Middle School Spanish Projects

In 5th grade Spanish, students are in the Criaturas curiosas (Curious Creatures) unit where we explore stories and songs related to animals. They had the opportunity to imagine together their ideal class pet and through collaboration created Dogless, the red and purple dragon that has green eyes and has no dogs. Our class artist, Sage, helped bring our imagination to life through their artistic interpretation of our pet's description.

 

In 8th grade Spanish, we are diving into real life stories of Hispanics and thinking about how places can shape or influence our identity. Students began this unit by reading an autobiography told from the perspective of 10 year old Victoria (their teacher) to learn about what her life was like in Venezuela and her move to the United States. They then had the task of selecting sentences to change from first person to third person and create a comic strip out of it. We also enjoyed our ritual of celebrating birthdays with a song in Spanish and gifting a sticker with a saying in Spanish, as well as the person with the birthday selecting a headpiece to wear in their honor. Our birthday person, Henry, opted for all headpieces, which went well with a fan that he made for himself.