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Lessons

Semillas de Identidad

Un análisis crítico y multidisciplinario sobre la comida, la historia y la justicia alimentaria diseñado para estudiantes de español como lengua de herencia. Explora la intersección de la cultura, la soberanía alimentaria, el impacto ecológico y el costo socioeconómico de nuestros platos tradicionales.

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Past Tense Throwback

A comprehensive review of Spanish preterite and imperfect tenses through the lens of school memories and past events. Students conjugate verbs, differentiate between the two past tenses, and compose a narrative paragraph.

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Gerardo Jimenez Ramirez

Cenicienta Story Quest

A collection of reading comprehension worksheets for third-grade Spanish learners based on the classic tale of Cinderella, tailored for both absolute beginners and dual-language students.

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Bolsa Culture

A dual-language exploration of the iconic Mexican market bag (bolsa de mandado), focusing on its history, utility, and cultural significance in Mexican traditions.

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Gerardo Jimenez Ramirez

Ruta del Sol

Una lección de nivel B2 centrada en la cultura, costumbres y turismo de Argentina, diseñada para fomentar la expresión oral y el intercambio cultural.

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Meaning Morphers

A comprehensive guide to English phrasal verbs, covering both everyday conversational use and formal academic contexts, with translations in Spanish.

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Mole Mastery History

Explore the origins, legends, and cultural significance of Mexican mole. This lesson covers the indigenous roots of 'mulli', the colonial legends of Puebla, and the modern recognition of mole as a global cultural heritage through a reading passage and assessment.

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Gerardo Jimenez Ramirez

Relatos en el Tiempo B1

A B1-level Spanish lesson for adults focusing on narrative tenses. Students practice translating a multi-tense text and completing a verb-focused fill-in-the-blanks activity centered around the theme of time and personal history. Includes simplified vocabulary and clearer tense structures.

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Hoja de Evidencia del Detective Worksheet

Guia del Maestro Detectives Teacher Guide

Detectives de Historias

Una lección interactiva diseñada para enseñar a los estudiantes a comprender textos y realizar inferencias a través de tres cuentos cortos y encantadores. Incluye una mini-lección sobre las habilidades de pensamiento crítico necesarias para ser un detective de historias.

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Spanish Level Check

A comprehensive diagnostic assessment suite designed for adult learners to determine their current Spanish proficiency level across reading, writing, listening, and speaking. The materials move from foundational basics to advanced structures to provide a clear placement for the learner.

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Quake Chronicles English Reading Document

Tremor Response Worksheet V3 Final Revised Plus Revised V2 Final

Quake Notes Guided Document 15 Slides English

Quake Chronicles Slides Final 15 Slides Updated

Crónicas del Temblor

A comprehensive lesson on the historic earthquakes of Mexico City (1985 and 2017), focusing on interpretive reading and academic writing using the Claim, Evidence, Reasoning (CER) framework. Students explore community impact, resilience, and historical comparison.

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Gerardo Jimenez Ramirez

Alas de Santa Fe

Una lección sobre la avifauna de Santa Fe, Nuevo México, que explora sus características físicas, su importancia cultural para los pueblos indígenas y los desafíos del cambio climático.

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Materials

Semillas de Identidad Guia

Guía pedagógica completa de 3 páginas para el docente sobre cómo enseñar y evaluar la unidad 'Semillas de Identidad'. Incluye un marco pedagógico adaptado a estudiantes de herencia, un glosario de términos académicos, pautas de facilitación en el aula, modelos esperados de respuestas críticas y una rúbrica analítica de evaluación.

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Semillas de Identidad Cuaderno

Cuaderno de trabajo structured in 4 pages printable, which guides high school Spanish heritage speakers to answer higher-order thinking questions in academic Spanish. Includes specialized vocab glossaries and a project layout.

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Semillas de Identidad Slides

Presentación interactiva en diapositivas diseñada para guiar debates de pensamiento crítico en el aula de español como lengua de herencia. Analiza la hibridación culinaria colonial, los desiertos alimentarios, la gentrificación culinaria, la milpa tradicional y el activismo de la soberanía alimentaria.

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Cenicienta Story Slides

An elegant and visual slide deck for the Cinderella unit, structured across 3 days of instruction. Features key characters, vocabulary support in English and Spanish, and discussion prompts with a cohesive storytelling theme.

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Cenicienta Pacing Guide English

An English translation of the 3-day pacing guide and instructional map for the Cinderella Story Quest unit. Includes translated learning goals, track-specific instructions, and discussion prompts. Revised to improve sidebar layout and consolidate content onto two pages.

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Cenicienta Teacher Guide

A comprehensive teaching guide for the Cinderella Story Quest unit, providing step-by-step instructions for implementation over three days, differentiation strategies for beginners and immersion students, and classroom discussion prompts. Revised to ensure correct page breaks and improved text contrast.

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Cenicienta Immersion Worksheet 3

A third reading comprehension worksheet for Spanish immersion students, focusing on the search for the glass slipper and the resolution of Cinderella's story. Features an advanced reading passage, 2 multiple-choice and 2 open-ended questions with an answer key. Revised to fit text on one page and add critical thinking areas.

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Cenicienta Immersion Worksheet 2

A second reading comprehension worksheet for Spanish immersion students, focusing on the magical transformation and the ball scene in Cinderella. Includes a deeper text and 5 comprehension questions with an answer key. Revised to fit questions onto one page and improve text contrast.

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Throwback Tenses Guided Notes

A guided notes document designed to accompany the Throwback Tenses slide presentation. Includes blanks for students to fill in uses and conjugation endings for both the preterite and imperfect tenses.

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Gerardo Jimenez Ramirez

Escuela Memories Answer Key

A refined one-page teacher's answer key with a scanned-ready layout and a condensed grading rubric that avoids awkward page breaks. Provides a clear, efficient reference for student assessment.

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Gerardo Jimenez Ramirez

Escuela Memories Worksheet

A condensed one-page Spanish worksheet covering 30 past-tense conjugation items and a creative writing section. Designed for maximum space efficiency while maintaining legibility for students.

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Gerardo Jimenez Ramirez

Throwback Tenses Slides

Updated slide deck for the Spanish past tense lesson, now including dedicated slides for Preterite and Imperfect conjugation boxes (AR and ER/IR endings) to support direct instruction.

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Gerardo Jimenez Ramirez

Sequences

Italia in Camicia Nera

Une séquence pédagogique de 5 séances explorant l'ascension, le régime et la chute du fascisme en Italie, adaptée pour une classe de 1ère LV2. La séquence analyse les mécanismes de pouvoir, la propagande, les lois raciales et la résistance.

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Bias and Syntax in News

This graduate-level sequence examines how linguistic choices, syntax, and grammatical structures like the subjunctive mood shape political narratives in Spanish-language journalism. Students analyze authentic texts from various Hispanic regions to deconstruct bias, recognize regionalisms, and synthesize conflicting perspectives.

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Cuadro de Cultura Comunitaria Graphic Organizer

Nuestra Comunidad Viva

A 5-session high school Spanish project where students research, design, and present a multimedia project about daily life in a Spanish-speaking community, fostering cultural awareness and communication skills.

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Culinary Text Navigator

This sequence guides 8th-grade Spanish learners through functional literacy in culinary contexts. Students progress from reading grocery circulars and menus to interpreting dialogue and recipes, culminating in analyzing restaurant reviews.

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Strategic Spanish Reading

This sequence equips undergraduate Spanish students with meta-cognitive reading strategies like cognate recognition, skimming, and scanning using authentic university-themed texts. Students progress from word-level decoding to synthesizing information from multiple sources.

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Decoding Detectives

A 9th-grade Spanish reading unit focusing on metacognitive strategies for decoding unfamiliar texts. Students learn to use context clues, word morphology, and gisting to navigate ambiguity in Spanish language materials.

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Travel Spanish Survival Guide

An immersive Spanish listening sequence for 12th graders, simulating travel scenarios like airports, markets, and emergencies to build practical comprehension skills.

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Teatro y Tensión

An advanced Spanish reading sequence exploring dramatic texts from Federico García Lorca to modern playwrights, focusing on symbolism, subtext, and the sociopolitical critique of Spanish society. Students analyze the transition from classical tragedy to contemporary drama through the lens of performance and directorial interpretation.

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Metaphor and Meter

This sequence explores the evolution of Spanish poetry from the Golden Age to Modernism, focusing on the technical deconstruction of stylistic devices, meter, and metaphor. Students analyze works by Garcilaso, G\u00f3ngora, Quevedo, Dar\u00edo, and Neruda to understand how form and content reflect changing worldviews.

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Vocabulario Global Spanish Media Analysis

This sequence equips 11th-grade Spanish students with specialized vocabulary for environmental science, politics, and technology. Through media analysis and a final broadcast project, students transition from passive learners to active participants in global discourse.

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Professional Spanish Career Mastery

A comprehensive unit for 10th-grade Intermediate Spanish students to master professional terminology, formal registers, and career-related communication skills. Students move from analyzing job listings to participating in full mock interview simulations.

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