I had a few minutes left and together we did a traditional grammar plug and chug activity for fun. Of course, they panicked, froze, didn’t understand, etc. Why? I asked what the difference was, and they “got it”; it doesn’t make sense if everything is random sentences.
Over the past few years, I have made the unit more CI-friendly. First, I use TPR to introduce high-frequency vocabulary and PQA to personalize the vocabulary. Since I have some HILARIOUS students this year, they wanted to talk about the process they go through to get their perfect hairstyle. We created stories and shared them with the other sections of Spanish 2.
Last year I added the element of Movie Talk to the unit. I borrowed ideas from my favorite TPRS/ TCI teachers and looked to Mr. Bean videos for inspiration. Here are links to my two Movie Talks for daily routine:
So today, half of my Spanish 2 class was in Gettysburg while the other half was with me. We reviewed a Mr. Bean Movie Talk using preterite, imperfect and reflexive verbs — although they don’t know that. I observed them speaking using all of this good stuff — even correctly.
I had a few minutes left and together we did a traditional grammar plug and chug activity for fun. Of course, they panicked, froze, didn’t understand, etc. Why? I asked what the difference was, and they “got it”; it doesn’t make sense if everything is random sentences.
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