Monday, May 28, 2012

Culturally Relevant - a Challenge!

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There are many textbooks, webpages, and services out there to provide vocabulary lists for students and teachers.  Most of them are thematic...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Un Error Muy Serio

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Despite the title, I have not made any serious errors.  At least I am not aware of any at this time . . . I decided to try my hand at maki...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Antes de las Vacaciones

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I saw this funny cartoon over at Zambombazo today and had to chuckle a little bit.  I must say that some of the internet memes leave me scr...
Monday, May 21, 2012

Arte como Terápia para Estudiantes con Necesidades Educativas Especiales

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Tomorrow is the big day for seniors at my school - Senior Project Presentation Day!  The seniors have worked all year researching, writing u...
Thursday, May 17, 2012

Ocupadísima

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One week of instruction left until exams and you could say the stress level is a little high right now.  I keep thinking I'm going to fi...
Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Manipulativos

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I like to make activities once in awhile that get the kids sitting around in groups together and playing a game to practice their vocabulary...
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Monday, May 14, 2012

El Hombre y la Plancha

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Iron Man is the name of this quirky little Spanish film that was the recent winner of the 48hfp (48 hour film project) in Barcelona.  It w...
Sunday, May 13, 2012

"Jesus Shaves"

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Comedian David Sadaris explains holiday customs and cultural differences in this hilarious monologue about how difficult it can be to convey...
Thursday, May 10, 2012

Soy Lo Que Soy

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My advanced Spanish students have a "Do It Yourself" project this quarter.  They had to write their own project, the grading rubri...

Suplementario - Obrita con Seis Expresiones

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I had meant to follow up on this before but got bogged down in a mountain of paperwork . . . you know how that goes. For the most part, th...
Monday, May 7, 2012

Obrita con Seis Expresiones

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I was recently at a website called The Creative Language Class with a ton of exciting and inspirational ideas that really got me thinking a...
Thursday, May 3, 2012

Me Faltan Palabras . . .

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Words fail . . . I was going to blog today about the Fiesta Salsera we held at school today - our first of what we hope will become a yea...
Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Jugeo Divertido

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Last year I was reviewing vocabulary with my Spanish I class and a new interactive whiteboard had just been installed in my classroom.  So ...
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Coca-Cola: Todos Llevamos Un Héroe Dentro

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Like most people, I dislike commercials for the most part.  Though I understand the necessity, I don't like them interrupting my progra...
Monday, April 30, 2012

Mensaje Importante

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A colleague of mine sent this along to me last week and it made me smile.  But the more I looked at it and thought about it, the more smilin...