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This upper novice/low intermediate-level lesson stays in the present tense but deepens students' vocabulary knowledge about technology in French, while also introducing expressions of frequency. Includes speaking and writing activities. Objectives include: •Get familiarized with the names of technologies in French •Talk about different types of technology and their use in your life •Use expressions of frequency to express how often you use different types of technology •Talk about technological

This novice/low intermediate-level lesson stays in the present tense and includes speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. Rooms of the house and furniture, comparatives, and some demonstratives (este, esta, estos) are included, as well as a review of adjectives. Lesson objectives include: •Describir los cuartos de una casa •Hacer y contestar preguntas sobre casas, cuartos y muebles •Comparar y contrastar diferentes tipos de casas y cuartos •Empezar a usar los demostrativos para signifi

This intermediate-level lesson about environmental impacts and solutions includes speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. It introduces the present subjunctive in phrases like "Es importante que...". Lesson objectives include: • Hablar de la importancia del medio ambiente • Describir acciones importantes de hacer para proteger el medio ambiente • Presentar y defender recomendaciones para reducir nuestro impacto sobre el medio ambiente

This lesson about the months of the year uses an original recording of a traditional song as well as cultural references to get your students learning and using the months. Includes speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Objectives include: * List the months of the year in Spanish * Get familiar with some cultural events that happen in each month in the Spanish-speaking world * Talk about your preferences for months of the year and when birthdays are If you have any trouble with the file, th

This novice/low intermediate-level lesson stays in the present tense and introduces travel vocabulary, while also working on students' speaking, reading, and writing skills. Objectives include: Get familiar with a few traditional sayings in Spanish Describe what you like to do on vacation Talk and write about what you plan to do on vacation Use cognates to help understand a text Decide on sites to see and transportation methods based on a text Get familiar with some famous places in Mexico City

In this intermediate/advanced lesson, students build on their existing knowledge of travel vocabulary and explore the ideas of ecotourism and how it is culturally and environmentally responsible, using a reading, a video, and an included worksheet. Objectives, strategies, and activities in this lesson include: •Hablar de nuestras preferencias para viajes •Conocer el concepto del ecoturismo y sus principios •Leer y escuchar para encontrar información específica •Sugerir ideas para reducir nuestro

In this intermediate lesson about arts, students learn the difference between the preterite and imperfect as they gain experience reading and talking about personal experiences in the past. The readings focus on artisans in Mexico and one young artist/designer's inclusion of her local Oaxacan culture in her designs. Objectives, strategies, and activities in this lesson include: • Hablar del arte y de nuestras preferencias del arte • Hacer y contestar preguntas sobre el pasado usando el pretérito

This novice/low intermediate-level lesson stays in the present tense and includes speaking, listening, research, and presentation skills. Travel, direct object pronouns, and gusta/gustaría are included. Lesson objectives include: Ask and answer questions about traveling Explain reasons Compare people’s preferences about travel Review activities that people do Exchange information about people and activities

This slide deck contains cultural activities relating to the origin and location of U.S. Latino populations. Get your students reading, analyzing, and speaking in Spanish with these interactive activities. Objectives: Culture: To learn where in the United States more Latinos live and where their families originated. Language: To scan Spanish-language texts for numbers and names of places and nationalities. Analysis: To compare percentages and compare with predicted information.

A cute beginning/intermediate reading in Spanish about a shepherd boy, selected from the national curriculum of Guatemala, with activities and pictures to make it comprehensible to second language learners. Comprehension questions are included in both English and Spanish to give you options with your students. Graphic organizer in Spanish is included. Objectives: Identify some people, animals, and events in a story; Use a graphic organizer to identify key information in a story; Contrast what pe

This intermediate-level lesson about environmental impacts and solutions focuses on speaking and listening skills. It introduces formal commands (regulars and irregulars) with usted and ustedes. Cultural information about Mexico City is included. Objectives include: • Conocer vocabulario relacionado con el medio ambiente y problemas medioambientales • Ofrecer soluciones para estos problemas usando mandatos formales • Usar la información de un video para crear sugerencias con mandatos

This novice/low intermediate-level lesson stays in the present tense and includes speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. Rooms of the house and furniture, comparatives, and some demonstratives (este, esta, estos) are included, as well as a review of adjectives. Lesson objectives include: • Descrever os cômodos da casa • Fazer e responder perguntas sobre casas, cômodos e os móveis • Comparar e contrastar diferentes tipos de casas y cômodos • Começar a usar os demonstrativos para signif

This novice/low intermediate-level lesson stays in the present tense and introduces weather vocabulary, while also working on students' listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Parts of it can be used and reused in a calendar talk! Objectives include: Say what the weather is, what weather you like, and what you do in different weather conditions Identify details about weather and seasons in an audio description Read a weather forecast in French and say what the weather is going to be

In this intermediate/advanced lesson, students build their knowledge of vocabulary related to social and environmental issues and use formal commands to make recommendations for solutions. Focuses on reading and speaking activities. Objectives, strategies, and activities in this lesson include: •Hablar de causas importantes •Describir acciones que es importante hacer para tener un buen impacto en el mundo •Dar recomendaciones para hacer un buen impacto en el mundo •Presentar las recomendaciones;

This novice/low intermediate-level lesson stays in the present tense and introduces weather vocabulary, while also working on students' listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Parts of it can be used and reused in a calendar talk! Objectives include: Say what the weather is, what weather you like, and what you do in different weather conditions Identify details about weather and seasons in an audio description Read a weather forecast in Spanish and say what the weather is going to be

This upper novice/low intermediate-level lesson stays in the present tense but deepens students' vocabulary knowledge about technology in Spanish, while also introducing expressions of frequency. Includes speaking and writing activities. Objectives include: •Familiarizarse con nombres de aparatos tecnológicos en español •Hablar de diferentes tipos de tecnología y su uso en su vida •Usar expresiones de frecuencia para expresar con qué frecuencia usas diferentes tipos de tecnología •Hablar de pref

This novice or intermediate-level lesson for English language learners introduces daily routine vocabulary and gets students using it in listening, speaking, and writing. Includes strategies about comparing and contrasting. Objectives: •Review saying what time of day you do things •Identify the names of some daily routine activities •Listen for a main point and a few details •Talk about how frequently people do things •Compare and contrast information •Describe your daily routine

This intermediate or advanced-level lesson for English language learners deepens technology and education vocabulary and helps students go beyond surface-level comprehension to apply strategies, make predictions and support conclusions with evidence from the text, develop notetaking skills, and use appropriate tools to assist their writing process in English. Includes reading, writing, and speaking activities. Objectives: •Express opinions, agreement, and disagreement •Consider pros and cons of

This novice or intermediate-level lesson for English language learners introduces vocabulary for colors and personality to help students find information by reading, apply strategies of cognates and related words to understand and communicate more in English, and agree and disagree. Includes speaking, reading, and writing activities. Objectives: • Talk about personality• Talk about colors and their emotional energies• Use cognates as a strategy to understand more words in English• Express agreem

This intermediate-level lesson for English language learners introduces vocabulary for technologies and expression of frequency to help students describe how they use different types of technology in their lives. Includes speaking and writing activities, as well as audio for listening. Objectives: Get familiarized with the names of technologies in English Talk about different types of technology and their use in your life Use expressions of frequency to express how often you use different types