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A unit plan for introducing, practicing, and assessing animal vocabulary in Spanish. The unit is designed to last nine days, with recommendations on how to extend, stretch, and grow the unit. Included are descriptions for each of the days as well as: vocabulary list, several assignments/work sheets/mini-projects (including a zoo webquest sold on TPT for $1.99), a mini-presentation project, and summative assessment with answer key. I often tie this unit together with one on geography/landforms, a

This product includes a list of needed materials and procedures, link to a Google Slides show, link to YouTube video, script to narrate, questions to use in telling the story of Popocatépetl y Iztaccíhuatl, and a list of suggested assessments. While designed to tell the legend to a beginning Spanish class, it would also work quite well with upper levels. The attached file has suggested narration and questions to use while telling the story alongside the Google Slides show; the script is also in

A unit plan for introducing, practicing, and assessing body vocabulary in Spanish. The unit is designed to last twelve days, with recommendations on how to extend, stretch, and grow the unit. Included are descriptions for each of the days as well as: vocabulary list, several assignments/work sheets/mini-projects (including a monster art gallery unit sold separately on TPT for $2.99), a Screencastify Google app project, a formative assessment, and summative assessment with answer key. Links to

A unit plan for introducing, practicing, and assessing house vocabulary in Spanish. The unit is designed to last twelve days, with recommendations on how to extend, stretch, and grow the unit. Included are descriptions for each of the days as well as: vocabulary list, three assignments (including a house hunters activity with authentic Spanish-language real estate listings: sold on TPT for $2.99), a dream house drawing/labeling/speaking project, a formative assessment, and summative assessme

An introductory Spanish presentation project in which students introduce themselves to the class. I use this after finishing chapter 1 of the "Avancemos I" textbook: generally right at the end of the first quarter. A nice summative assessment and review before moving along. Students fill in a question and answer chart to help them format their presentation. Included is a directions sheet and rubric for students, plus rubric sheets for teacher to print out and use during presentations. The r

A unit plan for introducing, practicing, and assessing the numbers 0 through 100 in Spanish. The unit is designed to last seven days, with recommendations on how to extend, stretch, and grow the unit. Included are descriptions for each of the days as well as: vocabulary list, several assignments (including a game sold separately on TPT for $1.99), and summative assessment with suggested script for listening activities. Links to useful websites are included as are mentions of other TPT items tha

A unit plan for introducing, practicing, and assessing family vocabulary in Spanish. The unit is designed to last ten days, with recommendations on how to extend, stretch, and grow the unit. Included are descriptions for each of the days as well as: vocabulary list, several actvities (including an active family ridlle activity sold separately on TPT for $1.99 and a work sheet on a video on the Spanish royal family sold separately on TPT for $1.09), a family tree project with peer editing, a cut

A unit plan for introducing, practicing, and assessing basic food vocabulary in Spanish. The unit is designed to last twelve days, with recommendations on how to extend, stretch, and grow the unit. Included are descriptions for each of the days as well as: vocabulary list, several assignments/work sheets/mini-projects (including a student choice project available TPT for $1.99), an exit ticket that includes a place for studnents to request personalized vocabulary, a formative assessment, and su

Complete lesson covering colors in Spanish: objectives, material, procedures. Tied to Ohio world languages content standards, but easily adaptable to all standards. Can be used in first few levels of Spanish, modified to either introduce or review colors. Active, hands-on practice using paint chips and dry erase boards for students plus a color-by-number and grammar practice work sheet.

A unit plan for introducing, practicing, and assessing school supplies and classroom commands in Spanish. The unit is designed to last nine days, with recommendations on how to extend, stretch, and grow the unit. Included are descriptions for each of the days as well as: links to videos, a project for a school supply store advertisement, a summative assessment with suggested script and answer key as well as study self-assessment. Links to useful websites are included as are mentions of other

A unit plan for introducing, practicing, and assessing the days, months, and seasons in Spanish. The unit is designed to last eight days, with recommendations on how to extend, stretch, and grow the unit. Included are descriptions for each of the instructional days as well as: vocabulary list, two written assignments (including one sold separately for $1.09), and summative assessment with answer key suggested script for listening activity. This is a great resource for new teachers, for subsitute

A unit plan for introducing, practicing, and assessing geography vocabulary in Spanish. The unit is designed to last eight days, with recommendations on how to extend, stretch, and grow the unit. Included are descriptions for each of the days as well as a vocabulary list, several assignments, a project with scoring guidelines, and summative assessment with answer key. Links to useful websites are included as are mentions of other TPT items that can augment and supplement this self-contained u

A unit plan for introducing, practicing, and assessing subject pronouns and -ar present tense verb conjugation in Spanish. Information is included to stretch the unit to include -er/-ir conjugation after student mastery of -ar. The unit is designed to last six days; longer if including -er/-ir. Included are descriptions for each of the days as well as: pronoun notes and practice sheet, hands-on verb conjugation cards (sold on TPT separately for $1.49), formative assessment/exit ticket on pronou

Included here is a lesson plan outline for a 4-day unit on Spain including links to videos, idea for a mini project, some readings, and a summative assessment with answer key. Several extension activities ideas are also included. These lesson plans are designed for a novice classroom, which many of the readings in English. The activities could easily be modified to include more use of the target language. Links updated on 11/17/2024.

A short unit plan for introducing, practicing, and assessing the Spanish alphabet. The unit is designed to last four days, with recommendations on how to extend, stretch, and grow the unit. Included are descriptions for each of the days as well as: links to videos, dictation/listening activity (available separately on TPT for $1.49), listening and verbal quiz options, and more. Links to useful websites are included as are mentions of other TPT items that can augment and supplement this self-con

This document provides activities and a suggested 2-day timeline for instruction for an upper level Spanish class mini unit on the zika virus. Included (4 activities in total): --work sheet of questions tied to a BBC article (in Spanish) on the basics of zika --3 sets of questions tied to two BBC Mundo and one CNN videos (in Spanish) on different aspects of the zika crisis --answer keys Please ensure the following web links are still active PRIOR to purchase: http://www.bbc.com/mundo/video_f

This is a five-day unit to introduce Spanish learners to direct object pronouns. Day one focuses on identifiying direct objects, day two is replacing direct objects with direct object pronouns, day three focuses on word order in sentences with one verb, day four moves to sentences with two verbs, and day five wraps things up with a review exercise. This unit was designed to be used during online learning, but could easily work in a classroom, as well. Included are links to short, unlisted YouT

Notes to teach preterit stem-changers. Can be handed out filled in, used to guide teaching as students write down information, or as guided notes with areas to fill-in (as included as the second page here). I generally start my instruction of preterit stem-changers by having the class brainstorm what they remember about the stem-changers in the present tense. This comparison is good to reference throughout the unit. I have included here a sample of the brainstorming. You can teach this in a