Senora Botts

This 12 page document holds your hand and guides you through an invitation/restaurant skit project for beginning Spanish students. It is designed to be a 6- class period project for students to work in groups, and includes EVERTHING you need for your students to use their Spanish skills in context in an invitation/restaurant situation. It even included required phrases which prompt the students' imagination and helps with repetition. The project packet includes: - Three pages of step-by-step,

This game is a fabulous pair activity game for reviewing vocabulary before a quiz or test, or simply for practice. I learned about it at a conference, so I can't take credit for the idea. - Make enough copies of each page- enough for half of your students to be student A,and the other half to be student B. - The game is played in pairs. Give Student A students their copies, and Student B students their copies (different- no peeking!) - Student A asks his/her partner, Student B, to translate

This 14 page document holds your hand and guides you through a shopping skit project for beginning Spanish students. It is designed to be a 6- class period project for students to work in groups, and includes EVERYTHING you need for your students to use their Spanish skills in context in a shopping/bargaining situation. It even includes required phrases which prompt the students' imagination and helps with repetition. (This skit aligns with Realidades 1: 7A and 7B, but can be modified to meet th

This 12 page document holds your hand and guides you through a city skit project for beginning Spanish students. It is designed to be a 6- 7 class period project for students to work in groups, and includes EVERYTHING you need for your students to use their Spanish skills in context in a travelling situation. It even includes required phrases which prompt the students' imagination and helps with repetition. Please note that this project matches up with Realidades 1 Chapter 8A vocab and grammar,

This PowerPoint presentation introduces Spanish students to the "Carnaval," and makes connections to the well-known "Mardi Gras" celebration. It is a simple and refreshing PowerPoint that includes many colorful and vibrant photos of Mardi Gras, Dominican Carnaval, and Puerto Rican Carnaval masks and costumes. A very refreshing culture lesson, and a nice change from the culture typically seen in textbooks. Please note that you will need to look up the current calendar year's dates for Lent and

This game is a fabulous pair activity game for reviewing vocabulary before a quiz or test, or simply for practice. I learned about it at a conference, so I can't take credit for the idea. - Make enough copies of each page- enough for half of your students to be student A,and the other half to be student B. - The game is played in pairs. Give Student A students their copies, and Student B students their copies (different- no peeking!) - Student A asks his/her partner, Student B, to translate #

This Spanish preterite song helps students learn the regular -ar, and -er/-ir endings in a super fun and efficient way! It is sung to the tune of the Cucaracha, and I have included a karaoke link below so that you can get a feel for how I do it (You can always play it for a student and have him/her to do it for you if you're shy!) Have fun! This purchase comes with a "poster" in Word to project, and you can also print these for students to place in their folders, and or conjugate on a Smartbo