Need a quick and entertaining formative practice for E--> IE stem changer verbs? Number the stations in your room, have students grab a sheet of paper and fire up this game! Powerpoint includes detailed instructions and enough e--ie verb practices for 20 minutes of practice. Perfect before a quiz on Stem changer verbs. Everyone is engaged 100% of the game and it provides instant feedback as to if they "get it". Rock scissors tie-breakers are hilarious to watch too.

This quick partner practice gets students using regular and irregular preterite verbs to share information about what they did yesterday in an out of school. Students complete their own information and then take turns sharing answers. Practice takes about 15 minutes to run and is a great review before a quiz or after learning a variety of preterite verbs. Best suited for Spanish II or higher.

This assignment is excellent for students just beginning their study of Spanish. I assign it as homework on the first day of school as a contest. Students use friends, family, internet to research and discover dozens of connection of Spanish to their own country and surroundings. 10 in-depth questions with multiple answers send kids looking for all kinds of geographical, literary, cultural and historical information. You could also do this assignment in pairs in a computer lab. Students enjoy the challenge and discovering how many Spanish words are part of our lives already. Answer key also included so you have no homework tonight!

This quiz covers conjugation of ER verbs. It contains a listening section for students to identify what subject they hear in verb endings, a conjugation box for ER verb endings, 10 short sentences to conjugate verbs, conjugated verbs where students read and convert meanings back into English and several questions in Spanish for students to answer using an ER verb. Download also contains an answer key.

Students never seem to get enough practice with interrogatives in the text book generated materials. These practice pages give an introduction to the different ways to form questions in Spanish, to answer questions negatively and positively and to practice selecting the correct interrogative to complete a question. Four pages of different kinds of practice with question words. These work best when students have already been working with interrogatives for a couple of days or as a review in second year Spanish.

This game pits students in the room against each other with a different partner every round. Students compete to come up first with the right answer and then everyone rotates chairs after each round. Powerpoint comes with instructions for teachers and a slide of instructions for students, 7 slides of SER vs ESTAR examples and answers for a 28 round game. Kids bounce around the room until a winner returns to their seat winning. Great fun, no non participators and all you do is run the mouse and discuss the answers when necessary. Game takes about 30 minutes to play.

A quick little interview grid for students to practice using preterite verbs in class as they return from break. Students interview classmates and obtain signatures in Spanish. You can play along, or run it as a contest, NO INGLES and first one to obtain all the signatures wins. Uses a wide variety of preterite verbs and easy vocabulary so students can "review" while they get back into the swing of speaking Spanish in a "safe" venue.

This newest 20 episode of Radio Ambulante addresses the issue of beauty, through the eyes of Gabi who is very self critical and those around her who have criticized and mocked her for her ugliness since childhood. In the interview Gabi explores the topic of ugliness/beauty and how she sees herself, those around her and how others have treated her. This podcast is excellent for a Heritage Learner class or a Level V Spanish AP class as one of the AP themes is beauty and aesthetics. There are a couple of questions the interviewer poses that may make some students uncomfortable (references to body parts) so its best to listen to the podcast and decide if your audience is mature, or if you want to make a brief comment prior to beginning the listening practice to avoid discomfort. Download includes 13 questions in chronological order and 4 follow up topics for discussion or as writing prompts for students to react. Answers to podcast also included and a link on top to podcasts for absent students. Radio Ambulante never disappoints and this topic is spot on for AP test prep.

This partner practice has students answering questions about their study habits and class behaviours and then surveying 2 classmates. Takes about 20 minutes to run and is great for practice with school vocabulary and frequency words (siempre, a veces, nunca) This practice works best with level II students and lines up nicely with Realidades 1A vocabulary.

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.

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.

An easy handout to accompany introduction of TENER and associated expressions. I copy this blackline onto coloured cardstock and 3 hole punch so students can refer to it in their binders.

This film chronicles the challenges that poor Hispanic students face in LA when they try to pass the AP Calculus Exam. Based on a true story of a Hispanic teacher in urban LA this film is great for Spanish I to open discussions about Chicano students and discrimination. Questions are in English. Colleagues have also shown this film to math students and social studies when studying Chicano culture.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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 short quiz is best suited for Spanish I or II students completing all 3 families of stem changing verbs. There are 3 box charts at the top for students to conjugate an entire verb from each family, and 16 short sentences with assorted verbs to be conjugated. Takes 15-20 minutes to complete. Download also contains answer key.

This practice contains a conjugation box with a model e--> ie everb, a list of 12 stem changer verbs with their definitions and 16 practice sentences. Some of the sentences have more than one possible answer but these are noted on the answer key. Great for level 2 students who just need another page of practice working with e--ie stem changers.