Yates Languages

Incorporate Valentine's Day in your French class with this packet! Instead of just the typical word search and crossword puzzles (though those are included, as well), students will learn expressions to write and read love letters, read about the history of French, all in French, listen to classic pop love songs, and so much more. 12 activities, 2 project options, and a quiz: A lot is packed into 24 pages!Activities include:A story about the history of Valentine's day written all in French, with

Hello! As students are sometimes challenged to retain what they have read, I have to often teach (and reteach) how to take notes. Cornell Notes, invented by Cornell, do this very easily. My first page of the two-page PDF is an explanation of what each section does, and how I use it in World Language classes, but I suggest any class that employs reading should not only use this reading/notes strategy but uses it consistently. The second page is a template of the Cornell Notes. I recommend you g

This is a Spanish book of 28 Enrichment Activities that students can learn on their own, based around the ACTFL skill level of Novice-High. I made this for my own students to use during the Coronavirus period of 2020. My name is Audrey Yates, and I have a MA in Translation and Interpreting, plus a BA in Spanish and French Education, with 12 years of teaching experience and previously 2.5 years of editing, writing, and otherwise managing the creation of material in Spanish and French. I am a solo

Here's a 43-slide PowerPoint, with transitions, on how to conjugate regular (and present tense) Spanish verbs--including -AR, -ER, and -IR conjugations. If it has irregular conjugation rules, it is not included in this presentation. This presentation was carefully curated to slowly teach conjugations, bit by bit. I can confidently say that a student with good English reading skills would be able to teach themselves this content through this PowerPoint, although learning in the Spanish classroom

This is a 66-slide PowerPoint presentation of very common expressions one uses along with the imperfect tense in Spanish ( el imperfecto). You can maintain all in Spanish while introducing common pastimes, thanks to the images. It includes: 3 places36 toys, pets, and related objects11 verbal actions representing common pastimes15 imperfect adverbial expressionsEach slide either asked a question to get the students to use the vocabulary from that slideAnimations for the object, the definition, an

This is a 17-slide PowerPoint presentation that would allow the teacher to focus on B.A.G.S. adjectives in French (adjectives that focus on Beauty, Age, Goodness, and Size). The PowerPoint begins with a quick review of what an adjective does and how to identify it, then introduces the B.A.G.S. adjectives. There is one slide for each category, including a list of adjectives that meet that category, in addition to practice translations. This would be a great supplement to a textbook introduction o

Getting students to maintain speaking the target language you are teaching is always a challenge. It is THE challenge every day. Games are a great way to get everyone's attention and involvement--a great opportunity to capitalize on student motivation. When I have students play games with a communicative purpose, it is handy for them to have a ready-made handout to refer to, with the most common expressions they would use (or shout out) while playing board or card games, or even charades. (For h