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Imperfect Tense in Spanish: My Favorite Activities

Are you looking for a ready-made pack of activities to teach the imperfect tense in Spanish? These activities are designed to help students master the imperfect tense in less than a week! Overview of Activities These activities typically take two block periods to complete. However, if you choose to integrate them with additional text-based activities, […]

Two Weeks of Beginning Spanish Lessons

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Kick off your Beginning Spanish Lessons with an immersive approach that introduces students to greetings, calendar routines, classroom commands, emotions, and cultural elements through interactive activities, visuals, and real-world practice. Lesson 1 Objectives: Students will work in the interpretive mode. They will learn to understand basic greetings, the calendar, the Pledge of Allegiance, emotions, meeting

Spanish Lessons: Teaching Clothing Vocabulary

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Teaching clothing vocabulary in Spanish is one of my favorite themes. These lessons are fun, interactive, and full of opportunities for immersive comprehensible input and communicative activities. The following plan outlines activities based on a lesson bundle (or curated visuals from stock image sites). Day One: Introduction to Clothing Vocabulary Day Two: Interactive Practice and

Teaching World Languages: Comprehensible Input Vocabulary Quizzes

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Comprehensible Input Vocab Quizzes Comprehensible Input vocab assessments are the perfect way to begin teaching a language to novice students. They learn how to listen, speak, read, and then finally write-the skill we master last. Select six to eight words from the group of words you’d like to teach. Get the visuals for each. Start

Hispanic Heritage Month: My Favorite Activities

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Hispanic Heritage Month is a time of year to celebrate the rich and diverse cultures of the Spanish-speaking world. This special month provides an excellent opportunity to honor the independence days of various Spanish-speaking countries and explore their fascinating traditions, histories, and contributions. Here are some engaging activities to help you celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

Spanish Lessons: Teaching the Present Progressive

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Teaching the present progressive is one of my favorite topics for Spanish lessons. The context allows for a lot of fun activities and engagement. Below are some ideas for teaching the present progressive in Spanish in your class: Start with the PowerPoint presentation. After you’ve introduced the PowerPoint presentation, do your first set of Immersive