El Tió de Nadal (and another Edpuzzle from Pablo!)

Ay, Pablo from Dreaming Spanish... how I love his videos!! If you do too, consider supporting him on Patreon.

One reason I love his videos is that they are comprehensible and my students get Comprehensible Input from another voice besides their teacher!

I am starting my lotería unit (small unit on here TPT and bigger unit here on TPT) on Monday and the Essential Question for the unit is:
¿Cómo son mis tradiciones relacionadas con los días festivos similares y/o diferentes de una de España y/o de otros países del mundo hispanohablante?

So, I start the unit with this wonderful slideshow (see below or click here to make a copy) that I adapted from Annabelle Allen (who adapted it from Jim Tripp's script).  Slides 2-6 are my traditions (and pictures of my boys when they were younger... I particularly love slide 2 and wish they still wore matching pajamas, but alas, there is no way my thirteen year old would agree!).

After those slides, the slideshow describes el Tió de Nadal, a tradition from Cataluña and Aragón. It is funny and the students get a big kick out of it!

And, of course, Pablo has a video in which he talked about el Tió! I was hoping there was already an Edpuzzle made with this video, but, surprisingly there wasn't! So, I made this Edpuzzle. I love Edpuzzle for homework, in class, and frequently as an assessment.

If you haven't given Edpuzzle a try, I highly recommend it! And this could be a fun way to start!

Free Lionel Messi Resources

Below are some resources to use if you want to teach about the life of Lionel Messi. I am currently wrapping up with these resources in my Spanish 2 class. They are based on a text that I wrote up based on this commercial:

These resources could make for good sub plans too!

• An Edpuzzle with a Dreaming Spanish video from Pablo to give students some basic information before we delve into the text
• Slideshow that tells the story of Lionel Messi's life (with lots of activities too) (click here to make a copy)
• This slideshow breaks the story into two parts and has three Quizlets (part 1 and part 2) to review each part.
• Edpuzzle for after students have read the story
• Quizizz with cierto/falso as a possible assessment
• A fun song of the week to sing and dance to!
• If you want a past tense version and with more resources, find it here on TPT (and see a previous post about it here) or support me on Patreon and I'll send it to you!

And below are some possible assessments. My students will be taking the test tomorrow.

• Possible Assessments: a quiz and a test (and a review sheet for the test)

Inspired Proficiency Podcast

Update 10/6/19: More (free) stories/songs of the week for Novices here: Atrévete, Yo no sé, La magia, and ¿Qué tiene?

I had the pleasure of talking with Ahsley Uyaguari (follow here on Facebook and/or Twitter) and being on her podcast "Inspired Proficiency"(listen here). If you haven't listened to any of her episodes, I highly suggest you do so! I really liked these epidsodes: Martina Bex, Tina Hargaden, María Datel, Joshua Cabral (2 episodes),  and Samara Spielberg

When I talked with Ashley, we talked about the presentation that I gave three times this fall. It is about using Story and Song of the week. You can hear the podcast here and below is the presentation. 

Here are the (free) resources for El Mismo Sol that I talk about in the podcast.

And here are some story/song of the week options:

• A big bundle of 18 Stories/Songs of the week
• To' My Love (free)
• Vendo pan (free)
• #Idiota (free)
• No soy cómo tú crees (free)
• Un hombre un poco obsesionado
• Álvaro tiene un problema
• Soy yo
• ICE El Hielo (free)
• Un besito más (free) and an Intermediate version (free)
• Vaina loca (for upper levels and free)
• Carlos explora Lima, Perú (can be story/song of the week or an Intermediate unit and free)
• Puebla y Barcelona  (can be story/song of the week or an Intermediate unit and free)
• Si tú la ves (can be story/song of the week or an Intermediate unit and free)
• Cásate conmigo (can be story/song of the week or an Intermediate unit)

A few other things that I mentioned on the podcast:

• El Sr. Indiferente
• Christmas Lottery ~ 22 otra vez (Novice and Intermediate)
• Christmas Lottery: Cuatro cuentos (best for Intermediates)