Category: Resources

How is Day of the Dead celebrated in some parts of the United States? October 27th, 2022 If you are ever in the San Antonio area around the end of October, consider attending the Spiritlandia parade. This is the kick-off event for San Antonio’s Day of the Dead festival, the largest in the U.S. This …

Want an alternative to Day of the Dead/ Día de Muertos? Culture Comics can help your students dig deeply into culture. 3 levels of an authentic story 7 total versions with full comics, partial comics, and limited visuals to shrink the visual support as you read. 48 pages Matching, sequencing, advanced cultural questions, comprehension questions in Spanish …

Are you using the Spanish novel, Piratas del Caribe y el mapa secreto in your classroom? To build background knowledge and interest in the book’s theme, consider showing Disney’s trailer for the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie, starring Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz. In both the Spanish and the French versions of the novel, the characters are looking …

A great listening activity for students who are reading El capibara con botas! Amy Marshall does an awesome job: slowly teaching question words, pointing at words she is using, and modeling first-person and second-person forms of verbs when interviewing or chatting with someone.   

How do you introduce a novel? Amy Marshall is teaching her favorite novel this semester, El capibara con botas. Here is how she is setting up the learning experience for her high school students using the book in March of Spanish 1. Amy Marshall: I make no secret that teaching El capibara con botas is my very favorite …