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Las Palabras Interrogativas
Cuáles son tus libros? Teach your beginning Spanish speakers how to use interrogative words and form questions. Provide some opportunities for learners to use these new interrogative words in practice.
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Un Viaje a Mexico
Your intermediate or advanced Spanish learners will voyage to Mexico, researching five different cities with this activity. To differentiate instruction, create different requirements for your advanced learners. Consider having them...
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El Modo Subjuntivo
The one-stop shop for teaching the subjunctive! This resource is packed with pertinent information, but its 55 slides are a lot to handle in one sitting. Break it up for your learners and make sure you create a fill-in-the-blank...
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Comparativos y Superlativos
Comparative and superlative adjectives are so simple in Spanish! Help your learners understand the basic principles behind comparisons and then reinforce their learning with practice sentences provided on the last thirteen slides.
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Los Verbos Regulares
¡Vamos a practicar! Your beginning Spanish speakers need this well-organized, interactive PowerPoint to learn how to conjugate regular -ar verbs in the present tense. This resource provides scaffolding, and the slides build on one...
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Preterite -ar verbs 1
Focus on conjugating -ar verbs in the preterite tense. Your beginning Spanish language learners read the 32 sentences provided, filling each sentence's blank with the appropriate word. There are three word choices for each sentence. This...
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Courtesy Words
There are several ways to ask for things, but using certain words is more polite. After introducing your Spanish class to common courtesy words in Spanish, have them complete this practice opportunity.
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Los sustantivos
Your beginning Spanish speakers will learn basic classroom vocabulary with this quick PowerPoint. It introduces the key vocabulary terms, their corresponding gender, and the article for each. The last five slides provide a brief...
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El Mundo Hispano
Welcome to the Spanish-speaking world! Show your learners which countries declare Spanish as their primary language. Included are maps and flags for each Hispanophone country.
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French: One-Sided Telephone Conversations
Allo? Qui est-ce? Hone the listening skills of your Francophiles by simulating telephone conversations. After reviewing basic french telephone expressions (some are included here), they conduct two conversations per day for one week. A...
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Falling into Shapes
Children with special needs participate in several activities to reinforce shape and color recognition. They sign the word leaf, sing a song about leaves, and bounce leaves around on a parachute. They then help the instructor name...
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English Grammar: Part of Speech
An uncountable noun? (Water) The Royal Order of Adjectives? (possession, quantity, quality, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material). Although this presentation on the English parts of speech is designed for language learners, the...
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Visiting Tokyo Disneyland
Students plan a trip to Disneyland in Tokyo. They read the read the research website in Japanese and create a poster in katakana.
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Excursions in Mexico
Students conduct Internet research on excursions in Mexico. They answer questions about places in Mexico, plan an excursion, and prepare a creative project in Spanish.
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The Royal Family
Learners conduct Internet research and answer worksheet questions regarding the Spanish royal family. They list the family members they would like to meet, write Jeopardy answers, and create a family tree or a photo album for their own...
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Muralism, Muralists and Murals
Students examine images of various murals, and conduct Internet research on murals, the muralist movement, and muralists. They discuss themes for a school mural, then create a mural for the school incorporating the themes listed by the...
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A Visit to the Madrid Zoo
Students conduct research on animals by visiting the website for the Madrid Zoo. They locate various animals on the website and answer questions about animals and their habitats in Spanish, then create a poster, advertisement, or a press...
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Musical Traditions of Southern Louisiana
This units gives high schoolers opportunities to * Research the history and patterns of French settlement in Louisiana * Discover three types of music (New Orleans jazz, Cajun, Zydeco) which are representative of the Francophone presence...
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Throwing, Passing and Signing
Football players break stereotypes by taking sign language classes to fulfill university language requirements. Learners read this article, then respond to six comprehension questions that ask who, what, when, where, how, and why.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Happy Birthday, Moon (Asch)
Can you wish the moon a happy birthday? Beginning readers contemplate this as they listen to Frank Asch's book Happy Birthday, Moon, the context for a vocabulary study. There are three words outlined here: chat, echo, and perfectly, but...
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The Art and History of Japanese Calligraphy
Chinese and Japanese calligraphy is beautiful and significant in both culture and tradition. Engage your class in this expressive fine art form through a lesson on using, holding, and creating brush strokes common to Japanese writing...
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Learning 3 - Write the Word
As learners become familiar with single-digit numbers, give them this fun set of activities focused on the number three. Incorporate language arts as they trace the word form and then write it once on their own. Next, counters examine...
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Learning 11 and 12 - Write the Numbers
Make number concepts fun with this party-themed set of activities aimed at familiarizing young counters with 11 and 12. They begin by tracing each numeral before printing it once on their own. Next, learners count a set of balloons and...
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Expressing a Condition with "If"
Before presenting the material to your classes, review different constructions of the conditional tense. This teacher's guide provides several examples and role-play opportunities with your class. Dialogue to build familiarity with the...