Although Thanksgiving is not a holiday celebrated in most of the Spanish-speaking world, there are many Hispanic-Americans who have begun to adopt this tradition. These activities are based on a short Spanish language video (link provided) that explains the story behind Thanksgiving. While watching the video, students will complete the video script by listening and including missing words. They will then label several drawings with newly acquired Spanish words from the video. They will also predict the meanings of other words used in the video based on context. Finally, students will respond to a variety of comprehension questions using their newly acquired vocabulary and the text for support. Included in this Product: 1. Video Link 2. Fill-in-the-Blank Video Script 3. Labeling Activity 4. Predicting Meaning Activity 5. Comprehension Activity

This activity goes along with the song "Mi Tesoro" by Jesse & Joy which is readily available on YouTube and iTunes. They will listen to the song and/or watch the video multiple times. Once they are familiar with the song they will engage in several different activities where they are asked to apply their knowledge of vocabulary and grammar. This Lesson Includes: -1 Artist Bio -1 Clozeline Activity -1 Lyric Scavenger Hunt -1 Preterite Tense Tutorial -1 Lyric Identification Activity -1 Lyric Manipulation Activity

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

These activities are meant to help students learn vocabulary related to food items in Spanish. These activities go along with the song "Una en un Millón" by Jesse y Joy. This song is readily available on YouTube and iTunes and a link to the song is referenced. These activities may be completed without the music video, so please make sure that the video is appropriate for your students before playing it. Students will begin by reading a brief biography, in Spanish, of the artist. Students will then listen to the song "Una en un Millón" and attempt to fill in some common Spanish food vocabulary words that are missing from the lyrics of the song. Next students will be asked to find several lines of the song based on their English meanings. They will then manipulate those lyrics to include additional food vocabulary while working off the structure of the identified lyrics. Finally, there is a writing / interpersonal speaking activity in which students comment, in Spanish, about how they like various foods (with mustard, without tomato, etc) and exchange information with a classmate. Included in this download: -Artist Biography -Link to the song/video on YouTube -Cloze Activity (Listening) -Lyric Identification Activity (Reading) -Lyric Manipulation Activity (Writing) -Food Vocabulary Writing / Speaking Activity -Answer Keys for all objective activities

This activity goes along with the song "Tu Angelito" by Chino y Nacho which is readily available on YouTube and iTunes. In this activity, students listen to the song and complete the missing lyrics. Once they are familiar with the song, they complete a scavenger hunt in which they search the lyrics for forms of SER, TENER, and various other items. There is also an additional activity where they are asked to locate specific lines from the song and manipulate them using what they know about the verbs SER, TENER, and adjective agreement. Included in this download; 1. Artist Biography 2. Clozeline Activity 3. Scavenger Hunt 4. Lyric Identification & Manipulation Activity 5. Answer Keys for all activities

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

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 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

This colorful bulletin board set will help your students understand the different language proficiency levels from Novice-Low to Intermediate-High. In addition to the visuals needed to create the bulletin board, there are ideas for how to incorporate the bulletin board and proficiency levels into classroom activities from the very first day of school. Best of all, if the visuals get worn out, you will always have access to this file to print new ones for years to come. You will also have access to updates and/or additions to this resource. This Bulletin Board Set Contains: -Instructions for assembling -Picture of assembled bulletin board -6 Proficiency Parrots on Branches -6 Speech bubbles with text corresponding to proficiency levels -6 Proficiency level leaf tags (Novice-Low to Intermediate-High) -Hibiscus Flower Markers

This activity goes along with the song "Eres Mía" by Romeo Santos (formerly of Aventura) which is readily available on YouTube and iTunes. Students will watch the music video and complete an anticipation guy prior to seeing the lyrics in Spanish. Then, students will listen to the song a couple of times to complete the missing lyrics in a clozeline activity. Afterwards, students will be asked to identify certain lyrics of the song given their English meanings and manipulate those lyrics using their knowledge of the verb SER (present tense). Finally, students will complete a writing activity to describe the main characters in the song/video, synthesizing what they have learned and producing comprehensible output. These activities align with the ACTFL interpretive listening, interpretive reading, and presentational writing goals. Included in this download; 1. Educator's Guide 2. Artist Biography (en español) 3. Copy of song lyrics with key words removed (Clozeline activity) 4. Lyric Identification Activity 5. Lyric Manipulation Activity 6. Writing Activity 7. Answer Keys for activities

These listening, reading, writing, and speaking activities accompany the cortometraje "Steadfast Stanley". Similar to MovieTalk, these lessons focus not only on speaking, but on all communicative skills. Students are introduced to 8 key vocabulary words that will help them to talk about the story in Spanish. Prior to watching the animated short, they will consider a couple of questions which can then be discussed with a partner, as a whole class, or reflected on with a written response. After watching the cortometraje, students will engage in listening activities where they must match scenes of the short with description in Spanish, reading activities where they must apply new vocabulary, writing activities where they must describe scenes, and speaking activities where they must retell the events of the story. These are great anytime activities with a lot of comprehensible input that seek to develop all modes of communication. This resource includes: -Link to the Cortometraje -Key Vocabulary -Discussion Activity -Listening Activity -Listening Script for Teacher -Reading Activity -Writing Activity -Speaking Activity -Answer Keys for all Objective Activities

These listening, reading, writing, and speaking activities accompany the cortometraje "La Nube y la Cigüeña".Similar to MovieTalk, these lessons focus not only on speaking, but on all communicative skills. Students are introduced to 8 key vocabulary words that will help them to talk about the story in Spanish. Prior to watching the animated short, they will consider a couple of questions which can then be discussed with a partner, as a whole class, or reflected on with a written response. After watching the cortometraje, students will engage in listening activities where they must match scenes of the short with description in Spanish, reading activities where they must apply new vocabulary, writing activities where they must describe scenes, and speaking activities where they must retell the events of the story. These are great anytime activities with a lot of comprehensible input that seek to develop all modes of communication. This resource includes: -Link to the Cortometraje -Key Vocabulary -Discussion Activity -Listening Activity -Listening Script for Teacher -Reading Activity -Writing Activity -Speaking Activity -Answer Keys for all Objective Activities

This activity goes along with the song "Dile al Amor" by the group Aventura 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 negative tú commands. Students will practice listening, reading, and writing in this lesson. Included in this download; 1. Artist Biography (en español) 2. Copy of song lyrics with key words removed (Clozeline activity) 3. Lyric Manipulation Activity 4. Answer Keys for both activities If you like this product, click below to check out some related products also available in this store:

These activities go along with the song "Sin Ti" by Chino y Nacho 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 participate in a lyrical scavenger hunt to find certain types of words within the song. The final activity focuses on students using their understanding to SER vs ESTAR to translate some simple sentences based on the music video. This Product Includes: 1. Artist Biography 2. Clozeline Activity 3. Lyric Scavenger Hunt 4. Ser vs Estar Application Activity 5. Word Bank 6. Answer keys for all objective exercises

These speaking prompts are designed to move students from asking/answering basic questions in Spanish to responding to increasingly complicated prompts around the theme of Illness & Injury (Enfermedades). There are 4 categories of prompts that ask students to move between different levels of communication including the presentation of facts, opinions, feelings, and towards complete openness in social situations. Category A – Yes or No Questions, Either/Or Questions Category B – Additional Information Questions Category C – Expressing Opinions and Feelings Category D – Situational Speaking Prompts & Extended Response You may approach these prompts by moving students through them from Categories A-D in a sequential manner, or you may use them as an opportunity for easy differentiation between the various proficiency levels of Novice to Intermediate learners that may be present in your classroom. Although these prompts have been designed as speaking prompts, they can also be used as writing prompts for individual practice, homework, or assessment. Ideas for Usage: -Pair students for one on one practice. -Form small groups and have students interview a student. -Invite a guest speaker or native speaking student to your classroom and have students select questions to ask them during a Q&A session -Have students write additional prompts or variations of existing prompts on the blank cards provided -Pull 1 prompt from each category for a challenging oral proficiency assessment -Have students develop role plays based on the situational prompts This Product Includes -Guide for Educators -15 Category A Prompts -15 Category B Prompts -9 Category C Prompts -6 Category D Prompts -Blank Cards to allow for creation of additional questions if desired

In this activity, your students will play the role of an international real estate agent trying to locate homes and apartments in Mexico for several clients. They will use a popular website (in Spanish) to search for houses and apartments that fit their clients lifestyles and preferences. Then, after recording some information about each of the homes they research, they will decide which one will be best and explain why (in Spanish). This is a fun activity that uses real life skills that students will need. It also aligns with the ACTFL progress indicators for both Interpretive Reading and Presentational Writing. This activity can be done in class or assigned for homework. It will work perfectly for a day you have a substitute as well! This Product Includes: -Step-by-Step Student Instructions -Profiles, in Spanish, for 4 clients -4 Housing Questionnaires -Summative Writing Activity

These activities go along with the song "Decidiste Dejarme" by Camila which is readily available on YouTube and iTunes. 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 formation of the yo and tú forms in the Preterite Tense as well as it's common usage. Students then are asked to recognize verbs within the song lyrics that are conjugated in this tense. Students then use their new understanding of the Preterite Tense to manipulate several verses of the song and change it's viewpoint. Included in this download: -Camila Artist Bio -Link/QR Code for the Official Music Video -Clozeline Activity -Preterite Tense Tutorial -Preterite Tense Recognition Activity -Lyric Manipulation Activity -Answer Keys for all Objective Activities

In this activity, your students will travel to Mexico City on business where they must find appropriate restaurants to meet with 4 very picky clients. They will use a popular website (in Spanish) to search for restaurants that fit their clients lifestyles and preferences. Then, after recording some information about each of the restaurants they research, they will decide which one will be best and explain why (in Spanish). This is a fun activity that uses real life skills that students will need. It also aligns with the ACTFL progress indicators for both Interpretive Reading and Presentational Writing. This activity can be done in class or assigned for homework. It will work perfectly for a day you have a substitute as well! This Product Includes: -Step-by-Step Student Instructions -Profiles, in Spanish, for 4 clients -4 Different Restaurant Questionnaires -Summative Writing Activity

This activity goes along with the song "Niña Bonita" by Chino y Nacho 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 use the lyrics to help them complete activities on cognates, gender, and the use of subject pronouns. This is a great starter song as the lyrics are simple and very catchy. Your students will love it! Included in this download; 1. Artist Biography 2. Clozeline Activity 3. Cognate Activity 4. Gender Activity 5. Subject Pronoun Activity 6. Answer Keys for all activities

These activities go along with the song "Me Interesas" by Noel Torres which is readily available on YouTube and iTunes. In this lesson, students are introduced to Noel Torres, a rising star in the world of Mexican norteño music. They will learn some basic characteristics of that style of music as they discuss the impact that where you live has on the type of music that you listen to. Students will then listen to the song "Me Interesas" and fill in blanks to complete the missing lyrics. Afterwards, students will find lines of the song and match them with their English equivalents. Finally, students will use their knowledge of the present tense and common vocabulary to manipulate the lines of the song to mean something slightly different. These activities merge culture, grammar, and vocabulary concepts and are most suitable for second semester Spanish 1 or Spanish 2 students. These activities would also work for a quick review of the present tense beyond this level. Included in this download: -Discussion Questions -Noel Torres Biography / Characteristics of Norteña Music -Clozeline Activity -Lyric Identification Activity -Lyric Manipulation Activity -Answer Keys