Laughing in LanguageFor Foreign Language Classes
Karen Swinford
PINTERESTIt is more than home use
Find a comic suitable to your topicVocabulary use
Vocabulary lesson from comic
Students will write down the words from the comic,not more than three words.
Example: Imagína , y, verás
Verbs
Soy milk
Use as introduction to teach Soy and that in Spanish it means I am.
Then students can make several sentences beginning with Soy.
Discuss there is an implied subject of Yo. Yo can be added before the verb but is not a
necessity.
Llegue-arrives Gana-wins Dale-come on
Write verbs from comic
Teach direct objects
Te odio- I hate you Use this to explain object pronouns come before a conjugated verb. Te is the object pronoun "you".
Random clip art
Can be used for basic vocab
Cat- gato Pajaro-bird Nido-nest Is best to use in threes. Upper level language
classes can write complex sentences with the pictures.
Paper and pencil board games
Using board games to teach those weekly vocab lessons
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How the gameboard works
Draw a pic in each box
No words in either language
The pic represents a vocab word
Place a number in each box
Make an answer key on separate sheet in English and target language
Work someone else's puzzle
Write your answers in English and target language
Check
