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ZARA CLOTHING SCAVENGER HUNT
Oct. 13, 2020—This lesson uses the Zara website to practice clothing vocabulary in an authentic context. Using the attached worksheet, students search for specific items on the website, describe them using vocabulary words from the unit, and make recommendations. Lesson Overview: Spanish Novice (Low, Mid, High) One class session Website No costs involved zara.com Lesson...
HOUSE HUNTING
Oct. 12, 2020—This lesson asks students to use a real estate website to practice vocabulary in context and to produce a short written description of a house. This activity focuses on helping students to practice housing vocabulary while engaging with an authentic cultural text. This allows students to use their language skills and to think critically about...
ANNOTATING ART WITH TIMELINE
Oct. 12, 2020—Students create an interactive, digital timeline using a mural featuring scenes from Spanish history. The artistic and analytical extension activity provides an active-learning opportunity through which students not only acquire knowledge, but also create meaning. By applying their knowledge of Spanish history and the process of writing history to create their own historical narrative, students...
FAMILY INFOGRAPHICS
Oct. 12, 2020—This assignment combines culture, vocabulary, and the presentational mode of speech. In this lesson, students use www.canva.com to create an infographic about the families of a Spanish-speaking country. My goal with this project is to expose students to data about other countries, have students practice writing short descriptions, invite students to make comparisons with the...
SPEAKING ABOUT CITIES WITH STORYMAPS
Sep. 24, 2020—This project asks students to use the website StoryMaps to present their research on a city in Mexico. Tasks include researching weather, culture, and geography, writing up their research findings as short captions, and assembling their research into an interactive map. Project Overview: Spanish Novice (Low, Mid, High) Multiple Class Sessions Website No costs involved...
HISTORY OF THE NIÑOS DE MORELIA WITH PEAR DECK
Sep. 24, 2020—This project uses the interactive slide deck program Pear Deck to teach students about the children of Morelia. The lesson includes interactive maps, embedded YouTube videos, and chronology exercises to teach cultural content, geography, art, and history and check comprehension. It engages the ACTFL world readiness standards of culture, comparison, connections, and communication. Project Overview:...
GOOGLE FORMS FOR FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: MOVIE QUIZ
Aug. 10, 2019—This Google Forms activity creates a quiz to be used as a formative assessment. To practice the interpretive mode of communication and engagement with authentic materials, students watch an embedded video about movie genres and then answer questions based on the movie. Lesson Overview: Spanish Novice (Low, Mid, High) One class session Website No costs...
EDPUZZLE VIDEO QUIZ
Aug. 9, 2019—This lesson uses the website Edpuzzle and a Youtube video as part of a unit on food vocabulary and commands. The activity engages the interpretive mode of communication as it asks students to engage with the authentic resource Tasty recipes. The activity gages comprehension with comprehension questions embedded in the video. Lesson Overview: Spanish...
FLIPGRID COOKING VIDEO
Aug. 9, 2019—This lesson asks students to use Flipgrid, Youtube videos, and Google docs to produce their own cooking video. Appropriate for introduction-level students, this lesson provides a model of an authentic cooking video and then asks students practice their presentational speaking. Project Overview: Spanish Novice (Low, Mid, High) One class session Website No costs involved...
FLIPGRID MOVIE SCHEDULE
Aug. 9, 2019—This lesson asks students to use Flipgrid to practice presentational speaking skills while engaging with authentic materials. This activity focuses on movie vocabulary and expressing preference with gustar. For this activity, students use the website for the Mexican movie chain Cinépolis and the attached lesson plan. Lesson Overview: Spanish Novice (Low, Mid, High) One...