My grade 7 students (12-13 years old) did comprehensible presentations about some popular sports in Hispanic countries. First, I wanted to model a presentation because whenever my students produce Spanish output,
When reviewing the topic of free time with my grade 9 students (14-15 years old), I decided to spice it up a bit with "different" kind of sports and hobbies such as "el futbolchapas":
http://youtu.be/cV-j3XBHeHM
without subtitles
http://youtu.be/v9j5rlKQDlI
with subtitles
I am using stories more and more often in my lessons as I believe my students greatly benefit from listening to them as well as reading them and writing new ones. Apart from inventing my own stories, my favorite source is The Comprehensible Classroom which has a wealth of fantastic resources and story scripts.
As far as homework is concerned, I have been trying something new which has been successful so far. Basically I let my students do what they want as long as it is in Spanish!
At the start of the year I told them that they will acquire the Spanish language,