Teaching a unit about La Casa? Here’s some resources for your Spanish classroom for this House unit:

Música

• Cancíon “Edificio” de Bacilos.
• Canción “¿Con quién se queda el perro?” de Jesse & Joy.
• Canción “Los Quehaceres” de Señor Wooly.

Dibujos

Actividades

• Tour virtual de “La Casa Azul”, museo Frida Kahlo
• Crear un cuarto con ‘Room Planner’ de Urban Barn.
• Real Estate websites in Target-Language Countries, such as this site for Costa Rican houses, or apartmentos en España here or here.
• Doll Houses Apps (for Ipads) for stations or class listening activities to put correct furniture in specific rooms.
• Use whiteboards and have students describe a house to their partner as first partner draws it on whiteboard

Chistes

• Did you hear the new crime show about the missing CHAIRS? It’s called “Cuántas: C.S.I.?”
• What does the red Sesame Street puppet rest his head on at night?
  An Elmo-hada
• What statistic tells how many armchairs there are in Mexico?
  Popula-sillón
• Why could you not see the bed?
  Because its “cama”flouge!
• What do you say when your father leaves to the city?
  Ciudad (see you, Daad)
• What did the chair say when leaving?
  Silla! (See ya)
• See more jokes for your Spanish class on our chistes page.

Any good resources you use in your class? We’d love you to share your activities or any other good songs or comics with us in the comments section!

I love teaching the location unit. There are so many engaging activities to do to talk about location. I start by teaching the location words to the tune of “Pop goes the weasel”. Since many students look at their hand to see which one makes the letter L for Left, I teach them a similar trick in Spanish by having them make a letter d with their right hand, for mano derecha.

There are also some great clips from Plaza Sésamo. In Spanish, the names are Archibaldo (Grover), la rana René (Kermit the Frog), Beto y Enrique (Bert and Ernie) and Lucas  (Cookie Monster).

• Monstruo dentro de una caja – Monsterpiece Theatre “Monster inside a box with Cookie Monster” in Spanish
• Arriba y Abajo – “Up and Down” with Kermit and Grover
• Arriba, Abajo, Alrededor, através – “Up, Down, Around and Through” with Grover
• Arriba Abajo Cancion – “Up Down Song” by Two monsters

Para más videos de Plaza Sésamo en español, mira los videos de MarshalArchibaldo.

We also found this commercial for Twix where they have factories for “Twix izquierdo” and “Twix derecho”.

This year we have access to iPads, so we downloaded the free app “Kids Doll House” made by Levitan Software. You can use this many ways: have them listen to a script individually and have them move the furniture around to specific rooms. They can take a screen shot (Hold Power Button and Home Button at same time) to e-mail to teacher. You can also have students make their own and describe it to a partner.

You can also use apps like “Doodle Buddy” or “Educreations” as virtual “whiteboards” to have students do drawings while they are listening to a description.

9 Page Lesson Unit- $4.99

No iPads? Check out a previous post on Using Magnets to Teach Location with several activities a a free downloadable lesson. Need plans now? No worries. Our “Prepositions of Location Unit” is ready to purchase and immediately download, which includes 9 photos with simple vocabulary that students can describe to their partner while the partner draws what is being described.

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And lastly, we offer this chiste to tell your students during this unit:

If your Foreign Language program has access to iPads, here is an app you need to check out. It is free and is fantastic to use during your Casa unit. It’s called Kids Doll House and it is made by Levitan Software. It is a very basic program, but it gets the job done. This app is such a great way to check for comprehension. Students describe to each other where the different furniture is in the house.

Because the house in the app does not have specific identifiable rooms such as kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, etc., students must listen to the description of the location of the room in order to place los muebles in their right place. Such an engaging and hands-on activity for students to practice house vocabulary and prepositions!

Place the furniture in the correct location

Certainly you can have students put furniture in the house and have them describe the house they created to their partners. But some students may need some good scaffolding to get to this level.

That’s why, for our own class, we created scripts for the students to read to their partners. It gives them the opportunity to read (and their partner to hear) correctly stated sentences. It’s available for purchase and saves you the time from having to create your own. Such a time saver. Check it out here.

One students read a script while another student work on the iPad.

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Teaching a unit about La Ropa? Here’s some resources for your Spanish classroom for this Clothing unit:

Música/Videos

• Canción “Billy La Bufanda” by Señor Wooly
• Youtube Target Commercial
• Youtube K-Mart Commercial

Dibujos y Fotos

Twitter user @profeslack tweeted “There is no better way to start the day than perusing http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/  looking for pictures to use in clothing unit!”

For more pictures, check out our collaborative Clothing Unit board on Pinterest.

Actividades

• El Corte Ingles Webquest: Have your students navigate through the Spanish department store, El Corte Ingles, while discovering the meaning of clothing vocabulary words on their own. Very motivating and engaging lesson. For instructions and a pre-made handout, purchase our webquest on TpT. Can even have students “purchase” an outfit on a pretend budget of Euros.

• Roleplaying Cards: Have your students act out in groups of 3 as the salesclerk, customer, and friend. Use these roleplaying cards and shopping cards as prompts.

• Use engaging and real pictures of clothes. Don’t use clipart. Grab pictures of sweatshirts of their favorite sports teams, t-shirts of their favorite bands to engage them. Download our free powerpoint of partner oral activities to describe clothing and talk about costs.
• Use popular teenage magazines and have the students discuss what their favorite celebrities are wearing. No kid wants to talk about a clipart picture of José and María from a textbook. That’s not real life. Borrow a magazine from your school library. You can use post-it page markers to add prices and students can even make comparisons. Or even have student’s explore online version of teen magazines, (which we have linked here) and check out the ‘moda’ section.
  
• You might even find interesting articles such as “Así son según su estilo de camiseta” which describes a guy’s personality based on his choice of t-shirt. Totally authentic resource!

Chistes

• Did I ever tell you about the time I went traveling with my friend who only packed 2 weeks worth of clothes? We started in Poland, then went through Germany, Italy, and France. By the time we made it to Spain, he didn’t have any socks left. I said to him “It’s ok, amigo. You’re at the end of Europa“.
• What did the most famous cotton grower say on his deathbed?Algodón in History!
  
• What movie is about a man who hears a voice telling him to build a skirt store?
  Falda Dreams!
• What song was about a colorful hat from the Spanish version of Wizard of Oz?
  Sombrero-ver the rainbow!
• See more jokes for your Spanish class on our chistes page.

Assessment

• Rather than a traditional grammar-based test, use a proficiency-based test where students must produce real language. Have them produce language that they would actually use in a given scenario dealing with clothing. For example, I took the roleplay scenario from above and used that as a basis for their assessment. They had to create the dialogue between those three people. 

Any good resources you use in your class? We’d love you to share your activities or any other good songs or comics with us in the comments section!

Teaching a unit about La Comida? Here’s some media resources for your Spanish classroom for this Food unit:

Música/Videos/Audio

• Canción “Chocolate” de Jesse y Joy
• Canción “Una en un millón” de Jesse y Joy (Cloze lyrics and activity)
• Youtube “Archibaldo y las hamburguesas” El mesero Groover sirve una hamburguesa chica y otra bien grande.
• Youtube “Pancho pide agua” Pancho quiere agua pero tiene un mesero con muchas preguntas.
• Youtube “Comer Galletas” Monstruo Comegalletas canta de galletas en todas las estaciones del año
• Videos de “La Receta de la Abuelita” – How-to videos on how to make various Mexican dishes, in Spanish. Great input for students! Including how to make tacos de lengua, salsa, churros, mole, and more! Most videos approx. 5 minutes.
• Video/Audio from native speakers with ordering at a restaurant interviews. Students sure enjoyed José’s enthusiasm! These interviews also include transcript!

Dibujos y Fotos

Taco Bell is Not Mexican Food – available as sticker and magnet. Here’s an interesting post on the difference between Taco Bell and a real Mexican Taco Bell with an article on what Mexicans thought when Taco Bell opened up restaurants in Mexico.

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Click to download Memes Pwpt

I found the following “memes” on the Internet and put together a powerpoint that we used in class as I described the situation. To download the powerpoint, click on the picture to the right. Assignment idea: After showing this in class, have students create their own ‘memes’. See this post from Tracee Orman for more information.

Difference between ordering a Coke with unlimited refills as a fountain drink or ordering a Coca Cola in a Latin American restaurant where you pay per bottle/can.

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Hola, Soy Milk!

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Un café – $10
Un café, por favor – $9.50

I guess good manners can save you!

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El Mago de Oz
“El Rey quiere que pruebes esta sopita”

In the past I’ve copied this onto their test as an extra credit question and ask “¿Quién prueba la sopa?” Some students will write ‘el prisionero’ or ‘el rey’ but some get it and correctly respond with “la mosca”.

Here are some Ziggy en Español comics from GoComics:

The following three comics are from the Argentine series “Macanudo” by Liniers.

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Fozzy’s catch phrase Waka Wake is double-take for some guacamole. Available as magnets.

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What’s the difference between “papa” and “papá” and why would my parents get made if I order fries by asking for “papás fritas”? Set your students straight on the importance of accents and articles with this parody of Star Wars featuring Lucas Andacielo y Sr. Cara de Papa. Postcard available for purchase.

Condorito Comic – Sign in restaurant “Salimos a Comer. Volvemos en 2 horas”

En un restaurante: ¿Por qué comen mucho fuera de la casa? Porque cocino muy mal dentro de la casa

For  additional pictures (with links to further resources), check out our collaborative board, Spanish Food Unit, on Pinterest.

Chistes

• What does a nosey pepper do? Gets jalopeño business.
• ¿Qué color es el tocino? Gris
• Había un cocinero tan feo, pero tan feo que hacía llorar a las cebollas.
• What do you call the most famous cook who was a squirrel? Chef BoyArdilla!

  Available as Postcard

• Why did the Mushroom eat Wheaties?
  Because it’s the breakfast of Champiñones.
• What do you call it when two people grab the last taco at the same time?
  A taco war (tug of war)
• See more jokes for your Spanish class on our chistes page.

Any good resources you use in your class? We’d love you to share your pictures, songs, or videos with us in the comments section!

What’s the most important thing in a foreign language class? To give students comprehensible input and show them the language in context. When you can accomplish this and entertain the kids at the same time to keep their interest, you’ve got yourself a win-win situation. During the Food Unit, we decided to google image search some vocabulary words/terms and we found some delicious memes.

Google Image Search is such an easy way to show students differening vocabulary. Want to compare the word “tortilla” in Mexico and in Spain? Google Image Search “Tortilla” and “Tortilla española”. The students can clearly see the difference directly from the pictures. Can same comparisons with “torta” and “torta de chocolate”

Anyway, we found some great memes incorporating the phrases “Tengo hambre” and “Estoy lleno”.

We’ve compiled 9 of our favorites in a powerpoint which we went over with the students in class. You can download this free ppt file by clicking the image below:

Powerpoint 9 pictures

A fellow blogger, English teacher Tracee Orman of Hunger Games Lessons, gave us this great idea of having students create their own memes. This gets students thinking about their vocabulary and applying it to situations. You can have your students use a meme generator such as ImgFlip, MemeCrunch,  DIY LOL, and this site has memes created in Spanish, but some of the language/themes may not be suitable for student viewing. Others popular generators, which were blocked at my school, were Meme Generator, and Make Me a Meme.

An idea might be to save to certain suitable images to a student server and allow the students to select from those images. They can either add text through a simply image ediing software or copy the image into Microsoft Word and create a textbook, changing the layout of the textbox to “in front of text” so they can move it to a designated position over the picture.

Contest:

Feeling creative? We’d like to encourage you to create your own meme to use in your classroom and share that image with us! Need further incentive? Ok, let’s make a contest out of this. We’ll collect submissions starting now until the start of our Spring Break, March 22. We will post all submissions and the top 5 will win 10 Spanish Postcards! First prize winner will get the 10 Postcards, plus 3 Posters! Please e-mail your meme to spanishplans@gmail.com and we will post submissions after March 22.*

On of my favorite units is teaching the Food Unit. I love sharing the unique flavors of Latin America with my students. During the beginning of the unit, I have a “Comida del día” that I have described on the powerpoint along with their daily bellringer questions. We discuss the food and its origin.

To help students identify these foods and create a lasting impressions I recently created a Bulletin Board of Authentic Hispanic Foods including Pictures and Labels. Each are only $1.00 and ready to print or use immediately in class.

In another section of the room, I took this document (which you can download for free) and enlarged it on our school’s poster maker. As we talked about the foods, many students were eager to try these foods or had already tried them. The students would write their name under that item and write a smiley face if they liked it or frowny face if they didn’t.

Don’t forget to check out our other Comida related posts.

What’s your favorite food from the Spanish Speaking world?

Teaching a unit about los Partes del Cuerpo? Here’s some resources for your Spanish classroom for this Body Parts unit:

Música/Videos

• Youtube DIRECTV Argentina: Parecidos 
• Youtube Juanes y Elmo “Manos, Cabeza, Pies“
• Canción “Sigue al lider” great for izquierda, derecha. Sung by Grupo Magia, Sol Habana, or children’s show Los Solecitos.

Dibujos y Fotos

For more pictures, check out our collaborative Spanish Health Unit board on Pinterest.

Actividades

• Use Señor Cara de Papa. I hand out a body part to each student and then ask “¿Quién tiene una nariz?” Whoever has that body part puts it on the body. At the end we can describe our creation! Read more about this activity.
  
• Have the students draw their own monsters and present them to the class. Need a project outline with rubric and over 70 follow up questions to ask during student presentations? Check out our project for sale on TeachersPayTeachers.

• I also have students draw a monster that is described to them. The first day, I give the descriptions and use bodies that are made up of past vocabulary words like school supplies and food. So it might have a fork for an arm and a ruler as a leg. The second day students describe an alien/monster to their partner and their partner has to draw it. I have students face their partner (one partner facing the board, their partner across from them with their back to the board) and I project one picture on the board. Once the partner is done describing it, the other partner can look at the picture and see how they compare. I tell my students to describe the big picture, not minor details if they don’t have the language for it.
  To make sure they stay in the target language, I love this idea of giving them a strip of paper with percentages of 10. If I hear them speak English, they lose a letter grade (10%). Most students are motivated to speak in Spanish because they enjoy the activity but some might need an extra motivation not to speak ANY English at all.
  

Chistes

-¿Qué le dice un ojo al otro?
-Tan cerca y no nos vemos

-¿Cómo se escribe <<naríz>> en inglés?
-No sé.

Any good resources you use in your class? We’d love you to share your activities or any other good songs or comics with us in the comments section!

Teaching a unit about la Rutina Diaria? Here’s some resources for your Spanish classroom for this Reflexive Verb unit:

Música/Videos

• Sr. Mara sings Reflex your Verby
• Youtube Mr. Bean Getting Ready *
• Youtube videos of Los Solecitos (30 second PSA on Washing Hands, Brushing Teeth and others)

Dibujos y Fotos

Actividades

• Showing the Solecitos Sr. Cepillo video? Make your own giant toothbrush from a meterstick. Read about making reflexive verbs fun.
  
• Grammatical Explanation of using reflexive verbs with this complete lesson plan. Great price for a 22 pages of various activities to cover this unit.
• Day in the Life of Project: Have students choose a famous person and narrate what their day looks like.

*This idea came from Teaching Spanish w. Comprehensible Input blog and has 7 ideas for Teaching Reflexive Verbs

Any good resources you use in your class? Find any other good memes utilizing reflexive verbs? Please share in the comments section!

We recently worked on commands in Spanish 1 in our giving advice unit. One way I grabbed attention is by creating a powerpoint slide with pictures of myself and then creating 2 other versions. I then typed in some “advice” that my “teacher-conscience” would make.

Here’s a version with the Teacher Meme character:

I took a regular picture of myself for the normal picture and picture with a grumpy face and a picture with an innocent looking face. I then used the powerpoint “Shapes” to create a halo and red triangles for horns. Or if you are tech savy, you can insert a transparent picture of thorns. With the speech bubbles (available in the ‘shapes’ options) I made the dialogue with the advice.

For an assignment/assessment, I tasked students with creating their own struggle of conscience between good and evil by using a character and giving commands relevant to that character.
Here are some samples:

If you are interested in the template for the teacher created pictures, I have included this template (with the speech bubbles, halo, and thorns already there, all you have to do is insert 3 pictures of yourself) in this Project available on TeachersPayTeachers.

One of our goals this year will be to engage students via their own personal interests. At the beginning of the year we will give students a survey to gauge their interests in a variety of topics including sports, tv, music, and celebrities. From that point we will be using authentic resources to allow our students access to the language in these high interest topics.

Last year we mentioned websites of several teen magazines in Spanish. And during our recent travels we were able to purchase some of these magazines. Some of them contained some very useful back to school articles. Below are some articles talking about back to school.

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First, “Los tips de Bombón para sacar un 10 todo el año”. This comes from the La Revista Cartoon Network. (Año 12 Núm 157. Agosto 2013) If you check out the cartoon network site you will find links for various tv shows which students watch including this biography from Monsters High, which is also a big hit in Mexico.  If your students are practicing descriptions, why not let them read about characters they know and watch, rather than boring images from your textbook.

Click to download PDF

Next, this 2 page PDF is a “Guía para sobrevivir al regreso a clases” which comes from “Tú” Agosto 2013 (see Bieber cover above).

Click the image above to download the 2 page survival kit with great advice for students. Print this one out for students and have them read what they need to do to have a successful year. And with any authentic text, you can use it for all levels; change the task, not the text. Here’s another page of 8 tips to be successful in school.

And lastly, what student doesn’t love to read their horoscope. Well, this horoscope (also from “Tú”) gives students the 4-1-1 on what’s in store for the upcoming school year. Click to download 4 pages of horóscopo del año escolar.

We are going to leave you with one additional resource that you can use with students

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during the first days of school. This game has students add up the ‘points’ from their name to find their number. With your final number, you can read about your personality. It is FULL of cognates, comprehensible for lower levels even.  What number are you?

Additional resources:

-Revista Muy Interesante Junior
-Univision App. Last year I used this app for students to find articles that interested them, in topics of Sports, Music, Fashion, and more.
-Read this post from @sraslb about how to use authentic listening from sources such as ESPN deportes

Teaching a unit about Los Animales? Here’s some resources for your Spanish classroom for this Animal unit:

Música/Videos

• Video de “Chocolate” de Jesse y Joy. Students can check off the animals they see in the video from their vocabulary list. Animals appearing in video: Pájaros, Vaca, Elefante, Gato, Pulpo, Pato, Cerdo, Peces, Tiburón, oruga/serpiente, koala, oso, oveja, gallina.

Libros

• ¿Eres tú mi mamá? por PD Eastman. Video on youtube.
• La Vaca de decía Oink por Bernard Most. You can find students reading this book on youtube as well.
• Stories such as el Patito Feo or Los 3 Cerditos.

Websites/Resources

• First, check out our earlier post on Teaching Animales lesson plans
• Tween Tribune en Español: Animal Tag. Short articles about animals
• Create your own animal by combing bodies of others with Switcheroo Zoo 
• Site with information/graphics about animales.
• Talk about Superheroes. Lots of them are named after animals.

Chistes/Fotos

• ¿Como se llama el pez más negativo?
  El Pesimista!
• What do you call the most famous cook who was a squirrel?
  Chef-Boy-Ardilla!
• What’s the name of the Beatles song about reptiles?
  Iguana Hold your hand
• ¿Cuáles son las vacas más perezosas?
  Vacaciones.

Any good resources you use in your class? We’d love you to share your activities or any other good songs or comics with us in the comments section!

Continuing with our futbol theme of 2013-2014, here are some infographics from the Mexican revista “Fútbol Total” edición agosto 2013.

Radamel Falaco, who has played club fútbol for Atlético Madrid in Spain’s La Liga, is a major component of getting Colombia to the World Cup in Brasil in 2014. Read about this tremedous goal-scorer:

Download as PDF

Always a good debate: who are the 11 best soccer players ever? This editor picks his Starting 11 for All-Time World’s Best Players:

Download as PDF

And lastly, the history of Barcelona logo:

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If you are looking for more information, check out this website:

Unfortunately, I wouldn’t send students to the site as it has some risqué photos linked on their home page.

However, if you want your team to research Mexican teams (instead of Spain’s La Liga), their Mexican Team pages are filled with team information. Check out Club America or their rival, Chivas de Guadalajara.

It includes the following information:

• Nombre Oficial:
• Fecha de fundación:
• Presidente:
• Entrenador:
• Estadio: | Capacidad:
• Sitio web:
• Facebook:
• Twitter:
• Palmarés:
  • Títulos de liga:
  • Títulos de Copa:
  • Títulos de Campeón de Campeones:
  • Títulos Internacionales:

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In addition to the resources available at the above link, we’ve compiled some additional resource to implement in your Spanish classes’ units for teaching La Ropa/La Moda.

El Estilo Fashion de Lea Michele

El Estilo Fashion de Taylor Swift

These two images come from Tú Magainze’s seción de Moda. The following is a infographic about Sudaderas with tiny descriptions.

There are also good images with small descriptions Chaquetas and Looks para arrasar en vacaciones and this one for Camisetas:

Another activity I put together is using pages from the Mexican catalogue Coppel and creating this online worksheet with an online google form.

I’ve put together a powerpoint with a few pictures of Lea Michele, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Taylor Swift for students to describe what clothes they are wearing.

And also these prompts to get students communicating with the language. Powerpoint available for free here.

One of my favorite units is teaching about food. You can probably tell from the number of resources I’ve shared dealing with Comida.

Here are some great input that will have students remembering key phrases and vocabulary related to the Spanish food unit. Also, below is our first ever caption contest.

Napoleon Dynamite clip en español.

“Estás muy gorda, pero sigue comiendo.
Tina, come. Cómete todo. ¡Tienes que comer!”

Random winner to receive 10

The following images are in need of captions, so we are holding our first caption contest. Please include the picture number and your caption in the comment. All comments will be entered to win and choose using a random generator. Winners will receive 10 “Soy Milk” Postcards that measure 4″x6″.

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Be sure to include a contact (such as twitter name or email address) in your comment so you can be notified if you are selected as the winner. Every comment will be considered one entry; there is no limit on the comments you can make. Contests ends November 27, 2013 (12:00am ET) the day before Thanksgiving and winners will be announced November 27th.

I love buying magazines when I am in Latin America and seeing what I can use in the classroom. I have acquired a few issues of the Mexican teen magazine “Tú” and have found many of my students eager to look through the copies.

Good news. You can order a digital subscription. Give your students access to the latest in Pop Culture… en español!

Buenas noticias! ¡Ahora la revista Tú México en versión digital! Ya puedes tenerla en tu compu, iPad o iPod… Deja que tu mejor amiga te acompañe cada 15 días con lo mejor de moda y espectáculos, belleza, ligues, osos y divertidos test, pero ¡ahora en su versión más tecno! Suscríbete ya.

Disponible en: PC/MAC , Win8, Rim, Android, iPad

12 números por  $16.00 US

or $1.50 cada edición

When you click to check out, you will need to set up an account with Zinio and from there you can send payment through paypal.

Issue of Tú: $1.50Students engaged with authentic language: priceless!

Related Posts:
1. Authentic Resources of High Interest Topics
2. Connecting vocabulary to our students

In my advice unit, I usually have kids write a letter to “Dear Abby” asking for advice. Well, when we happened upon an Advice section from the Mexican teen magazine Tú, we hit the jackpot on authentic readings. We have pulled out 7 extracts from the text and added in a vocabulary section and several questions for students to answer. This reading can be adapted for ANY level, by adapting the task you ask students to perform.

For more information on buying issues of the magazine, read our Revista Tú post. For an ready to use, adaptable powerpoint, check out our resource on TpT, (and if you buy today, get 10% off at checkout by using promo code “TPT3″. Check out all our available resources here and stock up at discounted rates)

The following resources can be used during an immigration unit in your Spanish class:

Songs:
“A las Tres” por Enanitos Verdes: A migrant worker missing his family
Pobre Juan by Maná

Videos:
“30 Days” Illegal Immigration: A border patrolling minute man lives with an undocumented family for 30 Days.
Drop the “I” Word: What is the meaning behind the word illegal?

Articles:
-This link features some statistics about the number of Hispanics in the US, as well as other foreign-born populations.

-The Children of the Drug Wars: A Refugee Crisis, Not an Immigration Crisis.

-Undocumented Immigrants aren’t who you think they are. This article dispels many of the perceived thoughts on illegal immigrants. For example, many people assume that almost all undocumented immigrants come from Mexico. In reality, only 52% are Mexican.

The best place for any articles including research and studies can be found from the Hispanic Pew Research Center.

Images:

This chart from the Pew Research Center of Statistics on Hispanics shows us that a majority of the Hispanics in the United States are actually born in the US. And of those were not born in the US, roughly 33% of them have become citizens. They are American.

Activities:
Have students read novels about Hispanic characters. Some books regarding immigration are Crossing the Wire, Esperanza Rising, and La Linea.

More resources to be added. If you have a link, please leave it in the comments or tweet it to us @spanishplans.

We just gave one of our most popular product a huge upgrade. We are quickly approaching 1,000 licenses sold for our Spanish Facebook Profile Project. If you are one of those who already has this project, you will want to log in to and re-download the new version. If you don’t have this project yet, this is a perfect way to start the school year and gather information from your students by having them fill out a Facebook profile with their favorite things.

Along with the 3 page template  (Profile, Newsfeed, Notifications), this also comes with a list of Facebook vocabulary (tagging, commenting, sharing, etc.) as well as texting-shorting such as “tmbn” for también and many more!

And to correspond with this re-release, we are happy to say that our Facebook “Me Gusta” stamp is also available once again! You can get this stamp exclusively in our SpanishPlans.org store.
Your students are going to love having their papers stamp with this iconic image. And what better way to grade their Facebook project than with a “Me Gusta” stamp!

Facebook Profile Project for Spanish class! Includes template for Profile, Newsfeed, and Notifications pages in Spanish!