This fun interactive game can be played in groups of 2-4 students.
Each student is given a number of cards from various categories in Spanish.
On each card is a category and a noun. The student must try and explain what is on their card without saying the name! For example, the category is food and the noun is apple. They may say ‘Soy/es una fruta.’ Students use their existing vocabulary to help the other student guess what they are.
This is a great way to get students talking and laughing in class and using all of their vocabulary to create short sentences.
Included:
Complete instructions with 3 variations for difficulty
Recording Sheet
24 cards (6 categories times 4 items)
Categorías: Comida, Bebidas, Deportes, Meses, Familia, Profesiones
This 4-page file includes:
~An example sentence in Spanish to show how the subjunctive is triggered with the parts of the sentence labeled.
~Four practice sentences where students need to place the given words into the correct word order.
~Seven practice sentences where students need to place the words into the correct order and also conjugate the final verb into the present subjunctive.
~Answer key.
This worksheet is targeted toward students first learning how to use the present subjunctive.
Editable word file
This 3-page file includes:
~A reading about Claudia’s busy day that includes 25 irregular third person irregular verbs. Reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary.
~The same reading with the verbs highlighted to see in context.
~Answer key.
Level: Intermediate
In this Spanish worksheet students must match up five descriptions of animals with the picture. They must also write in the animal’s name.
Includes two versions of worksheet: with Spanish and English instructions.
Answer key included.
This 3-page file includes:
~A beginner reading in which 13 year old Claudia is out shopping for school with her mother. It includes a lot of school supply vocabulary. The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary.
~A worksheet with 10 true/false reading comprehension questions and a short writing assignment.
~Answer key.
Level: present tense only
This biography in easy Spanish is a great introduction to the life of the famous Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí and his masterwork La sagrada familia. This enormous cathedral is located in Barcelona and is a UNESCO heritage site.
Reading includes 8 true/false reading incomprehension questions.
A wonderful addition to any unit on art, Spain or Hispanic heritage!
Level: present tense only
Answer key included
This 3-page file includes:
~A short French reading about a mischievous monkey. The reading is in a mixture of past tenses for students to see their use in context. The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and eight true/ false reading comprehension questions.
~The same reading with the verbs highlighted and underlined for students to see in context.
~Answer key
Editable word file
A short Spanish reading about a mischievous monkey. The reading is in a mixture of past tenses for students to see their use in context.
The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary. There are also 10 sentences for students to complete from the story by writing in the verbs in the correct conjugation and identifying them as to which tense they are.
Editable word file
Answer key included.
This German script includes numerous irregular verbs in the past tenses on the theme: How did you Spend your Weekend?
With a glossary of new vocabulary, 8 reading comprehension questions and a short writing/talking assignment.
Answer key included.
This handout explains the uses of an(s)/année(s) in English with French example sentences.
Students must them complete 10 sentences with the correct form.
Answer key included
Editable word file
This 4-page file includes:
~A German reading on natural disasters: flooding, forest fires and a tornado all suffered by one town in one year.
~A worksheet with 10 reading comprehension questions and a short writing section.
~Answer key.
Level: Intermediate
NOTE: Includes 2 versions, one includes the verbs in the passive voice highlighted for students to see in context.
This 3-page file includes:
~A fun and simple German reading that helps students to review colors and articles of clothing. Three young people describe their favourite colours and the types of clothing they wear in those colors.
~The same reading but with 10 adjective endings in the accusative and nominative cases missing for students to decline to complete the reading.
~Answer key.
Both versions includes a 7 true/false reading comprehension questions and a short writing section.
Answer key included
This reading shows Spanish students how to use desde hace/ desde cuando when two friends get caught up after not seeing each other for over two years. Reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary.
Includes 6 reading comprehension questions.
This 4-page resource includes:
~Two pages of notes on when to use the present and imperfect subjunctive in Spanish. The explanations include examples in English and Spanish.
~A worksheet with 16 short answer questions,
~Answer key.
Editable word file
This 4-page file includes:
~An English script featuring two friends out shopping for clothes. The reading incorporates numerous examples of demonstrative pronouns and clothing vocabulary.
~The same reading with the demonstratives underlined for students to see in context.
~A worksheet with 3 parts:
8 true/false questions
6 multiple choice questions on demonstrative pronouns
a short writing section
~Answer key.
Level: present tense only
This Spanish worksheet features 16 different stem-change/boot verbs in context. Students must fill in nine missing verbs to complete the dialog.
Includes a glossary of new vocabulary.
This 3-page file includes:
~A Spanish script in which two people who have not seen each other in a while get caught up when they meet up in a grocery store. The reading includes numerous uses of rejoinders/que expressions. Reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary.
~A worksheet with 8 reading comprehension questions and a short writing assignment.
~Answer key.
Editable word file
Includes the following expressions:
¡Qué casualidad!
No puedo quejarme.
¡No me digas!
De hecho
A propósito
¡Qué lástima!
¿Verdad?
¡De acuerdo!
Get beginner German students talking with this simple game!
Students work in pairs to fill in the information missing from their sheet by asking and answering simple questions.
This game reinforces: basic word order, possession with names, numbers (up to 99) and clothing vocabulary.
Game takes approximately 10-15 minutes to play so great for warm-up, bell-work or end of class activity.
Level: German 1
Instructions included.
This fun German reading includes a humorous scene from a fictitious soap opera titled “Meine Liebe ist unendlich” in which an attractive firefighter loses all his luxurious long hair in a fire! This reading includes numerous examples of possessives (mein/sein, unser etc.) which are highlighted for students to see in context in one version, not in the other and with the missing declensions in the third version for differentiated learning… (3 versions included for you to chose from )
All the characters are introduced by name and character. The script includes parts for four people and the reading is in the present tense.
The reading is followed by 8 true/false reading comprehension questions.
Answer key included.
Activity idea: Put students in groups of two or four to read the script. Once they have read the script, students may then continue the storyline in different ways by writing their own continuation to the story! These new scripts may be performed for the class or handed in for homework.