Harry Tuttle

Spanish Food Comida Speaking Mat Can Do Purpose: NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Interpersonal Communication Novice High "I can order a meal" and to talk in detail about food or a restaurant using a wide variety of words Topic: Food vocabulary Over 110 words (including People, Food, Table, Fruit, Vegetables, Meat, Other Food, Drinks, Condiments, Dessert, Verbs, Food Description) +25 Sentences/Questions for Waiter/Customer Instructions: Give each student a Spanish Food Speaking Mat. See the 7 spon

Purpose: NCSSFL-ACTFL Interpersonal Communication Can-Do Novice High "I can ask for and give simple directions" using a city map of 35 places. Has 9 spontaneous speaking activities. Contents: Direction questions +35 ciudad places on a city “map”. Language: Interpersonal Communication Language Functions: Novice High "I can ask for and give simple directions" Group setting: Pairs (Each pair talks simultaneously.) K-12 Subject: Foreign Language Spanish Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, H

Great activity for students to randomly select a topic to ask about and answer in two minutes. Includes a chart for recording speaking. They can redo many times without getting the same topic. Has 6 additional spontaneous speaking activities. Purpose: Students ask and answer questions in a conversation about a common topic. They speak spontaneously. Topic: Common topics (36)- 27 have two parts Group setting: Partners (All students participate at the same time.) Language: Interperson

Purpose: Students talk about / ask about clothing with many personally interesting details by using this Spanish Clothing Spontaneous Speaking Mat. Topic: Ropa / Clothing (over 140 words) Ropa 35 Descripción 58 Accion 27 Para 12 En la tienda 20 Frases 5 Suggestions for Speaking 7 One Spanish Clothing Speaking Mat is Spanish/English and the other is Spanish only. Instructions: Give each student a Clothing Speaking Mat. See the 7 spontaneous speaking suggestio

Have your students go from asking basic Spanish conversational questions (35) to each other and having their partners answer to having the students modify the basic questions and having their partners answer those questions. They move toward spontaneous speaking. Has a chart to record students questions and answers. Has 8 other spontaneous speaking activities. Topic: Common questions (35) with 30 easily changeable questions. Group setting: Partners (All students participate at the same ti

Spanish Reflexives (Daily Actions)Modified Speed Dating Whole Class Speaking By HarryTuttle (Harry Grover Tuttle) In this one question each person modified speed dating, students ask one question about their daily routine (reflexive actions) to their partners who answer the question and, then, ask them a question. Next, the students move on to different partners. The asking students have hints to help their partners answer the question. How many questions can your students answer? e

Purpose: Students practice the Spanish preterite forms and use those forms in sentences in a game format that also helps them develop spontaneous speaking. Topic: Preterite regular (27) + spelling changes + leer (9) Group setting: Students in pairs (All students participate at the same time.) Language: Interpersonal Language Functions: Express daily activities in the past. K-12 Subject: Modern Language/ Foreign Language Spanish Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, Honors, AP, college Te

Spanish Questions Modified Speed Dating Whole Class speaking By HarryTuttle (Harry Grover Tuttle) In this one-question-each-person modified speed dating, students ask one question to their partners who answer the question and, then, ask them a different question. Next, the students move on to another partner. The asking students have hints to help their partners answer the question. How many questions can your students answer? Topic: Questioning (Question words +Verb for questioning

Purpose: For Spanish students to say many different sentences, give information or ask about activities or sports in spontaneous speaking for themselves, family or friends. Develops NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Intermediate Mid “I can talk about my daily activities and personal preferences.” Topic: Activity / Sport vocabulary (Over 120 words!) Months / Seasons -16 Weather -11 Preferences -5 People -10 Activities/Deportes -39 Locations -21 Reasons -19 + 6 Activities

Your students ask each other about their daily activities using -ar verbs in this whole class Find Someone Who activity. See the four additional suggestions for increasing student communication which build on this activity. Topic: -AR actions (verbs), all regular (27) Group setting: Whole class (All students participate simultaneously) 4 Suggestions for increasing student communication with this activity. K-12 Subject: Modern Language/ Foreign Language Spanish Grade Level(s): 7,

Spanish Modified Speed Dating ER/IR Verbs Whole Class Speaking By HarryTuttle (Harry Grover Tuttle) In this one question each person modified speed dating, students ask one question using -er and -ir verbs to their partners who answer the question and, then, ask them a different question. Next, the students move on to different partners. The asking students have hints to help their partners answer the question. How many questions can your students answer? Topic: ER/IR Verbs About

Help your Spanish students learn question words. Find out which question words your students presently use for common topics; determine which question words they need to practice before they can use those words. Help them increase in spontaneous speaking. Great scaffolding before they start conversations. Includes a formative assessment chart for Spanish questions. Student study a list of question words first and are given a mnemonic to remember the question words. Includes four other s

Spanish Leisure Time and Sports Modified Speed Dating Whole Class Speaking By HarryTuttle (Harry Grover Tuttle) In this one question each person modified speed dating, students ask one question about leisure activities or sports to their partners who answer the question and, then, ask them a different question. Next, the students move on to different partners. The asking students have hints to help their partners answer the question. How many questions can your students answer? Topic

Whole Spanish class is active as all students work in pairs. One partner does a 10 question in-depth interview about one of four aspects of school (general, classes, Spanish class, and more classes) from the provided list while the other student answers the questions. The interviewer records successful answers on a provided form as an assessment. Then, the interviewed student becomes the interviewer with ten different questions about their school. As they change partners, they answer questions a

Spanish Casa /House Spontaneous Speaking Mat - Partner Talk By HarryTuttle (Harry Grover Tuttle) Purpose: Students talk about / ask about the house with many personally interesting details by using this Spanish House Spontaneous Speaking Mat. Topic: Casa / House (over 180 words!) Cuartos y cosas permanentes 16 Muebles -30 Descripcion 36 Persona 9 Reflexivos 24 Quehaceres 17 Acciones 22 Objetos 16 Tiempo 11 Instructions: Give each student the Sp

Topic: Leisure and Sports (40 items) Get your students up and talking to each other to find out who does what leisure and sports. Group setting: Whole class (All students participate at the same time.) Basic Instructions: On the student sheet. Feel free to vary them to best fit your class. Includes suggestions for 6 more spontaneous speaking activities using this same material.

Thirteen different speaking activities about school and classes for beginning students. They speak in pairs to maximize speaking. The activities are arranged from very easy (one word substitution) to much more challenging. Many activities contain vocabulary lists or given questions. Many activities include an informal peer assessment. Students feel successful as they tell about family and friends. Drastically discounted for 13 activities

by HarryTuttle NCSSFL-ACTFL Novice-Mid “I can communicate some basic information about my everyday life-places”; Novice-High “I can ask for and give simple directions”, “I can make plans with others”, and “I can interact with others in everyday situations” Purpose: Spanish students talk about the city as they use statements from the speaking mat. Topic: City vocabulary, statements and questions. Has categories: roads; places, things, and people in the city; ask for and give simple directio

Purpose: In pairs, your Spanish students express their preferences for a specific class and give two reasons, say "but", and then tell their different preference for another class and give two reasons. Then, the partner explains his/her preferences. See the six additional suggestions for increasing student communication. Has two levels (one per sheet) Topic: Classes Contents (at least 49 per sheet) Level 1: 5 preference verbs 34 classes 10 adjective opposite pairs for d

Thirteen different activities for beginning students. They speak in pairs to maximize speaking. The activities are arranged from very easy (one word substitution) to much more challenging. Many activities contain vocabulary lists or given questions. Many activities include an informal peer assessment. Students feel successful as they tell about family and friends. Drastically discounted for 13 activities