Tom Alsop's Creative Teaching Tools
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Fishers, Indiana, United States
About the store
I studied Spanish at Marian University in Indianapolis where I earned my BA in Spanish Literature. I did graduate work at Indiana University in Bloomington where I received a Master of Arts degree in Spanish Literature. I am a former middle school and high school Spanish teacher spending much of my career at Ben Davis HS, Indianapolis, IN. I have also taught Spanish at Butler University, Franklin College and WL Teaching Methods at Marian University and Franklin College. I have directed Spanish teacher summer immersion programs for WorldStridesds and traveled with teacher groups to Spain, Mexico and Cuba. While teaching at the middle school and high school levels I traveled with 30 student groups to Mexico and Spain.
I have been a long time writer of supplemental language materials for Teacher's Discovery, Carlex, Gessler, J. Weston Walch and NTC. I also have printed books available on Amazon.
I have an Apple Podcast - Tom's World Language Café - a radio show. Lots of fun!
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Bundle 15 - Don Quijote-Drama de 4 Actos, La Ruta de Don Quijote
Don Quijote de la Mancha-Un Drama de cuatro actos is a dramatic reader that focuses on some of the most important scenes from the novel. Lots of neat dialogue appropriate to late level one, second year, early third year of Spanish. La Ruta de Don Quijote is a fun reader activity book highlighting the important sites mentioned by Cervantes in the novel. A truly fun and highly cultural book to complement the drama book. Suitable for late level one, two and early level three Spanish. All books are
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Spanish
¡Hola Guadalajara! 280 Speaking Activities for Spanish Class!
¡Hola Guadalajara! 280 Speaking Activities for Spanish Class! Chat with the locals! Live in Guadalajara as a student from the USA while you engage in lively and short conversations about topics at 70 places in Guadalajara. Some of the topics include: Voy a tomar el camión, Voy a tomar un refresco, Me gusta el pollo asado, ¿Cuánto pesas? Voy al cine, ¿Qué es un tope? ¡Taxi, taxi! Voy a pasearme en calandria, ¿Qué es un trianguis? Voy a la taquería, ¿Quién es Orozco? Me duele la mue-
9th - 11th
Spanish
Also included in: Bundle 10 / Speaking Activities
La Ruta de Don Quijote
Take your students to La Mancha with Cervanates, Don Quijote and Sancho Panza at your side! Students will learn about the Route of Don Quijote using photos and activities to enrich the cultural elements presented in each chapter. The Spanish towns are real. Cervantes, Don Quijote and Sancho Panza are doing the route in a rented car in 2005, the year of the four-hundred year celebration, Cuarto Centenario, to celebrate the publication of the first part of Don Quijote in 1605. They visit the w
10th - 12th
Spanish, Speaking & Listening
Also included in: Bundle 15 - Don Quijote-Drama de 4 Actos, La Ruta de Don Quijote
70 Juegos / Ta-Te-Ti
Have fun with Ta-Te-Ti!!! Students will love playing these exciting Tic-Tac-Toe games. There are 70 games that cover verbs, vocabulary, pronouns, Mexican culture, Spanish culture, South American culture, conversation, situations and drawing!!!The review section follows the 70 Ta-Te-Ti games. Students will have fun doing the 51 review games in the formats of crossword puzzles, word searches, word combination, hidden words and much more!! These review games are not Ta-Te-Ti but rather a wide v
8th - 11th
Grammar, Spanish, Vocabulary
101 Ideas for Spanish Club
Let your students and club officers plan club activities. Just give them the Idea page and let them go to work! Lots of fun! 101 Ideas!!! You can rest for a while! ENOUGH IDEAS TO LAST YOU FOR A LONG WHILE! Use the variety of ideas in this book to plan activities for your Spanish Club. Charts help you organize committees, materials and other needed items. Decide on the goal of the activity, where to hold the event, time needed to plan, and a target date. A review rating for each acti
7th - 10th
Dance, Spanish
Also included in: Bundle 7 / Lesson Planning
¡Vamos al Mercado!
Vamos al Mercado! Follow Manolo as he shops in one of the largest markets in Mexico, the Mercado de San Juan de Dios en Guadalajara, Mexico. Learn about an array of products that are sold in a market: sombreros, sarapes, comida, ropa, and much more. Students role-play as Manuel bargains with the vendors to get a lower price. Totally authentic! Manuel bargains and buys a gorra (Chivas), uniforme (Chivas), a cartera, hierbas for a stom-ach and headache, a playera, bolsa, a cajeta de Celaya, gafas
7th - 11th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Drama, Spanish, Speaking & Listening
Also included in: Bundle 14 / Mexican Culture
Las Aventuras De Don Quijote De La Mancha / Un Drama De Cuatro Actos
Save money! No need for a class set! Yes this digital file to share with your students on their tablets or make copies to use as a reproducible reader! This communicative reader is comprised of a play of four acts that are entirely in Spanish! Each act consists of three scenes. Each scene contains pre-reading, reading and post reading activities. What is really exciting about this reader, based on EL QUIJOTE, is that it is done in the style of a play to make the reading more exciting to b
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Drama, Reading, Spanish
Also included in: Bundle 15 - Don Quijote-Drama de 4 Actos, La Ruta de Don Quijote
Los Invencibles
Los InvenciblesSave money! Use this reproducible reader / digital file to make copies or project and / or share the digital book with you class. No need to buy expensive class sets! Tom’s wife, Jill, a former middle-school Spanish teacher, is Tom’s co-author on this book. Tom and Jill have included pictures of their adventure to find authentic photos from Madrid to include in this book. Students will love reading and acting out this hilarious action play - reader for level one high school or
7th - 11th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Reading, Spanish, Vocabulary
Also included in: Bundle 13 / Readers / Spanish culture
124 Technology Based Portfolio Activities for the World Language Classroom
Suitable for all world languages. Students will have great fun doing these 40 tech based projects. Students complete the theme page you select and then do a project that includes several of these: making a powerpoint, audio recordings in Garage Band, a video for YouTube, Text Messages, Facebook, Facetime, Tweets, Skype, and much more! Theme pages include vocabulary, grammar, culture and places to communicate.
7th - 11th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Grammar, Vocabulary, World Languages
Also included in: Bundle 8 / Fun with techie activities!
Muévete
Welcome to the world of kinesthetic learning. Students are to get-up and move around the classroom while participating in fun and meaningful activities using Spanish. There are twenty-six kinesthetic activities. Each activity has two pages: the first is the Vamos a Movernos instructions page and the second, Más actividades, provides related speaking and writing activities for the students. In-class activities include a soccer game, a basketball game, a rock song, rowing a boat, lifting wei
7th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Spanish, Speaking & Listening
Also included in: Bundle 7 / Lesson Planning
Grammar Tutoring in Pairs for Level One Spanish Classes
Your beginning students and early second year will love this fun way to improve their Spanish grammar. Choose one student to tutor the other. All students in the class work in pairs. Review articles, interrogative words, weather, time of day, AR, ER, IR verbs in the present and past tense, noun-adjective agreement, negative expressions, gustar, stem-changing verbs, pronouns, reflexive verbs, commands, and more. After the tutoring session, students complete a self-assessment to provide the tea
7th - 10th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Grammar, Spanish
Also included in: Bundle 11 / Spanish Grammar Levels One and Two
Bundle 14 / Mexican Culture
This Bundle includes these activities books: 1. Fotocultura Mexicana2. Me Gusta, No Me Gusta3. 87 Modismos MexicanosBooks highlight the state of Jalisco, Guanajuato and many culture via Mexican modismos. There are lots of fun activities including skits, songs, TV commercials and many others. These books are suitable for Levels 1, 2 and 3.
8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing
Bundle 13 / Readers / Spanish culture
Save money! Use this reproducible reader / digital file to make copies or project and / or share the digital book with you class. No need to buy expensive class sets! Bundle 13 includes one reader and one activity book with lots of Spanish culture. The first is about El Cid / national hero of Spain. It is a short novel about El Cid and some of his most important deeds and battles! The second book, Mensajes de Texto Desde Madrid is an activity book with loads of everyday culture about Madri
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Reading, Spanish, Vocabulary
Bundle 12 / Readers / Romance
Bundle 12 includes the readers El Torero y La Estudiante and Rosa y Fabián! The El Torero y La Estudiante Activity Book is also included in this bundle. All is in Spanish! Suitable for TPRS and CI enthusiasts!Suitable for second semester first year and early second year Spanish classes.
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Reading, Spanish, Vocabulary
Bundle 11 / Spanish Grammar Levels One and Two
Bundle 12 Spanish grammar includes: 1. Fun Spanish Grammar Activities2. ¡Hola! First Year Spanish Plain and Simple3. 85 No, No, No, NosThese books are suitable for Levels one and two Spanish classes.
7th - 10th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Grammar, Spanish, Vocabulary
Bundle 10 / Speaking Activities
Bundle 10 includes these four books / products: 1. Vamos a Conversar2. Speaking Activities for Any Day of the Week3. Moviemaking for the Spanish Classroom4. ¡Hola, Guadalajara! 280 Speaking ActivitiesThese books are suitable for Levels one and two.
7th - 11th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Spanish, Vocabulary, World Languages
Bundle 9 / Readers - Imaginación, Fantasmas en el Metro, La Casa Encantada
Bundle 9 includes these readers for Level One and early level Two Spanish: 44 Fantasías en MiniaturaFantasmas en el Metro de MadridLa Casa EncantadaThese books are suitable for Levels one and two.
8th - 10th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Grammar, Reading, Spanish
Bundle 8 / Fun with techie activities!
Bundle 8 includes these activity books: Vamos a TextearFlipping the Spanish ClassroomGrammar and Culture TweetsThese books are suitable for Levels one and two.
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Grammar, Reading, Spanish
Bundle 7 / Lesson Planning
This bundle includes the World Language Lesson Planner, Spanish Emergency Lesson Plans, 101 Ideas for Spanish Club, Snappy Spanish Starters and Múevete. These books are suitable for Levels one, two and advanced. The World Language Teacher Creative Lesson Planner can be used with French, German and Italian classes.
7th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Spanish
Bundle 6 / Cultura Cubana
This bundle includes two books: Emociones Cubanas and Gestos Cubanos. It also includes a digital Poster Set - Emociones Cubanas. These books and posters are suitable for all levels as cultural enrichment.
7th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Grammar, Spanish, Speaking & Listening
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About the store
Experience
I studied Spanish at Marian University in Indianapolis where I earned my BA in Spanish Literature. I did graduate work at Indiana University in Bloomington where I received a Master of Arts degree in Spanish Literature. I am a former middle school and high school Spanish teacher spending much of my career at Ben Davis HS, Indianapolis, IN. I have also taught Spanish at Butler University, Franklin College and WL Teaching Methods at Marian University and Franklin College. I have directed Spanish teacher summer immersion programs for WorldStridesds and traveled with teacher groups to Spain, Mexico and Cuba. While teaching at the middle school and high school levels I traveled with 30 student groups to Mexico and Spain.
I have been a long time writer of supplemental language materials for Teacher's Discovery, Carlex, Gessler, J. Weston Walch and NTC. I also have printed books available on Amazon.
I have an Apple Podcast - Tom's World Language Café - a radio show. Lots of fun!
Teaching style
My teaching style is one that allows students to actively participate in class. I love teaching Spanish and especially enjoy creating fun and user-friendly activities for students. For me the best part is to teach language and culture so that students can have authentic experiences. I love student-centered classrooms. I also love risk-taking while teaching Spanish!
Awards & shining teacher moments
Some of my past honors / awards:
IFLTA Teacher of the Year
Indiana AATSP Teacher of the Year
Ben Davis HS and Wayne Township Teacher of the Year
Rockefeller Fellowship
Lilly Teacher Creativity Fellowship
Golden Apple Technology Award
ACTFL Nelson Brooks Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Culture
AATSP Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica Board as Regional Director / Vice-president, President and Director of Technology
Past President of IFLTA and twice President of the Indiana AATSP
Member of the CSCTFL Board of Directors
IFLTA - AATSP Salón de Enseñanza y Servicio
CSCTFL Founders Award
My own education history
Bachelor of Arts in Spanish - Marian University - Indianapolis
Masters of Arts in Spanish Literature - Indiana University - Bloomington, Studied at Javeriana University in Bogotá, Colombia
Additional biographical information
I am blessed with a wonderful wife, Jill, and two awesome kids, Dan and Nicole. Jill is a retired middle-school Spanish teacher. Dan is a Spanish professor at Franklin College. Nicole is a hospital administrator for Community Hospitals of Indiana. We have three grandkids - Cooper, Tristan and Tinsley - ages 11, 9 and 7.
Dan's wife, Sara, is also a Spanish professor at Franklin College.
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