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Greetings - How and Where Might We Greet Someone Using Spanish?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Use the Total Physical Response (TPR) strategy to practice Spanish greetings as well as where and who question prompts. Comprised of five days, this short unit is taught completely in Spanish with call-and-response exercises,...
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Des Super-Terres dans l'univers

For Students 10th - 12th
Do you think there are other planets similar to the earth? Assess your intermediate and advanced French readers with this interesting text about super-Earths. Following the reading are three activities: one focusing on vocabulary, a...
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Une première voiture volante

For Students 10th - 12th
You might see a flying car before your lifetime ends! Assess your intermediate and advanced French classes with this resource, discussing the plans for a flying car. Two brief activities follow: the first develops new vocabulary, and the...
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Santé

For Students 9th - 10th
How is your health? Intermediate Francophones read a two-paragraph text about healthy eating and the problems associated with those who do not make healthy choices. Two exercises follow the reading passage: the first is a short...
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La Biodiversite

For Students 11th - 12th
What is biodiversity, and how has it been impacted? Advanced French readers learn about the changes in species around the world and what the United Nations decided to do about it. After reading the page-long text, your readers complete...
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Changement climatique et risque de destruction des récifs coraliens

For Students 11th - 12th
How is climate change affecting the coral reefs? Advanced French speakers read a half-page text about climate change and what it means for coral reefs. Then, following the reading, they complete a vocabulary activity and discuss the...
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Victime de son imagination-une histoire bizarre

For Students 11th - 12th
Read this bizarre story with your French class! The story is about a half-page in length, but the word choice and sentence structures are geared towards intermediate and advanced Francophones. Activities focus on vocabulary development,...
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Locavores

For Students 10th - 12th
Who are les locavores? Introduce your French class to the benefits of eating local with this reading passage and the activities that accompany it. Pupils focus on developing their vocabulary, entering into a discussion with a peer, and...
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La nuit de Guy Fawkes

For Students 11th - 12th
Assess your advanced French class's reading comprehension skills with this reading on la nuit de Guy Fawkes. As they learn about the holiday, have them mark the text to increase their understanding. After reading, have them complete the...
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Passé Composé (verbes avec auxilliaire avoir)-révision

For Students 9th - 12th
Mastering the past tense in French can be tricky, as you have to memorize which verbs use avoir and which use être. Provide your class with 25 fill-in-the-blank sentences to practice conjugating common verbs like prendre, faire, dire,...
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Le Lion

For Students 11th - 12th
What do you know about lions? Intermediate and advanced French readers are presented with a page-long text. After completing the reading, they work on the activities that follow. The activities focus on vocabulary development, reading...
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The Royal Family

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students conduct Internet research and answer worksheet questions regarding the Spanish royal family. They list the family members they would like to meet, write Jeopardy answers, and create a family tree or a photo album for their own...
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Articles and Partitives

For Students 9th - 12th
There are four forms of the French partitive article: du, de l', de la, and des. Designed to provide some clarification on what the articles mean both in the positive and the negative, this sheet serves as both a reference guide and a...
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Compare the Presidents

For Students 9th - 11th
How are Nicolas Sarkozy and Barack Obama similar? How are they different? Look at two visual representations of them; what kind of first impression does they give you? After comparing the presidents, learners complete a proverb matching...
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The Prado Museum

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students visit the Prado Museum website. They explore the website, answer questions in Spanish, interview a classmate, and compare/contrast various artists' works and the Prado museum with a U.S. museum.
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The Weather in South America

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct Internet research on weather and weather conditions in South America. They read a weather report in Spanish, and answer worksheet questions on South American countries and their weather conditions.
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Los Volcanes Mexicanos

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils conduct Internet research on Mexican volcanoes. They explore various websites, complete a website worksheet, answer questions in Spanish, and create a timeline of a volcano's eruptions.
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The Rainforests

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students visit various rainforest websites and answer questions about the rainforest in Spanish. They create an oral and visual presentation on the rainforests, urging conservation of the rainforests.
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The Spanish Alphabet

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Teach your language learners all about the Spanish alphabet with a lesson, presentation, and graphic representation. The lesson portion is mostly information, and doesn't include an instructional sequence. Class members can visit the...
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Comparatives & Superlatives in Spanish

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Who is taller? And who is the tallest? Help your Spanish language learners express comparison by teaching them about comparatives and superlatives. The first part of the webpage includes in-depth explanations with examples of...
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Letter Recognition Flash Games for Kids

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore the alphabet by completing an on-line letter identification activity. In this phonetics instructional activity, students utilize the website www.literarycenter.net and listen to word sounds as they identify the spelling...
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Signs Quiz

For Students 9th - 11th
Quiz your class on their reading comprehension! Provided here are 50 signs that your class has to translate. Examples include: Roulez Lentement, Ne Touchez Pas, and Tirez. An answer sheet is provided.
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Ojo De Dios

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Spanish learners will follow directions given in Spanish (provided here) to craft an "ojo de dios". Learners will also discuss where it originated from and what its purpose is. 
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The Way We Are

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers visit a website to examine a typical Japanese high school student's life. They answer questions about their own personal interests, list their favorite school subjects, answer questions about the website, and e-mail a...