recent student teacher liked it and suggested I share it (again?
Our local newspaper is kind enough to give me an occasional room set of TV guides (inserts in the Sunday paper). I have a form “Adivina mi pelicula” which lists questions: “A que hora toca … En que canal … Que dia(s) toca …” Through dialoguing (or, more accurately, question/answer), a given student is able to collected a requested number of picture titles from other students. In our case, students choose the movie titles from an alphabetical list of movies in the back of the guide which lists all the pertinent information along with a brief synopsis. Students guessing will take their information to the specified day (“Let’s see: you told me the movie is on at 7:30 PM on Wednesday night …”) Through use of the technique, I am able to get students on their feet, movie around, speaking in Spanish to each other, etc – almost my definition of a successful activity. As an extension with advanced students, the titles used are then offered in (student) Spanish to the class for guessing
