Take a look inside Spanish Chat Mats: 109 printable chat mats for speaking and writing, organized by theme and by grammar. Every mat has sentence frames, a model dialogue and the verbs students need to keep a conversation going in Spanish, and each one comes as a PDF and a Word file. Get the chat… Read More 109 ChatMats for Grammar and Speaking Practice
Help students build stronger past narration skills in Spanish with practical, context-rich activities! Narrating in the past takes time. Students need vocabulary, verb control, and lots of meaningful practice with forms like the preterite and imperfect. In this video, I share several ways to make past narration more approachable through conversation, personal narratives, familiar stories,… Read More Activities to Build Past Narration Skills in Spanish
Use odes as a meaningful writing activity for language learning! In this video, I share a simple way to bring odes into language class so students can write about something that matters to them. If you teach Spanish, Pablo Neruda’s odes are a natural place to begin, but this idea can also work in French… Read More Odes for Language Learning in Spanish and French Class
Help students talk about who they are with a creative getting-to-know-you activity for French class! In this video, I share a flexible identity activity that works well at the beginning of the year, during an identity unit, or any time your class needs a change of pace. Students describe themselves “inside and out” while learning… Read More Getting to Know You Activity for French Class Identity Practice