Language Explosion

This document is a simple Interpretive Listening activity using a Spanish weather report on Hurricane Ian (September 2022). The questions are geared to the Novice Level but can be adapted for more advanced students. Students should have a previous knowledge of weather vocabulary, numbers, and cognates. An answer key and a possible rubric are included.

This document is a set of activities and worksheets to learn about the Spanish-speaking countries in South America. For each country, there is: 1) a list of unusual words that can be used to play a guessing game like Balderdash (with instructions for the game at the beginning of the document), with definitions of each word written in English; 2) a worksheet with unusual or interesting facts (written in English) about that country along with an answer key for the worksheet; 3) a list of some famo

This Novice level Interpretive Listening activity takes about 15 minutes to complete. Students watch a 4 minute video in French and answer comprehension questions related to the dialogue, including a question asking for cultural observations. The 6 page document includes: - the student version of the worksheet / assessment, - an answer key for the teacher, - a transcript of the video used along with a link to the video, and - a simple rubric with a suggested grading scale. The video used for

The text for this activity is a page from an authentic calendar in Spanish. The activity is best suited for students at a Novice Low level who are learning dates (months, days of the week) but could also be used for a quick review activity. This activity is primarily an Interpretive Reading activity but also includes a short dialogue for Interpersonal Speaking and a possible Presentational Writing evaluation (for a Novice learner). An answer key is included for the Interpretive Reading section.

This is an Interpretive Reading activity using a Safe Kids flyer in Spanish. The focus is on house vocabulary. A rubric is included for grading.