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   Spanish II: What did __YOU__ learn in Spanish I? Created by Elizabeth Goodrich

A great deal of time during the first few weeks of instruction in second year language courses is spent in review of vocabulary and grammatical structures from the first year course. This humorous clip serves as an introduction to that review and a tool for self-assessment.

Standards: 1.1 Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions. 1.2 Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics. 4.1 Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of languags studied and their own. 

Step 1: Assign laptops to 2nd year students and introduce the VoiceThread program. Each student is assigned a unique username and password for access to course materials as well as a "chat" icon for display.

Step 2: Students view simultaneously the clip, hand-signaling overall comprehension to the teacher using 3-2-1 self-assessment techniques. Conduct a brief classroom discussion of the clip before students begin individual tasks.

Step 3: Each student must respond to the question asked by the maestra icon and post on the VoiceThread site. Responses will be evaluated using the system-wide 6+1 rubric.

Online resources: VoiceThread http://voicethread.com/#u408502.b545168.i2917937 TeacherTube Videos http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=17452&title=One_Semester_of_Spanish___Love_Song