Tag Archives: TPRS

Yellow Summary

Posted on December 6, 2016 by SpanishPlans

Yellow Summary: A reading strategy for TPRS to get students to re-read with a purpose. Continue reading →

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Celebrity Face Masks

Posted on November 15, 2016 by SpanishPlans

Oh my god, you guys!! Look who visited my class today! I had my fan girl moment as Juanes was part of our class story. We’ve also had visits previously from Beyonce (not Bey-doce or Bey-trece), John Cena, Cristiano Ronaldo, … Continue reading →

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Verb Shout: TPRS Reading Activity

Posted on November 7, 2016 by SpanishPlans

We just finished up our La Llorona Unit, which was our first story in Spanish 1 that we introduced in the past tense. Our prior stories this year were all present tense. Our Llorona story featured the background of the … Continue reading →

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1st semester Spanish

Posted on October 31, 2016 by SpanishPlans

These are the stories that I’ve used in my first semester 8th grade Spanish class (Level 1). Wildebeest Movietalk: Hay, Dice, Ve. Martina Bex has this great Embedded Reading/Movietalk which is a perfect thing to start the year. This lesson … Continue reading →

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Soy Yo by Bomba Estereo

Posted on October 27, 2016 by SpanishPlans

I’m sure by now you’ve heard about this song and video. If not, you’re gonna love it. Here’s how I recently used it in my class: 1. Students work on “Soy Yo” packet by Kara Jacobs. I used 5 pages: … Continue reading →

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Buzz Reading

Posted on October 24, 2016 by SpanishPlans

I use this technique to practice reading. It may involve a lot of re-reading, great for extra repetitions, but the students enjoy its game aspect. I call it Buzz Reading, but other names include Bell Reading. All you need is … Continue reading →

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Making your own CI movies

Posted on May 10, 2016 by SpanishPlans

After my class finished reading the TPRS Publishing novel Esperanza and were working on their final projects, I spent some time playing around with an iPad and ended up making a video for chapter 1. The most useful aid in … Continue reading →

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Fotografia Story and Tener Que Story

Posted on October 27, 2015 by SpanishPlans

We’ve just finished up 2 new stories with you and wanted to share them with you. Our first story is a story about a boy named Miguel who doesn’t like to study; he wants to play video games. But when … Continue reading →