Preparing to teach Víctor Erice’s 1973 masterpiece, El espíritu de la colmena, can be as daunting as it is rewarding. I’m taking my students to see it thanks to Film Streams’ School to Screen program and want to make sure they get the most out of the experience. I honestly hadn’t heard of it before,Continue reading “A Ready-to-Use Guide for Spain’s Most Symbolic Film”
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Tea for 2s
In case you missed my previous post on tea parties, I suggest you check that out first. I had only done a tea party with my upper level students before. I wondered, “How does a tea party go with novice learners?” Well today I found out first hand! And as you can tell by theContinue reading “Tea for 2s”
Day one: success!
I feel like I had a very successful first day of school today and would like to give you a glimpse of my Spanish 2 and IB classes on day 1. Spanish 2 IB Spanish I’m not going to go into as much detail, but I had a very successful day in IB Spanish asContinue reading “Day one: success!”
This is me
Hi, it’s me. I’m a Spanish teacher in a large suburban high school in Omaha, Nebraska, where I have taught for 27 years now. I have been teaching using comprehensible input based instruction for a number of years now but by no means have it mastered. One thing about teaching is that your “success” alwaysContinue reading “This is me”
Storytime con Sra. Jensen 