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Cultural Salsa Reading and Comprehension Questions
This is a reading that mirrors cinderella but with a girl who wants to Salsa Dance and using present tense verbs. This provides an original text and questions for each day of the week as a "do now" or easily adapted as an in class activity.
Pikachu School Supplies and Classes TPRS Spanish
TPRS Spanish Class and School Supply Vocab supplied through a fun story with pikachu, continually forgetting things in class and asking his Pokemon friends for school supplies. In the end he forgets something extremely important!
Comes with guided notes as well.
Forming Questions, Interrogative Words Spanish (No prep!)
Includes 5 different fun activities for students to practice making questions at each level. Scaffolded by easy to more challenging to help students build to a creation level.
Activities included (no prep!)
-interviewing famous people worksheet
-Warm up/Do Now - turning infinitives into questions
-Personal interview sheet, responding to questions about their favorite things etc
- Directions for a Communicative Activity between students and a partner
- Project: Students will create a talk show where they interview people (famous, or friends etc), present to class
Spain - Culture, Language, and Accent Lesson (Spanish)
This is a full 60 minute lesson class about Spain - targeted towards any level Spanish in middle/high school.
This lesson includes a no prep powerpoint, guided notes, and a fun communicative activity.
Powerpoint/Google Slides + Guided Notes: Gives students basic information about the Spain (music, food, major cities, sports) - and then gives students four rules about how Spaniards typically speak (z–> th, G & J). Students then listen to famous singers and soccer players (Andrés Iniesta and Enrique Iglesias) and focus on the accent and pronunciation.
Communicative Activity: Students then take on the role of Andrés Iniesta and Enrique Iglesias- and read a conversation out loud with their partner. They use their best Spaniard accents and fill in the blanks of what their friend said (speaking puzzle/fill in the blank activity). After they answer comprehension questions in English.
Creative Activity: As an exit ticket, students create a comic or fun drawings like Mr.Wonderful, using the slang they learned in class to represent what they’ve learned in a fun new way!
I recommend using the google slides (included in the powerpoint) and the notes are included as well!
Argentina - Culture, Language, Accent (Spanish)
his is a full 60 minute lesson class about Argentina - targeted towards any level Spanish in middle/high school.
This lesson includes a no prep powerpoint, guided notes, and a fun communicative activity where students are the Pope and Messi.
Powerpoint/Google Slides + Guided Notes: Gives students basic information about the Argentina (Mothers of May, tango, food, sports) - and then gives students rules about how Argentinas typically speak (voseo, y–> SH, ll–>sh). Students then listen to people with Argentina accents in videos, and focus on the accent and pronunciation.
Communicative Activity: Students then take on the role of the Pope and Messi- and read a conversation out loud with their partner. They use their best Argentine accents and fill in the blanks of what their friend said (speaking puzzle/fill in the blank activity). After they answer comprehension questions in English.
Creative Activity: As an exit ticket, students create a comic or fun drawings, using the slang they learned in class to represent what they’ve learned in a fun new way!
I recommend using the google slides (included in the powerpoint) and the notes are included as well!
El Salvador Presentation & Worksheets (Spanish)
This product includes (all in Spanish)
Google Slides Presentation (21 slides) about El Salvador (history, music, food, culture, dances, immigration, geography, etc)
A worksheet for students to write about what they learned, compare El Salvador to another country and make a comic.
Slang words from El Salvador
A video for students to visually see El Salvador, and write/describe what they see
Can be used virtually or in-person, can work for all levels of Spanish - the presentation has many visual cues for vocabulary and allows room for students to write at their level.
Hope you enjoy as much as my students did!
Juegos Olímpicos Spanish Sport Vocab
No prep, student led, cultural reading, and new vocab activity for Spanish classes.
Students read about athletes competing in the 2018 winter olympics from Spain and Argentina, and using context clues find the vocabulary (relating to winter sports and sports in general) and answer questions about sports they play. Additionally asks students to think and analyze why there are less spanish speaking countries in the winter olympics. Sparks interest and discussion, and answer key included.
Dominican Republic Culture and Language Spanish
This is a full 60 minute lesson class about the Dominican Republic - targeted towards any level Spanish in middle/high school.
This lesson includes a no prep powerpoint, guided notes, and a fun communicative activity.
Powerpoint/Google Slides + Guided Notes: Gives students basic information about the Dominican republic (music, food, capital, sports) - and then gives students four rules about how Dominicans typically speak (drop the s, don’t pronounce the d between vowels, shortening words, etc). Students then listen to famous singers/rappers (Cardi B and El Mayor Clasico) and focus on the accent and pronunciation.
Communicative Activity: Students then take on the role of Romeo Santos or El Mayor Clasico - and read a conversation out loud with their partner. They use their best Dominican accents and fill in the blanks of what their friend said (speaking puzzle/fill in the blank activity). After they answer comprehension questions in English.
Creative Activity: As an exit ticket, students create a comic using the slang they learned in class to represent what they’ve learned in a fun new way!
I recommend using the google slides (included in the powerpoint) and the notes are included as well!
Maya, Inca, and Aztec Projects (Presentation and Writing, Spanish)
This includes two projects, with instructions and rubrics in Spanish, to summarize what your students have learned about the Mayas, Incas, and Aztecas.
The writing summative (or final) assessment asks students to write about all three civilizations. Students are told they are time traveling and need to explain the three civilizations to the modern world, compare and contrast them, and explain who is their favorite civilization they visited. Included in this assessment is a rubric in Spanish.
The extension project is a summative (or final) presentation. In groups, students will represent someone famous from one of the three civilizations and will present their famous accomplishments to the class in the form of a modern-day interview/talk show. Students are instructed to create a presentation to show images of their accomplishments as they speak about them and to create a note guide for students to take notes about their accomplishments.
All rubrics/instructions are in Spanish.
Formative Quizzes (build-up to the summative writing): Available in my store
H Muda
This product helps teach students about “h muda” with specific examples and rules to help them remember when there is an “h” in their writing.
Included:
Google Slides presentation (23 slides) with practice, audio, examples.
Practice worksheet (spelling, find the errors, and write your own examples)
Aligned with TEKS/CCSS standards
Great for all grades and levels: bilingual programs, heritage classes, and Spanish as a foreign language courses.
Spanish - Family, SER, and adjectives Stations
Includes 2 separate stations - or rotating activities
Vocab focus: Family/Adjectives
Grammar focus: Ser/Present Tense
Reading/Listening: Students are given a dialogue between Prince Royce and Romeo Santos, they each have blanks in the dialogue where they need to write in what they hear the other student say. Then they work together to answer comprehension questions about the dialogue.
Writing/Speaking: Students are given an example dialogue, then create one based off of it to record.
Students are giving explicit instructions which can be printed for each station.
Helping Puerto Rico TPRS with Notes
This slideshow describes what happened in Puerto Rico with easy to understand vocabulary (with a vocab sheet for students to follow along) and accompanying images. A TPRS activity, to learn about a real and current event. Students will learn about how they can help, and learn the vocab associated with helping in the community (aligns with Realidades and this Quizlet set https://quizlet.com/234082550/helping-the-community-spanish-vocabulary-flash-cards/).
Colombia Culture Unit
Help your students learn about Colombia in an authentic way with this no prep lesson/presentation/activity set!
What’s included
Powerpoint and guided notes on music, food, politics, culture, geography, slang words, and more!
3 edpuzzle videos, where students watch videos about Cali, Medellin, and Santa Marta and respond to questions. Edpuzzle automatically grades for you!
Cloze lyric activity where students fill in the blanks to a famous Colombian singer (J Balvin)
A video that helps students learn the steps to dance Salsa Calena :)
Answer keys to the notes and cloze activity
Hispanic Heritage Month Project/Event
This project creates a meaningful learning experience and Hispanic Heritage Month event for your school for many years to come. Students create stations to represent a Spanish-speaking country they study to present to parents, families, and community members at a school event. Students showcase what they have learned and celebrate the various different Spanish-speaking countries. (Project can be for just classroom use, virtual presentations, and more).
Project has instructions in English and Spanish
2 pages of student friendly instructions, with points for teacher to score
Photos of example projects, and instructions/ideas for the teacher to set up the event
Students work together to create a trifold/poster station that provides information about the culture, language, history, basic information, etc – and instructions for students to include a dish from their country as well
This product is in Spanish and English, in hopes that multiple classes/students/teachers can use this product to celebrate Hispanic Heritage month.
Quinceañera Group Project
Have students learn by doing! Very minimum prep needed from teachers, and guides students with rubrics for self-directed learning - with genuine motivation as at the end of the projects students throw a quinceañera in class!
Spilt class into three groups:
Restaurant Group: Create the menus, organize the food to bring for the party, and serve the food (all in Spanish!) Great way to create an authentic ordering and serving Spanish conversation
Invitation Group: Create the invites for the party to hand out to students and adults, also the option for a second project addition of making games and decorations,
Dance Group: Create a dance choreography to bachata for the quinceañera - includes a playlist of videos for your students to learn from. Example videos from my classroom.
Speeches for mother and father of the quince girl.
Includes:
-3 group project rubrics
-A Powerpoint including a video, notes, writing prompts, and an outline for your quinceañera in class
-Bachata Dance videos
Winter Olympics Spanish Sports - PowerPoints, Worksheets, and Activities
I love the Olympics – so I made a mini unit about sports revolving around the winter Olympics 2018 focusing on athletes from Spanish speaking countries. This resource includes all of the following – No prep needed!
-Powerpoint for the week - including fun vocab games, and interactive activities
-Worksheets for the following
New Sports Vocab - Student Led
Students read about athletes competing in the 2018 winter olympics from Spain and Argentina, and using context clues find the vocabulary (relating to winter sports and sports in general) and answer questions about sports they play. Additionally asks students to think and analyze why there are less spanish speaking countries in the winter olympics. Sparks interest and discussion, and answer key included.
Fun Olympics Meme Homework
Fun worksheet where students see funny pictures of Olympic athletes and then write their own memes/captions with the sentence starter “Esta es mi cara cuando…”. No prep needed - can be a homework or fun class activity, which can be extended to students searching photos and writing their own captions.
Communicative Activity - ¿Qué deporte juegas? ¿Cuándo?
students are given a model, and walk around the room asking other what sport they play and when. Students then write down the response of their peer in third person and graph the results of the class.
-Links to review websites for the vocabulary (Quizizz) and the Google slides version of the powerpoint.
Highly recommend using the link in the resource for the Google Slides version over the Power Point file, also Google slides version will give you access to the other documents as well
(how long the Powerpoint will last you, depends on your bell schedule and how long class periods are. This lasted me four full days of school with 55 minute class periods.)
Pets and Animals Spanish Vocabulary - Powerpoint, Readings, and Activities
This resource includes the following with very minimal prep needed for about a week of lessons!
-Vocabulary introduction for Spanish animals/pets
-Vocabulary introduction for parts of the body/animal body parts
-Adapted article about pets in Spanish
-Activity where students create their own facebook profile for a pet (describing things they like, adjectives, birthday, etc)
-Interactive group and communicative activities creating animals
-Fun songs and listening activities
-Writing activities and prompts
One of my favorite parts of the unit on animals and pets to teach :)
Hope you enjoy!
Spanish Book Project
Want a way to engage your students in a student led project, that gives them a real final product that they can present in your school libraries and keep for years to come? This project gives students an outline of how to create their own Spanish book and become authors. This is perfect for reviewing main topics of Spanish 1-2 levels. The book outline has students review the following main concepts and information
-basic introductions/descriptive adjectives
-family vocabulary
-food vocabulary
-present tense and simple future tense (ir+a+infinitve)
-school vocabulary
-GUSTAR
This includes:
-A Google Slides presentation that goes through a few pages, models them, and gives students key words to help them write each page.
-Warm ups for every day where students can edit other’s book pages, and use it to help write their own
-A packet that guides students in writing 10 pages of a book
-A peer edit packet that helps students revise other students work