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 to create databases of amazing resources. Check them out. Consider it like the old penny tray: Leave one, take one. While we all benefit from the vast resources that are currently available, we would benefit even more if every teacher who used a resources also left one of their own.
General Databases:
MovieTalk Database: In search of a video to use as a movietalk? Want to target specific structures? As of right now, they are 180 entries (and growing). Will you be the one to make it 181?
MovieTalk Database 2: Another list of nearly 100 videos.
Authentic Resources Database: The bottom tab separates the languages, and each page features links to an authentic resource along with an activity.
Target Structures Database: Structures for multiple languages along with ready to use lesson plans.
Transcription Databases:
Spanish Commercials: Find a comercial on youtube
Spanish Recipe Tutorials: Using cooking tutorials from youtube, students can complete cloze activities and rewrite the recipe in their own steps
If you have other databases to share, please add them in the comments and we will add them to this post. If you’ve got an idea for one, start your own!
A shout out to Martina Bex, whose “Eight Days of Hanukkah” encouraged many teachers to add to these database.
I like using this image to challenge my students to how many scoops they will use. We talk about the metaphor that the more scoops your ice cream cone has, the better it will be. The more language they use on their performance tasks, the more language they are showing me they can use. This also involves a bit of risk taking as well. The more scoops you stack, your cone may become a bit more wobbly, but it is worth the risk because you are going to have more ice cream. You may end up with some ice cream around your mouth as it may get a little “messy”, but it is worth it! If you are only going to use 1 scoop, it might be very stable, but not at all rewarding.
My students get a chance to “travel” through the literature they read. Discover new places. Understand different cultures. Empathize with characters. See themselves in different people. 
SpanishPlans.org 
