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Objective: review tenses or vocabulary Required materials: none Preparation: none Time: at least 10 minutes Number of students: none Directions: Three trues and a lie is a popular activity that I like to use to review and practice what students learnt in previous classes. It could be a certain tense (pretérito indefinido) or vocabulary (familia).If you’d like the activity to … Read More
Test de personalidad
Objective: practice and learn useful adjectives Required materials: none Preparation: none Time: about 20 minutes (it depends on how many students share their results) Number of students: any Directions: Students love personality tests and they’ll have fun with this one. They can do it regardless of their level, and they all have the chance to participate.In a regular classroom, I … Read More
¿Cuál es diferente?
Objective: engaging vocabulary review that encourages conversation Required materials: at least 4 images (see an example) Preparation: minimal or none Time: at least 10 minutes Number of students: any Directions: This is a very popular activity for the Spanish class that we can use in different ways. I like it to review vocabulary and to spark conversations about topics my … Read More
¿Cómo estás?
Objective: review vocabulary about feelings Required materials: none Preparation: none Time: 5-10 minutes Number of students: any Directions: This is a fun activity I sometimes use at the beginning of the class, to break the class dynamic and do something different, but it can also be used to review vocabulary about feelings.Ask a few students “¿cómo estás?”. In my classes, … Read More
Repaso general de vocabulario
Objective: quick review of previously learnt vocabulary Required materials: none Preparation: none Time: 10-20 minutes Number of students: any Directions: We sometimes cover topics that students have previously seen, such as food or clothes, and we need to review what they know before introducing more advanced words.I tell the class the topic we’re going to cover, and I give them … Read More
Ordenar una conversación
Objective: provide models for conversations and have students work autonomously Required materials: a written conversation divided in sentences (see an example) Preparation: minimal (although cutting the paper strips might take a while) Time: at least 10 minutes Number of students: 8 or more Directions: I love this activity because every single student in the class has to speak in Spanish, … Read More
La palabra más larga
Objective: meaningful time filler Required materials: pencil and paper Preparation: none / little Time: any Number of students: any (playing individually or in groups) How to play: My mom and I loved playing this game at home while watching the TV show Cifras y letras. She beat me every time, in case you were wondering.The goal is to come up … Read More
El juego de la “A”
Objective: meaningful time filler Required materials: pencil and paper Preparation: none Time: any Number of students: any (playing individually or in groups) How to play: The first time you play, explain the instructions with an example: tell students you’re about to play a game, and decide whether you’d like them to play individually or in groups (I usually play in … Read More
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