FLIPGRID FOR COMMUNICATION PRACTICE
Oct. 16, 2020—This is a website tool that allows students to record and post audio and video in a meaningful, fun, and engaging way. The site allows for oral communication in a setting outside of class. Lesson Overview: Spanish Novice-Advanced (Low, Mid, High) Multiple sessions Website No costs involved flipgrid.com Project Description: Flipgrid is a fun website...
VIRTUAL REALITY RUNNING WITH THE BULLS
Oct. 16, 2020—This project will allow students to run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain at the festival of San Fermín from the comfort and safety of the classroom using virtual reality. The objective is to give students an immersive cultural experience in addition to learning about this world famous event and festival. The students will use...
TWITTER IN THE WORLD LANGUAGE CLASSROOM
Oct. 16, 2020— This project uses Twitter to give students the opportunity to communicate via social media in the target language. Twitter has proven to be an excellent tool for writing and corresponding in a relevant and authentic way. My students have really enjoyed using it throughout the semester and even beyond their matriculation in class....
UTELLSTORY: 17 UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE GOALS
Oct. 14, 2020—Students will analyze and discuss the information related to the United Nations 17 Sustainability Development Goals on the “Les Objectifs de développement durable” website. In small groups, they will choose one francophone country and 5 of the 17 United Nations goals. After doing some research, students will use Utellstory.com to illustrate how they would implement...
ZARA CLOTHING SCAVENGER HUNT
Oct. 13, 2020—This lesson uses the Zara website to practice clothing vocabulary in an authentic context. Using the attached worksheet, students search for specific items on the website, describe them using vocabulary words from the unit, and make recommendations. Lesson Overview: Spanish Novice (Low, Mid, High) One class session Website No costs involved zara.com Lesson...
HOUSE HUNTING
Oct. 12, 2020—This lesson asks students to use a real estate website to practice vocabulary in context and to produce a short written description of a house. This activity focuses on helping students to practice housing vocabulary while engaging with an authentic cultural text. This allows students to use their language skills and to think critically about...
ANNOTATING ART WITH TIMELINE
Oct. 12, 2020—Students create an interactive, digital timeline using a mural featuring scenes from Spanish history. The artistic and analytical extension activity provides an active-learning opportunity through which students not only acquire knowledge, but also create meaning. By applying their knowledge of Spanish history and the process of writing history to create their own historical narrative, students...
FAMILY INFOGRAPHICS
Oct. 12, 2020—This assignment combines culture, vocabulary, and the presentational mode of speech. In this lesson, students use www.canva.com to create an infographic about the families of a Spanish-speaking country. My goal with this project is to expose students to data about other countries, have students practice writing short descriptions, invite students to make comparisons with the...
GIVING ADVICE TO A FRIEND USING PADLET
Sep. 24, 2020—In the first part of the project, students will actively listen to “Eu sei de cor,” embedded in the Padlet link. By actively listening, I mean that students will be prompted to answer 10 short questions while the video is playing to ensure their comprehension of the language used in the song. They can replay...
SPEAKING ABOUT CITIES WITH STORYMAPS
Sep. 24, 2020—This project asks students to use the website StoryMaps to present their research on a city in Mexico. Tasks include researching weather, culture, and geography, writing up their research findings as short captions, and assembling their research into an interactive map. Project Overview: Spanish Novice (Low, Mid, High) Multiple Class Sessions Website No costs involved...