by Kara Parker | Apr 16, 2013 | Family, Movies, Vocabulary Building, Writing
Now they need a task while watching the movie. A character map worked perfectly this time for my classes. Furthermore, it connects to English Arts and my unit on describing people. In fact, Selena worked so well, I don’t think I’ll ever teach a unit based... 
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... 
by Kara Parker | Apr 7, 2013 | Games, Vocabulary Building
Spring Break always seems to go by so quickly! I sit here in a mini-depression that my free time is over and back to work I go. But don’t get me wrong, I love teaching! So now I’m trying to thing of a way to motivate them, and myself, back into learning. I... 
by Kara Parker | Jan 20, 2013 | City/Events, Games, Vocabulary Building
During winter break, I played some games with my niece and nephew. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Cheese Touch Game” had several parts to it. Here is one set of the original cards. Here’s a game I’ve adapted for class and I call it “Great... 
by Kara Parker | Dec 13, 2012 | Games, Speaking, Vocabulary Building
Here’s a fun review game that I got from Sheila Lee, Laurin Baker and Lori McCool’s session at ACTFL. I played it yesterday and the students had a blast! It is at a novice low level, but I like that they were expanding their vocabulary. It also takes very... 
by Kara Parker | Oct 19, 2012 | Vocabulary Building
Today was the unit 3 assessment about activities for level 1. I was excited to see what they could do, but I could feel their fear when they entered. They knew the assessment expected them to give more information than the previous. Some were giving up before they...
