This little chart is great for episode one to introduce students to the characters. Students track what they know to be true about each character (professions, relationship) and what they observe to be their personality. At the end, students make quick predictions about what will happen next. This telenovela works great for Heritage Spanish students and fits neatly in one class period.

This short poem by Pablo Neruda focuses on how we create our own destiny and how we are responsible for our own successes and failures. Its a great poem to launch a unit on Neruda or to use with a level III or higher class where you are studying poetry. (Realidades 3, AP Lit) Lesson download includes a word version of the poem, quotes from poem for students to reflect upon and think/pair/share, an audio link to listen to the poem and a writing prompt. Lesson takes one class period to complete if you assign the writing prompt for homework. Poem is easy to understand and works well for students at level III or higher.

This fifteen slide powerpoint presents students with illustrated beginnings of conditional SI clauses that they complete using the subjuntivo imperfecto. Each slide has a sentence starter and prompts for an answer. Free preview is the word doc template that students can use to answer each situation, then they compare their answer to a friends and together decide who had the more creative answer. Students could use this as a warm up for a quiz or just for some speaking practice bc making si clauses is a challenge for them. Takes about 25 minutes to run or you can break it up over a few days for a warm up. Best suited for level IV or higher students who have had some experience forming verbs in the imperfect subjunctive.

This is a quick partner practice activity for that chapter on school vocabulary in every textbook when you need another thing to get kids talking to each other. 12 questions about study habits and in class behaviours, students survery their partners about how often they do these things (todos los dias, a veces, nunca) Takes about 15-20 minutes to run in class and can be just small groups or you can share out the results in larger group afterwards.

A simple lesson plan for beginning students to use expressions with GUSTAR to describe personal likes and dislikes. Directions for students step by step in Spanish and English. No rocket science here, but a great way for students to practice GUSTAR and related verbs in a differentiated way while acquiring vocabulary to describe their personal interests. Takes one class period to complete, you will need a stack of old magazines or access to the computer lab to download images. This lesson is easily adaptable to a powerpoint presentation if your students have easy access to computers.

This is a game designed for SPanish II end of the year or Spanish III beginning of the year to review conjugation of verbs with irregular forms in the present tense. Download includes student rules and gamesheet, and 6 stations of questions and answer keys for irregular verbs. Categories include: Stem changers o--> ue, e--> ie, e--> i, Irregular YO form verbs, SER/IR/TENER/ESTAR? and Reflexive verbs. 12 questions at each station. Students rotate through the stations to complete the challenge. Answer key to previous station provided at next destination. Activity takes one class period to run and requires a minimum of 2 players but can work for classes of up to 30.

A short listening practice that combines knowledge of clothing/accessory items with big numbers. Students listen as the quantities and prices are read to them and record their answers in the boxes. Practice works best with Spanish I students in their second semester as a practice for numbers up to 1000. Takes about 10 minutes to complete. Listening script is included.

This assignment works best for students in SPanish II who have reviewed usage of verbs like GUSTAR or for SPanish I students after the have already learned adjectives and basic regular verb conjugation. Students create an original poem about something they love and then present it to the class. Packet contains parameters of assignment, tips for students on composing their thoughts, revision/proofing code list for peer correction or teacher proofing and grading rubric. This lesson works well as a final assessment of GUSTAR or related verbs and students enjoy presenting their works out loud in a Poetry slam. Plan at least two days for creation and proofing, one day for final revision and 1-2 days to present depending on class size.

This simple project works best for beginning SP I students who have completed SER, TENER and Adjective agreement. Students chose a famous person and present them to the class reading their clues. Classmates try to guess the person before they reveal their choice. Presentations become game day as kids try to stump their classmates and earn points for their team. Project includes directions for completion, example for students, and rubric for grading.

This reading activity is designed to accompany the article BUENOS MODALES EN LA MESA. The reading guide contains a section to make pre-reading predictions, some key vocabulary, a fill in the blank section based on what they actually read and a couple of questions for in class discussion. This reading works best for 2nd semester level II or higher to accompany a unit on food, table manners and polite commands. Takes 1 class period to complete or can be assigned as homework. Activity also includes a copy of the reading, which is also available on line for free.

This practice packet for negative words takes students through indefinites one word at a time, with practice sentences and detailed explanations with examples for each one. No, Nada, Nunca, Nadie, Tampoco, Ningun/Ninguna/Ninguno are all covered and there are 50 practice sentences and questions for students to complete as you explain the concept. It takes about two class periods to complete the notes/practice together or you could assign some of it as homework. Packet works best with Spanish II students or higher who are just learning indefinites or need a quick review at the higher level.

This game takes students through a 6 station rotation of verb conjugation. At each new station they check their answers from the previous and then continue to the next challenge. This game is best suited as practice for regular and irregular preterite verbs at the Spanish II level or higher. Download includes rules of play, student sheet for fill ins and challenge questions/answer keys for six stations in your room. Activity takes one class period to complete and is an excellent review before a test or as a refresher from last year for Spanish III.

This is a simple worksheet with conjugation boxes to get students practicing the endings for regular preterite AR verbs. On the back side, students are reminded of the spell changes required in YO forms and practice verbs that end in CAR, GAR, ZAR. This works best as homework on the day you launch preterite for the first time in a level or II class, or if you need a "quiz corrections" practice for students to prepare for a quiz or retake quiz on preterite verb conjugation.

Step by step notes on the formation of Ud, Uds, and Nosotros commands with practice examples along the way for students to complete. Print these on card stock to use as a graphic organizer for note taking or for reference for students. Answer key to examples included. Notes are designed for Spanish II or higher students who are learning formal commands for the first time or as a quick review.

This partner practice presents simple problems and students present simple solutions using the subjunctive tense and impersonal expressions. Students take turns presenting problems and giving advice while making verbs in in subjuntive. Partner practice takes 15-20 miinutes to run in class and works best with level III or higher who have been practicing subjunctive conjugation and usage for a few days.

This partner practice contains 8 questions and 8 images for each person. Students take turns asking and answering questions about items they need to perform reflexive actions. Practice takes about 15 minutes to run and is a good way to review/reinforce thematic vocabulary while practicing conjugation of reflexive verbs with the pronouns attached to the end. (Verb pair sentences) Best suited to Spanish II or higher students who have already had a few working with reflexive verbs and thematic vocabulary.

This student driven short presentation project emphasizes narrating a special trip taken using the preterite and imperfect tenses interchangeably. It is best suited for Spanish III or higher but could be used with a smaller advanced class of Spanish II at the end of the unit on Preterite vs Imperfect. Students compile a list of objects that represent a trip taken and then use them as props to narrate their experience to classmates. Lesson includes specific directions, guided questions for writing their scripts, a detailed grading rubric for you and a listening sheet for students to take notes on their peers presentations.

This 16 question survey for students is designed to be an icebreaker and review activity in the first week of classes. Questions use preterite and imperfect so this activity works best for 3rd year or higher students. Students answer the questions about their summer, then interview a partner in Spanish. They select information to compose an introduction and present their partner to the class. Activity takes one class period from start to finish, and works at reviewing vocabulary, past tense verbs, comparatives and interrogatives. Students use reading, writing and speaking to complete.

This PG-13 film started off slow and hard to understand, but after the first 15 minutes proved to be a delightful film all the way to the end. Elena, a young Puerto Rican woman loses her ability to speak Spanish after a stressful argument with her mother. All sorts of complications in her life appear as she is suddenly unable to communicate with those around her except in English. There is a wonderful sub-plot centered on food served at the diner and a little romantic twist as well. I think older students would do better with the film due to the slow pace in the beginning but its totally appropriate for 9th grade and up. Movie questions come in both Spanish and English in chronological order to film, also included are a few topics for follow up discussion.

These notes and practice pages for the future tense take students through formation and usage step by step. 5 page download includes, notes, grid for conjugation of regular an irregular Future tense verbs, questions to answer in the future tense and 25 practice "si" clause sentences where students complete the sentence with either the future or present tense. There is a free write essay with prompt at the end for students to envision their future life. This works best for a Level III class or as a review for higher levels. You could use it to introduce the future tense and assign practice.