11th Grade Spanish Lesson

Make learning Spanish fun with these simple, comprehensible input Spanish lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your Spanish lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story.  The target structures for the lessons are:

Andrés tiene hambre: tiene hambre, solo hay, busca, un bolillo

El Hombre Invisible: enamorado/enamorada de, no lo ve, compra, mâs pequeño que

El Mal Chef: un mal chef, pone, demasiada sal, eres

El Regalo Perfecto: un regalo perfecto, quiero darle, en su bolsillo

Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in these Italian Comprehensible Input Lessons:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the stories

• Comprehension question worksheets

• "Who said it?" worksheets

• Story retell worksheets

• Answer keys

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Make learning Spanish fun with these simple, comprehensible input Spanish lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your Spanish lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story.  The target structures for the lessons are:

El Perro Grande: él ha comido, ella pide, no le cree, estaba hambriento

Hueles Mal: ella huele mal, ya no te quiero, mucho queso, él pone

Los Pantalones Feos: él se viste, feo, no entiendo, en rebaja

Me Duele: me duele, me rompi, tu deberías, estabas haciendo

Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in these Italian Comprehensible Input Lessons:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the stories

• Comprehension question worksheets

• "Who said it?" worksheets

• Story retell worksheets

• Answer keys

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Make learning Spanish fun with these simple, comprehensible input Spanish lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your Spanish lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story.  The target structures for the lessons are:

Conduces mal: conduce mal, yo no lo vi, en la acera, está enojado/a

El monstruo bajo la cama: tiene miedo, debajo de la cama, grita, las galletas

El Presidente Americano: la Casa Blanca, quiere cantar, mejor que, visita a

La papa sola: se vistió, pensó que, era

Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in these Italian Comprehensible Input Lessons:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the stories

• Comprehension question worksheets

• "Who said it?" worksheets

• Story retell worksheets

• Answer keys

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Bring Holiday Cheer to Your Spanish Classroom with the "12 Days of Christmas" Activity!

Looking for a festive and engaging way to keep students immersed in Spanish during the holiday season? This “12 Days of Christmas” resource is designed to captivate students with a fun, interactive approach to learning. Each day introduces a new holiday-themed activity, blending cultural traditions from Spanish-speaking countries with language practice.

Here’s what’s included:

Daily Holiday-Themed Activities: Each day features a unique, seasonal activity focused on vocabulary, cultural elements, and interactive learning. Many activities include extension possibilities!

• Day 1 Holiday Vocabulary Bingo
• Day 2 Villancico Sing-Along
• Day 3 Cultural Comparison Infographic
• Day 4 Virtual Tour of Holiday Markets
• Day 5 Holiday Recipe Presentation
• Day 6 Create Holiday Cards in Spanish
• Day 7 Holiday Legend comic strip
• Day 8 Design a Holiday Advertisement
• Day 9 Holiday Superlatives Awards
• Day 10 Christmas and Día de Los Reyes Debate
• Day 11 Winter Holiday Escape Room
• Day 12 Winter Holiday Reflection podcast

Cultural Insights: Learn about diverse holiday traditions, foods, and customs from Spanish-speaking countries, giving students a rich cultural experience.

Varied Task Formats: Students will enjoy a mix of creative tasks like storytelling, vocabulary exercises, holiday-themed writing prompts, and listening activities.

Video and Article Links: Authentic resources, including videos and articles, provide additional context and deepen students’ understanding of holiday customs.

Teacher's Guide: Suggestions for implementation, differentiation tips, and extension activities ensure that you can customize the resource for your specific classroom goals and student needs.

Designed for upper level Spanish classes, this resource is perfect as a standalone activity or a multi-day lesson, and is sure to bring holiday magic to your Spanish class! Don’t miss out—grab it today and spread the joy of the season in your classroom!

Looking for other Christmas and Holiday activities? Check these out:

Winter Holiday Choice Board

Winter Traditions Guide Infographic

Looking for ideas to do after the break? Here are a couple:

Winter Break Chat Cards

End of Semester Student Reflection

Spanish writing prompts, especially when you make them into a group challenge, are a great way to get your Spanish 2, 3 or students writing, improving and learning from others!  

Your Spanish students will look forward to working together to create writing that meets and exceeds the standards you’re looking for!  Writing together allows peers to learn from each other and takes away some of the pressure when writing alone. The themes are relevant and interesting to students and promote creativity with language. 

All of these resources help give the teacher the resource of time!  The group challenges provide you the chance to offer specific feedback, but on just one paper per group instead of one for every student!  And peer editing is another way for students to receive feedback without the need for the teacher to correct everything. 

Growing Bundles are a great deal!  First, you get a discount over buying each resource separately.  But BEST OF ALL, each time I add a new resource, you can download it for free!  (The price for the resource will change as I add each new resource, but anyone who has already bought the resource pays the lower price, but gets to download new additions for free!)

 This bundle includes:

-A Vacation-themed (preterite and imperfect) group challenge writing prompt

-A New Year’s themed group challenge writing prompt (all tenses can be used)

-A future themed group writing challenge

-A fall themed group writing challenge (present or past)

-A winter themed group writing challenge (present or past)

-A peer editing template

-A vocab list that breaks down words that add sophistication into transition words, key words for time frame and sequencing words

-some themes are differentiated by levels

Who can use this product?

• Spanish 2, 3 and 4 primarily, but all activities can be adapted up or down
• Some of the writing prompts are already differentiated by proficiency level!

How can I use this product?

• Students write together to create a high quality piece of writing
• Students peer edit others’ work with a specific set of guidelines to ensure quality feedback
• Students refer to a reference of sophistication words each time they write to improve their vocabulary with words that add sophistication
• Teachers may also assign these prompts as individual work or assessments
• Download new prompts as they are created!

What’s included in this product?

• A Vacation-themed group challenge writing prompt
• A New Year’s themed group challenge writing prompt
• A future themed group writing challenge
• A Fall themed group writing challenge (differentiated, fall vocab lists included)
• A Winter themed group writing challenge (differentiated, winter vocab lists included)
• A peer editing template
• A vocab list that breaks down words that add sophistication into transition words, key words for time frame and sequencing words
• Specific teacher instructions for how to use these resources 
• More in the future!

Other resources you may like:

Travel Situation Task Cards

Spanish Digital Escape Room for Any Level: Spanish and English Versions!

Spanish Slang Bundle! Fun Resources!

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Looking for some activities to get your Spanish students thinking about how Travel affects quality of life?  In AP Spanish®, discussing travel and tourism and how it can positively impact one’s  life experiences is a great way to give purpose to their studies!  This resource includes 6 activities to make a mini unit about why people enjoy visiting other places while keeping the focus on Spanish-speaking countries.

!!!These activities are all INCLUDED in the complete Unit 5 Lesson Plan Bundle!!!

Who can use this product?

• Students in Year 4 or up
• AP Spanish® students 

How can I use this product?

• Create a mini unit on the value of travel and tourism
• Practice reading comprehension
• Practice listening comprehension
• Foster group work
• Pique interest in the many beautiful and interesting places to visit in the Spanish-speaking world!

What’s included in this product?

• 6 resources including

• Questions for a class discussion

• 2 tourism ads from Spanish-speaking countries

• A project: students create a tourism ad of their own (rubric included)

• A podcast with accompanying comprehension questions and answer key

• A reading about ecotourism in Panama with accompanying comprehension activity (students generate their own questions and anwers)

• A Google Slides™ presentation about El Camino de Santiago with accompanying activities (reading with questions and answer key, writing with rubric)

Other resources you may like:

AP Spanish Lesson Plans Unit 5 Factors That Influence Quality of Life

AP Spanish Lesson Plans Unit 4: Science and Technology

AP Spanish Quality of Life Intro Activities

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Teaching the Future Tense with your Spanish students? Need a head start on activities that will help students build their skills, confidence and proficiency? These SEVEN resources are perfect! Partner speaking activities, open-ended task cards for speaking or writing, interpersonal listening and speaking, group writing challenges, grammar notes and a listening activity will get you started on a great unit! Save time and money, and ask your administrator in to observe your students working on highly engaging tasks!

Open-ended task cards

• Can be used for presentational speaking or writing
• 20 different scenarios, so they can be used over and over
• Include peer feedback sheets and self-assessment rubrics
• Can be used for practice or assessment

Interpersonal Listening and Speaking Activities

• Include 2 activities, each with 5 pre-recorded listening prompts
• Students record their response to what they hear
• Are differentiated (Activity 2 is more complicated than activity 1)
• Mimic Seal of Biliteracy tests like AAPPL

Guided Conversations

• Includes 3 guided partner conversations
• The guide helps students keep their conversation flowing with suggestions
• Students can switch roles or switch partners to have unique conversations each time!

Group Writing Challenge

• Includes instructions for how to make this a group activity
• Includes an interesting topic related to future
• Includes a graphic organizer, rubric and writing paper

Listening Activity

• Includes 2 recordings for students to listen to
• A teacher script in case you want to record your own voice
• A student activity to follow up with what they heard
• Answer key to student activity

Grammar Notes

• Include English explanation of how to form the future tense
• Keywords for future
• Irregulars of the future tense
• Examples for students 

Partner Speaking Activities

• Include 3 different ways to get students talking in the future!
• 2 truths and a lie
• A paper fortune teller activity with video (Comecocos)
• A combined present and future tense partner speaking activity

Who can use this product?

• Spanish students working on the future tense (will ____)

How can I use this product?

• Each activity is fully explained!

What’s included in this product?

• See above for the highlights of each product

Other resources you may like:

Spanish Seal of Biliteracy Test Prep Bundle

Spanish Questions Mini Lesson Presentation & Activities

Spanish Present Subjunctive Mini Unit Bundle Digital or Printable

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