Oooh! I have to post this before I forget (since my blog is my file system!). One great way that we discussed using Fan’N’Pick is to practice the difference between “a las” and “son las” (AT x o’clock vs. IT IS x o’clock). I have no idea why this is so difficult for students…if you want…
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Hotel Save the Beach
I read about this hotel on Achieve3000 and did a little research on my own to write this article. My Spanish 1A students will be able to read it when I get back to school with the target structures basura – trash and pared – wall. Playa would be an important word to teach if your students don’t already…
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Mimes in Caracas
Authorities in Caracas, Venezuela developed a very…interesting…solution to their traffic problem (actually, they copied it from Bogota, Colombia, but that’s beside the point). I wrote this article to use as a reading and discussion activity for my Spanish II’s. It works well with El Nuevo Houdini, since the verb “to drive” and the driving theme…
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Caperucita Roja
I wrote this version of Little Red Riding Hood last year as a preterite practice for my students. It includes comprehension questions and a follow-up grammar activity that focuses on the verb forms. Sherry in PA found the activity on my website http://www.martinabex.com and created an ActivInspire Flipchart to accompany it. Her website also has super…
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Horizontal Conjugation
My second year Spanish students need some practice distinguishing between subjects with their verb forms (subject/verb agreement), so I modified and typed up one of my student’s free writes (work smarter, not harder, right?) for a good ol’ horizontal conjugation practice. What is a horizontal conjugation? A horizontal conjugation is a perspective re-write. It is…
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Jelly Bean Art
Again, nothing to do with Spanish…but this is just too cool to pass up! Does the background look familiar? That’s right, folks–the background images are made entirely of JELLY BEANS. The original article that I read about the video appeared in the Social Times, and I used it to develop a reading for my students.…
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El Día de los Veteranos
Here is an article that my students read on Veteran’s Day…sorry for not posting it sooner!! Save it away for next year, or use it whenever. I like it because there are many cognates, making it easy to understand, and it is in the past tense, which is what we are working on in Spanish…
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El Nuevo Houdini
Class novels make the BEST long-term sub plans. I have to give a HUGE shout out to Carol Gaab for the amazing teacher’s manual that she wrote to accompany her equally amazing novel, El nuevo Houdini. My 2A students will be reading the past-tense version of the novel (the novel includes two versions: one present…
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Ghost Stories Part II
Thank you so much to Emily Baker at Barlett High School for sharing the reading that she made about ghosts in Anchorage! I adapted it only to include some of the target structures that we’ve worked on so far this year. I am so excited that I now have a ghost reading for my students…
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Carrie, la perrita bailarina
I have used this video for several years now. Below, I posted the basic lesson plan that I first used for a 45-minute class period. Since then, I’ve expanded it quite a bit by adding more readings, songs, and reading activities. You can download the new plans here. They include four readings, two songs, a reading interview…
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