Food/Restaurants | Creative Language Class

Tasting Station

by Kara Parker | Dec 2, 2015 | Christmas, Food/Restaurants

The last two years I’ve done a lesson about turrón because Ivonne, my teacher friend, introduced me to this delicious tradition from her Cuban family. Her memories about it were so precious! Here is a holiday lesson (including authentic resources, activities and...

Telepizza!

by Kara Parker | Jan 29, 2013 | 2 Authentic Resources, Food/Restaurants

I’ve posted about this before, but I wanted to share this again because it continues to hold true. The easiest way I’ve found to “teach” vocabulary is to give them something authentic with lots of pictures with the vocabulary. I just started to...

Cooking with Sra. P

by Kara Parker | Sep 17, 2012 | Food/Restaurants, Listening

Spanish 2 is learning about healthy food choices and meals. I love this unit because it really reinforces other curriculum areas, especially health and nutrition. It always amazes me how little they know about the foods they eat. Today’s goal was “I can...

YELP me!

by Kara Parker | Apr 29, 2012 | Apps, Food/Restaurants, Reading Resources

The level 1 class is learning about restaurants and food right now. I love this unit because I get to eat in class, I mean, share the culture with them! One goal is to talk about a restaurant, which means they need input before output. I found some restaurant reviews...

Opinion Cards

by Kara Parker | Apr 5, 2012 | Food/Restaurants, Puerto Rico, Speaking, Vocabulary Building, Writing

My friend and I took language classes with an adult twist… Los Monitos beer and wine tastings in the language! Basically there is a country of the day, we learn about 4 drinks from there and talk about them in the language. After the class, we talked about how...