Are you sick of your students asking to have a party for Cinco de Mayo when they have no idea what they would be celebrating? In this interactive lesson, students take on the role of Benito Juarez as he makes critical decisions in history that lead to the Battle commemorated by Cinco de Mayo in this "Choose Your Own Adventure" inspired Power Point Presentation. Extra emphasis is put on the difference between Mexican Independence Day and Cinco de Mayo to try and correct this common misconception. Included in the Product: -20+ slide interactive Power Point Presentation -Video links to a clip of the Cinco de Mayo parade, a re-enactment of the Battle of Puebla, and a Jimmy Kimmel segment

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 check off words or phrases on a grocery list -I can identify labeled aisles in a supermarket -I can talk about what I eat and drink -I can state my favorite foods and drinks and those I don't like -I can write a shopping list 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 -2 Interpretive Reading tasks -Interpretive Listening task -Interpersonal Speaking task -Presentational Writing task -Presentational Speaking task -Student Self-Assessment task -Teacher Feedback Form -Answer Keys for Interpretive Reading and Listening tasks

Do you want to teach students about New Years traditions in the target culture without a boring lecture? Do you always see awesome infographics and you just don't know what to do with them? This product contains 3 different reading activities to accompany a variety of the infographics available for free on the Internet. Due to their visual nature, infographics are a great way to get students reading interesting, age appropriate content even at a beginner level. The activities included for each infographic also align with the ACTFL goals for interpretive reading at the Novice level. Your students will be encouraged by how much they can actually understand AND they will be building their interpretive reading skills and cultural competency while they do it! This Product Includes: 1. Links to 3 different infographics available on the Internet* 2. 3 Reading Activities (1 per infographic) 3. 3 Writing Prompts (1 per infographic) Infographic Topics Include: 1. Tradiciones de Fin de Año 2. Propósitos de Año Nuevo 3. Los Españoles y el Año Nuevo *Note: Due to copyright, the actual infographics can not be included with the product, but their direct links can and are*

Do you want to celebrate Thanksgiving free form word searches and crossword puzzles? These activities go along with the song "Gracias a Ti" by Wisin y Yandel which is readily available on YouTube and iTunes. In this activity, students listen to the song and complete the missing lyrics. Then, students will use their knowledge of basic Spanish vocabulary to match the Spanish lyrics with their English meanings. This will give them a good idea as to what the song is about (being thankful). They will then use these newly learned words and phrases from the song to write 4 brief "thank you" notes (in Spanish) to friends, family, or teachers. There is also a cultural reading about the celebration of Thanksgiving in Puerto Rico. After reading it, students will complete the included Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the holidays in Puerto Rico and the U.S. This Product Includes: 1. Artist Biography (in Spanish) 2. Clozeline Activity 3. Lyric Matching Activity 4. "Thank You" note writing activity 5. Thanksgiving in Puerto Rico Reading 6. Venn Diagram Activity 7. Answer Keys for all objective exercises

These activities are meant to help students learn how to use demonstrative adjectives and pronouns in Spanish. These activities go along with the song "El Perdón" by Nicky Jam and featuring Enrique Iglesias. This song is readily available on YouTube and iTunes and a link to the song is referenced. After reviewing a brief biography of both artists, 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 demonstrative adjectives and pronouns and asked to locate and observe their use in the lyrics of the song. Students then are asked to find and copy certain vocabulary words used within the song. Students then apply their new understanding of demonstrative adjectives to produce the requested phrases in Spanish. Included in this download: -Artist Biography of Enrique Iglesias & Nicky Jam -Link to the song on YouTube -Clozeline Activity -Demonstrative Adjective / Pronoun Tutorial -Inductive Grammar Activity -Vocabulary Identification Activity -Vocabulary Manipulation Activity -Answer Keys for all objective activities

These Driver's Licenses are great for practicing a wide range of beginning Spanish skills including numbers, the alphabet, professions, physical descriptions, age, and much much more. You are sure to get a lot of mileage out of this set. This product includes 28 mock driver's licenses of famous Mexicans from both the past and present. They make a great jump off point for cultural projects and introducing students to some of the history of Mexico. Also included are an educator's guide and materials for 4 accompanying activities from several modes of communication. There is a station reading activity that allows students to practice ages and gender, a listening activity that focuses on physical description, a writing activity that focuses on giving basic personal information, and two information gap speaking activities that focus on all of the above. This Product Includes: -Educator's Guide with Additional Activity Ideas & Directions -28 Mock Driver's Licenses -Reading Activity (Age, Gender) -Listening Activity (Physical Description) -Writing Activity -Information Gap Style Speaking Activities -Answer Keys for all Objective Activities

This product includes 4 scaffolded activities to accompany the viewing of the short film "La Leyenda del Espantapájaros" (available on YouTube, link provided). Students will begin by watching the short animated film and answering some basic questions in Spanish about what they see happening. Students will watch the film a second time, this time focusing on 14 different vocabulary words that students should be able to acquire based on the context of the film. They will then use these 14 words to answer additional questions about the legend. In the third activity, students are asked to fill in missing parts of an English translation of the legend when given the Spanish script. In the final activity, students examine the Spanish script of the movie more closely to find examples of the preterite and imperfect tenses and support the author's choice for their usage. This Product Includes: 1. Link to the film "La Leyenda del Espantapájaros" on YouTube 2. Visual Literacy Activity 3. Predicting Meaning Activity 4. Comprehension Activity (includes film script in Spanish) 5. Preterite vs Imperfect Activity

In this activity, students access the website for the Hotel Plaza Florencia in Mexico City and the Hotel San Francisco Plaza in Guadalajara. They will navigate the sites, in Spanish, and demonstrate their ability to find and understand basic information by completing the activities. This is a great real life activity that allows students to use problem solving skill and reading strategies.

In this activity, students play the role of a fortune teller as they tell what WILL (future tense) happen to 12 different people when given some key information. Lots of possible answers mean students are creating original thoughts and authentic responses. Students will enjoy sharing their answers and trying to figure out how others responded.

Clozeline activity for the song "Agua del Pozo" by Alex Cuba, winner of a Latin Grammy for Best New Artist in 2010. Also included is a follow up activity that asks students to examine and change lyrics of the song. This is targeted at Spanish I students. This Product Includes: 1. Artist Bio 2. Links to Official Music Video & Interview 3. Cloze Activity 4. Lyric Manipulation Activity

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