Web-based. Students use KEY WORDS to search the internet. Websites are often unreliable but key words always work. Each of the six downloads has 10 general assignments. Each assignment has 3 levels of difficulty, therefore 30 writing suggestions per download. Total 180 bilingual writing assignments. The assignments are classroom tested, so students cannot cut and paste! They are written in such a way that the student researches the subject, then puts it together creatively. Differentiated. For every assignments there are three levels of difficulty. The many, many key words introduce students to names and places they have never heard of and allow them to explore the great wealth of the Spanish speaking world. For example, if you ask students to look up photography, they will waste precious time and come up with inapropriate materials. But ask to look up Manuel Álvarez Bravo, a whole new world opens. Add to that a specific request, and presto, you have interested students and great results. Let your students follow their own interests. There are assignments on sports, ecology, artists, places and more.

Every student must research his/her topic. Key words to guide the student´s work. All subjects require group work. Cooperative learning emphasized. All presentations have an assignment for those listening, i.e the rest of the class. Key words for three levels of difficulty level. Country or regions for Oral Presentations topics: Spain Mexico Andean region Southern Cone Caribbean Central America Hispancs in the USA General topics: Hispanic world All our students do oral presentations, some successfully, others less so. We know how difficult it is for some students to stand in front of the class, to have everyone look at them, and on top of that to have to speak in a language they do not fully master. Yet, I am convinced that it continues to be a necessary exercise and that they will need to use their public speaking skills later. And only by speaking in public will our students be able to overcome their sweating palms and the heart palpitations. Having witnessed this too often, I decided to mitigate the fear by having the students present in groups. Having them work in groups proved very useful in ways I had not imagined at first. I gave them one big subject and divided it into many smaller ones. Thus, four students shared “Salimos de vacaciones en el Caribe”. Their task was to present an advertisement for each place. One presented Playa Varadero, the second, Old San Juan, the third, Trinidad and the Valle de los Ingenios in Cuba and the fourth, la ballena jorobada off the peninsula de Samaná. They covered different countries and very different vacation ideas. They practiced their presentations together, decided order, decided visuals. They learned from each other. And when they went up together, they had each other. It worked most of the time but as all teachers know, we have students that will not cooperate with us or with their peers. I can attest that the group presentations were better than the single ones I had done before, and the students were less nervous. Plus having the rest of class make decisions about where they would go on those imaginary vacations to the Caribbean, implicated them. It worked. Preview each section Eclectic. Interdisciplinary. Another example in Oral presentations: Spain. Global them: “Guernica”. One student describes the painting, another the bombing, another talks about Picasso, another the town of Guernica, another the town´s basketball team, and more. You get the picture!

Bundle includes 16 thematic units, perfect for one semester: Spend the entire semester in the Southern Cone. Intermediate 2 students delve into one of the most fascinating regions of the Americas. They cover only four countries, but oh, my, are they ever different. At the end of the semester the students will have an excellent understanding and a great appreciation for the Southern Cone. 1. Buenos Aires, sophistication / Paraguay, backwater; 2 units - SP Inter. 2 2. The Jesuit missions / A bilingual country; 2 content-based units - SP Inter. 2 3. Human rights - Chile - Violeta Parra / Carmen Quintana; 2 units - SP Inter. 2 4. Ecology and tourism: Chile's wonders; 2 thematic units - SP Intermediate 2 5. The tango / Eat red meat; 2 thematic units - SP Intermediate 2 6. Iguazú Falls / Mate and meat; 2 units about the Southern Cone - SP Inter. 2 7. Astronomy / A pop music festival, 2 units about Chile - SP Intermediate 2 8. Spanish in the Americas / Theater; 2 units - SP Intermediate 2 Preview every unit. Get details in each one individually in the Miraflores store. There is enough variety to satisfy all, human rights and pop music, ecology and the Spanish spoken in Argentina and Uruguay. Grammar points covered in every unit. Vocabulary extension in every unit. Internet key words, oral and writing assignments for every thematic unit. Exclusively in the target language.

Spend an entire semester or an entire year in one region, the Andean countries. Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Colombia. Appropriate for Intermediate 1 students. There are 17 thematic units here, each set has two units, except the first one which has three units. Yes, there is enough material and enough variety to satisfy both teachers and students. Emphasis on the environment and ecology of great interest to students. Also several units on the indigenous cultures, another topic of great interest. Included: 1. The Andes, Amazon, Atacama - mountains, river, desert- 3 thematic units SP Inter.1 2. Fernando Botero / Cartagena de Indias; 2 thematic units - SP Intermediate 1 3. Cuzco / El señor de Sipán; 2 units about indigenous people- SP Intermediate 1 4. Ecology and work: Llamas / Child labor; 2 units about Bolivia - SP Inter. 1 5. Galápagos ecology; sports in Ecuador; 2 thematic units - SP Intermediate 1 6. School life in Ecuador / The Otavalo market; 2 thematic units - SP Inter. 1 7. Machu Picchu; Street vendors; 2 units on tourism and daily life - SP Inter. 1 8. Ecology: The Amazon basin / Potatoes - 2 thematic units - SP Intermediate 1 Preview every unit. Get details for each one individually in the MirafloresCultura store. Grammar points covered in every unit. Vocabulary extension in every unit. Internet key words, oral and writing assignments for every thematic unit. Exclusively in the target language.

CULTURE! CULTURE! CULTURE! The French speaking world. 15 culture units. Includes a set of maps. Culture for an entire year or an entire semester. Not only Europe but also the Caribbean and African countries where French is spoken. The French-speaking world is here. Europe, the Caribbean and Afrique, AND Québec, Canada´s French-speaking province. Yes! Culture for level 1. The house with the Monaco palace, food with Belgian fries, time with Swiss clocks, all content-based. Preview every single one! Every unit includes: Reading, CI friendly with cognates and help for easy understanding. Comprehension Vocabulary, contextualized, integrated Grammar, contextualized Oral and written exercises, contextualized, on the subject Keywords for further research Answer key

The bundle includes 7 thematic units for SP intermediate 1. The units are divided into three parts, all in TES. Please go to the individual sets for details. Please note that you can read all the thematic units by clicking on the Preview. The bundle includes the following: (all in MirafloresCultura store in TES) 1. Ecotourism in Spain: stork migration + Ordesa Park - 2 thematic units about ecology in Spain. SP - Intermediate 1. Yes, units on Spanish ecology, something you don´t often see. 2. The Andes / The Amazon / The Atacama - mountains, river, desert - 3 thematic units SP Intermediate 1. 3. Galápagos ecology / sports in Ecuador: 2 thematic units. SP Intermediate 1. At the beginning of the units you will see details that will help you place the units in your curriculum. Thus for example, the unit on the storks, in addition to all the cultural materials, also integrates the comparative and the superlative. Contextualized, of course. And the units on the Amazon, Andes and Atacama cover poder, querer, review the comparatives and work on the vocabulary of climate, seasons and professions. Content-based language learning! Culture + language: a winning combination. Exclusively in the target language.

The Art bundle includes FIVE thematic units on the visual arts PLUS 7 additional thematic units on other interesting subjects: 1. Goya / Gaudí / Rodrigo; 3 interdisciplinary thematic units - SP Beginners 1 2. Cervantes and Sor Juana / Picasso / Felipe VI; 3 thematic units - SP Beginners 1 3. Rivera, Orozco, Siqueiros / Indigenous cultures: 2 thematic units - SP Intermediate 1 4. Fernando Botero / Cartega de Indias; 2 thematic units - SP Intermediate 1 5. Las Meninas / Felipe II; 2 thematic units - SP Intermediate 2 For details and COMPLETE PREVIEWS, please go to the individual descriptions in the MirafloresCultura store. Click on PREVIEW and examine entire unit. All units include pre-reading, reading, comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, oral practice, Internet key words for extension and more. Content-based teaching!! Interdisciplinary!! Opening new worlds and interests!! Entirely in the target language.