  Inside: Activities and my plans for teaching Episode 2 of Season 1 of Tierra Incógnita.
Welcome back! If you're just stumbling upon this post as you research teaching with TV shows or because you want to start teaching Tierra Incógnita in your classes you should checkout this blog post that is full of ideas on how to pre-teach and teach Episode 1. Let's jump in to Episode 2: On Monday (35min class) we watched Ep 2 and students had a viewing guide I created with screen shots from scenes through out Ep 2 and quotes that are said in those scenes by the characters. Their job was to match the quote with the correct scene and characters as the watched and then to go back and based on familiar words and context attempt to translate those quotes from the show. Then the next Monday (35min) we did a Clip Chat using screenshots with prompting questions and PQAs to review what we had watched. We then took one block day (85min) to review vocab using a Quizlet to review some essential vocabulary and played a super fun circumlocution game called Pasa la palabra. Here's how to play Pasa la palabra: You need a set of words (about 1-3 words per students in class) these words should be words your students are familiar with and you feel they can describe to others. I choose my words and then make a Quizlet with the words, and instead of translations I have them match the word with a Spanish description and have them play that for a little to familiarize them with the words first. I then put each word NOT description on it's own card you can do this by writing them on notecards or typing and cutting out. Then split your class into two teams. I like to do this before hand and preemptively balance abilities on the two teams. The game plays in three rounds. If you've ever played Monikers (a great board game btw) it's the same as that game. Each students gets a turn of 1 min each round lasts as long as their are cards left. Play rotates every min from one team to the other back and forth. Round 1- Student can say as many words in target language as they want to get their team to guess the word as long as they don't say the word. If their team guesses the word they keep the card as a point for that round. Then the round goes to to the other team and their player get's one minute to do the same until all cards have been guessed in round 1. When all cards have been played have each team count them up one card is one point then re-shuffle them and start the second round continuing play to the next student in the next teams turn who should be going next. Round 2- Instead of saying however many words as they want to they can only say ONE word. It must be the same word for that card their entire 1 min -- this is where paying attention in round 1 PAYS OFF. Again, When all cards have been played have each team count them up one card is one point then re-shuffle them and start the second round continuing play to the next student in the next teams turn who should be going next. Round 3- This round no words, only actions students have to act out like charades the vocab word. The repetitions are great. The circumlocution is great. And the FUN is the best part. The team with the most points between all 3 rounds win. Finally, we did a super short reading assessment where students matched scenes from the show with descriptions using high frequency and familiar vocabulary to assess that the Spanish gained from the show was being acquired by students. If you're interested in grabbing these activities and assessments for your own class you can find them HERE. And if you have any questions comment them below! -Sierra
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