Thanksgiving Conversation Topics

I discovered this website which has Thanksgiving table topics.  Some would be perfect for an intermediate language class.  Here are some of my favorites and a few other topics that I added in: Describe tu Día de Acción de Gracias ideal. Tienes que dar gracias por 3 cosas que están en la clase. ¿Qué te

Spanish II Final Questions Practice

Last year, I posted all of my questions for students to practice for the final exam in Spanish 1B.  Today, I will post the ones that I created this year for level II.  They could be used throughout the year.  In the blanks, I used teacher’s names from school.  The last question is about our

What would you do?

 I love this website for questions for ESL.  They have great what if questions.  I translated some for my students, and I can’t wait for them to ask each other these questions! 1. Si pudieras hacer lo que querrías por un día entero… 2. Si tuvieras una canción que descubriría tu vida… 3. Si fueras

Questions: Preterite

The other day, we were working on preterite verbs.  I am trying to compile all of my questions to use throughout class.  They would also work as a warm-up activity.  Here were the questions that I used during our “Chaos” game: ¿Qué pediste en un restaurante mexicano?  ¿Quién sirvió la comida en Applebees?  ¿Cuántas horas

More conversation starters

On the FLTeach listserv, someone shared this great website with TONS of conversation starters.  They are all written in English, but it is a great start.  The educational consultant suggested writing them on strips of paper and putting them in a bag.  At the beginning or end of class, three students could pull out a

Copa Mundial: Preguntas

One of the five C’s from ACTFL is comparisons.  Using the World Cup, it would be easy to have a discussion about enthusiasm for the World Cup.  Do many of your students watch soccer?  Will they watch the World Cup?  What is a championship game that they watch which is similar to the World Cup?

Childhood Questions

I am starting to develop a unit that uses the imperfect tense, and students will be able to talk about their past and childhood.  These questions can be used as a warm-up activity, guides for an essay, or interview questions to ask partners. Cuando eras niño/a… 1. ¿Dónde jugabas? 2. ¿Qué mirabas en la tele?

Brainstorming Questions: Los deportes

As I wrote earlier, I am trying to compile lists of questions for students to practice throughout the year.  I started with the Family unit, and now I am starting on the sports unit.  Hopefully, by the time I am done, I will have all year Spanish 1/2 covered! 1.  ¿Cuál deporte prefieres jugar? 2.

Brainstorming Questions: La familia

Earlier in the year, I posted about these two great ideas (neither of them mine!).  One is a conversation starter bucket with writing prompts.  The other was a can of questions and a camera to record each student speaking in Spanish.  I didn’t have a chance to sit down and create this year, but I