Last week we started our second semester with brand new students. I have students in my Spanish 2 class that had Spanish 1 in the first semester, some that had Spanish 1 in the previous school year in the fall or the winter semester, and a few that have not had Spanish for two years. Because of the wide variety of time since their Spanish 1 class, I use the first few weeks to review the basics of Spanish 1.
Today I used a version of the Name Game by Martina Bex. I wanted to review the structures:
Voy a... and Quiero + infinitive
I followed the pattern below:
1. Randomly select a student by pulling a card w/ a student name.
2. First person says WHERE he is going and WHAT they want to do.
(Ex: Voy al parque porque quiero correr. I'm going to the park because I want to run.)
3. Pull a 2nd name. The 2nd student repeats what the 1st person said (Ella va al parque porque quiere correr) and adds what that person is going to do (Voy al gimnasio porque quiero jugar al baloncesto.
4. Continue with a few more students.
5. Choose two student names. The 2 students repeat what the previous students have said (they can alternate every other student) and then decide where they are going and why. One student says the first half of the sentence and the 2nd student in the pair says the second half.
Ex: St1 - Vamos al restaurante porque... St2 - queremos comer hamburguesas.
6. Choose another student. That student repeats all previous comments and uses "they" form of verb for the pair of students.
I limited the activity to 20 minutes. The students heard lots of repetitions and were actively engaged in listening because they didn't know if their name was going to be the next one pulled.
A variation of this would be to ask students to sketch their answers and then display them as the students give their answers.
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