3 Activities | Creative Language Class

Give Me It! – A Game for Increasing the TL

by Kara Parker | Mar 5, 2019 | Games, Interpersonal Speaking

This time of year can be a bit challenging to keep them in the target language. Snow days, school dances, and spring break are on their minds! This is when I’d get out the clothespins to add a little fun to talking in the target language. HOW TO PLAY 1....

Whatcha thinking??

by Kara Parker | Jan 31, 2019 | Interpretive Reading, What's New

Here’s a quick interpretive inference activity that can be for ANY grade level, ANY language and for ANY lesson. The best part, it only takes a few minutes to prep! Picture + Thought Bubble = Inference Activity! Recently I’ve been really digging into the...

Unit Vocabulary “Lists” – not created by the teacher

by Kara Parker | Oct 17, 2017 | Units, Vocabulary Building

Thought I’d share two simple ways I changed vocabulary lists as I transitioned to a more learner-centered class. Read on for the download and some tips to use them! “How do you create a vocabulary list when each student pulls different words and...

Create a Recipe Card

by Kara Parker | Jun 22, 2017 | 3 Activities, Interpretive Listening, Interpretive Reading

Interpretive Reading or Listening This is a 21st Century skill that they need. When asked to create something, they need to be able to look at examples to figure out what makes one good. This activity promotes this thinking, instead of a teacher “telling”...

Making Interpretive Tasks More Authentic

by Kara Parker | May 19, 2017 | 3 Activities, Listening, Reading, What's New

The Interpretive Mode. I have more questions than I have answers about this mode. But I do know this! I want to make them mimic what learners will encounter in the real world as much as I can in a World Language classroom. I have included some tasks and lesson...

Digital Highlighting Activity

by Kara Parker | Apr 17, 2017 | 3 Activities, Interpretive Reading, Reading, Techy Stuff, What's New

Highlighting is one of my top go-to interpretive reading activities. Today I will review an app for Apple devices and Chrome. Let’s see how highlighting can go digital! I blogged about this “Highlight Away” activity before… It was Idea #71 in...