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ES S21 ADV NASA

Language Resident Name: Tamara Olivos

Day and Date: April 20, 2017

Language and Level : Advanced Spanish

Class theme/topics discussed:

Goal of the class:

How did you structure the class?

Reminder of cultural activities

Warm up: pictionary. Using the whiteboard, ask students to draw something. The rest of the class has to guess what the drawing is.

NASA activity: See attached link

Set the mood and give context using this story.

“Each one of you is part of the crew of a spaceship that is going to meet the ‘mother ship’ on the illuminated part of the moon. Due to some mechanical difficulties, the space ship had to land about 350km from the original meeting spot. During the landing, a big part of the space ship equipment suffered considerable damage and due to the fact that the crew’s survival depends on getting to the mother ship, you must select the most important material to take with you, and leave the least important ones behind.”

“Cada uno de ustedes forma parte de la tripulación de una nave espacial que iba a reunirse con la “nave nodriza”, en la superficie iluminada de la luna. Debido a unas dificultades mecánicas que surgieron, la nave espacial tuvo que alunizar en un lugar que dista unos 350 km. del sitio donde tenía que encontrarse con la otra nave. Durante el alunizaje, gran parte del equipaje de la nave en que iban ustedes, se estropeó o sufrió daños de consideración, y puesto que la supervivencia de la tripulación, o sea de cada uno de ustedes, depende de que puedan llegar a la “nave nodriza”, tienen que seleccionar el material más importante para llevarlo, dejando lo menos importante.”

Read the list of objects and equipment that were left unharmed after the forced landing. The participants must rank them according to importance and usefulness in order to get to the mother ship. 1 = most important, 15 = least important.

Fist step : Each student will rank the objects individually (column labeled indv)

Second part: Depending on your class size, you can create groups or pairs. Ask students to share their individual rankings, and then rank the again under column group.

Third part If you used pairs in part two, you could create bigger groups and ask them do rank them again. If not, provide the official ranking made by NASA and compare with each groups’ ranking. Students share observations on the process.

Collaboration, active listening, and flexibility are key for this class.

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

Students were really surprised about the results. They collaborated a lot and they realized how talking to others improved their chances.

 If you have a more detailed lesson plan, please attach it below (OK to use target language for that).  Please attach any handouts as well.

You can find the items list in this link:

https://jugamos.jimdo.com/juegos-cognitivos/el-juego-de-la-nasa/

ES S21 ADV Accents and Stereotypes

Language Resident/Assistant Name: Tamara Olivos

Day and Date: February 2, 2021

Language and Level : Spanish Advanced

 Class theme/topics discussed: Accents

Goal of the class:

  • To talk about different accents in English and Spanish.
  • To talk about how accents influence our perception of people

How did you structure the class?

Ice breaker: “House Treasure Hunt”. The instructor will post items on the chat (one at a time) and students must try to find the item and bring them back as soon as possible.

  • A kitchen item that starts with a “C” (cuchara, cazuela, cubeta, copa)
  • The longest book/textbook you can find
  • Something yellow
  • Scissors
  • A small box
  • A broom

Warm up: Which accent is your favorite in Spanish and in English? Which accent is easiest/hardest to understand in Spanish? Why? Are you good at imitating accents in English?

Activity 1: We watch a video about the different accents in English. What did you think? Did she do a good job? Did you like her accent? Where is she from? Because the video is pretty long, the instructor can pause after each accent and discuss the questions above.

Alternative: Watch this video instead about Spanish accents, although it’s in English.

Activity 2:  We watch a series of videos by HBO Latino where they discuss stereotypes and their lives in the US. We discuss the videos. What is the stereotype? What is the situation in their states?  How can we change this? What’s the main reason for the rejection of people different from us? Has anyone made fun of your accent, in English or Spanish?

What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

Zoom, YouTube

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

I skipped the accents video because my previous class didn’t enjoy it very much. I added an alternative because it may be easier for students to talk about Spanish accents. This class loved all the HBO videos though and had lots of comments. Because we skipped the first one, we had a lot of time to spend on the HBO videos.

ES S21 INT Change.org Petitions

Language Resident/Assistant Name: Tamara Olivos

Day and Date: February 10, 2021

Language and Level : Spanish Intermediate

Class theme/topics discussed: Change.org petitions

Goal of the class: To write a change.org petition

How did you structure the class?

Ice-breaker: Taboo. The class is divided in groups. The instructor gives one person a word in a private chat (the word includes taboo words). Students must describe the word without mentioning the taboo words.

Activity 1: Students read a headline about funding being pulled from Erasmus students. As a class we discuss what is Erasmus and if there is something similar in the US (Fulbright pulled funding during the pandemic, for example)

Activity 2: Instructor asks students to define change.org. What is it? What is it for? Is it effective? Have you signed or created a petition? Encourage sharing as much as possible.

Activity 2: We read a short letter that a student sent to the Department of Education in Spain. Some verbs are in bold to call attention to the verb tense (presente del subjuntivo)

Activity 3: In a google Doc, students read some Facebook comments regarding the headline from activity 1. In groups, students must add a comment stating their opinion.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jp-0RkaEi2Lvjozr8qj1So9zyR65xSFePUAzZsb9Wq8/edit?usp=sharing

Activity 4: Students write their own petition. In groups of 2, students think about a topic that is relevant to them. Who is it addressed to? Some verb suggestions are given, and model structures. This could be a silly activity or a serious one. It will depend on your students.

This activity was taken from:

http://www.rutaele.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/R2_COMECOCOS_Subjuntivo_Changeorg_MMAP_B1B2.pdf

What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

Zoom, google docs, PPT

 If you have a more detailed lesson plan, please attach it below (OK to use target language for that).  Please attach any handouts as well.

Puente: NO PUEDES DECIR río atravesar colgante unir

Batería: NO PUEDES DECIR instrumento banda música tambor

Ayer: NO PUEDES DECIR mañana tiempo antes día

Noche: NO PUEDES DECIR luna estrellas oscuro día

Película: NO PUEDES DECIR cine actor director rodar

Cangrejo: NO PUEDES DECIR pinzas crustáceo caparazón caminar

Museo: NO PUEDES DECIR arte edificio pinturas cuadros

Sandia: NO PUEDES DECIR jugosa verano fruta semilla

Pijama: NO PUEDES DECIR ropa noche cama dormir

Pintar: NO PUEDES DECIR artista cuadro colores pincel

Doctor: NO PUEDES DECIR hospital anestesia operación enfermo

Flan: NO PUEDES DECIR leche molde postre huevos

Disfraz: NO PUEDES DECIR traje mascara fiesta carnaval

Vaso: NO PUEDES DECIR beber agua cristal vidrio

Aceituna: NO PUEDES DECIR negra olivo aceite verde

Hoja: NO PUEDES DECIR árbol papel cuaderno escribir

ES S21 INT/ADV Slogans

Language Resident Name: Tamara Olivos

Day and Date: April 28, 2021

Language and Level : Intermediate/Advanced Spanish

Class theme/topics discussed: Advertising

Goal of the class: to create a slogan for a product

How did you structure the class?

Warm up: Introduce the topic by asking the students which is their favorite TV commercial. Do you remember a specific commercial from your childhood? What is the goal of advertising a product? What makes a good ad?

Video 1: Introduce some vocabulary necessary for the video (trenzas). Talk about meeting the parents of the person you are dating. Then watch this Argentine ad “a todos nos puede gustar lo mismo”.

Alternative: ask students what they would want to ask the boyfriend/girlfriend of their kid. Write down the questions in the chat.

Mention the differences between Spanish from Argentina with other accents.

Activity for video 1: In pairs, students will have to create and ad for a beverage, creating a new slogan and drawing the TV commercial as a comic. Students will draw using Zoom whiteboard or paint.

Each group will share their work with the rest of the class. We vote on the best product and slogan. Would you buy this?

Video 2: The teacher will give the students a handout with the written ad with some missing words. They must fill in the blanks with the video. Play video twice.

Review their answers by asking each student to read one sentence. Explain the words they do not know.

Alternative: Assign a part of the video to small groups or have small groups fill out the whole handout. They can help each other fill out the handout because the video is pretty fast.

Alternative: compare to the 2020 version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcO7xfik1Xw&ab_channel=MarketingDirecto

Activity for video 2: We will watch the video a third time so the students can focus on watching the video only. After this they will answer some questions about the ad in groups of 2. They will share the answers to the class.

What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

Handouts, Zoom and YouTube

 If you have a more detailed lesson plan, please attach it below (OK to use target language for that).  Please attach any handouts as well.

Para los gordos, para los …….…….., para los altos, para los bajos, para los que ríen, para los ………………..….., para los que lloran, para los optimistas, para los …………………, para los que lo tienen todo, para los que no tienen nada, para los …………..…., para los que juegan, para los cerrados, para las familias, para los …………….…, para los reyes, para los …………….., para los ……………, para los náufragos, para los rockeros, para los que van, para los que van en tren, para los ………………, para los que sufren, para los motociclistas, para los de allá, para los que trabajan, para los de acá, para los ……….…….., para los que te quieren, para los que no te quieren, para los que te quieren mucho, para los que te quieren poco, para los ……………..……, para los nudistas, para los supersticiosos, para los originales, para los …………….………, para los calculadores, para los pelados, para los ………., para los que leen, para los que escriben, para los ……………….………, para los gemelos, para los distintos, para los …………………., para los que viven solos, para los que viven …………………, para los guiteros, para los que …………………, para los primeros, para los últimos, para los hombres, para los……………………, para ella, para los músicos, para los transparentes, para los fuertes, para los que…………..………, para los que participan, para los que suman, para los que no se callan, para nosotros.

  1.  Explica el eslogan del anuncio
  2.  Público al que se dirige
  3.  Características del producto
  4.  La voz en “off”: ¿tiene siempre el mismo tono? ¿Por qué?
  5.  Cuál es la imagen principal. Señala ejemplos en los que aparece fija la imagen, otros en que el plano se mueve y otros en que la imagen aparece y desaparece.
  6.  ¿Por qué al final al decir PARA TODOS sólo aparece una botella?
  7.  ¿Cómo es el ritmo del anuncio?

ES F20 INT Health and Verbs

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident Name: Tamara Olivos

Day and Date: November 11, 2020

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Intermediate Spanish

 Class theme/topics discussed: Health and Verbs

Goal of the class: To practice vocabulary related to health and verb conjugations

How did you structure the class?

Board game: I shared on my screen the verb tenses board. I assigned each tense a number, so when they roll the die they are rolling a verb tense. (I used the virtual Google dice, just search “roll dice”)

1: presente

2: futuro

3: pret perfecto

4: pret imperfecto

5: subjunctivo

6: preterito

Bingo: We review the vocabulary to make sure everyone understands everything. Then, I read only the definitions and students must know the word in order to cross it out of their bingo cards. I put several bingo cards in Sakai (a different set for each student)

http://marcoele.com/descargas/4/mielgo-bingosalud.pdf

What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

The verb practice was much appreciated and we spent some time explaining some difficult verb tenses.

How could this class be improved/ modified?

I didn’t have time to create an interactive board. I would do this for next time, on Genialy.

ES F20 ADV Personality Types

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident/Assistant Name: Tamara Olivos

Day and Date: September 17, 2020

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Spanish Advanced

Class theme/topics discussed: Types of personality

Goal of the class: To identify personality types, to describe their own personality

How did you structure the class?

Activity 1 (5min): Warm-up. Beginning of sentences: Students receive a list of beginning of sentences. They must complete the sentence loudly. Examples:

Ser joven es…

El aburrimiento es…

El amor es…

Un amigo es…

Sin ti…

Recuerdo…

He olvidado…

Ojalá…

Si pudiera… (haría…)

Cuando tenga 64 años…

Activity 2: I give students a list with the description of 4 different personality types (see below). We discuss the vocabulary and whether or not they identify with them. Why or why not? Why is it important to know your personality? When can this be useful? What other adjectives do they know to describe personalities?

Activity 3: Student describes themselves using adjectives that start by the letters of their names.

Activity 4: Multiple personality disorder. Students answer the same questions as in activity 1 but each one picking a different personality. After answering the questions, they have to guess which kind of personality each student chose.

What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

This topic worked really well. I would do it again.

How could this class be improved/ modified?

You could add a personality questionnaire, like Myer Briggs

 If you have a more detailed lesson plan, please attach it below (OK to use target language for that).  Please attach any handouts as well.

En la media

Este tipo era el más repetido en los cuestionarios y podríamos denominarlos como “normales”. Muestran rasgos de responsabilidad (conciencia y consideración de una persona) y amabilidad (comprensión, escasa hostilidad) moderados, extroversión e inestabilidad emocional (o neuroticismo: cambios de humor, tendencia a sentirse enfadados o tristes) un poco más marcados, y con pocas expectativas (curiosidad y búsqueda nuevas experiencias y aprendizajes bajas).

Reservados

Son personas con altos niveles de estabilidad emocional unida a un carácter normal, ni abiertos ni neuróticos. No destacan por ser extravertidos, pero son amables y responsables. Son más bien tímidos, no suelen mirar a los ojos y ponen grandes distancias con los demás. Además, suelen ser bastante inseguros y guardan información acerca de sus emociones (tanto positivas como negativas). Su disposición suele ser empática y correcta y normalmente se molestan si alguien les levanta la voz sin motivo alguno.

Egocéntricos

Según los científicos, estas personas son poco agradables de cara al resto. Combinan una puntuación menor en amabilidad, apertura hacia los demás y responsabilidad. Tienen un alto grado en extraversión, pero poca franqueza y escrupulosidad. Además, se centran solo en sí mismos y prefieren no vivir nuevas experiencias. Creen que lo saben todo e imponen su opinión sobre cualquier tema. Se muestran superiores, no aceptan consejos e intentan controlar siempre la situación. Según el estudio, es un tipo de personalidad tóxica, no solo para los demás sino para sí mismos también. Solo les agradan los elogios y hacen alusión a la gran fuente de sabiduría que son en todo momento.

Modelos a seguir

Tienen altos niveles de extraversión, amabilidad y responsabilidad con bajo grado de neuroticismo. Son muy abiertos en todos los sentidos, escrupulosos. Rasgos que predominan en las mujeres y que se cultivarían con la edad. Además, siempre se interesan y tienen en cuenta lo que los demás tienen que decir. Son líderes y emocionalmente estables y trabajadores.

ES F20 ADV Astrology

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident/Assistant Name: Tamara Olivos

Day and Date: September 22, 2020

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Spanish Advanced

Class theme/topics discussed: Astrological signs (credits to Blanca and Katherine)

Goal of the class: to make predictions about the future, to talk about one’s personality

How did you structure the class?

  • Warm up: Students see a picture of a horoscope app which is very popular these days and have to recognize the app and its main purpose. Have they ever used it? Have they ever read their horoscope? Do they believe in star signs? 
  • Activity 1: Students will see a map with the star signs and the dates that correspond to each of them and will identify their own sign. They will describe themselves, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of their personality. They will also describe a person of their choice (friend, family member, etc.) and they will later compare their statements with real descriptions according to the signs. Students discuss the results and argue whether it is trustworthy or not.
  • Activity 2: Students reflect on how their personalities have changed over the years and hypothesize about how they will be in the future. Revision of the future tense and predictions about themselves. Where do you see yourself in 20 years? What do you think will change over some decades?
  • Activity 3: Students become fortune tellers and will predict each other’s future with the help of the story cubes and some images. They will make predictions about love, success in work and education, and health.

Students will go in breakout rooms. Using the Google’s virtual dice (Google “roll dice”), students will get random words/categories to make their predictions.

Categoría

1 Trabajo

2 Amor

3 Salud

4 Dinero

5 Viajes

6 Crea tu categoría

1 Excelente/muchos

2 Mas o menos

3 Malo/pocos

4 Pésimo

What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

Zoom, PPT, Google virtual dice

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

They were really into this. The idea came from a student suggestion. Even the student who didn’t believe in the horoscope participated.

How could this class be improved/ modified?

 If you have a more detailed lesson plan, please attach it below (OK to use target language for that).  Please attach any handouts as well.

Conv_Astrology

ES F20 ADV Crime

Spanish Conversation Class – Advanced (Credits to Katherine Pérez)

Class theme/topic discussed: Trials, alibis

Goal of the class: To practice past tense and questions.

Class structure

Activity: A crime has been committed (specify place and time). When students first get to the classroom, you talk about a crime of which they are suspects (you make up a story as to how they are all suspects).

El miércoles pasado ocurrió una tragedia inimaginable, el asesinato de Mr. Zoom. Mr. Zoom estaba en Claremont dando un paseo por Marston Quad cuando un grupo de personas lo confrontó por permitir que los zoom bombers mostraran fotos obscenas en las clases de Pomona. Algunas personas incluso insinuaron que los zoom bombers actuaban bajo el conocimiento de Mr. Zoom, que él los ayudaba incluso. Todo esto ocurrió entre las 6 y las 10 de la noche del pasado miércoles.

Los detectives encontraron pelos de los pugs de Ari, las llaves de la casa de Sam y Vivian, la chaqueta de San Francisco de Eloise, una carta muy “” de Sammy, y el libro de estudios africanos de Ella. Cualquiera de ellas pudo haberlo hecho.

Los detectives encontraron pelos de los pugs de Ari, las llaves de la casa de Sam y Vivian, la chaqueta de San Francisco de Eloise, una carta muy “ de Sammy”, y el libro de estudios africanos de Ella. Cualquiera de ellas pudo haberlo hecho.

  • ALIBI: In pairs, they have to create an alibi to free themselves from the charges. Both students have to memorize their alibi as they will later stand trials separately and both of their stories will have to match. During the trial they are also going to be judges, therefore, they have to prepare some questions for the defendants as well.
    • TRIAL: One group volunteers or gets chosen to be the first defendants (acusados). The trial starts when one of the students leaves the classroom (into a breakout room) and the judges start the interrogation. *The jury should make the same questions to both defendants while trying to find inconsistencies in their stories. If the judges happen to find some discrepancy they can’t start talking about them while the trial is ongoing
  • Follow-up/Post-task: Students decide who where the culprits while commenting on each others alibi: whether there where inconsistencies in the stories or not, which one was the funniest one, etc.

Resources used

  • Alibi table (see below)

Reflection: What worked/did not work? How can it be improved?

  •  Students loved this activity! Do this activity after you’ve learned some things about your students. A personalized story will make a difference.
  • Have a YouTube link or something for the student in the breakout room to watch. I used a music video in Spanish.

Annex

  • Alibi table
Para tu coartada:¿Dónde estabas?¿Con quién estabas?¿Qué estabas haciendo?
18:00 – 19:00   
19:00 – 20:00   
20:00 – 21:00   
21:00 – 22:00   

ES F20 INT/ADV Movie Genres/Storytelling

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident/Assistant Name: Tamara Olivos

Day and Date: September 9, 2020

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Spanish intermediate

 Class theme/topics discussed: Movie Genres/Storytelling

Goal of the class: To narrate a story with a beginning, middle and end

How did you structure the class?

Ice-breaker: We play Taboo as a group. The instructor will send the “card” to a student in a private chat (see below). They will describe the word without using any of the “taboo” words. Students will take turns. You can add more words to the list or choose different words.

Warm-up: What’s your favorite movie? What is your favorite genre? Do you watch movies in Spanish?

Activity 1: Divide the class into groups. Each group will be assigned a genre (romance, horror, comedy). Add more genres if you have more students.

Step 1: each group writes the beginning of the story using the genre assigned.

Step 2: they exchange stories, and write the climax/middle using their assigned genre.

Step 3: exchange again and write the ending. The idea is that each story will have a mix of the genres.

Step 4: read the stories aloud

Create a Google Doc and share the link in the chat (make sure it’s set to everyone with the link can edit). All students will be working on the same document but on separate pages. The instructor can write lines or use colors to make it clearer (see link below). The teacher can see what students are doing in real time.

Activity 2: We choose a movie everyone has seen. In groups, students write a synopsis. The class votes on the most complete one. Then, we choose another movie and students write a synopsis with an alternative ending or changing some key details. We vote on the funniest one.

What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

Google Docs https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zf9lNI54FYsa1fYQ719ItKa0453HKi5TGa0HOjo5n5E/edit?usp=sharing

Zoom

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

I didn’t anticipate the instructions to be so difficult to explain. I will try this class with the advanced group, it might go more smoothly. Once students understood the point of the google doc, they were very engaged and seemed to be having fun. Because it took a long time to explain, we didn’t finish activity 1. Next class we’ll continue on the topic and finish these activities.

How could this class be improved/ modified?

With the advanced class the first activity did go better but we still didn’t get to do activity 2 so maybe you should plan for a two classes. Encourage them to be as creative as they can to get more ridiculous stories.

 If you have a more detailed lesson plan, please attach it below (OK to use target language for that).  Please attach any handouts as well.

Puente: NO PUEDES DECIR río atravesar colgante unir

Batería: NO PUEDES DECIR instrumento banda música tambor

Ayer: NO PUEDES DECIR mañana tiempo antes día

Noche: NO PUEDES DECIR luna estrellas oscuro día

Película: NO PUEDES DECIR cine actor director rodar

Cangrejo: NO PUEDES DECIR pinzas crustáceo caparazón caminar

Museo: NO PUEDES DECIR arte edificio pinturas cuadros

Sandia: NO PUEDES DECIR jugosa verano fruta semilla

Pijama: NO PUEDES DECIR ropa noche cama dormir

Pintar: NO PUEDES DECIR artista cuadro colores pincel

Doctor: NO PUEDES DECIR hospital anestesia operación enfermo

Flan: NO PUEDES DECIR leche molde postre huevos

Disfraz: NO PUEDES DECIR traje mascara fiesta carnaval

Vaso: NO PUEDES DECIR beber agua cristal vidrio

Aceituna: NO PUEDES DECIR negra olivo aceite verde

Hoja: NO PUEDES DECIR árbol papel cuaderno escribir

ES F20 INT/ADV Jeopardy Trivia

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident/Assistant Name: Tamara Olivos

Day and Date: October 21, 2020

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Spanish Intermediate

Class theme/topics discussed: Trivia

Goal of the class: To think fast in the target language. Healthy competition

How did you structure the class?

Ice-breaker: We talk about our pets and our favorite animals. I showed them this picture to discuss dogs in particular. Students can also share funny stories with their pets or share pictures of their pets and describe them. https://www.instagram.com/p/By_fXrinn7D/

Activity 1: Share your screen and select the number of teams. You can choose to have pairs be a team. Write the name of the students where it says teams. For the buzzers, I used a website called buzzin.live. You can host a game, and share the game pin with your students. They will need to use the phone to buzz (it tells you who did it first). You also have to add/subtract the points manually using the + and – signs. You can edit this link, but if you will make major changes please create your own and copy the questions you want to keep.

https://jeopardylabs.com/play/trivia-en-espaol-10

What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

Zoom, mobile phones.

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

I redid the game taking into account my Advanced class suggestions (I had created a game that was too difficult and asked for their feedback). They loved it and said the questions were neither easy or difficult.

ES S17 ADV Expressions with animals

Language Resident Name: Tamara Olivos

Day and Date: April 27, 2017

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Advanced Spanish

Class theme/topics discussed: Sayings with animals

 

How did you structure the class?

Upcoming Cultural Activities, check attendance to language tables

 

Warm up: Scattegories: With one letter of the alphabet students must fill in the categories.

Activity 1: Ask the class what animals they know in Spanish and write them on the board. Then, try to elicit what qualities they think each of those animals have.

Activity 2: With the handouts, students must match the saying with its meaning. This could be done in pairs. (you can choose different sayings online)

Activity 3: Check their answers and clarify questions about meaning. Small discussion about whether they have similar sayings in English.

ES S17 ADV Trivia

Language Resident Name: Tamara Olivos

Day and Date: February 9, 2017

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Advanced Spanish


Class theme/topics discussed: Trivia

How did you structure the class?

Warm up: Each student writes a sentence in a piece of paper. Later, they switch papers to the right but this time the student draws what is said in the sentence. They switch papers again but they cover the first sentence so now you can only see the drawing. The student then has to write a sentence that describes the picture. When they switch again they cover the drawing so you can only see the sentence and so on. After a few rounds we check the whole paper to see how the initial message changed.

 

Trivia! We did two groups and I read questions from different categories.

http://www.triviachamp.com/pdf/Chocolate%20Trivia%20Quiz.pdf

http://www.triviachamp.com/pdf/Pop%20Culture%20Trivia%20Questions%20E43.pdf

http://www.triviachamp.com/pdf/Fun%20Facts%20Trivia%20Quiz%20E7.pdf

http://www.triviachamp.com/pdf/General%20Knowledge%20Trivia%20Questions%20E55.pdf

 

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

They loved it!I only used the categories of chocolate, general knowledge and fun facts.

This class could also work with an intermediate class.

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ES S17 INT Geography

Language Resident Name: Tamara Olivos

Day and Date: April 26, 2017

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Intermediate Spanish

Class theme/topics discussed: Geography

How did you structure the class?

Warm up: Find the pairs: I printed cards with countries and nationalities in Spanish. Students had to pair each country with their nationalities.

Word search: Students find the list of most populated countries. After this, in the interactive map, we review how many people actually live there. I prompted students to try to guess so this way they practices saying high numbers in Spanish.

Map: I hand out a map of Spanish speaking countries. Together we identified where they were and shared some facts about them

Describing: Using the same deck of cards as last class, students described a monument, country or character.

 


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Word search:

Los-paises-mas-poblados-del-mundo

 

Los-paises-mas-poblados-del-mundo-CLAVE

interactive map:

http://www.educaplus.org/geografia/mun_poblacion.html

 

Map to hand out:

https://srafeehan.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/maptopractice-pic.png

Describing:

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ES S17 INT Descriptions and hypothesis

Language Resident Name: Tamara Olivos

Day and Date: April 24, 2017

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Intermediate Spanish

Goal of the class:

To learn vocabulary through games

How did you structure the class?

Activity 1: Predicting the future: As context I talk about the ancient book I Ching and how people used it to learn more about the future. Each student has to ask a question about their future (simple things like Will I find a good job for example). Then, they consult this sacred book called the dictionary. Without looking, they open a random page and select 1 word. They must read the word and it’s description and try to decipher the message, how can this mysterious word relate to my question? They will do this with the help of the class. (for more detail instructions see the link below)

Activity 2: Descriptions: Using the set of cards in the link below, students must describe the pictures using some basic structures correctly like ser, estar, tener. This activity will definitely bring up a lot of new vocabulary.

What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

Dictionary (not online), printed cards.

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

The first activity also worked great with my advanced class (actually even better because they could create more complex hypothesis)

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Bibilomancia: divertida manera de practicar las formas del futuro

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ES F16 ADV Fake news

Language Resident Name: Tamara Olivos

Day and Date: September 20, 2016

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Advanced Spanish

Class theme/topics discussed: current events

 

Goal of the class: To discuss pieces of news about Latin America and the world.


How did you structure the class?

 

Ice-breaker: Scategories: Individually we play this game. I select all the categories and they must fill them using a specific letter.

 

Acitivity 1: in small groups, I gave them headlines of real and fake news and they had to determine which ones were which and imagine what it was about. They shared their ideas. After this, they chose one or two headlines and I gave them the complete piece of news. They read it in groups and then shared a brief summary of it with the class

 

Activity 2: I show them a video from the website www.elmundotoday.com (a satirical news website), we discuss it and then go through the website.

 

What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

Printed material, pieces of news

 

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

 I use the Chilean website www.lalegal.cl and www.elmundotoday.com to get the fake news. They loved these!

 

 

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Noticias verdaderas o falsas 20 min

A cada grupo de 5 personas les entregaré 5 títulos de noticias. Tienen que decidir cuáles son verdaderas y cuáles son falsas. De las verdaderas, tienen que pensar en el contenido de la noticia. Luego nos cuentan sus conclusiones y de qué creen que se trata la noticia.

 

10 min Luego, les entrego la noticia completa verdadera y deben leerla y comentarla con el resto de la clase. Deben darnos un resumen. Pueden elegir una noticia  falsa también y explicarla.

ES F16 ADV Getting to know each other

Language Resident Name: Tamara Olivos

Day and Date: November 17, 2016

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Advanced Spanish

Goal of the class: To get to know each other personally. This was a suggestion from the feedback sessions.

How did you structure the class?

 

Lost on a deserted island: I divide the class in two groups. In each group students must pick one item they would bring to a deserted island after a shipwreck. The item has to be something that represents them or something they enjoy doing (it doesn’t have to be realistic). After each student has described and explained their item I divide the class in smaller groups. Now, they must work together to improve their chance of survival by combining all the objects of the group.

 

Unique and shared: I divide the class in two or three groups. For the first round of this activity each group has to write all the qualities they all share (positive or negative, avoiding superficial things like “we all have hair”). They will share this information with the whole class. For the second round, they must write ore or two unique traits and qualities for every person in the group. We will share these later and the rest of the class can guess who it is.

 

What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

 

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

The first activity didn’t work as well ad I had hoped because I made the mistake of explaining the entire activity at the beginning instead of doing it part by part. Some students just couldn’t relax and let go because they knew the objective of the activity.

ES F16 ADV Comedy Monologue

Language Resident Name: Tamara Olivos

Day and Date: September 27, 2016

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Advanced Spanish

Class theme/topics discussed: Humor Monologues

Goal of the class:

How did you structure the class?

 

We will discuss a monologue about “suitcases”. I introduce the topic by asking what they pack when they travel and how much they pack

We start reading the first paragraph of the handout and then we discuss what kind of text they think it is.

We continue to do this with the following paragraphs, stopping after each one for questions on vocabulary and comprehension (following the handout)

 

We watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy3nL51Nzr8 and discuss the differences between reading the monologue and watching it live.

 

In pairs they create a mini monologue.

 

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

They were really motivated and participated throughout the class.

The video was a bit too long.

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monologo

ES F16 INT Fun game for describing people/things/places

Language Resident Name: Tamara Olivos

Day and Date: October 3, 2016

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Intermediate Spanish

Class theme/topics discussed: Descriptions

Goal of the class: To have fun while practicing vocabulary

How did you structure the class?

Reminder of cultural activities

 

Activity1: I divided the class in two groups of 3. Each group had a turn, one person would roll the dice and take a card of the category/color it shows. They had 30 seconds to describe that word to their group and if after those 30 seconds they still hadn’t guessed, the opponents could guess it and take their point. After this it was the other team’s turn.

 

What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

 

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

It worked really well and there was a lot of new vocabulary.

 

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describeme

ES F16 INT Imperatives

Language Resident Name: Tamara Olivos

Day and Date: September 12, 2016

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Intermediate Spanish

Class theme/topics discussed:

Goal of the class: To practice the different uses of the imperative form

How did you structure the class?

Brief introduction on the three uses of the imperative: to give orders, to give instructions and to persuade. Maybe brainstorm different scenarios where you would use each.

Each of the following activities will practice one type of imperative.

Activity 1: I give the students a dialog between a mom and a son. It’s written with suggestions and the students must rewrite it using the imperative.

Activity 2: Giving instructions. In pairs they will get a map. They must give directions on how to get to a specific location.

Further practice: ask the students to give the instructions on how to cook their favorite food.

Activity 3: “Street vendor”. In groups of 2-3 one student must convince the others to buy his products. They must be able to describe the specific product and give reasons why the others should buy it. If there is enough time this activity can be repeated so everyone can change roles.

If you have a more detailed lesson plan, please attach it below (OK to use target language for that).  Please attach any handouts as well.

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