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VACCINATON HISTORY AND ISSUES
Jan. 24, 2022—In this lesson plan about vaccination, students will discuss vaccination practices in France, and more broadly in francophone countries. They will understand and be able to hold a conversation about the history and the necessity of vaccines. Students will create and film a vaccination awareness campaign message for social media, as their capstone project. Reading, writing,...
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...
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...
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...
FLIPGRID COOKING VIDEO
Aug. 9, 2019—This lesson asks students to use Flipgrid, Youtube videos, and Google docs to produce their own cooking video. Appropriate for introduction-level students, this lesson provides a model of an authentic cooking video and then asks students practice their presentational speaking. Project Overview: Spanish Novice (Low, Mid, High) One class session Website No costs involved...
FLIPGRID MOVIE SCHEDULE
Aug. 9, 2019—This lesson asks students to use Flipgrid to practice presentational speaking skills while engaging with authentic materials. This activity focuses on movie vocabulary and expressing preference with gustar. For this activity, students use the website for the Mexican movie chain Cinépolis and the attached lesson plan. Lesson Overview: Spanish Novice (Low, Mid, High) One...