It's Wednesday. That means its time for another posting of awesome foreign language resources. This week's theme is social media.
Spanish Social Media Products:
Students create their own 'Facebook' profile page that describes
themselves in Spanish. This 'perfil' will include students writing about
themselves, giving: name, origin, birthdate, favorite activities,
hobbies, movies, tv shows, comments from 'friends' and more.
Includes list for common vocabulary/terminology used by Facebook. Spanish speakers will usually talk about their "face" in reference to their "feisbuk"
Instagram Project Family Tree for World Language
This project gives the traditional World Language Family Tree project a
much needed facelift! Instead of creating a photo album of family
members, students will instagram about their family! Includes:
1. Teacher Info Page: includes ACTFL Standards met!
2. Student Info Handout: includes rubric and an example in Spanish
3. Instagram Template for the Students' Accounts
4. Instagram Templates for the Students' Posts: includes two versions
for pictures size 4"x6" as well as two other template for other picture
sizes.
See also
Instagram Project for Dream House
You can have students use it in class by filling in their own
information in Spanish, or if you read a story (like La Tumba or Pobre
Ana) you could have students fill this in with information about what's
happening in the book! This is probably an assignment best for
individual work.
This blank profile feed is modeled after the new "Twitter" layout that your students are using right now.
This is a 4-page printable French Facebook template.
It is UP-TO-DATE so that it is familiar for students and consistent with
what they already know. The template includes details such as space for
a cover photo, timeline, recent places, friends, family, and interests
such as favourite books and movies. It can be used as a get to know you
activity for the beginning of the school year, to introduce new
vocabulary or as a supply teacher day plan.
Tweeting French Adverbs
Searching for a way to teach French adverbs? Use this
activity where students read tweets with particular adverbs, create a
"tweet" in class on a sticky note (and tweet it on Twitter if they
choose) and then search Twitter for tweets they can understand using any
adverb ending in -ment. \
Can be used it in French III, but it would be appropriate for II if that's
when you teach adjectives, or as a review in IV and AP.
French Twitter - Daily Tweet
This is a French twitter page that can be used as bell work, or a quick
daily journal activity. There is a spot for the date, and a small box
for a daily tweet, where the students write a quick sentence using a
sentence starter. The large full page template can be laminated and used
to write the sentence starter. It is also included. Tweets should be
short (max 140 characters)
German Social Media Products:
The German Sektor blog tells about how she incorporates twitter into her classroom. Read about it here.
