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The purpose of these activities is to help students engage with the target language vocabulary through variety and choice. The activities have a range of difficulty and appeal to multiple learning styles and intelligences. While engaging with vocabulary, students are also learning important skills from simple memorization and spelling to circumlocution.

This modifiable packet can be used for bell ringer activities, daily work, homework, an emergency sub plan, etc.

I have included over 20 activities with worksheets, printable manipulatives, instructions, and visuals/examples.

Flash CardsMake flash cards of your vocab words and use them to practice.

Word PyramidsUse 15 words in a word pyramid.

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Make a vertical vocab mini-poster with the theme and words from the unit. Include pictures.

Do a verbal visual word association sheet.

Make a simple “concrete” poem Create a scene with five of the vocab words.

Make a “rompecabeza” puzzle. Play it. Time yourself and try to beat your score.

Use bananagram tiles to create a scrabble like grid of vocabulary. Take a picture of it with your phone.

Use your phone video camera to record yourself doing sign language for 5 words. Say the word in Spanish, what it means, then finger spell or do the sign. http://www.lifeprint.com

Pick words you know the least and write them and their definitions. Then write them with your “other” hand. If you are right handed use the left or vice versa.

Make a “cootie catcher” and use it to practice

Classify words according to their parts of speech

Categorize the vocabulary.cognates, words with multiple definitions, related words (bat+batter+ to bat).

Fill in alpha boxes with the Spanish words and add the English definition

Pick ten words you know the least and make up “memory triggers” (ie: action, mental picture, a phrase, etc. ). Make a list of the words and the triggers.

Use 15 words.Write each word and its translation. Calculate the value and determine which is worth more the English or the Spanish.vowel= 2 pointsconsonant= 1 point

Write and draw a comic strip with dialog about the theme.

SENTENCESUse 10 words. Write each word in a sentence and underline the word

Write a 1-2 paragraph JOURNAL entry in Spanish about the unit theme.

QuestionsWrite 10 questions that use a vocabulary word in the question or as the answer. You can only use the questions“What is ____?” “Do you like ___? one time each

Expansion- Think of ten more useful words/phrases to fit this theme that are NOT included in the vocab list. Look up how to say them.

Choose ten words. Write a Spanish CLUE/Definition / description for the Spanish word.Ex: Abuela – la madre de mi madre

Complete the workbook vocabulary pagesPart 1 Part 2

Teacher approved student choice

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Word PyramidsUse 15 Spanish vocabulary words in a word pyramid.

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Example:Eng. To dance

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Make flash cards of your vocab words and use them to practice. You may use an app on your phone like Flash Cards+ or make traditional paper cards. Flash Cards

Vertical Vocab Mini-Poster

Write the theme vertically down the middle of the page. Pick a vocabulary word that contains the first letter of the theme and write it horizontally. Draw a picture to represent the word. Repeat for each letter in the theme.

Verbal Visual Word Association

Español:

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Palabra o Frase Dibujo

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Write the word or phrase in Spanish Draw a picture to represent the word

Write a definition Write a sentence in Spanish and its English translation

Concrete Poem/”Caligrama”

Lightly draw an image. Along the lines, write the Spanish word for the item repeatedly. Create a scene with At least five of the vocab words.

Make a “rompecabeza” puzzle. Play it. Time yourself and try to beat your score.

Concrete Poem/”Caligrama”

Lightly draw an image. Along the lines, write the Spanish word for the item repeatedly. Create a scene with At least five of the vocab words.

Rompecabeza puzzle – on the inside lines of the grid, write a Spanish word on one side of the line and the English on the other side of the line. Cut the puzzle apart and shuffle. Put the puzzle back together.

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A A A A A A A A AA A A A A A A A A

I I I I I I I I II I I I I I O O O

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Use bananagram tiles to create a scrabble like grid of vocabulary. Take a picture of it with your phone.

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Unit vocabulary words I’m practicing_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Use your phone video camera to record yourself doing sign language for 5 words. Say the word in Spanish, what it means, then finger spell or do the sign. You can find ASL signs at this website: http://www.lifeprint.com

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The “other” hand

Pick words you know the least and write them and their definitions. Then write them with your “other” hand. If you are right handed use the left or vice versa.

1. Right hand-Word_____________________________________ Definition:______________________________

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Cootie catcher – After folding the cootie catcher, write four vocabulary words on the outside flaps. Write eight vocab words on the inside flaps. Under the inside flaps, write eight silly sentences using more vocabulary.

How to play: Pick a word from the outside flaps. Say what it means. Spell the Spanish word while you open and close the cootie catcher. Pick a word from the inside flaps. Say what it means. Spell the Spanish word while you open and close the cootie catcher. Pick a word from the inside flaps. Lift the flap and read the silly sentence. Repeat all the playing steps

Classify vocabulary (Tip: You can add color for added study power. For example, use blue for masculine objects and pink for feminine or red for irregular verbs and green for regular.)Masculine nouns

1. Sp. ____________________ Eng. ____________________2. Sp. ____________________ Eng. ____________________3. Sp. ____________________ Eng. ____________________4. Sp. ____________________ Eng. ____________________5. Sp. ____________________ Eng. ____________________6. Sp. ____________________ Eng. ____________________7. Sp. ____________________ Eng. ____________________8. Sp. ____________________ Eng. ____________________9. Sp. ____________________ Eng. ____________________10. Sp. ____________________ Eng. ____________________

Regular verbs


Adjectives


Others

1. Sp. ____________________ Eng. ____________________2. Sp. ____________________ Eng. ____________________3. Sp. ____________________ Eng. ____________________4. Sp. ____________________ Eng. ____________________5. Sp. ____________________ Eng. ____________________

Feminine nouns

1. Sp. ____________________ Eng. __________________2. Sp. ____________________ Eng. __________________3. Sp. ____________________ Eng. __________________4. Sp. ____________________ Eng.___________________5. Sp. ____________________ Eng.___________________6. Sp. ____________________ Eng.___________________7. Sp. ____________________ Eng.___________________8. Sp. ____________________ Eng.___________________9. Sp. ____________________ Eng.___________________10. Sp. ____________________ Eng.___________________

Irregular verbs


Phrases


6. Sp. ____________________ Eng. __________________7. Sp. ____________________ Eng. __________________8. Sp. ____________________ Eng. __________________9. Sp. ____________________ Eng. __________________10. Sp. ____________________ Eng. __________________

Categorizing vocabulary

Cognates

1. Sp. ____________________ Eng. ____________________2. Sp. ____________________ Eng. ____________________3. Sp. ____________________ Eng. ____________________4. Sp. ____________________ Eng. ____________________5. Sp. ____________________ Eng. ____________________

Words with multiple definitions

1. Sp. Or Eng. word____________________ Definitions _________________ __________________ _______________2. Sp. Or Eng. word____________________ Definitions _________________ __________________ _______________3. Sp. Or Eng. word____________________ Definitions _________________ __________________ _______________4. Sp. Or Eng. word____________________ Definitions _________________ __________________ _______________5. Sp. Or Eng. word____________________ Definitions _________________ __________________ _______________6. Sp. Or Eng. word____________________ Definitions _________________ __________________ _______________7. Sp. Or Eng. word____________________ Definitions _________________ __________________ _______________8. Sp. Or Eng. word____________________ Definitions _________________ __________________ _______________9. Sp. Or Eng. word____________________ Definitions _________________ __________________ _______________10. Sp. Or Eng. word____________________ Definitions _________________ __________________ _______________

Linguistically related words

(ex: el bate-bat, batear- to bat, el bateador-batter)

1.Group 1 a.Sp. ____________________ Eng. ____________________b.Sp. ____________________ Eng. ____________________c. Sp. ____________________ Eng. ____________________







Opposites

(ex: bajo –short, alto-tall ex2: el despegue –the take off and el aterrizaje – the landing)

1.Group 1 a.Sp. ____________________ Eng. _________________b.Sp. ___________________ Eng. __________________

2.Group 2 a.Sp. ___________________ Eng. __________________b.Sp. ___________________ Eng. __________________

3.Group 3 a.Sp. __________________ Eng. ___________________b.Sp. __________________ Eng. ___________________




Fill in alpha boxes with the Spanish vocabulary words and add the English definition

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Memory Triggers

Pick ten words you know the least and make up “memory triggers” (ie: action, mental picture, a phrase, song/chant, etc). Make a list of the words and the triggers. Ex: Oso=bear – the bear was “OSO” (Oh, so) big.

1. Word: _________________________________ Check one: action mental image phrase song other Describe the trigger: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________










Which is worth more? - Use 15 vocab words. Write each word and its translation. Calculate the value and determine which is worth more the English or the Spanish. Circle the winner.

vowel= 2 pointsconsonant= 1 point

1. Spanish__________________________ #________ English __________________________ #________

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Write and draw a comic strip with dialog about the theme.

SENTENCES

Pick 10 vocabulary words. Write each word in a sentence and circle the word. Use your own words in Spanish.

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Write a 1-2 paragraph JOURNAL entry in Spanish about the unit theme.

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QUESTIONS

Write 10 questions in Spanish that use a vocabulary word either in the question or as the answer. You can only use the questions “What is ____?” “Do you like ___? one time each.

1. Pregunta/question____________________________________________________________________________ respuesta/ answer ___________________________________________________________________________










Expansion-Think of ten more useful words/phrases to fit this theme that are NOT included in the vocab list. Look up how to say them. Record your findings here.

1. New word/ phrase: _________________________________ Spanish: ___________________________________










CLUE : Choose ten words. Write a Spanish CLUE/definition/ description for the Spanish word.

Ex: Abuela – la madre de mi madre

1. Sp. ___________________ clue/def. /description. __________________________________________________










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