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  • 25 Strategies for Chatty Students

    What to Do with Talkative Students in French Class

    Even experienced teachers sometimes struggle with talkative students in French class . . . So I put together this list of 25 strategies for chatty students. If you’d like to see the Spanish version…

  • Teach students to choose between preterite and imperfect tenses.

    Preterite vs. Imperfect: How to Choose

    Simple 5 Question System for Choosing Preterite vs. Imperfect As Spanish teachers, we all know that one of the trickiest topics to teach is how to choose between the preterite and…

  • Day of the Dead Spanish Lesson Plan, Games, Activitie, Día de los Muertos

    9 Day of the Dead Spanish Activities and Lesson Plans

    Looking for engaging Day of the Dead Spanish activities? Spice up your classes with these Day of the Dead Spanish activities ranging from authentic video clips to make your own memorials,…

  • Free Day of the Dead Activities for Spanish Class

    5 Day of the Dead Spanish Activities

    Hey guys!  Just made a video sharing 5 of my favorite Day of the Dead Spanish activities.  It’s too big to host on my blog (boo hoo!), but you can watch…

  • 25 French Writing Activities and French Writing Projects

    25 French Writing Activities, French Writing Projects

    In this series on teaching French writing activities, we’ve already discussed using templates to model good writing, as well as the importance of French transition words to decrease choppiness.  This post…

  • French Writing Projects

    How to Use French Writing Templates

    If your French students are writing short, choppy first-grade level sentences, try using French writing templates to dramatically improve and formalize their writing. If this is happening in your class, you’re…

  • Using French Transition Words to Improve Student Writing

    French Transition Words to Improve Writing

    In my last post about how to teach writing in French, I shared tips about the importance of providing templates for your lower-level language students.  This next post will teach you…

  • Using Spanish Transition Words to Improve Student Writing

    Spanish Transition Words to Improve Writing

    In my last post about how to teach writing in Spanish, I shared tips about the importance of providing templates and examples for your lower-level language students.  This next post will…

  • Spanish Writing Project Templates

    How to Use Spanish Writing Templates

    Are you struggling to teach Spanish writing to your students? If your Spanish students are writing short, choppy first-grade level sentences, try using Spanish writing templates to dramatically improve and formalize…

  • 25 Spanish writing activities and Spanish writing projects

    Spanish Writing Activities, 25 Spanish Writing Projects

    In this series on teaching Spanish writing skills, we’ve discussed using templates to model good writing, as well as the importance of Spanish transition words to decrease choppiness.  This post will…