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 3-page file includes:
~A Spanish reading on the conquest of the Aztec Empire in Mexico by Hernan Cortes and its after effects. The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary.
~1 worksheet with 10 reading comprehension questions in Spanish.
~Answer key.
Vocab includes:
la llegada
los indígenas
los caballos
la suerte
los dioses
los fusiles
la viruela
el salvador
Level: mostly in past tense
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)
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Level: Beginner to upper beginner
This 3-page file includes:
~A Spanish language cultural reading that introduces students to the concept of Mesoamerica as it existed before the arrival of Columbus. It also includes some information on the Mayan and Aztec cultures including their scientific achievements and religions. The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary.
~A worksheet with 7 reading comprehension questions and a short writing assignment in Spanish.
~Answer Key.
Level: In present and past tenses
This 5-page file includes:
~A fun and simple reading with many uses of liking and disliking (gern/nicht gern/mag/lieber) in which 2 students are asked what activities the enjoy and don’t enjoy in winter.
~1 worksheet based on the reading with 10 true/ false reading comprehension questions and a writing assignment for students to write about the activities they enjoy doing in English.
~1 worksheet based on the reading with 10 true/ false reading comprehension questions and a writing assignment for students to write about the activities they enjoy doing in German
~Answer key
Level: present tense only
This 5-page file includes:
~A script between two friends using many examples of Tener que + Infinitive , Ir a +Infinitive and Querer + Infinitive to talk about what they have to, want to and are going to do this weekend! Includes a glossary of new vocabulary.
~The same script with the verbs highlighted for students to see in context.
~A worksheet with 3 parts:
8 true/false reading comprehension questions
12 short sentences where students put in the missing linking word: a, de, que
A short writing assignment with the new structures.
~Answer key. (2 pgs)
This 3-page file includes:
~A beginner reading in which, Günther, a student from Germany, describes his typical day. He uses many reflexive verbs/separable prefix to describe his various sports, school and extra curricular activities. Followed by 8 reading comprehension questions.
~A worksheet for students to write out their own daily routine.
~Answer key.
Includes:
sich treffen
sich anziehen
sich aufwachen
sich einschlafen
Level: Beginner
This worksheet aims to help students review accent use.
It includes two sections:
*15 multiple-choice sentences where students must complete the sentence with the correct word (está/esta) or (sí/si) etc.
*A short paragraph that features 12 missing accents that students must place in correctly.
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Answer key included
This 3-page file includes:
~A handout on the formation and use of past participles in Spanish plus a list of common irregular participles and how to use them with the verb estar to create adjectives.
~A worksheet that contains 15 fill in the blanks sentences for students to practice creating 8 regular and 7 irregular past participles.
~Answer key.
Example sentences:
Las novelas … … . (escribir)
La comida … … . (preparar)
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This 3-page file includes:
~A fun reading whereby teenager Julia is out back-to-school shopping with her mom but they don’t always agree on what they should buy! Includes 11 examples of demonstrative pronouns for students to see in context. Also includes a glossary of new vocabulary and seven true/false reading comprehension questions.
~The same reading with the demonstratives highlighted for students to see in context.
~Answer key.
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This 3-page file includes:
~A reading with three short paragraphs in which people talk about their everyday life: celebrating a birthday, going fishing and working. There are a total of 20 uses of por and para to see in context.
~The same reading with blanks that students must complete with either por or para.
~Answer key
Answer key included
Activity idea: Have students translate the paragraphs alone or in small groups and then have them write a short paragraph about their own life using at least 5 examples of por/para.
This 5-page file includes:
~A reading with three short paragraphs in which people talk about their everyday life. There are over 20 uses of present tense verbs to see in context. Includes regular, irregular and reflexive verbs.
~A worksheet with 10 questions based on the reading and a short writing section.
~The same reading with blanks that students must complete with the correct conjugation of the verbs to complete the reading.
~Answer key (2 pgs)
Activity idea: Have students translate the paragraphs alone or in small groups and then have them write a short paragraph about their own life using at least 5 present tense verbs.
This worksheet features three short paragraphs in which people talk about how others want to control them! There are various uses of subjunctive including verbs of volition, impersonal expressions and ojalá. To complete the paragraphs students must conjugate the given verbs into the correct form of the present subjunctive. This worksheet includes both regular and irregular subjunctive verb forms.
Answer key included
Activity idea: Have students translate the paragraphs alone or in small groups and then have them write a short paragraph about how their own friends/siblings/parents want them to behave!
This 4-page file includes:
~A German worksheet that features three short paragraphs in which people talk about what they did recently. There are over 20 uses of simple past verbs to see in context. Includes regular and irregular forms: brachte, ging, trank, war, machte
~A comprehension page with 10 short answer questions based on the reading plus a short writing assignment.
~Answer key (2 pgs)
This 4-page file includes: (100% in Spanish)
~A simple Spanish reading including over 40 Spanish English cognates for beginner students to learn to recognize them. The story talks about a family that takes a trip to South Africa to go on safari.
~The same reading but with the cognates highlighted for context.
~A worksheet with two parts:
a. Ten short answer questions based on the story
b. Students must give the English equivalent of 20 Spanish cognates
~Answer key
Level: total beginners
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This 6-page file includes:
~A 2-page handout that explains the formation and usage of common suffixes in Spanish including diminutives, augmentatives and absolute superlatives. Includes various examples of each type including spelling changes and a regular forms.
(casita, pedacito, hombrón, guapísima etc.)
~A worksheet for students to practice Spanish suffixes.
~A fun and simple Spanish reading in which a young girl gets a new puppy for her birthday includes 10 examples of diminutives (casita) and absolute superlatives (lindísimo) in Spanish for students to see in context. The reading is followed by 8 true or false reading comprehension questions and a short answer section.
~Answer key. (2 pgs)
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This 15-page file includes:
~50 Task Cards for Conversation Starters in Spanish
~6 blank cards for your ideas
May be used digitally or printed out!
Level: present tense only
May also be used as topics for writing practice.
A fun and simple French reading in which 2 young people are asked to describe their favourite season: Robert loves winter and Caroline loves summer! Includes weather, hobbies, and sports vocabulary.
Also includes 10 reading comprehension questions and a short writing assignment where students write about the activities they enjoy doing in the different seasons.
Level: French 1
Answer key included.
100% in French
This 3-page file includes:
~A handout that explains how commas are used in German with sentence examples.
~A worksheet with 10 sentences with missing commas students must fill in to review.
~Answer key.
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This easy French reading includes descriptions of three people’s careers: teacher, artist and lawyer. They talk about their work in the ‘je’ form present tense. Also includes examples of present tense with the expression depuis.
Includes 8 reading comprehension questions.
Answer key included.
Ideal for beginner learners to review basic work vocabulary.
Level: Beginner
This resource is 100% in French.
Activity idea: After reading, have students discuss their own career ideas in class or for homework.