Who has time to read boring books? Summer is a great time for rejuvenation and relaxation, which, in my case, involves tons of reading. I plow through three or more books a month. But I don't enjoy reading poorly written, uninteresting books. So, I often choose reader-recommended novels and am rewarded with hours of calm escape and entertainment. Would you like to see the LIST OF NOVELS I RECOMMEND? I will only include the books I found riveting or those written by skilled authors whose prose...
12 months ago • 2 min read
My favorite end-of-the-year activity. In this blog post, I share my favorite end-of-the-year culmination activity and give you a FREE activity so you can try it out. I LOVE IT FOR SIX REASONS: Students speak Spanish or French the ENTIRE period, and sometimes two periods. It is student-centered. Students are highly engaged. It reinforces concepts they've learned throughout the year. It’s a superb assessment for speaking proficiency. It’s a challenge not only to come up with ways to evaluate...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
Everything you need to teach Spanish Three Effectively “You taught Spanish 3 last year! It’s my turn!” a Spanish teacher colleague said. Yep! In our world language department, we stake our claim to the coveted level three Spanish course. Then: “Angie, how do you cover all the material in Spanish 3 and still lead students to proficiency?” And that is the challenge. In this blog post, I will tell you three things: How I teach certain concepts to bring students to proficiency (Read the post for...
about 1 year ago • 2 min read
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about 1 year ago • 1 min read
How I use interactive notebooks in my Spanish and French classes. “Why are we gluing pieces of paper to a notebook when we could be in our classrooms working?” I whispered during the staff meeting. Tables were littered with glue sticks. My Spanish teacher colleague nodded in agreement and the French teacher let out a long sigh. If the presenter had told us about the effectiveness of interactive notebooks and why we would want to use them in our world language classes, I would have paid more...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read