Quizlet.com – a student view
- Go to You should see Spanish 1 ch 3.1 vocab by kschlichting.
- Review the FLASHCARDS as needed (click on “cards”). You can start with Spanish or English or display both. Choose using the cards on the right. You can also listen to them if you choose.
- Do the TEST three times or until you get 100%
- After you have done the above satisfactorily you may play scatter or spacerace. Scatter is more fun and easier, spacerace is more demanding.
Quizlet.com - set up as a teacher
- Register for your own free account if you would like to have your own sets. You don’t need an account though to have students use quizlet.
- To type in a new set, hit the “create set” box at the top. Give it a title and description and then type in the terms. You can choose a foreign language and then you will have the extra characters to use. Hit continue at the bottom.
- OR, you can move in a list from your own files (example MSWord). To do this, click on “import data” and then find the “copy and paste your data” box in blue on the right. Paste your list in there.
- OR, you can use a list already that is already created in quizlet and then import it into your account so you can change it as desired. Start in your own account and search for a list you would like to copy. From this new list, look for “copy” in the dark blue box towards the top. Click on copy. Edit as desired and then hit “save” at the bottom.
- OR, you can find a list that is already created and give the URL to your students to use the list as it is (proofread carefully!)
- To FIND your sets after creating them, click on your user name at the top right and you will see “your sets”
Other
- Speller- this will read the word to you and you type it in.
- Students don’t need their own account unless they choose to have one. They will need one if they want to record their scores for the games. Their names are then posted for all to see. My students usually do this whether I tell them to or not.
Voki.com – Speaking Avatar – General Directions
Register yourself for an account. Be sure you don’t get a classroom account. Remember your password, use one you know well!
1. Create your avatar:
Click on the create box across the top.
Click on the shoulder/head under “customize your character”
Use the arrows to search categories and find your avatar.
NOTE: The free avatars do NOT have a graduation cap on them. You have to pay to use the avatars with graduation caps.
All the avatars in the oddball category have whole bodies.
You may customize more in the boxes to the right of the avatar and under the avatar.
When you like your avatar click done in orange at the bottom.
2. Record your voice – OR – type in the text and choose a voice to speak it for you:
If you don’t have a built in microphone, you will need to use a headset from Ms. Schlichting. The pink plug goes in the pink hole, the green goes in the green hole. Be sure the mute button is not pushed on the cord to the headset.
When you are ready….
Click on the microphone image, hit record and the play back! If this doesn’t work, try the method below.
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When you are ready….
Pull up “sound recorder” (start menu, programs, accessories, entertainment, sound recorder)
Tape your voice. You can re-record it until you are satisfied with it.
Save your tape on the desktop
Go back to the voki and click on the folder next to the phone and microphone
Browse and pull up your saved voice from the sound recorder that you put on the desktop
Hit done on the voki screen and then save and publish
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Click on the “t” typewriter key and then type in your text. Choose a language and then a speaker and listen to the different accents.
3. Save and publish your voki/speaking avatar.
Send it to ME and to yourself. Put your name as the subject.
You must send it to me BEFORE CLASS!
Here is my email: ______
Voki.com – la ropa (Spanish 2)
You are going to present yourself as a Voki (talking avatar) and describe your clothing. You will be graded on your language usage and accuracy, completeness of presentation, and pronunciation. This is worth one quiz grade for 10 points. Be creative in your commentary and clothing and have fun!
1)Create a Voki.com account. Do not create a classroom account. Make an individual account. Then create your visual Avatar. The free Vokis do NOT have on graduation caps. Be sure to include interesting clothing to discuss. Be sure to create a voki that has a body so you can describe the clothing. All the “oddball” vokis have bodies. To see bodies click the magnifying glass at the bottom right of your avatar and then use arrows to move it up or down.
2)Write or type your description of your clothing. Use “wordreference.com” for words you need. DO NOT USE GOOGLE TRANSLATOR!
3)Show your writing to Ms. Schlichting for corrections. And then REWRITE it. You need a FINAL COPY to work from that is perfect.
4)Practice your speaking outloud MANY times (5 or more) until you can say it well! It doesn’t have to be fast, but needs to be smooth! Remember: You can only speak for 60 seconds.
5)Tape your voice using the microphone image and save it*. NOTE: you can’t save your voki until you have attached a voice. Be sure the headsets have the volume turned up and are not on mute. Also, please be nice to the headsets. They won’t be replaced this year if broken!
6)Publish your voki. Send it to meand to yourself. Put “Spanish 2 clothing voki” as the subject. You must send it to me BEFORE CLASS!
Here is my email: ______
Your writing must include these things!
_____Name and describe at least 5 articles of clothing and their colors.
_____Describe at least 1 type of material.
_____Use lots of adjectives (remember they usually go after the noun and must agree in number and
gender).
_____Include more info like where you wear this outfit (see below for ideas), in what kind of weather, what
you do in the outfit, other?
_____Include a general statement about how you look / feel.
_____You must include these three phrases somewhere in your work:
- Me parece/n…
- Me queda/n…
- Está/n pasado/a/os/as de moda. OR Está/n a la (última) moda.
Grading
/2language accuracy (You should be taping from a PERFECT copy with no mistakes!)
/2completeness of presentation and following directions
/2pronunciation of individual words
/4fluency- you don’t have to speak fast, but without hesitation and smoothly
/10Total (- 2 points / day for any part that is late)
*If you are having trouble using the microphone, try this. Go to the start menu, then accessories, then entertainment, then sound recorder. You can save your tape temporarily on the desk top. Then go back into the voki and click on the file folder and browse for your taped work. Upload your voice and then save the voki..
Animoto- El verano - El invierno- Mi estación favorita es…..
Give students advance notice that they should have some pictures stored somewhere they can access online at school, if they want to use their own photos. Otherwise they can pull up photos in animoto or from online.
Go to animoto.com and make your own account. Remember your password, use one you know well!
Pick a season and upload 4 or 5 pictures to represent what you, your friends, and family do in that season. You may have an opening “thesis statement” or a “closing statement” and fewer pictures. Your animoto can only be 30 seconds. It will chop off anything over about 33 seconds, so keep your eye on the time. In complete sentences, write captions for your pictures. You will read your captions as your animoto is playing. You MUST send your animoto to me BEFORE class in order to have it be on time. After you have finished your animoto, you should practice reading it outloud smoothly and be sure you can keep up with your animoto!
Send your animoto to me at: ______
These are the things you must include at least once amongst all of your picture descriptions. You will have to keep your sentences brief and to the point to get them all in within 30 seconds. Put several in each sentence:
_____Incorporate the name of the season
_____Me gusta or Nos gusta + infinitve
_____Voy or Vamos al …. (a la….)
_____Quiero or Queremos + infinitive
_____Cuando + weather description
_____con + mi familia/mis amigos/mi novia(o)/etc.
To add accents: Hold down the alt key and type in these numbers on the number pad.
- á= Alt + 0225¡= Alt + 0161
- é= Alt + 0233
- í= Alt + 0237¿Alt + 0191
- ó= Alt + 0243
- ú= Alt + 0250
GRADING
/3Spanish accuracy
/2completeness of presentation and following directions
/1pictures appropriate and illustrate what you are speaking about
/1pronunciation of individual words
/3fluency- you don’t have to speak fast, but smoothly – and keep up with your animoto!
/10Total (- 2 points / day for any part that is late - remember you are not done until you SEND it to Ms. Schlichting!!! ZERO if not done on presentation day and you are in class)
General Tips and Random Thoughts
This is at the top of all my computer direction sheets regarding our time in the lab:
Reminder- We are here to practice SPANISH. Using other web sites or off-topic behavior will result in losing points on the next quiz. Also remember no food or drinks in the lab. No headphones! Sometimes I need to communicate with the whole group and don’t want you to miss something.
If we are doing memory or practice exercises, I usually limit it to 30 minutes and try to do two or three different programs.
I frequently let them have the last 5-10 minutes to play scatter on quizlet if that is an option. Students love this competition.
Voki.com or animoto.com are great presentation/speaking avenues for shy students.
Other?
Sample instruction sheet for students.
Spanish 1, cap. 3.2 -ar verb conjugations
Reminder- We are here to practice SPANISH. Using other web sites or off-topic behavior will result in losing points on the next quiz. Also remember no food or drinks in the lab. No headphones! Sometimes I need to communicate with the whole group and don’t want you to miss something.
1)
- Go to Studyspanish.com
- Click on verb drills (in the line of options across the top)
- Click on #1 in the list on the left (just -ar verbs)
- Review the information on this page OR use a verb map or chart of your own!
- Go all the way to the bottom and click on “generate unique quiz”
- Do the quiz and then keep regenerating it until you get 100% TWO TIMES!
2)
- Go to Google and search for “expresate 1”
- click on capítulo 3
- do the first red gramática 2exercise on the right (present of regular –ar verbs)
3)
- Go to You should see “Congugation of –AR verbs 2 – examples” by kschlichting.
- Review the FLASHCARDS as needed (click on “cards”)
- Do the TEST three times or until you get 100%
After you have doneall the above satisfactorily you may play scatter or spacerace!