MS Spanish Guide

● Use a graphic organizer to differentiate vocabulary, phrases, & images for students to make associations between objects & vocabulary. ● Use Total Physical Response to review new vocabulary. ● Pair with partners to practice conversation/group students to allow opportunity for them to practice speaking. Before assigning students a conversation, model the conversation, and provide sentence frames or sentence starters. ● Use gestures and oral repetition of key phrases and words in multiple contexts. ● Engage the student in more student-teacher conversation in Spanish aside from regularly planned activities or group the student with other advanced learners who are ready for more challenging dialogue. Provide opportunities for more conversation with fl uent speakers via Zoom or Google Meet. ● Interview or survey other students or bilingual individuals outside of class about a chosen topic in Spanish, then present their fi ndings to the class. ● Provide more complex text in Spanish for students to read. ● Students can build and categorize word lists (eg. synonyms, antonyms). ● Have students record themselves speaking the language and re fl ect on their progress. ● Students can practice translating from English to Spanish in speech or writing.

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*Updated 6.10.24