Hi all, I am in one of those ruts Tom and others in the group have talked about... With midterms coming up, I feel like my students have barely progressed from quarter 1 topics including body parts, colors, animals, and descriptions. Where do I go from here? I've seen documents (thanks, Nanosh, for the most recent one) with standard Spanish I questions - where do you live, when's your birthday, etc. I have avoided that route because of my mission to make everything "organic." Now it seems like I've come to a dead end and I need more structure with what I'm bringing to class. I've had more than enough of talking about animals, colors, and body parts all the time, and I'm SURE my students are too. How have you progressed this year? What are your students working on? How have you brought in new topics and created interesting progressions? Can people weigh in about using units versus being against using units? Thanks so much for any input! Heidi