Spanish
Culture and Connection: Twitter and Padlet Appsmash for Curating Cultural Content
Apr. 14, 2022—In this activity students will connect with current events and cultural phenomenon individually using Twitter to discover and share information. Once they have shared this information, students will then curate commonalities and interests with classmates using Padlet. Once the information is curated on Padlet, students can reference the information as a resource for assessment to...
Translating Authentic Historical Documents Using Perusall
Apr. 14, 2022—This activity aims to help students gain the skills they need to successfully translate Spanish-language historical document into English. Students will be presented with an authentic historical document (i.e., a newspaper article from 1930) and work with their classmates to identify unfamiliar vocabulary or expressions using the collaborative documentation annotation tool Perusal, create a translation...
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....
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...
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...
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...
HISTORY OF THE NIÑOS DE MORELIA WITH PEAR DECK
Sep. 24, 2020—This project uses the interactive slide deck program Pear Deck to teach students about the children of Morelia. The lesson includes interactive maps, embedded YouTube videos, and chronology exercises to teach cultural content, geography, art, and history and check comprehension. It engages the ACTFL world readiness standards of culture, comparison, connections, and communication. Project Overview:...
GOOGLE FORMS FOR FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: MOVIE QUIZ
Aug. 10, 2019—This Google Forms activity creates a quiz to be used as a formative assessment. To practice the interpretive mode of communication and engagement with authentic materials, students watch an embedded video about movie genres and then answer questions based on the movie. Lesson Overview: Spanish Novice (Low, Mid, High) One class session Website No costs...