The first day, I’ll give students a survey to let them rate the which Driving Questions capture their interest the most on a scale of “Now that I know this is an option, I cannot enjoy class without exploring this” to “I could get into this” to “Please, I think Read more…
My first problem was that even I was unconvinced by how tightly connected the appliance/peso lesson from my Spanish I cooking unit was. Solution? Record something juicy from my narcocorridos unit! Second problem? Though the lesson was, I believe, sufficiently juicy, I was only able to get 7 of the Read more…
Bilingual “Plátiza”Chalk talk = plática de tiza = plátiza “Chalk talks” are a classic method of instruction at my school. I don’t know where they came from, and they are probably classic elsewhere too, but I believe I have taken it to a new level–a bilingual level. Furthermore, it was the Read more…
I have been rolling this idea around in my head since last year, but just now feel ready to take it on. Below are my ideas for a unit on narcocorridos and the proposed ban on their production. Think it’ll work? What can I do to make it work better? Read more…