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

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 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

This fold-it hides faces which can be used to practice vocabulary related to feelings/emotions. The blank page includes in this download makes it easy to use the same foldable to practice physical description or parts of the face. This foldable learning aid makes a great addition to an interactive notebook or may be used independently. This product includes: -Instructions on assembling the foldable -Teaching Ideas -Feelings Foldable (with vocabulary words) (front & back) -Customizable Feelings Foldable (without vocabulary words)

These 5 puzzles offer a twist on the traditional color by number by utilizing conjugated verbs in place of the numbers. Students use the key to color the picture according to the verb endings. This helps improve recognition of vocabulary and verb tenses. In addition to the color by verb activity, each puzzle also contains an application or syntheses activity in which students must tell the meanings of conjugated verbs or fit them into sentences. This Product Includes Puzzles & Synthesis Activities for: -Regular Present Tense Verbs -Irregular Present Tense Verbs (SER, IR, TENER) -Stem-Changing Verbs -Reflexive Verbs -GO Verbs

These 4 activities will give beginning Spanish students an understanding of cognates and false cognates. In addition to learning about cognates, these activities will help students build skills like pattern recognition, logic, deductive reasoning and problem-solving. These skills are crucial to second language study. In the first activity, students sort cognates according to their endings and use their observations to make "rules" that apply to many of the most common Spanish-English cognates (oso = ous as in famoso, dad = ty as in universidad). In the second activity, they use the rules that they developed to write the Spanish versions of English words like precious (precioso) or fabulous (fabuloso). The third activity introduces students to 12 false cognates, then asks them to consider whether they are being used in the correct context when inserted in some English sentences. The final activity asks them to use what they have learned to decode some basic reading passages that are filled with cognates and answer some questions in English based on what they read. This Product Includes: -Cognate Sorting Activity -Cognate Writing Activity -False Cognate Activity -Reading Activity -Answer Keys for all Activities

Thirty-Four 8 1/2 x 11 Posters that each feature a learning goal for Level 1 language learners. These learning goals align with the ACTFL goals for Novice-Low learners and are written in student-friendly language that will help you focus the learning in your classroom. These are perfect for bulletin boards, showcases, borders, or to post. Administrators and parents love to see goals posted in classrooms as it helps them see exactly what students are learning and should be able to do.

This activity goes along with the song "Sol, Playa y Arena" by Tito el Bambino which is readily available on YouTube and iTunes. In this activity, students listen to the song (link provided) 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 the present tense of the verb IR as well as some vocabulary related to places and GUSTAR. The lesson also includes a short artist bio. Students will practice listening, reading, and writing in this lesson. This Product Includes: 1. Artist Biography 2. Fill in the Blank Clozeline Activity 3. Lyric Identification & Manipulation Activity 4. Answer Keys for all activities *Please be aware that due to the semi-mature theme of this song, it is recommended for high school students. Please view the video before showing it to your students. All activities may be completed without having viewed the video.*

This is not your typical Valentine's Day activity! Designed with teens in mind, these activities will get them creating sentences in Spanish about everything there is to love and hate about this holiday! 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. 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. This set of Silly Spanish Sentence activities focuses specifically on words related to el Día de los Enamorados, el Día de San Valentín or el Día del Amor y Amistad. This Product Includes: -Guide for Educators with Tips and Extension Activity Ideas -Me Gusta el Día de los Enamorados Sentence Creation Activity -Me Disgusta el Día de los Enamorados Sentence Creation Activity

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 download includes 10 different logic puzzles in Spanish. In each puzzle, students must figure out a situation based on 7-10 clues in Spanish. A chart is provided to help students record the information that they read. When the puzzle is solved, students use the information gathered to answer 5 questions in Spanish. These puzzles are rated "easy" and would be appropriate for beginning students or more advanced students that need to review some common vocabulary. This is a print & go lesson that is easily used with a substitute or for regular classroom use. These can be done individually, in partners, or in small groups.

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

These activities go along with the song "Me Gustas Tú" by Manu Chao which is readily available on YouTube and iTunes. In the first activity, students listen to the song and complete the missing lyrics. In the second activity, they are asked to locate certain lines of the song and copy them. In the third activity they will manipulate those lyrics. The manipulation of the lyrics requires them to use a variety of "backwards" verbs like gustar. The final activity is an extension activity where students write a verse for a make-believe song called "Me Disgustas Tú" using the same lyrical pattern and rhyme scheme of this song. The lesson also includes several higher-order thinking questions for discussion. Students will practice listening, reading, and writing in this lesson. This Product Includes: 1. Questions for Discussion 2. Clozeline Activity 4. Lyric Identification Activity 5. Lyric Manipulation Activity 6. Extension Activity 7. Answer keys for all objective exercises

This activity goes along with the song "Limón y Sal" by Julieta Venegas, 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 stem-changing verbs in the present tense. Students will practice listening, reading, and writing in this lesson. Included in this download; 1. Artist Biography (in Spanish) 2. Reading Comprehension Activity 2. Copy of song lyrics with key words removed (Clozeline activity) 3. Lyric Manipulation Activity 4. Reflection Activity 5. Answer Keys

This lesson has everything you need to get your students to understand and practice the concept of adjective agreement in Spanish. Students will practice matching various types of adjectives to both singular, plural, masculine, and feminine subjects. Once they have the basics, they will be able to apply their knowledge in a series of reading, speaking, and writing activities. This Product Includes: -1 Page tutorial on adjective agreement -1 Drill & Practice Activity -1 Reading Activity where students match descriptions to the people they describe -1 Speaking Activity where they describe a person to their partner who selects the correct person from a series of pictures (and vice versa) -1 Writing Activity where students write sentences to describe a variety of people in Spanish

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

These activities were designed to allow students to become acquainted with food words in Spanish and to use them reflect on their eating habits in real life. This product contains a reading activity in the form a typical dialogue that might take place in a restaurant. Students are asked to infer meaning and respond to comprehension questions on the reading. The second activity is a vocabulary sort where students are asked to recognize the meanings of common food vocabulary well enough to place them into self-identified categories based on meaning. This product also contains a food log where students can use their food vocabulary to record what they eat over a 5 day period. There is also a follow-up sorting activity where they sort the foods they have eaten into a food pyramid in order to answer some questions, in Spanish, about their diet. These activities are great for paving the way for a classroom discussion about food and eating habits. This Product Includes: -Restaurant Conversation Reading Activity -Food Word Sort -Food Log -Food Pyramid 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. **

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.

This unit was created to increase students' cultural awareness of both The Running of the Bulls and the Spanish tradition of bullfighting. Amidst the culture, there are also opportunities for students to apply Spanish vocabulary and grammar concepts in a variety of activities. One of the highlights of this unit is the Corrida de Toros board game which serves as a summative activity to the unit and tests students cultural knowledge. The readings and activities in this unit can be used with a variety of levels and in a variety of ways. Jigsaws, stations, extension learning, substitute lesson plans, and classwork/homework are just a few ways in which this unit could be delivered. This cultural unit aligns with the ACTFL indicators for cultural knowledge. There are also activities that align with the Novice or Intermediate indicators for language indicators. Activities are on separate pages so that you can print the ones you like or are most appropriate for your level of Spanish student. This Product Includes: 1. Usage Guide for Educators 2. Links to Internet and Video Resources that compliment this unit 3. La Corrida de Toros: Overview Reading 4. Reading Schedules & Telling Times Activity 5. Los Corredores Reading 6. Verb Tense Review Activity 7. Giving Advice Activity 8. Las Reglas Reading 9. Affirmative & Negative Commands Activity 10. Los Toros y Sus Matanzas Reading 11. Comparisons of Inequality Activity 12. El Encierro Map & Reading 13. La Plaza de Toros Reading 14. Body Part Vocabulary Review Activity 15. The Controversy Reading 16. Research Activity 17. Student Game Directions 18. Game Board, Pieces, and Cards