MS Spanish Guide

● Before assigning students a conversation, model the conversation, and provide sentence frames or sentence starters with word banks (eg. Hello. What is your bedroom like? Who does [chores] in your house?). ● Check for understanding in different ways (eg. TPR, whiteboards, hand signals or gestures). ● For listening activities provide Cloze activity sheets with word banks for students to reference. Provide the responses on the back or in a separate document for the student to receive immediate feedback. ● Recite vocabulary and practice spelling aloud (eg. student A tells student B how to spell a name or word). ● For writing responses provide exemplars of possible student responses highlighting key language and structure (eg. if a student is writing sentences, include an example highlighting the differences in the English and Spanish alphabet and/or grammatical structures). ● Engage the student in more student-teacher conversation aside from regularly planned activities or group the student with other advanced learners who are ready for more challenging dialog. ● Interview or survey other students about a chosen topic in Spanish, then present your fi ndings to the class. ● Provide more complex text in Spanish for students to read. ● Students can build and categorize word lists (synonyms, antonyms, etc.) ● 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