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Day of the Dead Dia de Muertos Scavenger Hunt Reading Game Spanish/English
By Specialty Spanish
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!
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Spanish Seal of Biliteracy Listening and Speaking Accidents and Injuries
By Specialty Spanish
Have you tried Integrated Listening and Speaking activities with your Spanish students? Use these IPA activities with the theme of accidents and injuries to get students listening and responding- just like in tests like AAPPL for the Seal of Biliteracy! Integrated Performance Assessments mimic real-world interactions, and these activities are great practice for communication!
These no-prep activities include everything you need to assign and go! Each activity has 5 audio links. Students listen to the audio and record a logical response. They will hear common expressions used on the AAPPL Test like “Hazme preguntas, cuéntame and dame detalles”.
The teacher script allows you to correct with ease or even record your own voice if you choose. There are lots of notes and ideas for teachers so you know just how to use this activity! Finally, students can self-assess with the included rubric. The 2 activities are created with different levels of complexity, so you can differentiate for different levels amongst your students, or use them at different points in your unit!
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Spanish Simulated Conversations
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Spanish Integrated Listening and Speaking Childhood Themed Activities
By Specialty Spanish
Have you tried Integrated Listening and Speaking activities with your Spanish students? Use these IPA activities with the theme of childhood memories to get students listening and responding- just like in tests like AAPPL for the Seal of Biliteracy! Integrated Performance Assessments mimic real-world interactions, and these activities are great practice for communication!
These no-prep activities include everything you need to assign and go! Each activity has 5 audio links for a total of 1o prompts. Students listen to the audio and record a logical response. They will hear common expressions used on the AAPPL Test like “Hazme preguntas, cuéntame and dame detalles”.
The teacher script allows you to correct with ease or even record your own voice if you choose. There are lots of notes and ideas for teachers so you know just how to use this activity! Finally, students can self-assess with the included rubric. The 2 activities are created with different levels of complexity, so you can differentiate for different levels amongst your students, or use them at different points in your unit!
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Spanish Simulated Conversations Version 1
Spanish Task Cards for Present Tense
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AP Spanish E-mail Reply How To Presentation Spanish & English
By Specialty Spanish
Not sure how to prepare your AP Spanish® students for the Email Reply? In Spanish or in English, this Google Slides presentation will show AP Spanish® students what to expect on the E-mail Reply portion of the AP Spanish® Exam. It reviews instructions, tips, tricks, important vocab and more! This digital product is fully customizable!
This slide show is a concise introduction to the purpose and rules and requirements of the E-mail Reply. It will explain, in English or in Spanish, what skills are assessed on this task and what the rules, requirements and expectations are. It contains helpful hints on what students should do and should not do to score well. It contains the task instructions so that students may memorize them head of time. Included in this product is a bonus Google Doc with Spanish expressions that will be particularly helpful on this task.
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Spanish Seal of Biliteracy Hobbies & Free Time Integrated Listening & Speaking
By Specialty Spanish
Have you tried Integrated Listening and Speaking activities with your Spanish students? Use these IPA activities with the theme of Hobbies and Free Time to get students listening and responding- just like in tests like AAPPL or STAMP for the Seal of Biliteracy! Integrated Performance Assessments mimic real-world interactions, and these activities are great practice for communication!
These no-prep activities include everything you need to assign and go! Each activity has 5 audio links (10 total). Students listen to the audio and record a logical response. They will hear common expressions used on the AAPPL Test like “Hazme preguntas, cuéntame and dame detalles”.
The teacher script allows you to correct with ease or even record your own voice if you choose. There are lots of notes and ideas for teachers so you know just how to use this activity! Finally, students can self-assess with the included rubric. The 2 activities are created with different levels of complexity, so you can differentiate for different levels amongst your students, or use them at different points in your unit!
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AP Spanish Unit 2 Identity Project Oral Presentation What's Below the Iceberg?
By Specialty Spanish
This AP Spanish® oral presentation project about identity is one of my very favorites! Your AP Spanish® students will love exploring their own identity and also learning about their teacher's and their classmates’ identities. Everyone will enjoy this short project! And teachers, you will love this project for 2 reasons; you will get to know your students in a new way and you can combine speaking, listening and writing in one project!
Using the metaphor of an iceberg, students will tell their class about the things that are obvious to all about their identity, and also share some things that hide below the surface.
As students present, the others take notes on what they reveal. As a follow up assignment, students (and teacher too!) write short letters to each other to acknowledge the courage it takes to speak in public, especially about the parts of yourself that may not be visible to the world. Receiving letters from their classmates and teacher is often something that students will remember forever and treasure. It's a great bonding experience for the class!
The student instructions and rubric are included, as well as some helpful tips about how teachers can make these presentations work either in person or with students online.
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Spanish Seal of Biliteracy Integrated Listening and Speaking Environment Theme
By Specialty Spanish
Have you tried Integrated Listening and Speaking activities with your Spanish students? Use these IPA activities with the theme of the environment to get students listening and responding- just like in tests like AAPPL for the Seal of Biliteracy! Integrated Performance Assessments mimic real-world interactions, and these activities are great practice for communication!
These no-prep activities include everything you need to assign and go! Each activity has 5 audio links for a total of 10 prompts. Students listen to the audio and record a logical response. They will hear common expressions used on the AAPPL Test like “Hazme preguntas, cuéntame and dame detalles”.
The teacher script allows you to correct with ease or even record your own voice if you choose. There are lots of notes and ideas for teachers so you know just how to use this activity! Finally, students can self-assess with the included rubric. The 2 activities are created with different levels of complexity, so you can differentiate for different levels amongst your students, or use them at different points in your unit!
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AP Spanish Simulated Conversation How To Presentation Spanish & English
By Specialty Spanish
Need a reference for AP Spanish® Students when instructing How To complete the Simulated Conversation? In English or Spanish versions, this Google Slides presentation will show AP Spanish® students what to expect on the Simulated Conversation portion of the AP Spanish® Exam. This digital product is fully customizable!
This slide show is a concise introduction to the purpose and rules and requirements of the Simulated Conversation. It will explain, in English or Spanish, what skills are assessed on this task and what the rules, requirements and expectations are. It contains helpful hints on what students should do and should not do to score well. It will also show students a conversation grid similar to what is shown on the AP® Test. Included in this product is a bonus Google Doc with Spanish pausing words and Spanish exclamations commonly used in conversation.
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Spanish Daily Routine Seal of Biliteracy Interpersonal Listening and Speaking
By Specialty Spanish
Have you tried Integrated Listening and Speaking activities with your Spanish students? Use these IPA activities with the theme of Daily Routine to get students listening and responding- just like in tests like AAPPL for the Seal of Biliteracy! Integrated Performance Assessments mimic real-world interactions, and these activities are great practice for communication!
These no-prep activities include everything you need to assign and go! Each activity has 5 audio links for a total of 10 prompts. Students listen to the audio and record a logical response. They will hear common expressions used on the AAPPL Test like “Hazme preguntas, cuéntame and dame detalles”. The prompts and responses require the use of the present tense, though one prompt refers “last night”.
The teacher script allows you to correct with ease or even record your own voice if you choose. There are lots of notes and ideas for teachers so you know just how to use this activity! Finally, students can self-assess with the included rubric. The 2 activities are created with different levels of complexity, so you can differentiate for different levels amongst your students, or use them at different points in your unit!
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Spanish Simulated Conversations Version 1
Spanish Task Cards for Present Tense
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Spanish Partner Conversations: Jobs and Employment 4 Differentiated Convos
By Specialty Spanish
Do your Spanish students need some help with interpersonal speaking? Are they struggling to have conversations in Spanish? Let’s give them some guided support with these partner conversations about Jobs & Employment! Both students will have the opportunity to ask and answer questions as part of a conversation, but with a lot of scaffolding to build confidence. Guided conversations provide general guidance about how to keep the conversation going without telling students exactly what to say.
There are 4 guided conversations, so both students will have a chance to ask and answer questions in a conversational way. Two versions are for Intermediate Low students, but are pre-differentiated. 2 of the conversations are based mainly in the present tense, and the other 2 feature future and past tenses.
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Spanish Spring Festivals in Spain Reading Scavenger Hunt w/ Follow Up Activities
By Specialty Spanish
Is reading comprehension getting boring in your Spanish class? Turn it into a game! This reading about Spring Festivals in Spain 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!
Alberto’s favorite Aunt has not come back from her vacation to Spain! He and his family are worried, and they decide to go to Spain to find her. To figure out where she is, students have to read all 10 parts of the story to get the full picture of where she has been and where she could be now. 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 where Tia Ana is now. It’s so much fun!
Festivals discussed:
-La Feria de Abril (Sevilla)
-Las Fallas (Valencia)
-Carnaval (Cádiz)
After, you can decide which of the 4 follow-up activities you want to do with your students. There are 4; a tell me in your own words summary, a True or False Activity to check for basic comprehension, a graphic organizer for students to organize notes about the 3 festivals discussed, and a writing follow up where students use their reading comprehension and critical thinking to invent an explanation for why Tía Ana didn’t return home. 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!
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Spanish 3 Reading Comprehension Passages for Games
By Specialty Spanish
What to turn your Spanish reading comprehension or grammar review into a game? Using CI to give your students contextualized, comprehensible input? These reading passages will motivate, engage and deliver all the CI your students need!
The 1st reading is about how to live a healthy lifestyle. It’s perfect for themes about health, diet and exercise. Working in groups helps reduce anxiety about answering questions while at the same time allows students to share their reading strategies with others. The teacher has comprehension questions about the reading (with answers included) so that each set of students has a chance to answer multiple questions.
Reading 2 is about a teen who convinces her parents to let her have a pet. Reading 3 is a conversation between 2 teens about an upcoming concert. These themes are taken from the published list of topics from ACTFL that students encounter on the AAPPL Test.
This reading is meant for Intermediate Low students. Comprehension questions are written in Spanish and answers are included. Any part of this resource can be customized for your students if needed! Also included are teacher notes and ideas for how to turn the reading passages into a game!
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Spanish Integrated Listening and Speaking Jobs and Employment Activities
By Specialty Spanish
Have you tried Integrated Listening and Speaking activities with your Spanish students? Use these IPA activities with the theme of Jobs and Professions to get students listening and responding- just like in tests like AAPPL for the Seal of Biliteracy! Integrated Performance Assessments mimic real-world interactions, and these activities are great practice for communication!
These no-prep activities include everything you need to assign and go! Each activity has 5 audio links (10 prompts total). Students listen to the audio and record a logical response. They will hear common expressions used on the AAPPL Test like “Hazme preguntas, cuéntame and dame detalles”.
The teacher script allows you to correct with ease or even record your own voice if you choose. There are lots of notes and ideas for teachers so you know just how to use this activity! Finally, students can self-assess with the included rubric. The 2 activities are created with different levels of complexity, so you can differentiate for different levels amongst your students, or use them at different points in your unit!
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Spanish Seal of Biliteracy Listening and Speaking The Environment
Spanish Partner Conversations about the Future: Guided Conversations
Spanish Simulated Conversations Version 1
Task Cards Spanish Questions
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Spanish Partner Conversations Hobbies & Free Time 4 Guided Conversations
By Specialty Spanish
Do your Spanish students need some help with interpersonal speaking? Are they struggling to have conversations in Spanish? Let’s give them some guided support with these partner conversations about Hobbies & Free Time! Both students will have the opportunity to ask and answer questions as part of a conversation, but with a lot of scaffolding to build confidence. Guided conversations provide general guidance about how to keep the conversation going without telling students exactly what to say.
There are 4 guided conversations, so both students will have a chance to ask and answer questions in a conversational way. Two versions are for Novice High students and 2 versions are for Intermediate students.
These conversations focus on Hobbie & Free Time mainly in the present time frame.
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Day of the Dead Scavenger Hunt Reading Game English Version Gallery Walk
By Specialty Spanish
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!
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Spanish Fall Otoño Activities for Writing, Speaking & Listening
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Spanish Collaborative Writing & Reading Activities: Teen Life
By Specialty Spanish
Looking for ways to make writing fun for your Spanish students? If you need differentiated and engaging activities to help students level up their presentational writing and reading comprehension, this is the resource for you! Students will write together in groups, help each other by doing a peer edit, and later read and answer questions about the characters they have created.
Step 1: Students pretend they are the teacher, and need to leave detailed notes about the students in their class for a substitute. In groups, students follow the specific instructions to describe each student. Each group will get 4 writing sheets which contain a picture of a student and space to write. There are 20 different students in all. The instructions ask student to describe each person. What are they like? What do they like to do? What are their future plans? What’s important to them? Do you have fast finishers? No problem- there’s an extension activity for them! They can help you create questions about what they wrote that will be used in step 3!
Step 2: After taking a quick glance at their work, set students up in pairs. I usually do this the next day. They will trade papers and use the peer edit instruction sheet to suggest ways to improve their writing.
Step 3: Another day, hang the descriptions around the room. Create simple questions for students to answer while they read around the room! *This works great as a quick review for a quiz! Students love it because they are allowed to be out of their seats!
Differentiation:
-This resource comes with differentiated instructions appropriate for Year 3, or Intermediate Low.
-Students can use new vocabulary along with things they already know how to say to create connected sentences, and attempt to use more than one time frame.
-To level this down, change the instructions to include topics students know how to talk about.
-To level this up, change the instructions to ask for more details and require other times frames.
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Spanish Present Subjunctive Game for Speaking: Speed Counseling
By Specialty Spanish
Are you and your students getting bored with grammar? The present subjunctive can get a little repetitive and dry, until you play this game! Get every student involved and excited to speak Spanish with a Speed Counseling Game! This real-world activity is a great way to practice interpersonal speaking.
Playing on the idea of Speed Dating, students will play the role of the advisor (teacher, friend, doctor, school counselor) and the person with a problem. The advisor will have a short amount of time to give advice about the problem before the timer goes off, and they have a variety of problems to give advice about. Then they can switch roles.
The game is fast-paced and involves everyone in the class to be actively involved! Best of all, it’s low prep: Copy, cut, and go!!
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AP Spanish Summer Homework Assignment Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking
By Specialty Spanish
Need a summer homework assignment for your incoming AP Spanish*®* students? Look no further- this Google Doc assignment is already done for you! Digital or printable, this summer homework has everything you need. Students will read, listen, write and then speak when school starts again! Students will have guided choices about what they choose to read and listen to!
There are very clear, specific instructions for each part, and they are written in English to avoid any misunderstandings over the summer. Also included in this resource is the rubric to grade the writing and speaking portions, a graphic organizer for students to use to help them be sure they have completed each part, and a note-taking sheet for the listening section.
This assignment will keep students using their Spanish over the summer without expecting too much time on homework in the summer months. It will also give teachers a way to assess where each student is in their speaking and writing skills at the beginning of the school year! Best of all- this assignment, once it's yours, can be edited and customized to suite your preferences and your students' needs! Breathe easy as your finish your school year!
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Day of the Dead Scavenger Hunt Reading Game Día de Muertos Gallery Walk
By Specialty Spanish
Want your Spanish students to learn about Día de Muertos , but reading comprehension is getting boring in your Spanish class? Turn it into a game! This mystery-solving reading about Day of the Dead 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 Spanish for Intermediate Low. The questions are written in Spanish and answers will be in Spanish as well. The instructions and mission are written in Spanish.
**If your students are not ready for this level of reading, check out theEnglish version of this Scavenger Hunt! Buy the bundle of both Spanish and English Scavenger Hunts if you have classes at both levels!
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Spanish Seal of Biliteracy Interpersonal Speaking AAPPL Test STAMP Test Practice
By Specialty Spanish
Are your Spanish students preparing to take a test for the Seal of Biliteracy? Here are 15 interpersonal listening/speaking prompts designed to help them succeed on the AAPPL Test. Build speaking proficiency by allowing students to listen to the recorded prompts and record their own responses.
This activity is designed to mimic the AAPPL test in that there are multiple prompts about lots of subjects. The prompts will ask students to respond with their own information, or to ask questions. The prompts become more complex as they go, and move between present and past tenses primarily.
The prompts are recorded for you, but the teacher script is also provided in case you want to record your own voice or set this activity up in language lab software. If you don’t have a language lab, this activity is easy to use as a whole class or to post on your learning platform.
Also included are teacher instructions and options for how to use this resource, hints and strategies about this portion of the AAPPL test, student self-assessment rubric and a teacher rubric!
*This activity is part of abundle that practices Seal of Biliteracy test reading and writing*
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