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A Letter from Miami: A Telenovela
Students create their own telenovelas. For this telenovela lesson, students use the graphic organizer to work in groups and create a telenovela based on the mysterious letter.
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The Latin Rhythms of “Despacito”
When you hear the first few beats of "Despacito," the unrivaled Latin pop hit of 2017, you can't keep your feet from moving! A music analysis lesson plan examines the intoxicating hit by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee and introduces the...
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Counting in Espanol
Students identify the Spanish numbering system from 1-10 and create a mini-book of the numbers. Students compare the English numbers to the Spanish numbers.
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El Museo Del Prado Challenge
Pupils discover the role of art in Spanish culture. Using a CD-ROM, they complete questions on a worksheet in groups. They research information about famous Spanish painters and world museums. Competing against other groups of...
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Diversiones Culturales - Artistas
Pupils use resources provided in the library to research an artist who has impacted their area of art. They then take their information and create a PowerPoint presentation and translate the Spanish for the class so they are all...
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Child's Play: Loter¿¿a Game
Students review and define ten Spanish vocabulary words from previous lessons, practice communicating ideas by generating descriptions for items in Spanish using prior knowledge, synonyms, circumlocution, and dictionaries, and play...
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Short E Word Practice
In this short e word practice worksheet, students will cut and glue final letters to make short e words that begin with m, b, p, j, l , and w.
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Social Studies: The Black West
Students assess the influence of African Americans in the western United States from the sixteenth century to the present. They examine the Black-Spanish heritage, slavery and freedom on the frontier, along with African American...
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The Mexican-American Influence on the United States
Students examine the influences of the Hispanic groups from Mexico, Cuba and Puerto Rico. In groups, they research the history of Mexico and read excerpts from a book in Spanish to practice their vocabulary. To end the lesson, they...
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Recuerdos De Mis Vacaciones Mexicanas.
Young scholars are presented with five items found in a suitcase to reflect upon the experience of a Mexican vacation. They use realia to produce a journal entry about one of the objects and its uses. The item is then brought to the...
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Lesson Plan: Immigration: A Case Study on Multiple Perspectives and Diverse Formats
As part of a case study of U.S. immigration during the first part of the 20th century, class members examine a variety of primary sources that present multiple perspectives of the responses of those in favor of immigration and those...
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Let's Investigate Mars
Take your science class on a hypothetical field trip to Mars with an engaging astronomy instructional activity. After first learning about NASA's Mars rover missions, young scientists plan their own scientific investigations of Earth's...
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Deportes en Espana
Ninth graders use the internet to research sports in Spain. Using the information they gather, they identify cognates and use them to guess the meanings of words they are unsure of. They use a news article to illustrate on their...
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Skippyjon Jones Lesson Plan
Students meet an imaginative Siamese kitten pretends to be a Chihuahua when he is in time-out. In this Skippyjon Jones lesson plan, students develop an understanding of different cultures. They understand different dialects and...
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The Voices of Slavery
Fourth graders recognize and can describe the settlers of Early America. In this American colonies lesson, 4th graders research using primary and secondary sources, Native Americans, Europeans, and African Americans role in the colonies....
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Island of the Blue Dolphins Jigsaw
Fourth graders research three topics from the book, either Village Life, Sea Life, or San Nicholas Island. They research independently and meet in a jigsaw format to share what they learned. As group they create a poster for class...
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New Shoes for Sylvia
First graders explore reading comprehension by analyzing a story in class. In this story structure lesson, 1st graders read the book New Shoes for Sylvia and discuss the character and her dilemma in the story. Students answer study...
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Exploring Strategic Competency
Students practice using the English language to help them in instances where they have differing opinions. They practice paraphrasing language.
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Slap It
Young scholars match the written form of a letter of an alphabet (German, Spanish, English, etc.) with the letter's pronunciation.
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Ojal??
Students listen to the song and fill in the lyrics on a worksheet. They translate the meaning of the song into English. They concentrate on the correct verb tenses in the song. This activity is used as a warm up for a verb Spanish...
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Los Artistas Hispanos (Hispanic Artists)
Learners research Hispanic artists. They complete a handout about their artist. Students brainstorm a list of vocabulary relating to the theme of art. Learners choose one work of art by each artist studied, and copy these for the paper...
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In A Station Of The Metro And A Pact
Young scholars are exposed to two different works of poetry in order to complete a task of comparing and contrasting them. They analyze the poem and identify the juxtaposition. The analysis is compiled by them to make a class report of it.
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Preterite Forms of -AR, -ER, -IR Verbs
Students explore how to form the preterite forms of regular -AR, -ER, and -IR verbs. They complete a variety of written task in which they write the correct preterite forms of the verbs. Students complete a worksheet finding the correct...
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Pronunciation of Initial /s/ Consonant Clusters
Students comprehend how to produce these pronuciation features, recognize the various blends of initial /s/, hear the sounds, produce them correctly when thinking about it, and practice correct pronunciation to be comprehended by others.