In this Spanish reading three people visit various stores around the city to run errands: bank, park, bakery, butcher, restaurant, hospital, pharmacy etc.
Includes 8 true/false reading comprehension questions.
Level: Beginner
Answer key included.
This Spanish reading is on the life of the Spanish explorer Juán Ponce de León. It discusses his early life, travel to the New World, his leadership roles in the Caribbean and finally his attempted colonization of Florida.Reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and a true/false reading comprehension question.
Makes for a great supplement on the history of Florida, explorers and conquistadors.
Vocab includes:
la nobleza
ejército
rango
la riqueza
nombrar
las heridas
batalla
Level: Spanish 2+ (mostly in past tenses)
In this reading a teenage girl introduces herself to her new neighbour. The dialog incorporates a number of question words so students may learn how to form questions with interrogatives.
Reading includes 8 true/false comprehension questions in English and a short writing assignment in French.
Activity idea: students may complete the writing assignment in class or for homework. They may then read their own dialog with a partner.
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Answer key included.
Includes all major question words!
This Spanish reading is on the life of Puerto Rican-American actress Rita Moreno. It discusses her early life, training in dance and acting, her breakout roll in West Side Story as well as a bit about her personal life.
Reading includes of glossary of new vocabulary and a short reading comprehension section.
Level: present and past tenses
Answer key included.
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Great for Hispanic Heritage Month!
This Spanish biography is on a life of the Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío. He discusses his early life, the people who influenced him, his travels, his careers as both a writer and journalist.
Includes five reading comprehension questions in Spanish.
Level: Spanish intermediate mostly past tenses)
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This reading contains numerous conditional verb forms where two classmates in their senior year of high school are talking about their ideas for college. Reading includes reading comprehension section and a short writing assignment.
Activity idea: Have students circle all the conditional forms they find in the reading.
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Level: Intermediate
Answer key included.
Examples:
Mike: I’m lucky that I have a sports scholarship. If I were not such a good athlete I would also have to stay here to study.
Carol: What would you do if you had an injury and you could not play?
This German biography is on the life and impact of the Protestant reformer Martin Luther. It includes information on his early life, religious education, marriage and lasting impact.
The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and five short answer reading comprehension questions.
Answer key included.
This German biography is on the famous medieval nun Hildegard von Bingen. It discusses her achievements in music, theology and traditional healing.
Reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and a short reading comprehension section.
Includes answer key.
This biography is on America Ferrera, a Honduran-American actress. It discusses her early life, education and career. The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and a true/false reading comprehension section.
Level: In present and past tenses
Includes answer key.
This Spanish reading discusses the Quetzal bird of Mexico and Central America. It talks about its physical appearance, habitat, diet and most importantly how it is played an important spiritual role for the Aztec and Maya throughout history.
Followed by 8 reading comprehension questions.
Includes answer key.
This English language cultural reading talks about the Catholic celebration of carnival. It talks about its religious significance and includes a paragraph each on how it is celebrated in New Orleans, Spain and Cologne.
The reading includes 7 reading comprehension questions.
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Answer key included.
This 3-page file includes:
~A handout explaining how to use the prepositions: a, al, de, del and en with places around town.
~A one page partner activity with two parts:
Students must fill in the correct prepositions to complete a dialog between two people coming and going from different places around town.
Students must complete their own dialog which may be performed for the class or handed in from working.
~Answer key.
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This 3-page file includes:
~1 page with 6 short dialogs where various people explain where they are going, at what time and who they are going with.
~1 worksheet page where students then fill in an info gap with the missing information and then answer 8 reading comprehension questions based on the dialogs. This is following by a short writing prompt.
~Answer key.
Great activity for beginners to review vocabulary of places around town, family members, telling time and question words. Can me used alone or in pairs.
Idea: print the first page on card stock to reuse!
Also works well as a sub activity, bell work or for early finishers!
This worksheet includes three parts to help your students get comfortable with political and election expressions in Spanish:
matching 15 expressions (English to Spanish)
changing terms to female forms: candidato/gobernador/alcalde etc.
short answer section with the new vocabulary
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Answer key included.
NOTE: This worksheet has an American emphasis not British in terms of vocabulary/terms.
This 3-page file includes:
~A handout that explains how commas are used in Spanish with sentence examples.
~A worksheet with 10 sentences with missing commas students must fill in.
~Answer key.
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This handout includes a detailed list of capitalization rules in English.
The handout is followed by eight questions where students need to fix the mistakes to make sure students have understood the information.
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Answer key included.
This 3-page file includes notes on over 25 grammar terms as it applies to English speakers learning German. Notes are in alphabetical order for easy reference.
Notes include examples in both English and German.
Includes the following terms: subject, object, pronoun, nouns, verbs, predicate, case, declension, tense, imperative, superlative, comparative, reflexive verbs, prepositions, participles, infinitives, possessives, gender, conjugations, cognates, auxiliary verbs, articles, adjectives etc.
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This handout accomplishes two tasks: it teaches students the basics of telling time and it gets them talking!
After reading through the explanation of time with your students, have them complete the practice exercises.
A. In the first exercise, students must tell their partner with time it is (they are each given six times of day each including am/pm times) The person asking for the time should record the answers so that after both students have read aloud their times the students can compare lists to see if they were correct! (Have students cover up part of the page to save paper)
B. In the second exercise, students practice asking and answering at what time specific events occur such as mealtimes, classes etc. The other student answers for themselves. Students should ask at least three questions each.
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A beginner German reading on hobbies where four people talk about the sports they like, the instrument they play and other pastimes. The reading includes a glossary of hobby vocabulary and 5 reading comprehension questions.
Level: Beginner
Answer key included.
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Note: A version of this reading is also found in my Beginner German Workbook.