La Pollito

This Google slide presentation will introduce students to the African influence in Latin America with a focus on Mexico and Peru. It consists of 11 slides plus further readings slide and it is a detailed lesson. It has an aim, do now, lesson, active engagement, and work time. You can use this resource to talk about current events and/or Black history month. It is a great source to teach students about the term Afro-latino. The link to the PBS video on Black in Latin America is on the slide for

Soy Luna is an Argentinian/Argentine (no one ever agrees) mini-series produced in collaboration with Disney Channel. It has been a big hit in my 6th AND 8th grade classes. The students absolutely love it. I was tired of looking for a lesson that was meaningful and couldn't find anything so I decided to create my own. It includes a synopsis, reading comprehension questions based on a reading, chronological order, who said it?, lexical variations, and description of characters based on thei profes

The verb tener with body parts. In this activity students use their previously learned vocabulary (body parts) to describe Disney's Monster's INC. characters. It is a full lesson with a do now, mini-lesson, active engagement and work time (partner activity) It is a full 40- minute activity, that'll keep students engaged.

This full 40 minute lesson has an aim, do now, mini lesson, active engagement and group work plus an extension assignment. Students describe their favorite class using adjectives and answering interrogative questions in Spanish. I have also included 2 pages of scaffold in full color with models.

This 30 questions benchmark covers four units, travel, pastimes, health and wellness and food unit. 10 Listening questions based on authentic materials. 20 questions based on authentic material using infographics. Rigorous questions that test the ability of any student looking to take the checkpoint A or B. It can also be used as a baseline in the beginning of the year and administered through out the year to measure student growth.

Nine activities students can choose from. Student completes three of the nine activities on the board. They can choose three vertical or diagonal activities but NOT horizontal because the activites are tiered. Level I #1, #2 & #3. Level II #2 #4, #5 & #6 Level III #7, #8 & #9. These activities promote students' autonomy and your students will actually enjoy doing them.

This is a part one of Health and Welfare unit. Students are introduced to body parts and I combined it with leisure time activities (from previous unit) Teacher may use circumlocution or create their own PPT to give students vocabulary for this unit. It's a complete 40- minute lesson, complete with a do now, mini- lesson, active engagement and work time.

This fun PPT has full notes for Spanish nouns, definite and indefinite articles. You can edit it to fit your lesson and add more exercises if you'd like. I used this with my seventh graders and they absolutely loved it.

This is s a writing task practice with a graphic organizer that helps students organize their thoughts before attempting to write in Spanish.

Nouns and articles in Spanish using colorful images. I've incorporated the concept of living and non-living things in three different categories. Nouns that en -o and -a, nouns that end in -or and -ora, and -ma and -ista.

This is a PPT on showing empathy towards others. It has a link to a great video on YouTube to show students how people may be going through situations in their life. Great topic for discussion.

You can open up your vacation unit with this list of vocabulary words.

Students will conduct a research project on the accomplishments and contributions of a notable Hispanic American. Students will choose two (group) or one (individual)  activity/activities listed on the choice board. There is a rubric attached that measures content, grammar, information, neatness and presentation. There is also a student checklist for students to complete before handing-in.

This quiz will test students using the verb gustar and -ar verbs with word box.

Spanish students learn to tell time and use the verb ser