Sixth grade Spanish students worked in pairs to create dialogue for their cultural greeting and introducing a friend skit. Students brainstormed ideas on using greetings vocabulary when introducing someone new to a third person. They used vocabulary for various times of the day, asking and responding to how they are, introducing friend, exchanging pleasantries and goodbyes. They recycled vocabulary to ask and respond to where someone is from. Using puppets was also a great way to review body parts.
Using puppets is an excellent tool to encourage and motivate students to practice speaking a new language. Interacting with a puppet is less intimidating to students. Even the most grown-up students were excited to practice their conversation skills with the puppet!
