Spanish Warm-up Activities

Series Author John Conner uses these warm-up activities every day in class. In fact, these exercises are "Step 1" in his acclaimed work-shop "The Ideal Lesson Plan". Divide students into pairs and have them ask/answer these questions. 

BEGINNER 

First Steps

• Steps 1-4: ¿Cómo se llama? – ¿De dónde es? – ¿Cómo está? – ¿Es usted?

• Step 5: Vocabulary

• Step 6: ¿Tiene Ud…?; – ¿Cómo se llama…? – Vocabulary

• Step 7: ¿Le gusta…? – ¿Hay…? – Vocabulary

• Steps 8-10: Uno, Dos, Tres – ¿Qué día es hoy? – ¿Qué tiempo hace hoy?; ¿Le gusta…?

Chapter One

• Regular Verbs: Hablar, Comer, Vivir

• Vocabulary / Verbs in the Present Tense

• Subject Pronouns

Chapter Two

• Vocabulary / Adjectives and the Idea of Agreement

• Vocabulary / Nouns in Singular and Plural Forms

• Vocabulary / “Boot” Verbs in the Present

• Vocabulary / Conjunctions

Chapter Three

• Vocabulary / Irregular Verbs in the Present Tense

• Vocabulary / Ser and Estar

• Vocabulary / Definite and Indefinite Articles

• Vocabulary / Negative Sentences

Chapter Four

• Vocabulary / Preterite of Regular Verbs

• Vocabulary / Prepositions

• Vocabulary / Pronouns after Prepositions

Chapter Five

• Vocabulary / The Preterite of Boot Verbs

• Vocabulary / Direct Object Pronouns

• Vocabulary / The Personal “a”

• Vocabulary / Idiomatic Expressions with “Tener”

Chapter Six

• Vocabulary / The Preterite of Irregular Verbs

• Vocabulary / Possessive Adjectives

• Vocabulary / Indirect Object Pronouns

• Vocabulary / The Verb “gustar”

Chapter Seven

• Vocabulary / The Imperfect Tense

• Vocabulary / Reflexive Object Pronouns

• Vocabulary / Adverbs

• Vocabulary / Talking About the Weather

Chapter Eight

• Vocabulary / Irregular Verbs in the Imperfect Tense

• Vocabulary / Double Object Pronouns

• Vocabulary / Adverbs That End in “-mente”

Chapter Nine

• Vocabulary / Preterite vs. Imperfect

• Vocabulary / Saber vs. Conocer

• Vocabulary / Expressions with Hacer

• Vocabulary / Expressions with Acabar de

Chapter Ten

• Vocabulary / The Progressive Tense

• Vocabulary / Reflexive and Reciprocal Constructions

• Vocabulary / Equal and Unequal Expressions

Chapter Eleven

• Vocabulary / Formal Commands

• Vocabulary / Demonstrative Adjectives

• Vocabulary / Some Useful Idiomatic Expressions

Chapter Twelve

• Vocabulary / Immediate Future

• Vocabulary / Por and Para

• Vocabulary / More Numbers

 

INTERMEDIATE:

Chapter One

• Vocabulary / Grammar Review

• Vocabulary / Verbs in the Present Tense

• Vocabulary / “Boot Verbs” in the Present Tense

• Vocabulary / Interrogatives / Subject Pronouns

• Subject Pronouns / Interrogatives

Chapter Two

• Vocabulary / Preterite Practice

• Vocabulary / Preterite Practice – “Spelling Changers”

• Vocabulary / Preterite Practice – “Super Irregulars”

• Vocabulary / Preterite Practice – “Boot Verbs” and “Spelling Changers”

• Vocabulary / Conjunctions

Chapter Three

• Vocabulary / Imperfect Practice

• Vocabulary / Preterite versus Imperfect

• Vocabulary / Progressive Practice

• Imperfect / Progressive

Chapter Four

• Vocabulary / Present Perfect Practice

• Vocabulary / Definite and Indefinite Articles

• Vocabulary / Ser and Estar

• Vocabulary / Past Participles as Adjectives

Chapter Five

• Vocabulary / More New Vocabulary

• Vocabulary / The Pluperfect!

• Vocabulary / Object Pronouns (Dops, Idops, Rops)

• Vocabulary / The Personal “a”

• Vocabulary / Possessive Adjectives

Chapter Six

• Vocabulary / General Warm-up for New Year!

• Vocabulary / The Future

• El Futuro / “Stand Alone” Adverbs

• Vocabulary and the Future / Numbers

Chapter Seven

• Vocabulary About Nature / Other New Vocabulary

• Vocabulary / Conditional

• Vocabulary / Comparisons

• Vocabulary / Por and Para

Chapter Eight

• Vocabulary / More Vocabulary Practice

• Vocabulary / The Subjunctive After Indirect Commands

• Vocabulary / Uses of the Infinitive

Chapter Nine

• Vocabulary Practice

• Vocabulary / Formal Command Practice

• Vocabulary / Informal Command Practice

• Preposition Practice

Chapter Ten

• Vocabulary / Subjunctive After Verbs of Emotion

• Vocabulary / Indefinite Pronouns

• Vocabulary / Reflexive and Reciprocal Actions

Chapter Eleven

• Vocabulary

• Vocabulary / The Present Perfect Subjunctive

• Vocabulary / Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns

• Vocabulary / Relative Pronouns

Chapter Twelve

• Vocabulary

• Vocabulary / The Passive Voice

• Vocabulary / Temporal Expressions with Llevar and Hacer

• Idiomatic Expressions With Dar, Haber, Hacer, Tener, and Volver

ADVANCED:

Chapter One

• Vocabulary / Grammar Review

• Vocabulary / More Grammar Review

• Vocabulary / Preterite Tense (Review)

• Vocabulary / “Boot” Verbs in the Present Tense

• Vocabulary / Irregular Verbs in the Present and Preterite Tenses

• Vocabulary / Interrogatives (Review)

• Interrogatives / Conjunctions / Irregular Preterites

Chapter Two

• Informal Commands / Preposition Practice
  

• Vocabulary / Imperfect Practice

• Imperfect and Preterite / Command Practice

• Vocabulary / Progressive Practice

• Vocabulary / More Progressive Practice

• Imperfect and Progressive Practice / Command Practice

• Preposition Practice / Progressive, Infinitive, Imperfect Practice

Chapter Three

• Vocabulary / Present Perfect Practice

• Vocabulary / Pluperfect Practice

• Vocabulary / Future Practice

• Vocabulary / Conditional Practice

• Future Perfect / Conditional Perfect Practice

• Vocabulary / Present Perfect and Past Participles as Adjectives

Chapter Four

• Equal and Unequal Comparisons

• Vocabulary / Indirect Commands

• Vocabulary / Object Pronouns

• Vocabulary / Unexpected Events

Chapter Five

• Vocabulary / Verbs That Use Indirect Object Pronouns

• Vocabulary / More Vocabulary

• Vocabulary / The Use of the Present Subjunctive After Verbs of Emotion

• Vocabulary / The Present Perfect Subjunctive After Verbs of Emotion

Chapter Six

• The Passive Voice / The Imperfect and Pluperfect Subjunctive

• Vocabulary / The Pluperfect Subjunctive

• Vocabulary / The Passive Voice

• Vocabulary / A Little Passive Voice, Imperfect and Pluperfect Subjunctive

• Vocabulary / More Vocabulary Practice

• Vocabulary / Practice With The Imperfect Subjuntive (Past Subjunctive)

• Vocabulary / Practice With the Imperfect and Pluperfect Subjunctive

Chapter Seven

• Vocabulary / Vocabulary

• Vocabulary / The Subjunctive After Verbs or Expressions That Convey Doubt

• Vocabulary / The Subjunctive After GHOSTS (indefinite or negative antecedents)

• Uses of the Infinitive / The Subjuntive after GHOSTS (indefinite or negative antecedents)

Chapter Eight

• Vocabulary / The Imperfect Subjuntive to Make Polite Requests

• Vocabulary / The Subjuntive or Indicative After Certain Adverbial Expressions (CHAD-ATE)

• Vocabulary / The Subjunctive After Certain Adverbial Expressions (ESCAPA)

• Vocabulary / If Clauses

Chapter Nine

• Vocabulary / Third Person Plural for Indefinite Subjects and the Passive Voice

• Vocabulary / Constructions with “Se” to Express Indefinite Subjects and the Passive Voice

• Por and Para Extra Practice

• Por and Para / Constructions with “Se” to Express Indefinite Subects and the Passive Voice

Chapter Ten

• Vocabulary / More Vocabulary

• Vocabulary / Adverbs

• Vocabulary / Definite and Indefinite Articles

• Vocabulary / Relative Pronouns

• Vocabulary / Ser and Estar

Chapter Eleven

• Vocabulary / Adjectives

• Vocabulary / Possessive Adjectives

• Vocabulary / Ordinal and Cardinal Numbers

• Vocabulary / Demonstratives

• Vocabulary / The Uses of “Lo”

Chapter Twelve

• Vocabulary / Pero, Sino, and Sino Que

• Vocabulary / Reflexive and Reciprocal Constructions

• Vocabulary / Indefinites

• Vocabulary / Ongoing Action with Hacer and Llevar

• Vocabulary / Various Constructions from the Whole Year