Tag Archives: writing

Engaging Group Activities for Spanish Reading Comprehension

Posted on April 25, 2025 by SpanishPlans

In a Spanish class reading “La Lucha,” students analyzed chapter 6 by identifying 20 significant words. They collaborated in pairs to compare lists, ultimately agreeing on ten key words. This activity promoted deeper understanding of the text and vocabulary through repeated engagement, discussions, and potential follow-up writing assignments using the chosen words. Continue reading →

Posted in reading, TPRS | Tagged chapter summary, class novel, education, farmworkers, group discussion, la lucha, literacy, reading, teaching, teaching strategy, using AI, writing | 3 Comments

Essay in Spanish with Rubric

Posted on February 20, 2019 by SpanishPlans

This past week we finally watched the 3rd video of Senor Wooly’s epic Victor Trilogy (Guapo, La Confesión de Victor, Feo). I also needed to get a summative-type assessment grade in the gradebook, so I decided to try something new … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged prompt, rubric, rubrics, writing | 4 Comments

Alma MovieTalk lesson

Posted on November 27, 2015 by SpanishPlans

My first MovieTalk and I loved it. I used the short animation, Alma, with my first year students and it went great. We were able to use the movie to practice so much language: 1) structures of quiere, puede, mira, … Continue reading →

Posted in iPads, Lesson Plans, Storytelling | Tagged Alma, MovieTalk, retell, speaking, storytelling, writing | 6 Comments

Notecards

Posted on April 14, 2014 by spanishplans

At the end of the year, I go around as students are cleaning out their lockers and am able to collect a lot of packs of notecards. These come in quite handy throughout the school various for various activities. Sometimes, … Continue reading →

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Speaking and Writing Rubrics

Posted on August 23, 2012 by spanishplans

In our last post, we offered a short communication rubric to give to students or hang up in your classroom to motivate students to work at a higher proficiency level. Today, we are posting our Writing and Speaking rubric that … Continue reading →