Breakout Session #3
Captains Room 2:00-2:50
4 x12
Activities
for Spanish, French & Chinese Classrooms
Eagan High School Teachers
 Janelle Graham, Spanish
 Tian Xia, Chinese
 Jessi Brink, Spanish
 Elodie Hubbard, French
2:00-2:10
Janelle Graham, Spanish
My
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Website Addictions
www.YouTube.com
Zachary-Jones.com/zambombazo/
www.ShareMyLesson.com
www.TeachersPayTeachers.com
Earn
Your Seat (Gana La Silla)
Sticky Note Review
2:10-2:20
Tian Xia, Chinese
Speed
Dating w/ Video Clip
接鼓传花 Play the Drum & Pass
the Flower
Chinese Character Puzzle
2:10-2:20
Tian Xia, Chinese
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4
果
6
5
8
6
7
2:20-2:30
Jessi Brink, Spanish
Sentence Scatter Review
Sentence Translations
With Movement & Clues!
2:20-2:30
Jessi Brink, Spanish
Sentence Scatter Review
 Pre-Work
 Teacher
writes 10+ sentences in English &
translates them into the Target Language
2:20-2:30
Jessi Brink, Spanish
Sentence Scatter Review
 Pre-Work
 Teacher
writes 10+ sentences in English &
translates them into the Target Language
 Create a “Clue Phrase” that has enough letters
for each sentence:
6 sentences = My Word: B-O-N-I-T-O)
2:20-2:30
Jessi Brink, Spanish
Sentence Scatter Review
 Pre-Work
 Teacher
writes 10+ sentences in English &
translates them into the Target Language
 Create a “Clue Phrase” that has enough letters
for each sentence:
6 sentences = My Word: B-O-N-I-T-O)
 Enter
Answer:
them into the template starting here
Clue:
Next Test Question:
Translate into Spanish:
Billiards is not a game with
cards.
2:20-2:30
Jessi Brink, Spanish
Sentence Scatter Review
 Pre-Work
 Write
the Spanish translation on the next slip of
paper in the left column
Answer:
Una orquesta es un grupo
musical grande.
Clue:
Answer:
El billar no es un juego con
los naipes
Clue:
Next Test Question:
Translate into Spanish:
Billiards is not a game with
cards.
 ---------------------  --------------------------  ------------------ --------------------------
B
O
Next Test Question:
Translate into Spanish:
Checkers are a board game.
2:20-2:30
Jessi Brink, Spanish
Answer:
Una orquesta es un grupo
musical grande.
Clue:
Answer:
El billar no es un juego con
los naipes
Clue:
Next Test Question:
Translate into Spanish:
Billiards is not a game with
cards.
 ---------------------  --------------------------  ------------------ --------------------------
B
O
Next Test Question:
Translate into Spanish:
Checkers are a board game.
 ---------------------  --------------------------  -------------------  --------------------------
Answer:
Las damas son un juego de
mesa
 Cut
Clue:
N
Next Test Question:
Translate into Spanish:
Chess is not played with dice
out each line of 3 boxes and spread
around the room randomly
Jessi Brink
During Class
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Step 1: Students draw a
two column chart with
the English Sentence &
the Spanish Translation
with Clue Letter 
Jessi Brink
During Class
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Step 2: Spread around
room and stand in front
of a slip
Answer:
Una orquesta es un grupo
musical grande.

Step 3: Copy down
the English sentence
from the slip onto your
left column (ignore the
Spanish & Clue Words)
Clue:
B
Next Test Question:
Translate into Spanish:
Billiards is not a game with
cards.
Jessi Brink
During Class

Step 4: Think of the translation
& write it down to the right.
“El billar no es un partido
con los naipes”
Jessi Brink
During Class
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Step 5: Search room to find
that Spanish translation.
Answer:
El billar no es un juego con
los naipes
Clue:
O
Check answer & correction it.
“El billar no es un partido juego
con los naipes”
Next Test Question:
Translate into Spanish:
Checkers are a board game.
Jessi Brink
During Class

Step 6: Copy down the Clue
Letter that follows the Spanish
Answer:
El billar no es un juego con
los naipes
Clue:
O
Next Test Question:
Translate into Spanish:
Checkers are a board game.
Jessi Brink
During Class

Step 7: Copy down the English
sentence
Answer:
El billar no es un juego con
los naipes
Clue:
O
Next Test Question:
Translate into Spanish:
Checkers are a board game.
2:20-2:30
Jessi Brink, Spanish
Answer:
Una orquesta es un grupo
musical grande.
Clue:
Answer:
El billar no es un juego con
los naipes
Clue:
Next Test Question:
Translate into Spanish:
Billiards is not a game with
cards.
 ---------------------  --------------------------  ------------------ --------------------------
B
O
Next Test Question:
Translate into Spanish:
Checkers are a board game.
 ---------------------  --------------------------  -------------------  --------------------------
Answer:
Las damas son un juego de
mesa

Clue:
N
Next Test Question:
Translate into Spanish:
Chess is not played with dice
Step 7: Repeat steps 3-6.
Copy English, Translate into Spanish, Find Spanish & Check, Copy Clue Letter
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Step 8: Figure out the secret word. O-N-I-T-O-B ?
2:20-2:30
Jessi Brink, Spanish
Circle Up
 Write
down 8 hardest vocab
 Facing
partners quiz them on
your hard words. Span Eng.
 Switch
partners. Quiz your
partner on your own hard
words EngSpan
 Switch
partners. Quiz your
partner on your own hard
words EngSp and spelling counts
2:20-2:30
Create mini flashcards with
notebook paper 5 halves = 32 cards
Spanish
(feliz)
English
(happy)
Spanish
(feliz)
Picture

Pronoun (yo)
Verb (ver)
veo
Verb Tense
(Present)
Endings (ar)
- o -amos
- as -áis
-a
- an
 Quiz
neighbor
 Sort into Categories
by topic, masc/fem, verbs/nouns, easy/med/hard, cognates/new
 Pictionary
– Draw
 Charades - Act
 Catch phrase – Describe
 Flip Charts - Shuffle cards, write them in a long list in Spanish.
Trade
with neighbor who now translates them into English. Trade with someone
else and flip them back into Spanish. Trade and flip into English, etc.
 Chispa/Sparkle
– Spelling letter by letter around the room
2:20-2:30
More Vocab with Flashcards
 White
Board Competitions – Team member
writes vocab or verb conjugations quickly
 Matamoscas – Flyswatter/Finger Find
Create a scattered board with your vocab
words Span Eng, EngSpan.
 Bingo with flashcards in a 5x5 layout
 QQT – Quiz Quiz Trade. Class set of words to
quiz.
 Speed rounds with timers. How fast can you
get through a list SpanEng, EngSpan,
alone, partners, or as a class
2:30-2:40
Elodie Hubbard, French
K-5 Pinterest Ideas to Spice up
the Foreign Language Classroom
Paper Doll
Summary
of reading
Self/adjectives
Labeling parts/vocab
Puppet shows
2:30-2:40
2:30-2:40
Elodie Hubbard, French
K-5 Pinterest Ideas
Super Hero
Future
Tense
Subjunctive
Powers that I need to have
– il faut que…
2:30-2:40
2:30-2:40
Elodie Hubbard, French
K-5 Pinterest Ideas
Accordion Person
Adjectives
About
me
About partner
Character
2:30-2:40
2:30-2:40
Elodie Hubbard, French
K-5 Pinterest Ideas
Puzzle Templates
Make
vocab
Ask questions
Do translations, etc…
2:30-2:40
2:30-2:40
Elodie Hubbard, French
K-5 Pinterest Ideas
Display Posters
Different
holidays
Once per year
/per group
2:30-2:40
2:30-2:40
Elodie Hubbard, French
Daily
Sheet Template
Daily bell work, review yesterday’s lesson and correct
Imaginary
Creature
Use with comparisons: il a la queue d’un cochon, aussi grand, plus
petit, moins beau, etc…
Alphabet
Magnet Letters
Boggle on whiteboard, Hangman, Scrabble (electrical tape
template)
Hot
Glue Pom-Poms
on Expo markers so you don’t use all the Kleenex to erase
2:30-2:40
2:40-2:50
Questions?
This PowerPoint & many handouts have been
uploaded to MCTLC’s WIKI Blog
Eagan High School Emails
Janelle.Graham@district196.org
Tian.Grace@district196.org
Jessi.Brink@district196.org
Elodie.Hubbard@district196.org