The very first lesson plan that I posted on this blog was for a unit focused on “Biblioburro”, the donkey library in La Gloria, Colombia. This year, I finally re-vamped the unit that I had been working with since 2011 so that it fit into my curriculum map better. I wanted it to focus on…
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Q & A Match-up – Interpretive activity for language classes
I’m always on the hunt for new and different tasks for students to complete when listening to songs or other authentic resources, and this activity shared by Sharon Birch is a great one! Its flexible design allows it to used as a reading activity as well. What is Q&A Match-Up? In a Q&A Match-up, students…
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El Gaucho Lesson Plans
This is a week-long unit that uses the structures from the script “Mama’s Boy” (“needs”, “works at”, and “lives alone”) to talk about the iconic Argentinian Gaucho. After acquiring the structures, students learn about Gauchos through a reading, a video, a song, and a cartoon. Download the resource pack for these lesson plans here.I updated them…
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El chico del apartamento 512 lesson plans
One of the first lesson plans that I posted on this blog several years ago was for a unit based on the song ‘El chico del apartamento 512’. I’ve learned a lot about TPRS and unit planning since then, so I am now posting a new and (I think) improved unit (click here to download…
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Ketchup lesson to accompany El nuevo Houdini Chapter 4
I wrote this lesson plan to go with Chapter 4 of El Nuevo Houdini (see all Houdini plans here) after Carol Gaab suggested showing a video about the making of ketchup in the Teacher’s Guide for the book. And every good Spanish teacher knows that one cannot talk about ketchup without talking about Las Ketchup…
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Readings for Hispanic Heritage Month
¡Feliz Mes de la Hispanidad! Today marks the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States, and I have been working hard to create readings to discuss our nation’s Hispanic heritage with my students during this month-long celebration. I will be posting the readings on TpT as I finish them, but for starters I…
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#LoMejorDeMéxicoEs
Here is another fun activity to use on Mexican Independence Day or as an introduction to a unit on Mexico. I compiled a bunch of tweets from the trend #LoMejorDeMéxicoEs and wrote some reading comprehension questions and a writing activity to go along with it. Just make sure that you begin by teaching your students…
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Fútbol
Just finished up robust-ifying the cultural content of my Las chicas no juegan al fútbol americano mini unit. Its reading assessment was about sports in Spanish speaking countries and baseball in the DR, but this year I plan to use the reading, discussion questions, instructional video CLOZE activity, and webquest for soccer infographs contained in…
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México lindo y querido – Javier Solís
This is a great song to sing on Mexican Independence Day! I give a short intro to the video in Spanish, with a little background on Javier Solís and ranchera music, before we watch the video. The reading I use is in this file. Watch/listen to it several times while students complete the CLOZE lyrics ( The…
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Madres de la Plaza de Mayo Interview
If you haven’t guessed it yet by some of my recent posts, I am working on a unit about Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo. And, if you can believe it, it is for students in Spanish 1!! Usually, heavier topics like this are not tackled until upper-level courses when students have the vocabulary…
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