Introduce or reinforce the near future tense in French and leisure time vocabulary, with this PowerPoint resource. It includes battleships games for paired speaking practice as well as a writing task.

This resource is designed to enable students to use their knowledge of holiday vocabulary and related grammatical structures to piece together five correct sentences in each section. The completed sentences will give them some models, often using tenses other than the present, to use in their own independent writing. The sentences are quite complex, and this may be an activity to complete in pairs. Students work from left to right, picking one word/phrase from each column each time to complete the sentence. Suggested answers included.

Take advantage of your students’ love of the movie Encanto and integrate it into your Spanish curriculum. Included is a beautiful presentation to introduce important household vocabulary in the context of the Madrigal house. Also included are some games/activities to support a house unit for introductory Spanish class. All activities included are designed to support beginning Spanish concepts related to teaching house (casa) vocabulary. Some activities also integrate the use of tener, estar and hay to reinforce important grammar concepts. Activities are fully editable for you to modify and adapt to your needs. The activities are geared towards novice learners. However, you can edit to your needs in the target language. All the included activities are great as pre-viewing before the movie or review activities within your thematic units. I’ve included: La Casa Madrigal Slideshow Presentation including: brief introduction of la Familia Madrigal Introduction of household vocabulary terms using “la casita” 2. Question/answer activity: practice using hay, tiene and house vocabulary Vocabulary labeling activity: label parts of La Casa Madrigal Mini-project: Casa de mis sueños/dream house mini-project Game: 10 second rule speaking game to practice house vocabulary Game: Where’s Waldo Style Game to practice estar and house vocabulary Vocabulary Organizer: Categorize household vocabulary Reading: Brief level 1 reading about la casa y la familia Madrigal Enjoy :)

This resource consists of a PowerPoint, and is designed to enable year 7 students to describe their bedroom. It includes slides with vocabulary, a dictation and activities useful to build sentences. Enjoy :)

I used some Sponge Bob graphics and useful restaurant vocabulary to create this PowerPoint. I Googled all the graphics. Hope you enjoy. :)

This presentation is designed to teach problems in the restaurant vocabulary in Spanish. This is an engaging and interactive presentation that includes a recap of some vocabulary, expressions for problems with both service and food. There are fill in the blank activities, a matching activity, and a culminating dialogue. Enjoy :)

he game shows a family tree of La Familia Moderna, better known as ABC’s show “Modern Family” (This show is great! And it includes the famous Colombian actress Sofia Vergara). Students have picture cards with which they can play games relating to family vocabulary and the show. A list of several game idea is included. Since this game is free of charge and used for educational purposes, it does not infringe on copyright laws. Therefore, please do not sell it! Hope you enjoy! I know of many high school students who love this show, so using it for the Family unit would be culturally-relevant for many students. (P.S. - Sorry the pictures for the cards are a bit blurry!)

I grew up calling these “cootie catchers” or “fortune-tellers,” but these little origami games are fun for Spanish vocab practice! Includes: 2 different “comecocos” versions student instructions explaining how to play student answer keys for checking their partner’s work instructions for YOU on how to fold these things! Vocabulary is pretty universal–but it’s specifically geared for Avancemos 1 Unit 3.1. I’ve included editable versions of documents included so that you can make modifications. I’d encourage you to give it a try! It’s a hit with students, and not nearly so hard as it looks to put together.

This worksheet allows students to practice the use of the Spanish verbs SER and ESTAR, by reading a paragraph based on the TV show “Modern Family” and filling in the blank with the appropriate verb. Student will be engaged while being familiar with the TV show. It promotes development of language acquisition by applying the concepts (ser vs. estar) in a real life situation, and reading comprehension. Answer keys have been included :) Enjoy :)

Simple and fun. You just need a die and everything is ready. Move forward according to the number you get and conjugate the verb in brackets of each box, if you do not respond correctly, you lose a turn. The first person that reaches the end wins. Excellent for checking conjugations in the present tense. Regular and Irregular verbs. Enjoy :)

Simple and fun. You just need a die and everything is ready. Move forward according to the number you get and conjugate the verb in brackets of each box, if you do not respond correctly, you lose a turn. The first person that reaches the end wins. Excellent for checking conjugations in the present tense. Just regular verbs. Enjoy :)

Use this slideshow to help teach your students about family relationships! It goes through the family members featured in the movie, “Coco”, and describes each member of the family. Includes their relation to Miguel, their jobs, and physical descriptions of those characters. Enjoy :)

ANSWER KEYS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED! A great way to review House Vocabulary and Position Words with the movie Encanto. Match activity + sentence translation. Enjoy :)

Everyone received a magical gift, except Mirabel. Have your students match the Madrigal family member with the appropriate description of their gift, or lack thereof. Answer keys have been included. Enjoy :)

Powerpoint useful to practise with Spanish physical descriptions using a couple of characters from Disney’s Encanto. Great for both in person and virtual practice! P.s. You can use it with Pear Deck support or as simple Powerpoint. Enjoy :)

This PowerPoint helps students learn a little bit about the cultural representation of Colombian clothing in “Encanto” while practising their vocabulary. At first, they have some slides describing some of the traditional clothes of Colombia represented in the movie. Next, they work on labeling and describing what the characters are wearing as well as, describe their personalities as we revisit adjectives and descriptions. This is a great activity after showing Encanto OR just to add some culture to your clothing unit. Enjoy :)

Encanto Movie: Familia Madrigal Family Tree pictures and practice with key. Two different versions (one with bonus points). You should cover the family vocabulary before using this product.

Word document about characters’ descriptions.

This activity can be used with the “Encanto” movie OR the music video for the song “Welcome to the Family Madrigal” in Spanish or English. Links to the music videos are included. The “Encanto” movie is available on Disney+. In this 2-part activity, Students will drag the family members to complete the Madrigal family tree according to the song. Then they will match family members to their magical power. Note- some YouTube videos do not include Mirabel’s magic power, but the movie song continues to include it. These activities can done with the full movie (found on Disney+ or for purchase on YouTube), or with links provided to the song.

STUDENT’S HANDOUT ADDED! ALL MISTAKES HAVE BEEN CORRECTED AND ANSWERS KEYS INCLUDED!!! Students will use the Madrigal family tree (provided) to answer questions. The questions will be based on family relationships and appearances. Knowledge from the movie will help with some clues, but is not necessary! Then, students will write sentences to describe different members of the family. Models are provided! Also added a very practical handout for your students. You can upload this to your school’s LMS or easily print out for your students to complete on paper. The presentation includes lots of color and fun GIFs to keep students engaged. Please let me know if you see any errors, and I will correct them ASAP. Thank you!