I'm going to be honest with you. I don't like teaching grammar. I never have. My first teaching job was all about the textbook. I was miserable. Until I started the teaching program at college, I had no idea what the different tenses were and I felt like I was communicating just fine. You can imagine my excitement when this man named Blaine Ray did a workshop WAYYYY back before anyone had heard of TPRS and CI wasn't even a thing (at least with a name). I went to the workshop and walked away excited because I had learned more German in 3 hours with him than I had learned in an entire semester at college! All was well for a while. When I moved to California the school was all about teaching grammar. I quietly did my own thing in my classroom and slowly worked on them to implement Blaine's techniques. I moved again and started over. And then again and again. Maybe I move too much? Now I am teaching online Spanish for a full time online school. The curriculum is built and I just guide the students through it, teaching live lessons once a week. It's 100% grammar based and there's no changing it. I have, however, found a way to get as much input as possible into their grammar lessons! I created Grammar and Cultural Slideshows! These slideshows "teach" the grammar, allow the students to practice and then whisks them away to a Spanish speaking country where they see that grammar concept used in a comprehensible and cultural way! I've used these to introduce the topic to the students as a whole class. They are engaging and fun. It's super easy to email a copy of the presentation to students who were absent or to students who need a little more practice too. The last slide is a blank movie theater so you can add a cultural video (that's what I do...) or a grammar video from YouTube. I use my bitmoji in the ones I show in class but do to copyright laws I can't sell anything with a bitmoji on TPT so I've purchased clipart characters. They work great and are ready to use but I love the personalization I can do with my bitmoji! If you teach grammar, you will love these slideshows! It's a sneaky way to get in that culture that is missing from so many textbooks too! Thank you for reading my blog. I appreciate it so I would like you to have the Tener and Tener Expressions Grammar and Cultural Slideshow. Since I'm not selling this, I'm giving you the fun Bitmoji version! Enjoy!
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