This activity goes along with the song "Bailando" by Enrique Iglesias which is readily available on YouTube and iTunes. In this activity, students listen to the song and complete the missing lyrics. They are instructed on the formation of gerunds and asked to locate 6 gerunds in the lyrics of the song. Then, they are asked to locate certain lines of the song, copy them, and manipulate them. The manipulation of the lyrics requires them to use the Present Progressive Tense. Finally students will use what they have learned to write simple sentences using the Present Progressive Tense to explain what different people are doing in the music video. The lesson also includes a short artist bio. Students will practice listening, reading, and writing in this lesson. This Product Includes: 1. Artist Biography (in Spanish) 2. Clozeline Activity 3. Gerund Tutorial & Practice 4. Lyric Identification Activity 5. Lyric Manipulation Activity 6. Writing Activity 7. Answer Keys for all Activities **Note: Please preview all music videos to ensure that they are suitable for the age and maturity level of your particular group of students. **

Silly Spanish Sentence Activities are a great way to motivate students and spice up your typical boring grammar drills while building vocabulary. These activities promote both interpretive reading and presentational writing skills. They provide a structure that will help struggling students while at same time allowing more advanced students to add details according to their abilities. This type of self-differentiation is very helpful in classes where students are at a variety of stages in their fluency and language acquisition. Students will choose 1 word each from a series of word boxes with the goal of creating funny sentences. They will need to apply grammatical concepts like conjugation and sentence structure while at the same time recognizing key vocabulary items. When they have created 10 sentences, they will choose a favorite and write it on the tear-off section of the activity. This set of Silly Spanish Sentence activities focuses specifically on reflexive verbs. This Product Includes: -Guide for Educators with Tips and Extension Activity Ideas -Daily Routine Verb Silly Sentence Activity -Feeling Reflexive Verbs Silly Sentence Activity -Reflexive Verbs as Infinitives Silly Sentence Activity

This Power Point addresses the cultural difference in respect to time and punctuality as it exists in Hispanic culture. Included in the Power Point are questions for discussion, basic information, example party invitations, and 2 wrap-up activities.

In this activity, students are given 10 real life problems that can occur while traveling and are asked to write what they WILL do to deal with the problem. This activity gives students exposure to lots of travel/airport vocabulary and allows for writing practice in the future tense.

In this activity, students must read and understand 20 Spanish sentences to complete a seating chart. Focus phrases include "entre, delante de, detrás de, a la derecha de, a la izquierda de, al lado de, cerca de, and lejos de. Ready to Print, Copy, & Go!

In this activity, students will visit the websites of amusement parks in Mexico, Spain, and Chile. As they navigate the sites, they will be asked to find basic information that one would need in order to plan a trip to an amusement park, all in the target language! After finding the basic information and answering some questions, they will complete a Venn Diagram comparing the amusement park to one that they have been to. Finally, they will write sentences, in Spanish, comparing the two parks.

In this activity, students determine the physical make up of their monster at random, draw it, label it, name it, and then describe it in Spanish. A fun, creative way to practice vocabulary related to the face and body!

Silly Spanish Sentence Activities are a great way to motivate students and spice up your typical boring grammar drills while building vocabulary. These activities promote both interpretive reading and presentational writing skills. They provide a structure that will help struggling students while at same time allowing more advanced students to add details according to their abilities. This type of self-differentiation is very helpful in classes where students are at a variety of stages in their fluency and language acquisition. Students will choose 1 word each from a series of word boxes with the goal of creating funny sentences. They will need to apply grammatical concepts like conjugation and sentence structure while at the same time recognizing key vocabulary items. When they have created 10 sentences, they will choose a favorite and write it on the tear-off section of the activity. This set of Silly Spanish Sentence activities focuses specifically on regular ar, er, and ir verbs and can be used to work on regular verbs in just about any tense (present, preterite, imperfect, future, conditional, etc. This Product Includes: -Guide for Educators with Tips and Extension Activity Ideas -AR Verb Silly Sentence Activity -ER Verb Silly Sentence Activity -IR Verb Silly Sentence Activity

Tired of teaching about Día de los Muertos year after year? Still want to do something in the spirit of the Halloween season? These culturally authentic reading station activities each tell about a different haunted place in Mexico City. Students will read about each place, infer meaning from new vocabulary words, and respond to a series of comprehension questions about each one. Students can also use their personal or school issued electronic devices to scan QR codes (links also included) to watch video clips that give more information and provide a visual for the haunted places they are reading about. Once students have visited all 6 stations, they will come together for a final discussion about culture and urban legends. Although created as a station activity, these could easily be broken up into daily assignments or homework assignments without any modification needed. They are perfect for Spanish 2 or 3 students who have already learned about Día de los Muertos in Spanish 1 and would like something different. This product includes the following: - Group Response Sheet (reduces paper usage) - 6 readings with vocabulary and comprehension activities - links and QR codes to additional video resources - Questions for Discussion

This activity goes along with the song "Me Voy" by Julieta Venegas which is readily available on YouTube and iTunes. In this activity, students listen to the song and complete the missing lyrics. They are then asked to complete additional activities that require them to use their knowledge of the present tense and form yes or no questions in Spanish. Included in this download; 1. Artist Biography (in Spanish) 2. Clozeline Activity 3. Follow Up Song Activity 4. Julieta Venegas interview activity 5. Answer Keys for all activities

In this activity, students use a map of La Zona Rosa in Mexico City to give directions from the hotel they are staying in to many of the tourist attractions in the area. Both the map and activity are included in this download. There is also an additional activity to teach map skills and visual literacy. A possible extension activity would be to have students research one of the 8 tourist attractions mentioned in this activity.

5 fun vocabulary games for your students to review vocabulary related to food! This is a flexible game that can be played individually, in small groups, teams, or as a whole class. It is also great for any level or any age group! Easily adapted for French, German, or ESL/ELL as well! This kit includes: -Instructions for 2 different vocabulary games -2 Scoring Sheets (1 per game) -5 Different Game Boards!

5 fun vocabulary games for your students to review vocabulary related to school, colors, professions, animals, food, and much more! This is a flexible game that can be played individually, in small groups, teams, or as a whole class. It is also great for any level or any age group! Easily adapted for French, German, or ESL/ELL as well! This kit includes: -Instructions for 2 different vocabulary games -2 Scoring Sheets (1 per game) -5 Different Game Boards!

These lessons were designed to teach students the 26 most frequently used (according to the Frequency Dictionary of Spanish by Mark Davies) animal-related words in Spanish. This Product Includes: -Vocabulary list with 26 animal-related words and pictorial definitions -3 Vocabulary Sorting Activities -1 Animal Fact Chart Activity -1 Story Title Generator Activity -1 Graphic Organizer Ready to Print, Copy & Go! Great for last minute Sub plan!

In this activity, students are given 10 different situations that involve common things that can go wrong with technology (dead cell phones, broken printers, lost passwords, etc) and are asked to tell what they will or will not do next using the Future Tense. This is a fun way to get students writing about something they are interested in while relating it to everyday problems.

This integrated performance assessment will help you gauge the proficiency level of your students in the areas of interpretive reading, interpretive listening, interpersonal speaking, presentational writing, and presentational speaking. The assessment tasks that students will be asked to perform align directly to following ACTFL performance indicators for Novice-Mid learners: -I can introduce myself and provide basic personal information -I can say my name and ask someone else's name -I can understand when someone asks for my name -I can understand when people introduce themselves -I can fill out a form with my name, address, phone number, birthdate and nationality The interpretive reading and listening tasks utilize authentic resources that were carefully selected and aligned to the above performance indicators. links to scoring rubrics are provided. This Product Includes: -Guide for Educators -Links to Resources and Rubrics -Interpretive Reading task -Interpretive Listening task -Interpersonal Speaking task -Presentational Writing task -Presentational Speaking task -Student Self-Assessment task -Teacher Feedback Form -Answer Keys for Interpretive Reading & Listening tasks

These activities are meant to help students learn the names and locations of Spanish-speaking countries. These activities go along with the song "La Gozadera" by Gente de Zona and featuring Marc Anthony. This song is readily available on YouTube and iTunes and a link to the song is referenced. First students will complete a pre-viewing activity which will ask them to recall the names of Spanish-speaking countries with some supports. Following that, students will read a short biography, in Spanish, of the group Gente de Zona. After viewing the video, they will begin completing the cloze activity which focuses on their interpretive listening skills and ability to hear the names of Spanish-speaking countries within the song. Finally, students will take a closer look at the lyrics of the song and complete a map activity and respond to some culture questions that ask them to think about what it means to be Latino or Latin American. Included in this download: - Educator's Guide - Spanish-speaking country pre-viewing activity - Artist Biography of Gente de Zona - Link to the song on YouTube - Cloze Activity - Map Activity - Cultural Questions for Discussion - Answer Keys for all objective activities

This activity goes along with the song "Hasta Que Salga el Sol" by Don Omar which is readily available on YouTube and iTunes. In this activity, students listen to the song and complete the missing lyrics. Then, they are asked to locate certain lines of the song, copy them, and manipulate them. The manipulation of the lyrics requires them to use various weather expressions. The lesson also includes a short artist bio. Students will practice listening, reading, and writing in this lesson.

These activities are meant to help students learn and practice Spanish sentences that have double verbs. They will observe the grammatical rules and structure that apply to such sentences and learn some verbs that commonly serve as helping verbs (also called auxiliary or modal verbs) in Spanish. These activities go along with the song "Que Tengo Para Ofrecerte" by Radial, a Puerto Rican indie rock group that has recently migrated to Los Angeles. This song is readily available on YouTube and iTunes and a link to the song is referenced. Also referenced is the bands official website for students who would like to learn more. Students are asked to listen to the song several times and fill in the lyrics that have been removed. Then, students are given an overview of the concept of double verb sentences and helping verbs. Students then are asked to find and copy certain verses of the song. Students then use their new understanding of this grammatical structure to manipulate the meanings of those verses. Included in this download: -Radial Artist Bio and link to their official website -Clozeline Activity -Helping Verb/Double Verb Tutorial -Helping Verb Identification Activity -Lyric Identification Activity -Lyric Manipulation Activity -Answer Keys for all objective activities

These activities go along with the song "Pura Vida" by Don Omar which is readily available on YouTube and iTunes. The video for this song is wonderful and sends a great message about not giving up and working hard to accomplish your goals. Students will begin by watching the video and responding to some yes or no questions about the video in Spanish. Then, students will listen to the song again and attempt to fill in some of the missing lyrics. Once the missing lyrics are identified, students will work on identifying several lines of the song with the help of a picture dictionary. They will then use these lyrics and change the word order and verb form to create yes or no questions and respond to some of them. Finally, students will write their own original yes or no questions in an exit ticket activity. These activities are scaffolded, working students through activities that demand less language ability and moving towards activities that demand more use of Spanish. This Product Includes: 1. Artist Biography (in Spanish) 2. Answering Yes or No Questions (Based on Video) 3. Clozeline Activity 4. Lyric Identification Activity 5. Lyric Manipulation Activity 6. Answering Yes or No Questions (Based on Lyrics) 7. Exit Ticket Activity 8. Answer Keys