My Spanish IV students asked me to prepare them a review grid of tenses (present, preterite, imperfect, future, conditional and subjunctive) for most commonly used verbs. There are no conjugations on this grid, but its a useful template if want to give students extra practice or a review before they start creating or narrating a story. No answer key for this one, but its free for anyone who can use it. :)

This handout reviews Direct, Indirect and Reflexive pronouns as well as placement of pronouns in 1 verb, multi verb and command sentences. It is a good review for students who already seen pronouns or as a notetaking outline.

20 slide powerpoint to discuss use of reflexive verbs with students. I break this up into several days of shorter presentations and intersperse practice and partner activities as we look at reflexives in 1 verb sentences, verb pairs, gerunds and positive tú commands. Lots of practice slides in between for guided practice on white boards or just plain paper. Answers given on the following slides so students can check their progress as they experiment with reflexive pronouns. This presentation is best suited to a level II class for introduction or as a quick and comprehensive review to higher levels who need a quick refresher.

This practice worksheet helps remind students of the basics covered in the GUSTAR powerpoint and is a good homework assignments for follow up after viewing the presentation or after being introduced to GUSTAR and like verbs. Worksheet contains several CIERTO/FALSO statements about verbs, and IOP chart for the pronouns, ten short practice sentences where students choose the correct pronoun and form of GUSTAR and four free response open ended questions where students can apply what they know about GUSTAR to related verbs and prepare some responses for in class conversation the following day. Worksheet is best suited to a Spanish II students who has seen GUSTAR and has a working knowledge of some simple sentence vocabulary.

These notes and practice pages for the future tense take students through formation and usage step by step. 5 page download includes, notes, grid for conjugation of regular an irregular Future tense verbs, questions to answer in the future tense and 25 practice "si" clause sentences where students complete the sentence with either the future or present tense. There is a free write essay with prompt at the end for students to envision their future life. This works best for a Level III class or as a review for higher levels. You could use it to introduce the future tense and assign practice.

This quiz works best for a level III or higher class where students have already been working with subjunctive verbs for awhile. I use it as my second quiz after students have completed my homework practice packet. Quiz is 50 pts, takes one class to complete and is graduated in task level. 1) identification of expressions that take either Subj or Indicative tenses. 2) Practice sentences to complete in Subj, Ind or Infinitive 3) an essay prompt on a student familiar topic for them to answer creatively using subj and indicative tenses, work bank of starter expressions included for them.

This film is set at the turn of the century in the hills of Provence outside of Marseilles and is based on a true story of the childhood of a French film director. In French, with subtitles available in either English or French, its not rated and it totally suitable for French students in either middle or high school. There is a sequel to this film, My Mother's Castle, if you students enjoy this one. Movie guide contains 36 questions chronologically ordered to accompany the film which is 2 hrs. in length. Questions are provided in both French and English.

This project is best suited to a second semester Spanish I class where students have had some exposure to TENER, ESTAR and prepositions. It works well as a concluding project to a unit on the house. Students create a house of their dreams and then describe the rooms to their classmates in Spanish. Project download contains directions for the project, draft script, final script, useful vocabulary list and grading rubric. Recommend 2 days in computer lab for students to create their visuals or can be assigned as homework.

60 more practice sentences with blanks for rationale based on Por vs Para notes and Practice #1. Students who need extra practice can continue to use the notes from the first practice packet or you can give the 2nd practice as a quiz. Suitable for level II or higher, as introduction or review. Answer key also included.

This note taking outline introduces students to Direct Object Pronouns. Students complete simple practices together to identify and correct place DOP's in short sentences. Page 2 contains 20 practice sentences for students to practice identifying and using DOP's in 1 and 2 verb sentences, experiement with pronoun placement etc. Perfect for a quick review at level 3 or as an organizer/note outline for introducing DOP's at level II.

This is a compilation of various note outlines and practice pages I designed for my students who were learning present subjunctive for the first time. There are over 150 practice sentences for students to decide between subjunctive, indicative and infinitives and a few note outlines on impersonal expressions, and a couple of simple conjugation worksheets to help students become familiar with the patterns of regular, irregular and stem changing verbs in the subjunctive.

21 chronological questions in both Spanish and English to accompany the film Motorcycle Diaries which chronicles the early life of Che Guevara. This film won awards and is excellent for any level of Spanish or Social Studies. However, one should note that the film carries an R rating for the language that appears in the subtitles. (the English is harsher than the original script) and you will want to obtain parental permission or limit this film to junior and senior students. Movie guide also contains 9 follow up topics for class discussion or independent student writing. Great film! Your students will love it.

This 40 point quiz within the context of the fairy tale Little Red Ridinghood works best for students at level III or higher who have been working with Preterite vs Imperfect within the context of a short story. Students prior knowledge of this famous fairy tale will help them to comprehend the context of the story and select the best verb choice. Answer key included, quiz takes about 20 minutes to complete in class. Quiz could also be used as a practice.

This 56 minute documentary on Netflix is the best thing I have seen this year for either a Spanish or Social Studies. 4 college students spend 56 days in a remote Guatemalan village on 1 dollar a day budget, while exploring effects of living in extreme poverty and some innovative solutions people have come up with to survive. Excellent for any Spanish class where you have been studying immigration and reasons people leave their home countries to risk their lives traveling to the US, or for a Social Studies class looking at underdeveloped countries and what it means to live in extreme poverty. My students loved this film bc it was created by four college students and used their observations and connections as narrative between interviews with people in the village. (Interviews are in Spanish with subtitles, narrative in English. ) Suitable for any level middle, high school, available on Netflix, this film was such a gem you will want to own a copy. Movie guide contains 29 questions.

This giant 36 slide powerpoint covers Direct Object pronouns from beginning to end. We start by identifying them in English, then moving into Spanish, we replace Direct Objects with pronouns in 1 verb, 2 verb, gerund, postive command, negative command and use them in questions. Slides contain step by step notes, explanations of accents, personal "a" usage and contains tons of examples. This powerpoint is best used over several days of instruction with classroom activities and exercises as students learn all the uses for DOP's. Best suited for SPanish II students learning pronouns for the first time or as a review for a higher level course. All practice examples reveal the answers as you go along, so no worries about an answer key! Total teaching time is at least 90 minutes if students work the practice examples as you go along, but I would chunk this up over several days as DOPs can be overwhelming.

This mini adventure webquest puts students to work compiling information about a Spanish speaking country of choice. I recommend partners and a day in the lab together where you can guide them through the website and help them to form conclusions and comparisons to their own lives in the US. Assignment can be completed in one class period. Allow two more class periods for students to present their findings to the class. Assignment is in English as its designed for lower level or introductory courses but could easily be converted into Spanish for a higher level class, or used for a French class with Francophone countries.

This practice packet will guide students through HABER as a helping verb and how to use it in the present, imperfect, future and conditional. It also covers formation of past participles in regular and irregular forms and contains 56 practice exercises for conjugation in the four tenses. This works well for a level III or higher class where you are studying past participles or as a review for a AP level 5 class.

This practice packet will take students through the basics of when accents are needed and when the stress falls naturally on words. It also looks at special cases like interrogatives, and words that change their meaning with an accent. There are practice exercises integegrated throughout the packet as well, so students can practice subbing out pronouns and adding accents, dividing words into syllables and determining if they need an accent or not. Answer key for you also included. This packet works best with a level 3 or higher class when students have already built a good level of vocabulary in Spanish. It is also suitable for a heritage learner class when students need a refresher.

This blackline master vocabulary list contains 68 terms in Spanish and English for a thematic unit on the environment and accompanies the powerpoint for sale in my store. (List is free) There is a 3rd column for students to create definitions of the words in Spanish or create a sentence that uses each word which can be assigned as homework or completed as you present the powerpoint.

Make learning numbers fun. Students circle the numbers as you read them in the target language. Each row gets a little faster with row 5 being the "speed row". Reward perfect papers with candy/points, then play another round. This grid can be used for any foreign language or basic ESL activity.