided.

68 vocabulary word list around the environment with pictures. You can download for free the blackline master for the list that accompanies the powerpoint. If you are teaching a unit on the environment for a Heritage learner, or level III, IV. or V AP Spanish class this is a great place to start. Student have all the words they need to talk about challenges to our planet and some things they can do to protect the planet, conserve energy etc. I use this powerpoint to introduce a unit on the environment in my level IV class to prepare for the AP test. Students use this vocabulary in a variety of ways culminating in a project where they research an environmental problem in our school and offer a solution. (download coming soon if you want the project)

Ever wish you had a list of prepositions to give to higher level Spanish students to use when they are doing journal entries or guided writings? Well, now you do! :) I let my students use these when they are composing paragraphs on assessments. I ask them to use a finite number (you decide) and underline or circle them as they write to identify they have used them.

This practice worksheet helps remind students of the basics covered in the GUSTAR powerpoint and is a good homework assignments for follow up after viewing the presentation or after being introduced to GUSTAR and like verbs. Worksheet contains several CIERTO/FALSO statements about verbs, and IOP chart for the pronouns, ten short practice sentences where students choose the correct pronoun and form of GUSTAR and four free response open ended questions where students can apply what they know about GUSTAR to related verbs and prepare some responses for in class conversation the following day. Worksheet is best suited to a Spanish II students who has seen GUSTAR and has a working knowledge of some simple sentence vocabulary.

These notes and practice pages for the future tense take students through formation and usage step by step. 5 page download includes, notes, grid for conjugation of regular an irregular Future tense verbs, questions to answer in the future tense and 25 practice "si" clause sentences where students complete the sentence with either the future or present tense. There is a free write essay with prompt at the end for students to envision their future life. This works best for a Level III class or as a review for higher levels. You could use it to introduce the future tense and assign practice.