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La canción del pretérito
La cucaracha, la cucaracha! Use this catchy tune to help your beginning Spanish learners remember the preterite tense. Distribute this sheet, so everyone can sing along!
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El Tiempo Pretérito
What tense do you use to express actions that both began and ended in the past? El tiempo pretérito, of course! Review this reference guide with your beginning Spanish speakers to provide them with the basic information for forming the...
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Formal Commands (Mandatos)
How do you give a formal command in Spanish? Study the charts provided and complete the practice below. This resource is easy to follow and gives learners organized information for easy recall.
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Mi vida loca
At this point, your Spanish speakers are almost high school graduates! Have them reflect on their life thus far by creating a timeline of their life. Then, for each age range, have them write about two events on their timeline. Consider...
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Time Expressions with Hacer
The verb hacer has many purposes in the Spanish language, one of which is as part of time expressions. Your class can learn how to use hacer in the preterite, present perfect continuous, and past perfect continuous to express different...
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Preterite Forms of -AR, -ER, -IR Verbs
Students explore how to form the preterite forms of regular -AR, -ER, and -IR verbs. They complete a variety of written task in which they write the correct preterite forms of the verbs. Students complete a worksheet finding the correct...
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Sequence of Events
Your intermediate and advanced learners can expand their conversation skills when they learn how to express multiple past events in the same sentence. This reference guide provides helpful commentary, examples, and translations.
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The Imperfect Tense
Take a trip to the computer lab or flip your class and use this online resource. Spanish language learners can read the included information about the imperfect and practice with the online interactive exercises that are linked on the...
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Spanish - Imperative vs. Preterite Tense
Twelfth graders take an online quiz using a website where they differentiate between preterite and imperfect tenses in Spanish. In this Spanish lesson plan, 12th graders use their computer skills and Spanish skills.
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My Spanish Christmas
Tenth graders research Spanish Christmas customs on the interent and role play in their writing their findings in an essay. They teacher provides a list of web addresses for the students to locate information on and from that their...
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Cuentitos para ni
Vamos a escribir! Your older learners will love writing a children's book for learners at the elementary level. The resource suggests having small groups write their stories and create PowerPoint slides with illustrations, but this can...
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The Imperfect (Past) Subjunctive: When?
Is your class in the mood for the imperfect subjunctive? They will be if they understand when to use it. Pupils can read, or you can take lesson inspiration from, the the provided information. Learners will find out all about using the...
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Present Progressive Tense
Teaching the present progressive? Your class needs this informative handout! Consider reading it through with them and stopping occasionally to provide practice opportunities or board examples.
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Present tense 1: Estudiar
There are twenty fill-in-the-blank sentences, which students must use the appropriate form of the Spanish verb estar. Tip: You can print this out in the "nine slides per page" format for students to complete individually.
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Using Saber and Conocer
What is the difference between saber and conocer? Language learners sometimes have difficulty with these words because of their similar meaning. Clear up confusion with the information and presentation included here. The website and...
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Using Ser and Estar
While ser and estar both mean to be, they are each used in different situations. This is often confusing for Spanish language learners. Clarify these verbs for your class with direct instruction. The information included on this page...
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Spanish Politics
Students identify Spanish and other leaders, political parties, and ideas on a political continuum as a class. They verbally answer questions demonstrating comprehension of the text. Students summarize in writing in Spanish the main...
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Spanish II
Students listen actively to the teacher go over the note sheet and copy down other important information not on the sheet and ask questions about what they do not understand. They then use this information to help them complete...
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Ella y Él
Take a trip to Costa Rica with th popular song "Ella y Él" by Ricardo Arjona. After listening to the song (and possibly reading the lyrics) the class discusses the general message of the song, the political nature, and other US bands...
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El Imperfecto
You class can learn all about how to form the imperfect with -ar and -er/-ir verbs. The slides do cover the only verbs that are irregular in the tense and the situations for which you use the imperfect (plus examples). Go over the...
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The Imperfect (Past) Subjunctive: How?
Teach your class how to form the imperfect subjunctive. Included here is information on and examples of regular imperfect subjunctive verbs, irregular imperfect subjunctive verbs, and imperfect subjunctive -se endings displayed in long...
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