7th Grade World Languages Cultural Activities (by date, latest first)

Want your Spanish students to learn about Day of the Dead , but  reading comprehension is getting boring in your Spanish class?  Turn it into a game!  This mystery-solving reading about Día de Muertos  goes from dull to exciting as students work together and move around the room to solve a mystery!  This is a simple “print and go” with no work for the teacher!  Use the same lesson plan for all of your classes, regardless of level, because your differentiation is already done!

   Students investigate with Maria, a young person from Mexico, while she tries to understand more about a former member of her town.  He visits the townspeople all year, not just during Día de Muertos.  Why can’t he rest in peace?   While they read the parts, they are also looking for “code words”.  Students record the code words on a special answer sheet that will eventually lead them to solving the mystery of how/why he died.   It’s so much fun! 

    After, you can decide which of the 4 follow-up activities you want to do with your students.  There are 4; a True or False Activity to check for basic comprehension, a graphic organizer for students to learn more about the specific items related to Day of the Dead, a “tell me in your own words” activity,  and a writing follow up where students use their reading comprehension and critical thinking to invent an explanation for who this lost soul was and why he died the way he did.  Answer key to the True/False is also included.  Best of all?  If there’s something you’d like to change for your students, you are free to edit!

The reading cards are written in English for your Novice classes, and Spanish for Intermediate classes.  The questions are written for Novice in English and answers will be in English as well. And for Intermediate, the questions and answers will be in Spanish.  The same for the instructions and mission!  Students get the benefit of learning about a cultural event while using teamwork!

Who can use this product?

• Students in Year 1 and up

How can I use this product?

• Print out the reading cards (10)
• Hang them up around your room
• Print and copy the answer sheet
• Let students loose to solve the mystery! 
• Assign follow-up activities if you wish

What’s included in this product?

• Everything!  No prep beyond print and photocopy!
• Teacher instructions and hints
• 10 reading cards (English), 10 reading cards (Spanish)
• Student instructions (English & Spanish)
• Student answer sheet (Questions and Answers are in English or Spanish)
• Answer Key for the code word questions and answer trail
• True/False Comprehension Activity
• Answer Key to True/False
• Summarize/Tell me in your own words activity
• Graphic Organizer for students
• Writing Follow-up: Explain why the ghost died the way he did!

Other resources you may like:

Día de los Muertos vocab puzzle

Hispanic Heritage Month Scavenger Hunt Reading Game Gallery Walk & Activities

Spanish Fall Otoño Activities for Writing, Speaking & Listening

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Want your Spanish students to learn about Day of the Dead , but  reading comprehension is getting boring in your Spanish class?  Turn it into a game!  This mystery-solving reading about Día de Muertos  goes from dull to exciting as students work together and move around the room to solve a mystery!  This is a simple “print and go” with no work for the teacher!  

   Students investigate with Maria, a young person from Mexico, while she tries to understand more about a former member of her town.  He visits the townspeople all year, not just during Día de Muertos.  Why can’t he rest in peace?   While they read the parts, they are also looking for “code words”.  Students record the code words on a special answer sheet that will eventually lead them to solving the mystery of how/why he died.   It’s so much fun! 

    After, you can decide which of the 4 follow-up activities you want to do with your students.  There are 4; a True or False Activity to check for basic comprehension, a graphic organizer for students to learn more about the specific items related to Day of the Dead, a “tell me in your own words” activity,  and a writing follow up where students use their reading comprehension and critical thinking to invent an explanation for who this lost soul was and why he died the way he did.  Answer key to the True/False is also included.  Best of all?  If there’s something you’d like to change for your students, you are free to edit!

The reading cards are written in English for your Novice classes.  The questions are written in English and answers will be in English as well.  The instructions and mission are written in English.  Students get the benefit of learning about a cultural event while using teamwork!

**If your students are ready for reading in Spanish, check out the Spanish version of this Scavenger Hunt!   And if you  have classes at both levels, buy them in a bundle to save money!

Who can use this product?

• Students in Year 1 and up

How can I use this product?

• Print out the reading cards (10)
• Hang them up around your room
• Print and copy the answer sheet
• Let students loose to solve the mystery! 
• Assign follow-up activities if you wish

What’s included in this product?

• Everything!  No prep beyond print and photocopy!
• Teacher instructions and hints
• 10 reading cards (English)
• Student instructions (English)
• Student answer sheet (Questions and Answers are in English)
• Answer Key for the code word questions and answer trail
• True/False Comprehension Activity
• Answer Key to True/False
• Summarize/Tell me in your own words activity
• Graphic Organizer for students
• Writing Follow-up: Explain why the ghost died the way he did!

Other resources you may like:

Día de los Muertos vocab puzzle

Hispanic Heritage Month Scavenger Hunt Reading Game Gallery Walk & Activities

Spanish Fall Otoño Activities for Writing, Speaking & Listening

Bundle: Spanish & English Scavenger Hunt Versions

Visit my store to see other products you might like!  Click here to follow me on TeachShare to find out about Freebies, Sales and New Resources!

Find me on

Instagram:  @specialtyspanish

Blog:  www.specialtyspanish.com

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Email: Jamie@SpecialtySpanish.com

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This bundle is a comprehensive and low-prep way to teach and practice basic spring-related vocabulary. Included in this bundle are: Primavera Vocab PowerPoint Primavera Domino Game Primavera Flyswatter Game Primavera Word Puzzles Save 20% by purchasing these activities as a bundle! © 2015 Rachel Bailey (La Señorita Creativa®) All Rights Reserved

This bundle is a comprehensive and low-prep way to teach and practice basic weather and seasons vocabulary. Included in this bundle are: Tiempo y Estaciones Vocab PowerPoint Tiempo y Estaciones Flyswatter Game Tiempo y Estaciones Vocab Puzzles (Crossword and Wordsearch) Tiempo y Estaciones Domino Game Save 20% by purchasing these activities as a bundle! © 2015 Rachel Bailey (La Señorita Creativa®) All Rights Reserved

Are you looking for an engaging and low-prep way to teach Earth Day-related vocabulary in Spanish? Look no further! This time-saving bundle includes six different activities to teach and practice Earth Day terms with your Spanish students. By buying this bundle, you save 20% versus purchasing each activity individually!

Included in this bundle you will find:

• a vocab PowerPoint (26 slides!)
• 1 bingo game (with a call list, 32 bingo boards in color and the same 32 boards in B&W)
• a vocabulary list (with a fill-in-the-blank student version and completed teacher version)
• 1 domino game with 24 dominoes (students match the Spanish term to a picture or the English translation)
• 3 flyswatter games (one with terms in Spanish, one in both Spanish and English, and one with pictures)
• 5 word puzzles (word search, crossword, word jumble, mystery words/crack the code, vocab matching)

This bundle includes everything you need to practice and reinforce Earth Day vocabulary with your students in a fun, engaging way!

© 2020 Rachel Bailey (La Señorita Creativa®) All Rights Reserved

Are you looking for an engaging and low-prep way to teach winter-related vocabulary in Spanish? Look no further! This time-saving bundle includes six different activities to teach and practice winter terms with your Spanish students. By buying this bundle, you save 20% versus purchasing each activity individually!

Included in this bundle you will find:

• a vocab PowerPoint (32 slides!)
• 3 flyswatter games (one with terms in Spanish, one in both Spanish and English, and one with pictures)
• 5 word puzzles (word search, crossword, word jumble, mystery words/crack the code, vocab matching)
• 1 domino game with 30 dominoes (students match the Spanish term to a picture or the English translation)
• 1 bingo game (with a call list, 40 Spanish-term bingo boards in color and the same 40 boards in B&W, plus 40 bingo boards with no text and pictures only in color)
• a vocabulary list (with a fill-in-the-blank student version and completed teacher version)

This bundle includes everything you need to practice and reinforce winter vocabulary with your students in a fun, engaging way!

© 2013-2021 Rachel Bailey (La Señorita Creativa®) All Rights Reserved

Five different resources to teach and practice house and furniture vocabulary in Spanish!

Are you looking for an easy and engaging way to teach rooms of the house and furniture vocabulary in Spanish? Look no further!

This bundle includes four resources to teach and review vocabulary related to the home:

• a vocab PowerPoint (72 slides!)
• one-page vocabulary list
• 5 word puzzles (crossword, word search, word jumble, mystery words, and matching)
• 4 digital jigsaw puzzles (compatible with Google Classroom™)

This bundle includes resources to practice and reinforce house vocabulary with your students in a fun, engaging way! Check out the thumbnails and preview to get a better idea of what’s included!

By buying this bundle, you save 20% versus purchasing each resource individually! © 2019-2020 Rachel Bailey (La Señorita Creativa®) All Rights Reserved

Are you looking for an engaging and low-prep way to teach Christmas and winter vocabulary in Spanish? Look no further! This time-saving bundle includes twelve different activities to teach and practice Christmas and winter terms with your Spanish students. These activities are perfect for filling in those weird spaces in your schedule before school breaks, after returning from breaks, during snow days, semester exams, and more!

By buying this bundle, you save 25% versus purchasing each activity individually!

Included in this value-packed bundle you will find:

• a Christmas vocab PowerPoint (38 slides!) and a winter vocab PowerPoint (32 slides!)
• 3 Christmas flyswatter games and 3 winter flyswatter games (one with terms in Spanish, one in both Spanish and English, and one with pictures)
• 5 Christmas word puzzles and 5 winter word puzzles (both sets include a word search, crossword, word jumble, mystery words/crack the code, and vocab matching)
• 1 Christmas domino game with 35 dominoes and 1 winter domino game with 30 dominoes (students match the Spanish term to a picture or the English translation)
• 1 Christmas bingo game and 1 winter bingo game (both sets include call lists, 40 Spanish-term bingo boards in color and the same 40 boards in B&W, plus 40 bingo boards with no text and pictures only in color)
• a Christmas vocabulary list and a winter vocabulary list(with a fill-in-the-blank student version and completed teacher version)

This bundle includes everything you need to practice and reinforce Christmas and winter vocabulary with your students in a fun, engaging way!

© 2013-2021 Rachel Bailey (La Señorita Creativa®) All Rights Reserved

Are you looking for an engaging and low-prep way to teach Thanksgiving-related vocabulary in Spanish? Look no further! This time-saving bundle includes six different activities to teach and practice Thanksgiving foods and holiday terms with your Spanish students. By buying this bundle, you save 20% versus purchasing each activity individually!

Included in this bundle you will find:

• a vocab PowerPoint (33 slides!)
• 3 flyswatter games (one with terms in Spanish, one in both Spanish and English, and one with pictures)
• 5 word puzzles (word search, crossword, word jumble, mystery words/crack the code, vocab matching)
• 1 domino game with 30 dominoes (students match the Spanish term to a picture or the English translation)
• 1 bingo game (with a call list, 40 Spanish-term bingo boards in color and the same 40 boards in B&W, plus 40 bingo boards with no text and pictures only in color)
• a vocabulary list (with a fill-in-the-blank student version and completed teacher version)

This bundle includes everything you need to practice and reinforce Thanksgiving vocabulary with your students in a fun, engaging way!

© 2013-2021 Rachel Bailey (La Señorita Creativa®) All Rights Reserved

Are you looking for an engaging and low-prep way to teach Valentine's Day-related vocabulary in Spanish? Look no further! This time-saving bundle includes six different activities to teach and practice Valentine's terms with your Spanish students. By buying this bundle, you save 20% versus purchasing each activity individually!

Included in this bundle you will find:

• a vocab PowerPoint (25 slides!)
• 3 flyswatter games (one with terms in Spanish, one in both Spanish and English, and one with pictures)
• 5 word puzzles (word search, crossword, word jumble, mystery words/crack the code, vocab matching)
• 1 domino game with 24 dominoes (students match the Spanish term to a picture or the English translation)
• 1 bingo game (with a call list, 40 Spanish-term bingo boards in color and the same 40 boards in B&W, plus 40 bingo boards with no text and pictures only in color)
• a vocabulary list (with a fill-in-the-blank student version and completed teacher version)

This bundle includes everything you need to practice and reinforce Valentine's Day vocabulary with your students in a fun, engaging way!

© 2013-2020 Rachel Bailey (La Señorita Creativa®) All Rights Reserved

Are you looking for an engaging and low-prep way to teach Christmas-related vocabulary in Spanish? Look no further! This time-saving bundle includes six different activities to teach and practice Christmas terms with your Spanish students. By buying this bundle, you save 20% versus purchasing each activity individually!

Included in this bundle you will find:

• a vocab PowerPoint (38 slides!)
• 3 flyswatter games (one with terms in Spanish, one in both Spanish and English, and one with pictures)
• 5 word puzzles (word search, crossword, word jumble, mystery words/crack the code, vocab matching)
• 1 domino game with 35 dominoes (students match the Spanish term to a picture or the English translation)
• 1 bingo game (with a call list, 40 Spanish-term bingo boards in color and the same 40 boards in B&W, plus 40 bingo boards with no text and pictures only in color)
• a vocabulary list (with a fill-in-the-blank student version and completed teacher version)

This bundle includes everything you need to practice and reinforce Christmas vocabulary with your students in a fun, engaging way!

© 2013-2019 Rachel Bailey (La Señorita Creativa®) All Rights Reserved

Are you looking for an easy and engaging way to teach and practice many of the basic topics covered at the beginning of Spanish 1? Look no further!

This time-saving bundle includes twenty-two different activities to teach and practice:

• greetings and goodbyes
• the alphabet
• numbers
• classroom survival phrases
• number and gender of regular and irregular nouns
• adjective agreement
• months, days, and seasons
• basic conversational questions and answers

By purchasing this amazing bundle, you are saving 30% over purchasing each activity individually!

Included in this bundle you will find:

• 4 Bingo Games
• 5 Yo tengo, ¿Quién tiene? games
• 2 ¡A Clasificar! sorting activities
• 1 Colorea por Género coloring activity
• 2 Domino games
• 1 Vocabulary Flyswatter game
• 1 set of 32 ID Cards for Role-Playing Activities
• 2 ¡A Hablar! Editable Information Gap speaking activities
• 1 Vocabulary Puzzle
• 1 set of task cards to practice numbers
• 1 dice game
• 1 Vocabulary List

Check out the thumbnails to get a better idea of what’s included! © 2013-2019 Rachel Bailey (La Señorita Creativa®) All Rights Reserved

Are you looking for an easy and low-prep way to review Earth Day vocabulary with your Spanish students? Then look no further! In this resource, students will match the Spanish term to the picture or English translation. Print enough for your whole class to play in small groups, or use this as a learning center. There are 24 pairs of Earth Day-related words included in this domino game.

This file includes:

• three pages of eight dominoes (24 dominoes total)
• teacher tips page

© 2020 Rachel Bailey (La Señorita Creativa®) All Rights Reserved

This fun PowerPoint is a great way to introduce or review Spring-related vocabulary with your elementary or secondary class. There are 24 terms represented on 24 slides (plus a title page, student vocabulary list, teacher vocabulary list, teacher tips page, and credits page). Each slide is animated so that the picture is first, followed by the picture and Spanish term, and then the Spanish term, the picture, and the English translation. My students really enjoy when we use this as a review with whiteboards. The terms represented are perfect for describing spring weather and activities.

© 2015 Rachel Bailey (La Señorita Creativa®) All Rights Reserved

Are you looking for an easy and fun way to review Earth Day vocabulary with your Spanish students? Then look no further! This low-prep set of three matamoscas (flyswatter) games is a great way to practice or review Earth Day-related vocabulary with your elementary or secondary class.

This activity is intended for use as a paired game, but it can also be used as a large-group game (by projecting the chosen game page onto your whiteboard). If you're not familiar with how the game is played, it's simple: all you need to play is enough copies of the game board and two different colored writing utensils per pair of students. You call out terms from the call list included with the game boards and each person scrambles to find and mark it before their partner. At the end of the game, the player with the most terms marked wins!

**Make sure to check out the thumbnails for a better idea of what the game looks like and a complete list of included terms in Spanish!**

This resource includes:

• one game page with all terms in Spanish only
• one game page with the terms in Spanish and English
• two game pages with pictures only, no words (the only difference between the two pages is that the first is in color and the second is black and white)
• call lists for all three games
• a table of contents
• teacher tips and instructions page

© 2020 Rachel Bailey (La Señorita Creativa®) All Rights Reserved

Are you looking for a low-prep and highly engaging game for your Spanish students? Play Matamoscas! All you need is enough copies of the game board and two different colored writing utensils per pair. You call out terms from the Call List included with the game board and each person scrambles to find and mark it before their partner. At the end of the game, the player with the most terms marked wins! The Call List includes all terms from the game board in the opposite language (if it's in Spanish on the board, then the English term is on the list). This special Spring-themed Flyswatter game includes 24 terms for talking about the weather and spring activities. To see a full list of the vocabulary, please check out the preview. © 2015 Rachel Bailey (La Señorita Creativa®) All Rights Reserved

This is a fun Spring-themed domino game that your students will love! Students will match the Spanish term to the appropriate picture. This game includes 24 pairs of terms. You can print enough for your whole class to play in small groups, or you can use this as a learning center. The vocabulary matches up with my other Spring-themed products.

© 2015 Rachel Bailey (La Señorita Creativa®) All Rights Reserved

This fun powerpoint is a great way to introduce or review Weather and Seasons vocabulary with your elementary or secondary class. There are 27 terms represented on 27 slides (plus a title page, student vocabulary list, teacher vocabulary list, teacher tips page, and credits page). Each slide is animated so that the picture is first, followed by the picture and Spanish term, and then the Spanish term, the picture, and the English translation. My students really enjoy when we use this as a review with whiteboards. The terms represented are perfect for describing the weather and seasons. Make sure to check out the thumbnails for a complete list of terms in Spanish! © 2015 Rachel Bailey (La Señorita Creativa®) All Rights Reserved

Are you looking for an easy and fun way to review winter vocabulary with your Spanish students? Then look no further! This low-prep set of three matamoscas (flyswatter) games is a great way to practice or review winter-related vocabulary with your elementary or secondary class.

This activity is intended for use as a paired game, but it can also be used as a large-group game (by projecting the chosen game page onto your whiteboard). If you're not familiar with how the game is played, it's simple: all you need to play is enough copies of the game board and two different colored writing utensils per pair of students. You call out terms from the call list included with the game boards and each person scrambles to find and mark it before their partner. At the end of the game, the player with the most terms marked wins!

This resource includes:

• one game page with all terms in Spanish only
• one game page with the terms in Spanish and English
• two game pages with pictures only, no words (the only difference between the two pages is that the first is in color and the second is black and white)
• call lists for all three games
• a table of contents
• teacher tips and instructions page

© 2014-2019 Rachel Bailey (La Señorita Creativa®) All Rights Reserved

Are you looking for a fun and highly engaging game for your Spanish students? Play vocab bingo! All you need is one bingo sheet per student and items to mark their board (such as pieces of paper or beans). You call out terms from the Call List included with the game and your students race to be the first to get a bingo. The Call List includes all terms from the bingo boards in English. The Call List includes all terms from the bingo boards in Spanish.

This special winter-themed Bingo game includes:

• 30 terms for describing winter activities and related terms
• 40 different game boards with Spanish terms only (both color and black-and-white versions are included for a total of 80 boards)
• 40 different game boards with pictures only (color version only is included with two boards per page for a total of 40 boards on 20 total pages)
• two Call Lists
• Teacher Tips
• Table of Contents

© 2018-2021 Rachel Bailey (La Señorita Creativa®) All Rights Reserved