Jobs in Spanish: Fun and Effective Tools for Your Careers Unit
In my very first year of teaching Spanish, I was teaching middle school 6th and 7th grade. My upcoming unit was to teach about jobs in Spanish. Jobs, professions, careers to 6th graders? How would I connect with them? They probably have a dream job, but other than that, what else were we going to […]
A Complete Collection of 15 Activities to Teach About Food in Spanish Class
Everybody loves teaching about food in Spanish class! It is also one of our students’ favorite units. But I always found that a food unit with vocabulary that focused on common American food like hamburguesas y papas fritas was pretty boring. Yes, our students need to know vocabulary that is of interest to them, but […]
How to Teach about The Inca Empire in Spanish Class
Teaching about The Inca Empire can be a daunting task. I mean, there are textbooks written on this ancient civilization, complete documentaries, and thousands of resources. How will you narrow down your lesson plan for high school students? You want to highlight the main parts of the Inca Empire while bringing in elements of excitement […]
Out of 5 Spanish Teacher Demo Lessons… This Was My Most Successful
If you’re reading this blog post, you are most likely a new teacher or haven’t taught demo lessons in a long time. Be sure to read this whole blog post. You’ll learn about my most successful demo lesson and why the other four demo lessons were far from perfect! So, you got through step one… […]