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My new favorite group - Kevin, Karla y la Banda

Kevin, Karla y la Banda are a brother and sister from Chile who translate and sing covers in Spanish of current popular English songs (Justin Beiber, Bruno Mars, One Direction, Taylor Swift, etc.).  They are phenomenal.  I'm hooked and my students really like listening to them, too ♥.   Their Youtube videos are "lyric" videos which are great for just following along or singing along "karaoke style". They have done dozens of songs which you can find on Youtube or through their facebook page.  https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/KevinKarlayLaBanda?fref=ts

Here is a sample and one of my students' favorites.  (Warning:  There are no accent marks on the words.  I know that accent marks are important to us as Spanish teachers  (smiling) so it might not seem right.  My students seem to adjust to not seeing them pretty well (smiling again)...)

Imperfect Subjunctive Memes

As one of the activities on uses of the imperfect subjunctive, my students made memes and inspirational posters.  This was the first time that I used this activity and the kids really liked it!  It was a quick, fun formative assessment as well.  After we discussed the sentence pattern, the students wrote their own sentence.  Then, I let the students find a meme creator on their own. One that seemed to work easily for them was freememegenerator.com.   Some of my students made their meme on a powerpoint slide.

Here are a few images of ones my kids came up with.....(Some don't have the accent mark placed on the conditional tense because they couldn't do accent marks with the creator they chose.)



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Present Tense Conjugation Video

This video was created by a teacher that I work with and posted on Youtube.  Hope you can use it too!

 

Lesson on Estar + Emotions

When expressing an emotion or feeling in Spanish, the verb 'estar' is used with

an adjective. While estar can be used to express the temporary conditions of location, condition, action, and emotions, this lesson focuses specifically on teaching students the use of estar to express emotion.  For example:  1. Estoy muy enojado.- I am very angry.  2. Mi padre y yo estamos ocupados.- My father and I are busy.   3. ¿Estás cansado? - Are you tired?

1.  Instruction:  The first step is for the students to learn the conjugation of estar and some vocabulary for emotions.  Show this video and discuss.   

(Note:  Sr. Jordan has posted his teaching videos on Youtube and his blog for other teachers to use and are really well made.  He gives permission to use them as long as they aren't used for profit. You can find videos on other topics at www.senorjordan.com)

http://www.senorjordan.com/2008/12/01-estar-emotions/

2.  Practice:  Quizlet is a great site to use for practice and has thousands of lessons made by teachers and shared.  Have students click on this link and practice using the flashcards, games, and quizzes:

http://quizlet.com/20143933/estar-emotions-flash-cards/  (credit to MsMulligan)

(dozens of other practice activities on estar + emotion as well as every topic imaginable can be found at  http://quizlet.com/ )

3.  Formative Assessment:  Using the following pictures and the word bank students write their own sentences in Spanish using estar + emotions. (You could project the pictures onto a board and number them)
Steps: 
1. Make up a name for the subject or use un(a) muchacho(a) or un(a) estudiante. 
2. Conjugate the form of estar to match he subject.
3. Add the appropriate adjective using the noun/adjective agreement rule. 

(A special thank you to the my students for being willing to express their emotions to help me with this lesson!____________________________________________________________________

Word bank of adjectives to express emotion:  triste, enojado, cansado, feliz, emocionado, nervioso, enfermo, preocupado, asustado, confundido, ocupado
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