Maestra D

Introduce Guatemala to your students...this is a great visual. Information about government, food, geography, mayans and more.

Powerpoint to introduce students to Ecuador. Information on culture, gov't, holiday, geography, indigenous population, and more.

Brief introduction to France -- Great for exploratory classes or as an intro to the country and sites/culture.

PowerPoint presentation that describes the Christmas traditions of several spanish-speaking countries.

Quizzes and book test for Blaine Ray's Pobre Ana book. I have included 3 quizzes and 1 final test. These include matching, fill-in-blank, and short answer.

PowerPoint with 27 slides with cultural information on the country.

PowerPoint presentation of the Quinceanera traditions and celebrations. Great visual for students.

Attached are 3 quizzes and 1 test that covers the book Viaje Perdido by Blaine Ray. They consist of True/False, fill-in-the-blank, and short answer questions. There is also a vocabulary list included for words that may not have been learned but are found in the context of the book. Great way to test comprehension.

Powerpoint on the country of Chile. Many pictures, facts about country, geography, culture, food, etc. Great introduction to this country --good visual.

Teach your students about Christmas traditions from around the world, like Germany, France, Italy, China, Kenya, Russia, & Greece. Introduces Hanukkah and Kwanzaa celebrations too.

This allows students to create visual notes as they read through the Pobre Ana book. Great way to check for understanding.

Powerpoint to introduce cultural/government/geographical information of Italy. Great for exploratory class. Awesome as a visual to students.

Project using the internet to have students learn about the way that the holidays are celebrated in different Spanish-speaking countries. Good as a group or individual project. Websites are listed for the different countries.

Power Point review for days of the week, telling the date, and telling the weather. Has students practice answering questions - que dia es hoy?, cual es la fecha?, que tiempo hace? Great as an end of unit review or assessment.

Powerpoint on Greece. Great visual for students. Information on culture, geography, holidays, famous people, and more. Great for an exploratory class.

This is a good partner activity for Level 1 classes. Students can use descriptive adjectives. Students secretly choose a person on the page. Their partner must describe the people on the sheet to guess who their partner chose. This is a great interactive activity that gets them talking

Looking for a fun activity to grab your students' interest...great when learning the food vocab! Here is a list of 30 bizarre foods of Latin America...you can have students search the internet to find out what they are (answers are included). They will be surprised!

Great visual for students as an introduction into the culture of Egypt. Great for an exploratory class.

Reading comprehension with short answer questions.

Pictures to help students decide if the verbs used should be reflexive or not. Good way to have students do a writing activity, oral activity, team points, etc.