Draw Me Something Beautiful
In every class I have ever taught, I have always had students who finished assessments in a fraction of the time that some of their peers need. Before I instituted my game-changing cell phone protocol, students would retreat into their devices as their classmates finished up. Even though I have been instituting my cell phone […]
Graduation Gift Movie Talk
I created this Movie Talk to use with Martina Bex´s SOMOS I Unit 2, however you could use it at any point with novice classes given the frequency of these structures. The scenes are from the Chevrolet commercial. This Movie Talk targets the three structures from SOMOS 1 Unit 2, while also recycling “dice” from […]
Intermediate First Day Icebreaker
Communicative pair activities are a sticky wicket in the TCI community. Some teachers love them while others eschew them as carryovers from their days as textbook teachers. Common complaints include (a), students obtaining the information they need in L1 instead of the target language and (b), boring topics that kids do not want to talk […]
Prom Bell Ringer
It’s Prom season! I’ve updated my Homecoming Bell Ringer to talk with my upper-level students about this weekend’s activities.
El Internado Subjunctive Practice
Many traditional Spanish programs include the present tense subjunctive mood in their scope and sequence in year three, which is also when many teachers start using El Internado. Whether or not you are required to explicitly teach the subjunctive, your students should be hearing these constructions when you discuss the show. I selected 10 scenes […]