Vocabulary
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...
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...
READING SPANISH LITERATURE WITH VOYANT TOOLS
Apr. 7, 2018—This pre-reading activity uses the platform Voyant Tools to orient students to the vocabulary, tone, and style of literary text. Students generate data with the online program and then make informed inferences based on the most frequent words and the places in which the words appear in the text. With the attached worksheet, students define...