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Barbara Davis

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I am a High School World Language Teacher of Spanish, French, ESL and Bi-lingual education with 25 years of experience teaching all levels K-University level language classes. I love teaching and always ask for new responsibilities to broaden my knowledge. I am a documentary buff so I also write movie guides on a variety of Social Studies and Health related topics in addition to World Languages. I am excited to be able to share lessons with others and welcome your feedback.

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I am a High School World Language Teacher of Spanish, French, ESL and Bi-lingual education with 25 years of experience teaching all levels K-University level language classes. I love teaching and always ask for new responsibilities to broaden my knowledge. I am a documentary buff so I also write movie guides on a variety of Social Studies and Health related topics in addition to World Languages. I am excited to be able to share lessons with others and welcome your feedback.
¿SABER or CONOCER?  Notes and practice
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¿SABER or CONOCER? Notes and practice

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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.
Movie Guide: Recycled Life
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Movie Guide: Recycled Life

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This short but powerful documentary Recycled Life presents the sad reality of the thousands of people who live and work in the Guatemala City Dump. Narrated by Edward James Olmos in English with interviews in Spanish of Guaejero dump workers, this film presents the sad day to day reality of the thousands of people who recycle millions of pounds of trash every day. The film will most certainly provoke discussion with students and for many serve as the first time they actually see the kind of poverty that motivates immigrants to risk their lives to come here. Movie guide contains 17-18 questions in chronological order and a couple of personal opinion/reactions. Guide is in English and Spanish. Amazing film, it will bring you to tears, while still leaving you with a sense of pride and dignity that these humble people maintain intact despite horrific circumstances.
Powerpoint: ¿Qué ropa lleva? Practice talking about clothes people wear
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Powerpoint: ¿Qué ropa lleva? Practice talking about clothes people wear

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15 slide powerpoint of famous people in a wide variety of clothing. Put the slides up and have the students tell you what everyone is wearing. Good warm up for clothing and colors and to reinforce adjective agreement. Last four slides are personally directed at students to solicit responses for different weather and locations.
Direct Object Pronouns: Más práctica
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Direct Object Pronouns: Más práctica

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This worksheet is designed to be follow up examples to my other lesson on Direct Object pronouns. Two pages of examples look at DOP usage in 1 and 2 verb sentences, answering questions using DOP's and managing DOP's with Tu commands in positive and negative. This works well for extra practice or as a warm up/review activity for level III or higher.
MANDATOS (Commands) "TU" Notes and 100 practice examples
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MANDATOS (Commands) "TU" Notes and 100 practice examples

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This is a difficult concept for Spanish II students, and these notes and practices will take them through the process step by step. Positive TU commands are explained first followed by 50 practice examples that also address pronoun placement. Then Negative TU commands are presented with 50 more practice examples. Graphic organizer note outlines are great to introduce this concept or for students who need extra practice or a brush up.
GUSTA Surverys: 2 Quick partner/group activities using GUSTAR
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GUSTA Surverys: 2 Quick partner/group activities using GUSTAR

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These are two quick activities to practice using GUSTAR with basic vocabulary of foods, clothing and some basic verbs. The first activity is an interview grid for students to interview peers in a large group. Students inital boxes to record their preferences. Second activity is a shopping mall survey where students record their preferences and then question a partner to compare answers. Surveys are good as a review of GUSTAR or as extra practice when introducing the concept. Best suited for lower levels (I and II)
WEBQUEST: La Quinceañera  (plan your big event)
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WEBQUEST: La Quinceañera (plan your big event)

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Students discover the meaning and excitement of having a Quinceañera. They visit many different websites to acquire vocabulary, become acquainted with events of the big day, plan their own Quince event (keeping a budget) shop for a dress and ultimately connect the Quince experience through personal reflection. Adventure takes at least one day in the lab, could be two or assigned as homework. Adventure comes with a page of useful links that have all been tested (working) and are kid appropriate. Questions are in English, this lesson is best suited for beginning levels of Spanish.
Partner Activity: El horario escolar
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Partner Activity: El horario escolar

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This partner practice has students asking their friend about their school schedule. Students question their partner about what class, teacher and room number for each subject, and record their answers on their own paper. 8 classes per student. Activity takes about 10-15 minutes depending on their ability level. Best suited for Spanish I or II. Makes a good warm up activity if you are in the chapter about school.
PRUEBA: -AR Verbs Quiz
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PRUEBA: -AR Verbs Quiz

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This quiz covers conjugation of AR verbs. It contains a listening section for students to identify what subject they hear in verb endings, a conjugation box for AR verb endings, 10 short sentences to conjugate verbs, 5 conjugated verbs where students read and convert meaning back into English and several questions in Spanish for students to answer using an AR verb. Download also contains an answer key.
"IR": Notes and practice exercises
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"IR": Notes and practice exercises

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3 pages of notes and practice on conjugation and usage of the verb IR. Practices include a section with A, A LA and AL to introduce students to contractions. Sentence translations, verb conjugations, best suited for Spanish I or as extra practice for individual students.
Reflexive Puzzle: La Rutina Matutina de Javier
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Reflexive Puzzle: La Rutina Matutina de Javier

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This puzzle consists of 16 sentences using reflexive verbs and vocabulary. The sentences are ordered randomly and students cut them apart to reorganize them sequentially and read about Javiers morning routine. This activity is good for students who have only been using the reflexive vocabulary for a few days or as a warm up before a quiz on reflexives. Activity takes 10-15 minutes to complete. Answer key is also provided.
GAME:  Verb Mania Review III Preterite Verbs
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GAME: Verb Mania Review III Preterite Verbs

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This game takes students through a 6 station rotation of verb conjugation. At each new station they check their answers from the previous and then continue to the next challenge. This game is best suited as practice for regular and irregular preterite verbs at the Spanish II level or higher. Download includes rules of play, student sheet for fill ins and challenge questions/answer keys for six stations in your room. Activity takes one class period to complete and is an excellent review before a test or as a refresher from last year for Spanish III.
GAME: Verb Mania Review II
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GAME: Verb Mania Review II

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This is a game designed for SPanish II end of the year or Spanish III beginning of the year to review conjugation of verbs with irregular forms in the present tense. Download includes student rules and gamesheet, and 6 stations of questions and answer keys for irregular verbs. Categories include: Stem changers o--> ue, e--> ie, e--> i, Irregular YO form verbs, SER/IR/TENER/ESTAR? and Reflexive verbs. 12 questions at each station. Students rotate through the stations to complete the challenge. Answer key to previous station provided at next destination. Activity takes one class period to run and requires a minimum of 2 players but can work for classes of up to 30.
Game: Verb Mania Review I
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Game: Verb Mania Review I

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This 6 station rotation game reviews present tense regular verbs (ar/er/ir) Ser vs Estar, Tener + expressions and IR + a/al/a la. It takes one class period to run as students rotate through 6 challenge stations and conjugate verbs. At the next station students check their work using the answer key and take on the next challenge. Download includes rules of play, student gamesheet and 6 stations of 12 questions each for each category of verbs. Answer key to previous station is posted at the top of each station. Game is easy to follow and makes conjugating verbs and reviewing associated grammar fun. This game is best suited as a year end review for Spanish I students or as a review activity for Spanish II students. Requires at least 2 players, but could work for groups as large as 30.
Powerpoint: Reflexive verbs,  body parts, and supporting vocabulary
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Powerpoint: Reflexive verbs, body parts, and supporting vocabulary

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This visual powerpoint presents basic reflexive verbs, body parts and necessary vocabulary for teaching daily routine. (toothbrush, shaving cream etc) I use it as a warm up several times a week instead of flashcards. A student can run the presentation with the class while you take attendance.
Powerpoint: Emotions with ESTAR
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Powerpoint: Emotions with ESTAR

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This powerpoint uses emoticons to introduce students to many of the emotions that are used with ESTAR. There are also slides of easy situations where students can express a reaction to how they would feel and a bunch of clip art and photo slides of different people they can describe with ESTAR and feelings vocabulary. 27 slides total.
Powerpoint: ¿Cómo es? vs ¿Cómo está? What's the difference?
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Powerpoint: ¿Cómo es? vs ¿Cómo está? What's the difference?

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This powerpoint is a good launch point for beginning to explain the difference between SER and ESTAR. Each question is covered in detail with examples and is followed by 8 photos to practice. There are also opportunities on the slides for students to think out their answers and interact with the teacher. Last slide is 16 vocabulary words where students decide SER or ESTAR for the question. Download also includes graphic organizer for students to take notes as you present. Presentation takes about 30 minutes to complete in a 25 student class.
Partner Practice: IR + Las Tiendas (shops)
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Partner Practice: IR + Las Tiendas (shops)

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This partner practice uses IR + a + place and IR + a + action to describe where various people are going and what they are going to buy. Each partner has 8 people to ask about and 8 people to answer. Students use IR and a number of different places in Spanish like panadería, mascoterí­a, zapaterí­a and the items that can be purchased there. This practice works best when students have learned IR or as a warm up for Spanish II. Takes about 15 minutes to complete in class.
Partner Practice Preterite Party
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Partner Practice Preterite Party

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This is a standard A/B partner practice that incorporates preterite verb conjugation with party vocabulary. Students ask each other about 2 different parties that happened yesterday and answer each others questions using preterite regular verbs and SER. Practice takes about 15 minutes to run in pairs. Vocabulary is provided beneath the pictures to allow students to focus on preterite verb conjugation in their answers. this practice is best suited for level II or higher practicing preterite or as a review activity for level III.