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Making Interpretive Tasks More Authentic

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

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...
A Quiz They Will Want To Take!

A Quiz They Will Want To Take!

by Megan Smith | Jan 15, 2017 | iPads, Reading, Technology, Techy Stuff, What's New

I try to offer a variety of reading for students – it stretches them to see new things and connects to more kids! Articles, infographics, tweets… if native speakers are reading it, then I’m going to consider using it for my classes. Here’s an...
Let Authres Take the Lead ~ Step 3

Let Authres Take the Lead ~ Step 3

by Megan Smith | Feb 7, 2016 | 2 Authentic Resources, Listening, Music, Reading, Valentine's Day

Starting with authentic resources is great for helping students find new vocab, ask questions about culture, and stay in the target language. I’ve also found that using authentic resources helped me plan better ways to assess learning. That’s step 3...
Spark Excitement with Authentic Resources

Spark Excitement with Authentic Resources

by Megan Smith | Jul 18, 2015 | 2 Authentic Resources, Culture, Listening, Reading, Videos

#AuthRes (authentic resources) have made a huge impact in world language classes around the world. Basically, they are anything made for native speakers. The beautiful thing is that the internet has helped make these resources available to all of us and to all of our...
3 Quick and Easy Reading Forms

3 Quick and Easy Reading Forms

by Megan Smith | Mar 5, 2015 | 1 Planning, Reading, Vocabulary Building

Having generic forms has been a major timesaver when working with authentic resources. I used to rack my brain to come up with questions for each article or infographic I found… not anymore! I save my specific questions for our discussions AFTER reading. These...
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