Here are some resources that I hope others can use and possibly be the spark of creation for something new in your classroom.
2025 UPDATES:
NEW – 9/25 JUST A FEW INTERMEDIATE PICTURE TALK SLIDES – MULTIPLE TIME FRAME EXAMPLES IN SPANISH AND FRENCH
REMEMBER: Guided Discussions and Expectations for Students: How to Have Critical Conversations with Students In World Language Classes
2025 version: Posters/Signs of many of my Word Walls/EXTRA WORDS
2025 version: EXPECTATION SIGNS in my Spanish Classroom
NEW Student Survey: Combined Getting to Know You and Learning ALL IN ONE
NEW Parent/Guardian Survey & Letter about how we teach with acquisition in mind
Student Survey: Getting to Know You
Student Survey: How Do You Learn?
NEW: Student Reflection Midterm Survey
NEW: Student End of Year Survey
2024
UPDATED: Spanish Virtual Word Wall Slides 2024: Spanish Present tense, Past Tenses, Extra Words
2023
Research Template to Add Cultural Aspects of Place or Country
Circumlocution Chart for Describing the Known in Spanish
Don Quijote de la Mancha Story (Present Tense Version)
Don Quijote de la Mancha Story (Past Tense Version)
Being Culturally Responsive in the World Language Classroom
Updated LGBTQ+ Resources for Educators, Students, and Parents (with some Northeast Ohio references but most information is at a national level)
Understanding LGBTQ+ Language/Vocabulary Reference
2022
“The Hispanic Cultural Competency Collection” – Questions for 30+ Cultural Interviews in Spanish
Presentation: How to Have Critical Conversations with Students In World Language Classes
2021
Plantillas – 2021 Enseñar la cultura y las lenguas a la vez
WHEEL DECIDE RANDOMIZER: #1 QUESTIONING FOR LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
WHEEL DECIDE RANDOMIZER: #2 QUESTIONING & ADDING DETAILS FOR LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
2021 SIX Detailed Story-Scripts to Help you Ask a Story
2020 and before
2020 Presentation Oct. 18. 2020 & New Virtual Word Walls Spanish
Spanish Verb Wall Posters (Present)
Spanish Virtual Verb Slides (Present and Past)
-UPDATED: Spanish Virtual Word Wall Slides 2024: Spanish Present tense, Past Tenses, Extra Words
French Verb Wall Posters (Present)
French Virtual Verb Slides (Present)
General
Simple Novel Unit Plan: Just Read It (New 2019)
Simple Story Frames and Sample Stories (New 2019)
Structures Presented Teacher Log
List of Words on My Walls (English)
Presentational Speaking and Writing Rubrics 2017 (Word Docx)
Presentational Speaking and Writing Rubrics 2017 (PDF)
Word Relations & Connections List for Spanish
Simple Chart for Analyzing Culture and Language in a Film 2018
Story, Context, and Structure Creation
Verbs for Story and Structure Creation
55 Problems to Use for Story Creation
Spanish Songs
Defying Gravity from Wicked the musical / En Contra de la Gravedad Lesson
Defying Gravity Spanish GD (Word Docx)
“Libre Soy” from Frozen – Song Lesson
Compilation of Ideas from World Language Sessions on Being Culturally Responsive in the World Language Classroom 2015-2018
Post Handout – Being Culturally Responsive in WL Classroom
ACTFL 2018 ~
Post Handout: Improv to Move Intermediates to More Spontaneous Interpersonal Communication
Post Handout: Building a More Inclusive Environment for LGBTQ Students in World Languages
My Mosaic of World Language Teaching 