Category Archives: Authentic Resource

Teaching El Cucuy: A Fun Approach for Spanish Learners

Posted on October 28, 2025 by SpanishPlans

Looking for a novel way to teach about the legend of El Cucuy, but don’t want to do the traditional activities of CI? I had to think about how I could get my students to be familiar with the story … Continue reading →

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De compras class activity

Posted on December 12, 2021 by SpanishPlans

This week, as part of the clothing/shopping unit, we went shopping! I had students explore a real Mexican department store and let them browse on their own for a while before giving them the task of helping me look for … Continue reading →

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En el restaurante comic strips

Posted on January 12, 2016 by SpanishPlans

We’ve taken the language out of a few authentic comic strips and used them as a writing assessment for students for students to write the dialogue of ordering at a restaurant. Take this Condorito comic: and then have students write … Continue reading →

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Collaboration

Posted on December 28, 2015 by SpanishPlans

Thanks to the internet, you are never a department of one. The free exchange of ideas and collaboration is rampant on the web, with such social networks as Twitter (#langchat) and Facebook (Spanish Teacher Groups). Google Drive has allowed teachers … Continue reading →

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Authentic Resources for Recetas

Posted on December 13, 2015 by SpanishPlans

If you are looking for some comprehensible input for your food unit using authentic resources, then we’ve got something for you. We’ve transcribed a few authentic cooking tutorials in Spanish from youtube that you can use as listening or interpretive reading … Continue reading →

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English Pop Music in Spanish

Posted on September 8, 2015 by SpanishPlans

What’s better than taking songs that your students already know and enjoy in English and listening to the Spanish version? Your students will be fascinated listening to the Spanish version of Taylor Swift’s Shake it Off or other current popular … Continue reading →

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Authentic Resources sobre La Escuela

Posted on August 3, 2015 by SpanishPlans

These authentic resources are perfect for a school unit in your Spanish class or to use at the beginning of the school year. Check out our experience from working in a Colombian School to compare the US school system with that … Continue reading →

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Dia de la Madre

Posted on May 7, 2015 by spanishplans

At a mall in Quito, Ecuador, the shopping center featured a campaign to promote Dia de la Madre y Dia del Padre with the concept of you better buy your parents something nice because of all they know about you. … Continue reading →

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Spanish Webquest

Posted on April 26, 2015 by SpanishPlans

One of my favorite reasons for using webquests is to have students discover information on their own. I can take a step back and provide any necessary help, but the students are the ones doing all the work. They are … Continue reading →

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Macanudo Comics

Posted on October 6, 2014 by spanishplans

We’ve written numerous times about using comic strips in your foreign language class. It is such a great authentic resource for students to read in context and the text is short enough that you can use it at even beginning … Continue reading →

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