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Fun Stuff and Games
Juego de Puntos - Game to Practice Future Tense With -IR: Here is a game where students practice the use of the future tense with -ir. Students work with a partner or in small groups. They complete tasks based on the cards for the game scattered around the room. The groups earn a certain amount of points, depending on the types of questions they answer. Blue cards have basic tasks, like conjugating the verb ir, or filling in the blanks for sentences using the future tense with -ir. Green cards have different prompts that ask students to create sentences with the future tense with -ir. White cards have the most challenging prompts, as the ask students to read a text and create a timeline or a map of what they read. (You will need to copy the cards onto appropriately colored paper and cut them, so there is some prep involved.) After 30 minutes or so, the pairs or small groups add up the points of another pair or small group. Whoever has the most points, wins!
In my experience, students love the game. Honestly, I don't even have a good name for this game (I've called it the Points Game, or Juego de puntos), but I don't think it matters. What does matter is that students get the chance to practice the future tense with -ir and have fun at the same time. I've used this game with the theme of Viajes, but I think you could use it with other themes that use the future tense with -ir. Everything's in Word so you can edit it as necessary. Great for Spanish 1!
Listening/Video Tasks
Style: Introduction to a town
Name of Video: Un dia en mi barrio - la Victoria
Topic: El viaje y la comunidad
Resource: Authentic (Spain)
Suggested Level: Spanish 1or 2
Interpretive Listening: Un día en mi barrio: la Victoria: Here is an AUTHENTIC listening activity that supports a travel or community for either level 1 or level 2 Spanish. It's a video (produced by a Spanish grocery store, I believe) called Un día en mi barrio: la Victoria. If you'd like to see the video first, the site is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yFuEOfuiOE. There are 2 small pre-listening activities that prepare students for the vocabulary they will hear, a listening activity, where students answer a series of questions about what they are watching, and a post- listening activity where students draw a map of the town based on what they saw, labeling several key sites. Everything's written in Word, so you can edit as necessary.
Style: Children's Video
Name of Video: La maleta de Caillou
Topic: El viaje y las vacaciones
Resource: Authentic (Spain)
Suggested Level: Spanish 1or 2
Interpretive Listening: Theme of El Viaje y Las Vacaciones: Here is an interpretive listening activity based on an AUTHENTIC resource (it's a Caillou video called La maleta de Caillou) with DIFFERENTIATED questions based on levels of difficulty (challenging, standard and remedial for learning disabled or students who need a little extra help). There is a quick warm-up, the interpretive listening questions, and a post-activity where students create a comic strip about what happens during Caillou's trip to the mountains. The video can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3uQ1fxyWZE or on my website https://gramatichica.wixsite.com/laprofesoragil/el-viaje-y-las-vacaciones. Just scroll down to the videos section. You should be able to find it there. Of course, everything's written in Word, so you can edit as necessary. Great for Spanish 1!
Style: Narration
Name of Video: Nivel 2A En la estacion de tren
Topic: El viaje y las vacaciones
Resource: Not Authentic (Spain)
Suggested Level: Spanish 1or 2
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Style: Introduction to a town
Name of Video: Un dia en mi barrio -
Topic: El viaje y la comunidad
Resource: Authentic (Spain)
Suggested Level: Spanish 1or 2
Interpretive Listening: Un día en mi barrio: Chiclana, Cadiz: Here is an AUTHENTIC listening activity that supports a travel or community for either level 1 or level 2 Spanish. It's a video (produced by a Spanish grocery store, I believe) called Un día en mi barrio: Chiclana. If you'd like to see the video first, the site is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61ixTiHqs-0. There is a small pre-listening activity that prepare students for the vocabulary they will hear, a listening activity, where students answer a series of questions about what they are watching, and a post- listening activity where students draw a map of the their perfect town, labeling several key sites and describing it to a partner. Everything's written in Word, so you can edit as necessary.
Projects
Group Project: Make a Board Game Future Tense with -Ir in Spanish Here is a project where students create a board game using the future tense with the verb -ir. Can be used during a travel theme unit or a pasatiempos unit. Students will work with a partner or a small group to create a board game based the use of the future ir. Students may choose one of the following types:
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Adventure game
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Role-play game
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Strategy game
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Action game
Once the games are complete, students will then share their games with the other groups. Each group will rate each game in terms of
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the objective of the game,
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the ease and playability of the game,
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the enjoyability of the game,
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the speed of the game,
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the educational quality of the game
In my experience, students really enjoyed this project. The games they designed were intricate and fun. Of course, everything's written in Word, so you can edit as necessary (and change the theme but keep the main characteristics of the projects). Great for Spanish 1 or 2!