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El desfile de los alebrijes: A Story in Spanish for Beginners (Video & Text)
Many of our students have gotten to know the fantastically colorful and imaginative alebrijes of Mexican folk art through the film Coco. This video-story allows students to build upon that background knowledge and acquire new language while watching compelling film coverage from the Desfile de los alebrijes, an annual parade sponsored by the Museo de Arte Popular in which hundreds of alebrijes come to life throughout the streets of Mexico City.
I play this video first with no volume and lead students in identifying what they see. After watching and discusisng the video, students design their own alebrijes by drawing and writing a detailed description. Finally, students share their unique alebrijes with their classmates in lively, small group discussions.
You can click “CC” in the lower right corner of the video to turn on accurate Spanish subtitles. Also, here is a full transcript of the story if you would like to use it for reading activities: El desfile de los alebrijes Full Text Transcript (PDF)
Enjoy the video! Any comments are welcome and appreciated. I’d love to know if you share this video with your students!
“Un día típico de un estudiante” Read-along story (video & free activity sheet)
“Un día típico de un estudiante universitario” is a read-along story for beginner-level students. There’s a special focus on “yo-go” verbs, por versus para, and food vocabulary, my class’ learning objectives for this unit.
There’s one notable absence: reflexive verbs! Usually ubiquitous in any daily routine story, I have left them out of this sequence because my total-beginner students haven’t learned about them yet. My goal is for students to become comfortable with writing and talking about daily routines and sequences of events in a contextual narrative before we reach the next unit in which the main focus is daily routines with reflexive verbs!
Download the free PDF activity sheet here: Un día típico PDF HANDOUT
And here is the video narration of the story!
Any comments or suggestions are welcome. If you use this activity with your students, I’d love to hear about it!
Learn Spanish with Family Guy! Video & Activity (Free PDF)
Before making this activity a few years ago, I polled my beginner Spanish students about the most well-known families from a TV show or movie. The Kardashians won, but Family Guy consistently took second, ¡so I went with la familia Griffin!
First, we watch the video below together to provide comprehensible input for introducing family vocabulary. I pause frequently to ask “circling” style questions, all in the target language, Spanish. (Click here for a great video on circling by Kaizen Teaching).
Next, students work together to fill in the blanks with the target vocabulary. Click here for a free, printable PDF of the handout!
Finally, students put what they learned into production by writing a similar description of a family on the back of the handout. Here are the instructions I project on the board:
¡A escribir! Descripción de una familia
Use the Family Guy presentation as a model
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Describe una familia famosa (de la televisión, el cine, un libro, la historia, etc.)
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Usa el vocabulario para expresar las relaciones entre los miembros de la familia.
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¿Qué hacen los miembros de la familia?
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–Escribe 1-3 frases sobre cada persona.
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Dibuja (draw) un árbol familiar.
I instruct the students who finish writing early swap papers to do peer editing.
Any feedback welcome in the comments! I´d love to know if you use this activity in your classroom or have any suggestions for expansion/improvement!
10 Hábitos Diarios: Actividad de Discusión, Escritura y Diseño Creativo
Actividad Creativa: 10 Hábitos Diarios
Tema: El bienestar y la salud
I. Discusión en grupos:
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¿Tienes algunos hábitos que haces cada día para mejorar tu calidad de vida?
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¿Cuáles son?
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¿Cómo estas acciones diarias mejoran tu calidad de vida?
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¿Crees que es importante tener algunos hábitos diarios? ¿Por qué?
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¿Estás de acuerdo con los hábitos diarios sugeridos en este póster?
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¿Qué cambiarías? ¿Por qué?
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II. Escritura y Diseño
Diseña tu propia versión de un póster con 10 hábitos diarios para mejorar la calidad de vida.
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Incluye texto e imágenes.
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Usa la creatividad para diseñar un formato original.
III. Colaboración y Reflexión
Comparte tu póster con 3 compañer@s de clase.
Escribe algunos comentarios sobre cada póster.
Después, comparte tus ideas en una conversación.
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¿Qué tienen en común los pósteres? ¿Cómo son diferentes?
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¿Piensas adoptar algunos de los hábitos sugeridos por tus compañer@s de clase? ¿Cómo crees que estas acciones van a cambiar tu vida?
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¿Qué te gusta del diseño y formato de los pósteres? ¿Por qué te gustan estos aspectos?
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¿Jugamos al Pegaso? (el presente) (chistes)
Mad Libs in Spanish: La fiesta de cumpleaños (Beginner) (Free PDF)
Remember Mad Libs? I used to love doing them as a kid! Now I love using them in the Spanish classroom!
Here is a simple Mad Lib activity that I wrote for my beginner level class.
Click here for 2 page Mad Lib PDF activity sheet.
I hope to share more soon, and there are many other Spanish teachers who have shared their Mad Libs online as well!
If you use this in your classroom, I´d love to hear how it went in the comments!
Video: The hundreds in Spanish, step-by-step (with worksheet)
I have observed that many students in my most advanced courses still struggle with numbers above one hundred. Here is a video I made to go over things step-by-step.
This first video covers 100s through 900s, and the next one will be practice (with memes!) with the thousands up to the millions!
Here´s a PDF activity sheet for a comprehension check after the video! Los números 100 – 999 PDF Activity Sheet
Here´s the answer key! Los números 100 – 999 Answer Key
Enjoy the video! Any feedback welcome in the comments!
¡Halloween saludable!
