This is a semester long out of class project for students of exploratory, elementary or first semester Spanish I. The project is desigend to create an awareness in students to the presence of Spanish in our everyday lives and products. Beginning students who have completed this project tell me that ever after they can't stop reading labels in Spanish. It's a very easy project to do and grade and is best for younger learners and absolute beginners. Lesson includes directions and a blackline master of artifact sheets you can copy and give to your students to label their items and get the most out of the assignment. This lesson is written for teachers to give to their Spanish students, but could easily be adapted for other languages.

This movie is best suited for higher level classes. (Spanish III or higher) It carries an R rating for two very brief and innocent nude scenes, but will require a parental release form if your students aren't at least 17. There are 40 questions in Spanish that accompany the film and 7 temas para pensar that follow for class discussion or out of class writing assignments. The movie is in Spanish with subtitles.

Basic vocabulary list with space to write English for colours, clothing and other words associated with describing and buying clothing.

This movie is excellent for Spanish IV, V or AP/IB class. It takes place in Franco's Spain and alternates between the real world of the resistance movement with its risks of fighting facism, and the magical world of Ofelia's Labyrinth. This film carries an R rating for several scences of brutal violence and may require parental permission if your students are younger than 17. Pan's Labyrinth won an Oscar for Best Foreign film and is an excellent way to introduce your students to the terrors of Franco's facism. Study Guide includes 19 chronological questions in Spanish, Temas para Pensar discussion questions and a word bank to help your students write and comprehend the film. Created by Barbara Davis

Spanish students never seems to get enough practice with interrogatives. This packet begins with students choosing from a couple of interrogatives, and finishes with students selecting the correct interrogative. There are forty total exercises in a three page packet. Makes a great review or additional practice opportunity. Questions use school and classroom vocabulary as their main focus.

This mini adventure webquest puts students to work compiling information about a Spanish speaking country of choice. I recommend partners and a day in the lab together where you can guide them through the website and help them to form conclusions and comparisons to their own lives in the US. Assignment can be completed in one class period. Allow two more class periods for students to present their findings to the class. Assignment is in English as its designed for lower level or introductory courses but could easily be converted into Spanish for a higher level class, or used for a French class with Francophone countries.

Students use their cell phones in class to send and respond to text messages in order to discover the identity of the mystery texter. Also included are a list of popular abbreviations that native speakers use around the world to text their friends. This activity works well in claasses of 16+ students and will fascinate them while practicing interrogatives!

This worksheet reviews days of the week, months, and seasons for students who need extra practice or are just being introduced to them.

21 chronological questions in both Spanish and English to accompany the film Motorcycle Diaries which chronicles the early life of Che Guevara. This film won awards and is excellent for any level of Spanish or Social Studies. However, one should note that the film carries an R rating for the language that appears in the subtitles. (the English is harsher than the original script) and you will want to obtain parental permission or limit this film to junior and senior students. Movie guide also contains 9 follow up topics for class discussion or independent student writing. Great film! Your students will love it.

You can teach your students all regular and irregular preterite verb conjugations through this rap song, and you will look hilarious. The lyrics accompany the old RAPPERS DELIGHT song by the Sugarhill Gang. Powerpoint will flash the lyrics on your smartboard so everyone can participate . You will need to download a karaoke version of this old school favourite at Amazon.com and rap out the lyrics as you teach them the verbs. Especially successful in the urban school I taught in as the students recognized the song their parents listened played at home. One of my students favourites!

Very detailed step by step on how to assemble your own pinata. Great for kids to work on at home for a cultural project.

Do you ever have students who ask you for names of animals? Or are your students getting ready to write a fairy tale using preterite/imperfect and have never learned the animals? Giant list grouped by category that you can print out and give to them so they can choose which animals get to star in their story.

These lyrics in a mix of Spanish and English introduce vocabulary for being sick. You will need to download the karaoke version of Run DMC's "You be Illin'" which is available on Amazon.com for .99 cents. Kids will enjoy singing along, especially now that cold season is in full swing. Very entertaining.

I use this as a reference card for students when we start Preterite VS Imperfect. It covers formation of the tense in regular and irregular forms with a few practice examples, then provides a list of "buzz" words to help students identify when to use imperfect, on the back there is a detailed use of reasons for usage of the imperfect with lots of examples so students can see the tense in context. I print it up on green card stock and give it out as a reference. My students tell me that they have saved these cards and used them again when they went to college! Very helpful.

This is a reference card on the formation of the present progressive tense. There are lots of examples and practices on the back for students to complete. It takes students step by step through the formation and use of the progressive tense.

Gives a brief explanation of verb pairs and a chart of many common helping verbs with their definitions. Following two pages of practice examples, first from Spanish to English and then production from English into Spanish. Good as in class practice, homework or remedial.

Something that students never seem to get nor get enough of, this packet provides students with easy to remember pneumonic acronyms for both verbs and examples of each. Followed by 100 short practice sentences covering every situation for Ser or Estar. Answers are also included so you dont have to do your homework!

This is a simple reference chart of verbs that have irregular YO forms in their present tense. It fits on one sheet of paper front to back and can be handed out to students as a reference tool when learning irregular YO form present tense verbs.

This worksheet guides students through the basics of making comparisons of equality and inequality. Step by step notes, followed by short practices, you can complete these together in class or assign as homework. Page three is a half sheet fun activity you do with your students in class. Takes about 15 minutes to complete, you will need a big bag of M and M's candy and some small dixie cups. Kids love practicing their comparisons and then eating the results.

This mini unit contains one reference chart fully completed for students, a second reference chart with blank practice grids for students to practice conjugations, two practice pages using Weird Yo's (one easy and one harder) and a small 40 point quiz on conjugations and meanings of irregular present tense YO verbs.