Spring break is three days away. When you're done with the game, you can have a class debate about whether Peeps actually taste good. For me, it depends on the flavor. Traditional? No thanks. Dr. Pepper Peeps? In the parlance of my students, they are "straight fire." I hope you enjoy the game I created. Feel free to leave a comment and let me know how it goes. Have a great rest … [Read more...] about Easter Peeps Mafia
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Intro to the 2022 World Cup
Here is a very basic introduction slide about this year's World Cup in Qatar that you can use to get them hyped up to watch some matches over the coming Thanksgiving break. Some topics that you could discuss depending on the level and maturity of your students are: Students love making predictions about real world events even when they aren't necessarily deeply … [Read more...] about Intro to the 2022 World Cup
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 policy for almost two years now, I still had to … [Read more...] about Draw Me Something Beautiful
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 about. In my experience, the problem … [Read more...] about Intermediate First Day Icebreaker
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 from each episode of the … [Read more...] about El Internado Subjunctive Practice