multiple+intelligences-+lesson+ideas

-Give the students a handout asking which ways they best learn - [|Multiple intelligences quiz]

Visual 1) Use Google Maps or Google Earth to help students visualize the locations of target language speaking countries and areas. Possibly use it to locate specific cities and places around the world. Musical  1) Teach vocabulary or grammar structures through real target language songs. You could also make up songs to help students remember specific aspects of the language that might be difficult to remember otherwise.

Bodily-Kinesthetic 1) After teaching commands and giving directions, have students create a scavenger hunt. Students will work in pairs to make directions to a specific location using exactly 10 commands. Students will roam the halls and write their own directions. After students have selected a location and written the directions, collect them. Go over them to make sure they are correct. The next day pass them out so that each pair doesn’t get their own paper. Place a clue at the location of each destination in the target language. From there create a string of clues with your own directions that lead back to the classroom or yourself. Record times and if wanted, give prizes to kids. 2) Use TRP to teach commands and the meaning of action verbs.

Interpersonal 1) Pair students with pen pals from another Spanish class or native Spanish speakers from a certain school. Require them to write to their pen pal every 2 weeks or month. 2)  Have students work on an information gap activity to find the solution together.

Intrapersonal 1) After each chapter, have students work on an autobiography and write 7-8 sentences about themselves. Constantly revise and give feedback on the autobiographies after each chapter. After the year is over, the students should have an entire short paper discussing their own lives.

Naturalistic 1) Take students on field trips to the zoo to learn about animals or to a museum to learn about the culture of specific target language areas. 2) Have students create a recycling program in the school when talking about the environent.