I have a few activities that seem to elicit a desire for new vocab and topics. Then I can usually find a thread to work from to get them thinking and speaking at a higher level: 1) a sequence story (attached example) where they have to put the pics in order and tell what is happening. I cut out the pics and put them in an envelope. 2) A high interest song, such as "Oyeme," where they read through the lyrics and ask about unknown vocab before listening/singing. 3) 4 pics, 1 word (see attached) where they get into small groups, guess the word, and then answer increasingly more difficult questions about the topic. These activities usually generate lots of vocab, and topics (or mini-units, if you will) will arise naturally from them. That's what I use to plan for the next day/week. Hope you find these helpful! Katie From: ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Heidi Hewitt Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 6:20 AM To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ola] Moving on... 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
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