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TPRS Units
I recently organized and released 12 TPRS Spanish units. They can be found at the link above or here – TPRS Units. Each unit includes a story script for in-class storytelling, a reading selection, comprehension questions, instructions for the teacher, … Continue reading
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Latin Grammy Awards 2016
My friend and colleague, Ellen Roberts, recently sent me some ideas for activities to accompany the Latin Grammy Awards. Using the resources she sent and ideas from other teachers about bracket challenges, I created the following presentation and activities. They … Continue reading
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Screencasts
At the CSCTFL Conference in March, I promised a room full of teachers that I would make a video about how to use screencasts in class. It only took 6 months, but here it is. A screencast is a video … Continue reading
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More Resources for El Internado
As I continue to restructure my own resources for using El Internado in class, I’ve decided to organize many of them on this site. It will provide me a starting point in future years and allow me to share with … Continue reading
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300 Chistes
I often demonstrate to other teachers how I use a daily joke to provide input in Spanish class, and they say something like, “Oooh. I like that, but where do I find jokes to use for class?” To which I … Continue reading
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CSCTFL Workshop
For those of you who attended the Seamless CI workshop this morning at the Central States Conference, below is a link to the presentation with links included. Again, thank you for your attention. I enjoyed spending a few hours together. … Continue reading
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10 Tips to Increase Reading Engagement
Reading is essential to language proficiency growth. However, reading activities are pointless if students do not engage and actually read the text. So, how do we get our students to engage with a text? This can be especially difficult as … Continue reading
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