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Tag Archives: authentic resources
De compras class activity
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 I put them to the task of helping me … Continue reading
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Tagged authentic resources, clothing, de compras, ropa, shopping, webquest
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How to print a glossary for a book
In the past, we showed you how to take an entire text and put ALL of the words into a glossary. This is especiallu useful when you’ve written a class story and want to print a small booklet for … Continue reading
Posted in FVR, Uncategorized
Tagged authentic resources, authres, FVR, Glossary, Malala, novel, quien es, Quien fue, Tutorial, youtube
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Authentic Resources sobre La Escuela
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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Tagged authentic resources, authres, back to school, escuela, school
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Dia de la Madre
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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Tagged authentic resources, authres, dia de la madre, dia del padre, holiday, mothers day, padres
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Resources: Day of the Dead and Halloween
It’s October, and if you’re a Spanish teacher that means getting ready for Halloween and the Day of the Dead. We’ve compiled some of the best resources around to give you a one stop shop for great teaching materials. Readings … Continue reading
Posted in Culture
Tagged authentic resources, day of the dead, dia de los muertos, halloween, Spanish readings
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Authentic Instagrams
We are always looking for authentic resources to use in our lessons. Right now, instagram is the social media of choice for students. We found an instagram full of authentic quotes that pertain to students, especially regarding school. What a … Continue reading
Authentic Reading
In my advice unit, I usually have kids write a letter to “Dear Abby” asking for advice. Well, when we happened upon an Advice section from the Mexican teen magazine Tú, we hit the jackpot on authentic readings. We have … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, authentic resources, consejo, Spanish readings, tú
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Teaching Commands through Context
I used to give students a handout of a graphic organizer for making the positive and negative tú commands. I would first go over the rules for making the command form and go over the irregulars with them. Then I … Continue reading
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Tagged authentic, authentic resources, commands, context, graphic organizers, images, mandatos, memes
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Authentic Resources of High Interest Topics
One of our goals this year will be to engage students via their own personal interests. At the beginning of the year we will give students a survey to gauge their interests in a variety of topics including sports, tv, … Continue reading
Using Memes in Spanish
What’s the most important thing in a foreign language class? To give students comprehensible input and show them the language in context. When you can accomplish this and entertain the kids at the same time to keep their interest, you’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged authentic, authentic resources, comida, memes, vocabulary
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