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Spanish III Std. 1.1 Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.

Lesson Plans: Museums, Museums, Museums! In this site students will Discover museums through the internet in the target language. Recognize the name of the museum, the address, telephone number, hours of operation, admittance rates, and select two works of art that are of personal interest to the student. In the Big City Students will be able to ask for and give directions in Spanish. Juegos y Canciones para los Niño's In this lesson students will create a booklet of learned vocabulary that will span the entire school term. Contents of My Backpack In this lesson students will learn the vocabulary for school supplies and practice using the vocabulary with partners by telling each other how to pack their backpacks. Border Sports: Bullfighting Students will understand the cultural significance and meaning of the bullfight. In addition, students will research internet sources on the ethical aspects of bullfighting, and exercise their rhetorical and argumentative skills in an in-class debate on the subject Crossing the Border: Practicalities: Students will understand the realities of daily life in both the U.S. and Mexico, and consider the complexities and subtleties of "crossing the border," that is, of international interaction and cooperation. La Frontera In this lesson the student will learn the geography of the border between the US and Mexico and will explore reasons why people choose to come to the US. A Pre-Columbian Mosaic of Latin America: Linuistic Diversity within the Maya Cultural Region Students will look at the diversity of languages and ethnic groups as an identifier of geographic location and isolation, history, and an important ethnic cultural expression. Students will also recognize the fact that over 28 different dialects are spoken by 3 million people who identify themselves a Maya. These dialects define their ethnic groups, as do their clothing, history, and other cultural characteristics. Mexico―Language and Literature The students will develop their language and literature skills and knowledge by engaging themselves within a realm of the Mexican culture. Mexican Food This lesson introduces Mexican food and the history behind it. The main objective of this lesson is to introduce new food vocabulary to the students. In addition, the students will also participate in classroom activities, make a menu of their own, take quizzes, and use the internet to practice the vocabulary. The students will apply what they learn in a Mexican restaurant, by ordering their meal in Spanish. Spanish Bingo This is a great lesson for review. It is the same as playing Bingo, but you may call it whatever you wish and have the student call that name out when s/he wins. Spanish This lesson teaches the numbers 0-100 the fun and easy way. Students create their own bingo chart, the teacher calls out numbers randomly; six matches in a row wins. The Mayans This is an interdisciplinary unit which will explore why the Mayan are not as prominent today as they were in the past. Students will also develop a better understanding of Mayan culture and their civilization. Building Communities/Construyendo Comunidades The objective of the lesson is to allow students to take responsibility for their own learning of a foreign language through exploring the theme of what community means. All groups develop their own core vocabulary of words associated with their concept of community. For the Grade and Middle School students the lessons should be kept at a concrete-operation cognitive level. For High School students their theme remains the same, but their development is more on the abstract cognitive level. Questions and answers in a Foreign Language The object of this lesson is for students to recognize all the interrogative words, how to phrase questions and how to answer questions in a foreign language. Concrete Biopoems In this lesson, Concrete Biopoems, students create poems about themselves. This reinforces use of adjectives and other vocabulary. To really get the students involved have them put their poems inside a drawing of a shape that is important to them. For example: a football, a car, a parent's face, etc. Beginning of the Year or Semester Review for returning students This lesson is a beginning of the year or semester review for returning students. Students will be able to (SWBAT) simulate an everyday conversation and converse with peers in the target language.

Resources: The Language Bank This site can provide a jumping off point for making internet excursions a regular part of your foreign language curriculum. Quia Students can use the Quia to practice numbers, colors, etc. The Quia makes repetition and practice fun. Hispanic Magazine This magazine has a list of links to articles for and about Hispanics. Site includes Hispanic culture, business, sports and more. Museo del Prado This website is for one of Spain's most famous museums. It offers online tours of its collection and other museum information. CNN En Español CNN world news in Spanish. A great resource for Sports, weather, international concerns, health, fashion and everything else you are used to from CNN. Online Resources-Spanish This site is dedicated to materials for language learning. It includes courses, grammar, links to practice materials in all four modalities, and much more. Webspañol: Spanish Language Resources on-line This site boasts of their commitment to Spanish Language study with Internet resources. spanish.language & culture Spanish Grammar Exercises: a wonderful practice resource for all those fine tune grammar points that students struggle with so often. Try it out! Noticias y Revistas In case none of the others interest you, here is a nice listing of many of the Hispanic Newspapers available on the web. El Espectador This site is a daily paper from Colombia. Includes front page stories, economics, sports, links to back issues, and more. TeachSpanish.com The TeachSpanish.com Country Resource Center will allow you to explore any Latin American country you choose in either English or Spanish. Also, when you get to a country, simply click on the country flag to get some general demographic information in English about that country. Quia - Class Page Kathleen Pepin This is basically a site for Spanish II which can also be used later in Spanish I Bienvenidos a mi página WEB This is a Super Website with links to over 630 sites and growing daily.
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