by Kara Parker | Mar 3, 2015 | ELL/ESL, Reading
Yes! An awesome authentic reading resource! I feel like I hit gold. Now what do the students do with it to show their comprehension and to learn new vocabulary and structures?? We have compiled a list of more than 30 activities that we have done, all while staying in... 
by Kara Parker | Jan 21, 2015 | ELL/ESL, Reading
For the first time, I’m teaching an English class for English Learners. It has been interesting seeing how strategies I’ve used in my Spanish classes translate (ha, ha!) to this class. The activity that has really helped me structure the class is a... 
by Kara Parker | Jan 4, 2015 | Intermediate Level, Listening, Reading, Writing
It’s time to try something new! That’s what a new semester encourages me to do. I love starting class with a hook (video, meme, song, article, etc. in TL of course!) that gets them curious about the culture. On the final, there was a “trivia”... 
by Kara Parker | Apr 18, 2013 | En el Tiempo de las Mariposas, Movies, Reading, Writing
I wanted the students to sum up the important points of the characters. Thanks to Twitter (aka best PD ever), I discovered 6-word memoirs, another ELA activity that easily works for us, especially as a reading comprehension or creative writing task. I searched #6words... 
by Kara Parker | Apr 17, 2013 | Movies, Reading
Classroom reality is that at least one student will be absent or in the office when I show a movie. The best way I’ve found to catch them up is this warm-up that I call “papelitos.” I made a set of “cards” on Quizlet that had the major... 
by Megan Smith | Apr 10, 2013 | Family, Reading, Sub Plans, Vocabulary Building
Cómico. Interesante. Loco. Those are the words my students always use to describe themselves… and their friends…and their school…and the video clips I show them. Ha! It can be hard to encourage some students to expand their vocabulary. If they know a...
