This fun interactive game can be played in groups of 2-4 students. Each student is given a number of cards from various categories in Spanish. On each card is a category and a noun. The student must try and explain what is on their card without saying the name! For example, the category is food and the noun is apple. They may say ‘Soy/es una fruta.’ Students use their existing vocabulary to help the other student guess what they are. This is a great way to get students talking and laughing in class and using all of their vocabulary to create short sentences. Included: Complete instructions with 3 variations for difficulty Recording Sheet 24 cards (6 categories times 4 items) Categorías: Comida, Bebidas, Deportes, Meses, Familia, Profesiones

This German Info Gap Game is designed to get students talking in German! Students must ask each other what people are doing at a specific time. They take the given information and conjugate the verb to create an answer to the question. Students take turns until they both have all of the information filled in! Instructions included. Example: Was macht Raphael um acht Uhr? Er spaziert im Park.

Get beginner German students talking with this simple game! Students work in pairs to fill in the information missing from their sheet by asking and answering simple questions. This game reinforces: basic word order, possession with names, numbers (up to 99) and clothing vocabulary. Game takes approximately 10-15 minutes to play so great for warm-up, bell-work or end of class activity. Level: German 1 Instructions included.

This reading is about magical Machu Picchu in terms of its geography, history, cultural significance and future. This reading is in the present and past tenses. The reading includes a full glossary of new words and 5 Reading comprehension questions. Here is a link to a 6 min Spanish Video on Machu Picchu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckBQjrGc4qI Level: mostly past tenses

This 7-page file includes: (100% in Spanish) ~A reading in three people describe their first jobs: in a fast food restaurant, washing dishes and working in a flower shop. ~The same reading but with 15 of the verbs missing for students to conjugate into the imperfect tense. ~A worksheet based on the reading with 8 comprehension questions and a table where students need to fill in two regular and irregular verbs in the imperfect. NOTE: There are 3 versions of the worksheet: with and without vosotros in the verb table, and with and without hints for differentiated learning. ~Answer keys.(2pgs)

This short biography is on the famous medieval nun Hildegard von Bingen. It discusses her achievements in music, theology and traditional healing. Reading includes 5 short reading comprehension section. Includes answer key. Ideal for social studies, history students, Women’s History Month or for beginner German students to become familiar with important Germans in History.

This 5-page file includes: ~A reading in which a Lucía visits her cousin Victoria in Mexico and they go to a traditional marketplace to buy food and clothes. The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary. ~A worksheet based on the reading with 10 comprehension questions in ENGLISH. ~A worksheet based on the reading with 10 comprehension questions in SPANISH. ~Answer keys.(2 pgs) Activity idea: After reading the script together, have students discuss what they would buy at a similar market.