Monday, April 27, 2015

Comentarios Invisibles

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When  people take the time to make a comment here on my blog, it delights me.  The whole reason I set up this blog in the first place was to...
Friday, April 24, 2015

¡Feliz Día de la Tierra! (Un día tarde...)

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Happy Earth Day once again, amigos.  I am a day late but I wanted to share my Earth Day wishes with you anyway.  I found a beautiful piece o...
Saturday, April 18, 2015

¿Ciudad, Campo o Costa?

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Where would you prefer to live, if you had the choice: the city, the country, or the coast?  This short activity gives Spanish I students so...
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Las Canciones Top Ten - Una Idea

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So I had this idea for a fun warm-up today that I thought the students might enjoy.  I ran it past my 16-year-old daughter and got a thumbs-...
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Monday, April 13, 2015

La Familia Completa

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Spanish is such an interesting language and, just as soon as I think I can call myself an expert, something will come along and make me call...
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Friday, April 10, 2015

Risa Para El Viernes

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I saw this today on Pinterest in English and I figured I could translate it into Spanish to make a simple joke that my students, even the be...
Wednesday, April 8, 2015

El Lenguaje Corporal de México - Hoja de Participación

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Body language and gestures are a topic that we are covering in my 2nd and 5th period classes.  This always seems to be a fun topic because i...
Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Rarito . . . y un proyecto para español II

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Years ago, as in 2011, I made a post about a little project my students were doing in Spanish II to use city vocabulary and preterite tense....
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Friday, April 3, 2015

Español 1 ¡Olé!

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Yesterday was a staff development day.  (That is a teacher workday in the Newspeak of the education world.)  I got my professional developme...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

El Examen Nacional de Español

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The National Spanish Exam . . . It's that time of year again, folks.  My students are testing today and tomorrow, and we have taken over...
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Sunday, March 29, 2015

En los momentos en que no soy profesora, ¿quién soy?

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I have a question for you.  At those times when you are not a Spanish teacher (or whatever your profession may be), what are you? Don'...
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Thursday, March 26, 2015

Tarjetas Con Los Interrogativos

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¡Hola Amigos!  I realized my Thursday beginners' class needed some extra practice with the interrogatives last week, so I decided to put...
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Sol, Solecito, Caliéntame Un Poquito

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I'm thinking of warmer weather today and I'm taking a moment to appreciate the sunshine as it streams through my window. This litt...
Friday, March 20, 2015

Palabras Afines: Bailando

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Bailando by Enrique Iglesias has been the big Spanish-language hit on the recent charts.  My students begged me to buy it and I read the lyr...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Formación del Subjuntivo - Sub Lesson

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I was called on the phone one day last week and told that I had to come get my son from school - pink eye, it turns out.  It required a doct...
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