Tag Archives: música

Paul McCartney in Mexico

Posted on May 11, 2012 by spanishplans

I love the Beatles and it was a thrill to see Paul McCartney rock out Chicago last summer at Wrigley Field. Since then, Paul has stopped at a few Hispanic countries including taking his “On the Run” tour to México. … Continue reading →

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De Que Me Sirve La Vida

Posted on April 10, 2012 by spanishplans

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post about “Tengo Tu Love,” today we listened to Camila’s song “De que me sirve la vida,” a single from their 2010 album “Dejarte de Amar.” It worked as a great activity for students to … Continue reading →

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Canciones de Sie7e and Camila

Posted on April 9, 2012 by spanishplans

Today in class, we started with the song “Tengo tu love” by Puerto Rican artist Sie7e (Siete). To start off, I had the students listen to the song and try to write down any names of Spanish or English language … Continue reading →

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Music Bulletin Board

Posted on March 14, 2012 by spanishplans

In conjunction with one of my recent assignments, which students seemed to enjoy, I decided to put up a new bulletin board on the theme of music. I play música quite a bit in my classes and dedicating a tablón … Continue reading →

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Exploring Spanish

Posted on March 6, 2012 by spanishplans

We often listen to Spanish music in my classroom. As students come into class and start on their bellwork or as they are working on certain activities, I will frequently have the CD player with some Juanes or Jesse & … Continue reading →

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¿Con quién se queda el perro?

Posted on December 12, 2011 by spanishplans

Ya que el nuevo disco de los hermanos mexicanos, Jesse y Joy, logró ser disco de oro en su primera semana, presentamos las letras del disco, ¿Con quién se queda el perro? en menos de 90 palabras. Usando “Wordle.net“, pusimos … Continue reading →

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Song for La Casa Vocabulary

Posted on November 9, 2011 by spanishplans

As I was sitting thinking about different activities to use for the unit on La Casa in my Spanish 1 class, the song “El Edificio” by Bacilos came up on my music player. What a perfect song! This song has … Continue reading →

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Jesse y Joy Corre

Posted on October 5, 2011 by spanishplans

¡Corre! por Jesse y Joy Letras de la canción “Corre” de Jesse & Joy, which was released October 5th. Their new album, ¿Con quién se queda el perro? will be released October 25th December 6th. Their third album follows the … Continue reading →

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Jesse y Joy

Posted on May 26, 2011 by spanishplans

One of my favorite Latin artists to listen to, Jesse & Joy, brother and sister duo from México City, are a hit with my Spanish students. Their music is extremely catchy and very easy to understand, especially for beginning level … Continue reading →

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Mana Drama y Luz

Posted on May 18, 2011 by spanishplans

I took the lyrics from Maná’s new album “Drama y Luz” and created a wordle. If you’ve never used wordle before, you can paste in text and it creates a word cloud of the most common words. You can have … Continue reading →

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