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Parsing Worksheet for The Death of Laocoon

For Students 11th - 12th
Latin learners will complete this parsing worksheet for The Death of Laocoon.  With the word provided on the left, learners will identify the part of speech, the word it derives from, and other basic information to demonstrate...
Worksheet
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Sujetos y Subjects

For Students 7th - Higher Ed
English sentence construction is relatively similar to that of Spanish sentence construction. Introduce your English learners to subjects with this bilingual review sheet. Presented in both Spanish and English, learners will identify the...
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Les Monuments de Paris

For Teachers 8th - 12th
What are the most famous monuments in France? Use this presentation to show your class some of Paris's finest: la Tour Eiffel, L'arc de Triomphe, etc. Basic information such as the reason for construction and the date of construction are...
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Sentence Completion

For Students 6th - 8th
Construct basic sentences with beginning Spanish speakers using a learning exercise. Ten sentences are given, and each contains at least two blanks that learners have to fill to complete each sentence. Below each blank is a picture of...
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Creating Characters

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students identify simple pictographs and ideographs from Chinese writing. They create their own images, and combine characters to communicate ideas to one another, introducing basic foundations of how elements of the Chinese writing...
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Dia de los Muertas/Day of the Dead Cultural Project

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars explore the celebrations of different cultures, comparing and contrasting what is unique to them. Students explore different ways to celebrate those holidays. They construct a personalized alter to demonstrate one aspect...
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Gopher It! Exploring German Cyberspace

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Learners are introduced to the Gopher research tools. In groups, they compare and contrast English and German services on the gopher servers. They create their own dictionary of computer related terms and spend time downloading picture...
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J'ai mal à la tête! (I have a headache!) -- Health Expressions in French

For Teachers K - 4th
Oh, no! Everyone is getting sick! Young French speakers use French expressions regarding physical health, some of which are idioms. With the use of health expressions provided in the lesson plan, pairs work together to write stories that...
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Legendary Myths Verses Modern Life

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover that some of the influences ancient myths have had on the way of life still practiced today in a Spanish speaking country they have chosen. They work in small groups to devise their own essential question, research...
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Creating a WebPage (In Spanish)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars develop a webpage in Spanish. They are introduced to HTML and must have at least three links on their page. They also insert graphics to make their webpage more appealing.
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101 Dalmations and Counting

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use numbers from 1-101 in Spanish or French after viewing a video of "101 Dalmations".
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At the Dinner Table: A Foreign Language Lesson

For Teachers K - 5th
Students name dinner-table utensils in the foreign language being taught. In this foreign language vocabulary lesson, students create a restaurant table setting with labels to learn vocabulary of the table in the language they are studying.
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University of Texas at Austin

Ut Austin: Introduction to French Negation

For Students 9th - 10th
Basic introduction to the formation of the negative in French. The site has good examples of different constructions (ne pas, jamais, rien etc.)
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Colby College

Spanish Language & Culture: Reflexive Verbs in Song

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete the lyrics of a song with a variety of reflexive constructions. A great way to review some basic reflexive verbs and become familiar with other reflexive verbs that are not so basic.