SER

//Share activities, songs, and lessons you've used to present, practice and introduce the verb SER//

media type="youtube" key="Yi8VW4xKciQ?rel=0" height="315" width="420" - Silly little chant that reviews present tense conjugations of the verb //ser// user:chericem1

media type="youtube" key="yJKw3nctHp4?rel=0" height="315" width="420" - Video does a great job of making input comprehensible user:chericem1

[|Breve descripción de mi persona] (Note: At :16-:17 there is a photo of an old woman giving the finger, so you will want to eliminate that part of the video before showing it in class) media type="youtube" key="-B888c4c3-4?rel=0" height="315" width="420" media type="youtube" key="IlR-6Tw-5bE?rel=0" height="315" width="420" - The first 13 seconds of this has a nicely contextualized lead-in to the song (i.e., filling out an application form)

- A free, downloadable information gap activity in which students describe photos of famous Spanish-speakers

¿de dónde eres?- To present this, I used a giant world map, and because we already knew "soy" I said, "soy de michigan" And then explained what it meant, although most had a solid guess of what I was saying. Then, pick a region of countries and have the students pick a country in that region and write it on a notecard. Then they went around the room and asked each other where they are from. From there, I asked the students, where are you from? and then started with she is he/she from when that became easy. Then, I had the students graph the number of students from each country, this way I snuck in nationalities. In the TL, say "raise your hand if you are from..." and then we graphed the total number of students. Then we graphed the number of men, and the number of women. From here... I am introducing adjective agreement and the verb "to be". I really liked this because it helped us practice numbers, greetings and nationalities and leads us into our SER discussion. user:cartierm

- A mixer activity to help students practice basic introductions user:chericem1

Introducing conjugating verbs with "ser" A fun activity to introduce the idea of conjugating verbs while building on prior knowledge of "Soy de.." and "¿De donde eres?"user:Katie23

SER person (blank person outline, students can color, decorate, and label the person using 5 or more adjectives, and adjective activity with SER called PEOPLE en espanol.....) user:AmandaGSpanish

user:hmecham

Ser Projects -

[|¿Quién soy yo? acrostic] (you can ask students to illustrate every adjective they use)

[|¿Quién soy yo? Sample Student Work from Portfolio]

[|Silhouettes with Adjectives] - Posted to FLTEACH by Carol Haring user:chericem1 - An adaptation to this by Barbara Sharbaugh is to have students write simple paragraphs in the TL, but leave out their names. Their peers can then read their descriptions and take turns guessing. user:chericem1

[|Wanted Posters] - Students can upload their own photos and type in their text user:chericem1

[|What makes a good friend? Description Survey Activity] - Posted to FLTEACH by Sara K. Hagen user:chericem1