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Bundle 15 - Don Quijote-Drama de 4 Actos, La Ruta de Don Quijote

By Tom Alsop's Creative Teaching Tools

Don Quijote de la Mancha-Un Drama de cuatro actos is a dramatic reader that focuses on some of the most important scenes from the novel. Lots of neat dialogue appropriate to late level one, second year, early third year of Spanish.La Ruta de Don

Subjects:

Spanish

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities

$24.00

$20.00

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¡Hola Guadalajara! 280 Speaking Activities for Spanish Class!

By Tom Alsop's Creative Teaching Tools

¡Hola Guadalajara! 280 Speaking Activities for Spanish Class! Chat with the locals! Live in Guadalajara as a student from the USA while you engage in lively and short conversations about topics at 70 places in Guadalajara. Some of the

Subjects:

Spanish

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Cultural Activities

$9.00

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La Ruta de Don Quijote

By Tom Alsop's Creative Teaching Tools

Take your students to La Mancha with Cervanates, Don Quijote and Sancho Panza at your side! Students will learn about the Route of Don Quijote using photos and activities to enrich the cultural elements presented in each chapter. The Spanish towns

Subjects:

Spanish, EFL - ESL - ELD, Oral Communication

Grades:

10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Projects, Activities, Printables

$9.00

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70 Juegos / Ta-Te-Ti

By Tom Alsop's Creative Teaching Tools

Have fun with Ta-Te-Ti!!! Students will love playing these exciting Tic-Tac-Toe games. There are 70 games that cover verbs, vocabulary, pronouns, Mexican culture, Spanish culture, South American culture, conversation, situations and drawing!!!The

Subjects:

Grammar, Vocabulary, Spanish

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Games

$9.00

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101 Ideas for Spanish Club

By Tom Alsop's Creative Teaching Tools

Let your students and club officers plan club activities. Just give them the Idea page and let them go to work! Lots of fun! 101 Ideas!!! You can rest for a while! ENOUGH IDEAS TO LAST YOU FOR A LONG WHILE! Use the variety of ideas in this book to

Subjects:

Spanish, EFL - ESL - ELD, Dance

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Cultural Activities

$10.00

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¡Vamos al Mercado!

By Tom Alsop's Creative Teaching Tools

Vamos al Mercado! Follow Manolo as he shops in one of the largest markets in Mexico, the Mercado de San Juan de Dios en Guadalajara, Mexico. Learn about an array of products that are sold in a market: sombreros, sarapes, comida, ropa, and much more.

Subjects:

Spanish, Drama, Oral Communication

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities

$6.00

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Las Aventuras De Don Quijote De La Mancha / Un Drama De Cuatro Actos

By Tom Alsop's Creative Teaching Tools

Save money! No need for a class set! Yes this digital file to share with your students on their tablets or make copies to use as a reproducible reader! This communicative reader is comprised of a play of four acts that are entirely in Spanish! Each

Subjects:

Reading, Spanish, Drama

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities

$15.00

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Los Invencibles

By Tom Alsop's Creative Teaching Tools

Los InvenciblesSave money! Use this reproducible reader / digital file to make copies or project and / or share the digital book with you class. No need to buy expensive class sets!Tom’s wife, Jill, a former middle-school Spanish teacher, is Tom’s

Subjects:

Reading, Vocabulary, Spanish

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities

$12.00

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124 Technology Based Portfolio Activities for the World Language Classroom

By Tom Alsop's Creative Teaching Tools

Suitable for all world languages. Students will have great fun doing these 40 tech based projects. Students complete the theme page you select and then do a project that includes several of these: making a powerpoint, audio recordings in Garage

Subjects:

Grammar, Vocabulary, World Languages

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Projects, Activities

$8.00

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Muévete

By Tom Alsop's Creative Teaching Tools

Welcome to the world of kinesthetic learning. Students are to get-up and move around the classroom while participating in fun and meaningful activities using Spanish. There are twenty-six kinesthetic activities. Each activity has two pages: the

Subjects:

Spanish, Music and Dance, Oral Communication

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities

$7.00

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Grammar Tutoring in Pairs for Level One Spanish Classes

By Tom Alsop's Creative Teaching Tools

Your beginning students and early second year will love this fun way to improve their Spanish grammar. Choose one student to tutor the other. All students in the class work in pairs. Review articles, interrogative words, weather, time of day, AR,

Subjects:

Grammar, Spanish, Coaching

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Assessment, Homework

$8.00

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Bundle 14 / Mexican Culture

By Tom Alsop's Creative Teaching Tools

This Bundle includes these activities books:1. Fotocultura Mexicana2. Me Gusta, No Me Gusta3. 87 Modismos MexicanosBooks highlight the state of Jalisco, Guanajuato and many culture via Mexican modismos. There are lots of fun activities including

Subjects:

Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities

$30.00

$25.00

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Bundle 13 / Readers / Spanish culture

By Tom Alsop's Creative Teaching Tools

Save money! Use this reproducible reader / digital file to make copies or project and / or share the digital book with you class. No need to buy expensive class sets!Bundle 13 includes one reader and one activity book with lots of Spanish culture.

Subjects:

Reading, Vocabulary, Spanish

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Cultural Activities

$34.00

$25.00

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Bundle 12 / Readers / Romance

By Tom Alsop's Creative Teaching Tools

Bundle 12 includes the readers El Torero y La Estudiante and Rosa y Fabián! The El Torero y La Estudiante Activity Book is also included in this bundle. All is in Spanish!Suitable for TPRS and CI enthusiasts!Suitable for second semester first year

Subjects:

Reading, Vocabulary, Spanish

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Cultural Activities

$33.00

$26.00

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Bundle 11 / Spanish Grammar Levels One and Two

By Tom Alsop's Creative Teaching Tools

Bundle 12 Spanish grammar includes:1. Fun Spanish Grammar Activities2. ¡Hola! First Year Spanish Plain and Simple3. 85 No, No, No, NosThese books are suitable for Levels one and two Spanish classes.

Subjects:

Grammar, Vocabulary, Spanish

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

$35.00

$25.00

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Bundle 10 / Speaking Activities

By Tom Alsop's Creative Teaching Tools

Bundle 10 includes these four books / products:1. Vamos a Conversar2. Speaking Activities for Any Day of the Week3. Moviemaking for the Spanish Classroom4. ¡Hola, Guadalajara! 280 Speaking ActivitiesThese books are suitable for Levels one and two.

Subjects:

Vocabulary, World Languages, Spanish

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Simulations, Cultural Activities

$37.00

$25.00

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Bundle 9 / Readers - Imaginación, Fantasmas en el Metro, La Casa Encantada

By Tom Alsop's Creative Teaching Tools

Bundle 9 includes these readers for Level One and early level Two Spanish:44 Fantasías en MiniaturaFantasmas en el Metro de MadridLa Casa EncantadaThese books are suitable for Levels one and two.

Subjects:

Reading, Grammar, Spanish

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Cultural Activities, Lesson

$38.00

$25.00

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Bundle 8 / Fun with techie activities!

By Tom Alsop's Creative Teaching Tools

Bundle 8 includes these activity books:Vamos a TextearFlipping the Spanish ClassroomGrammar and Culture TweetsThese books are suitable for Levels one and two.

Subjects:

Reading, Grammar, Spanish

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities

$33.00

$24.00

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Bundle 7 / Lesson Planning

By Tom Alsop's Creative Teaching Tools

This bundle includes the World Language Lesson Planner, Spanish Emergency Lesson Plans, 101 Ideas for Spanish Club, Snappy Spanish Starters and Múevete. These books are suitable for Levels one, two and advanced. The World Language Teacher Creative

Subjects:

Spanish, Education, Foreign Languages

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

$45.00

$35.00

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Bundle 6 / Cultura Cubana

By Tom Alsop's Creative Teaching Tools

This bundle includes two books: Emociones Cubanas and Gestos Cubanos. It also includes a digital Poster Set - Emociones Cubanas.These books and posters are suitable for all levels as cultural enrichment.

Subjects:

Grammar, Spanish, Oral Communication

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Simulations, Cultural Activities

$17.00

$15.00

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I studied Spanish at Marian University in Indianapolis where I earned my BA in Spanish Literature. I did graduate work at Indiana University in Bloomington where I received a Master of Arts degree in Spanish Literature. I am a former middle school and high school Spanish teacher spending much of my career at Ben Davis HS, Indianapolis, IN. I have also taught Spanish at Butler University, Franklin College and WL Teaching Methods at Marian University and Franklin College. I have directed Spanish teacher summer immersion programs for WorldStridesds and traveled with teacher groups to Spain, Mexico and Cuba. While teaching at the middle school and high school levels I traveled with 30 student groups to Mexico and Spain. I have been a long time writer of supplemental language materials for Teacher's Discovery, Carlex, Gessler, J. Weston Walch and NTC. I also have printed books available on Amazon. I have an Apple Podcast - Tom's World Language Café - a radio show. Lots of fun!

MY TEACHING STYLE

My teaching style is one that allows students to actively participate in class. I love teaching Spanish and especially enjoy creating fun and user-friendly activities for students. For me the best part is to teach language and culture so that students can have authentic experiences. I love student-centered classrooms. I also love risk-taking while teaching Spanish!

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Some of my past honors / awards: IFLTA Teacher of the Year Indiana AATSP Teacher of the Year Ben Davis HS and Wayne Township Teacher of the Year Rockefeller Fellowship Lilly Teacher Creativity Fellowship Golden Apple Technology Award ACTFL Nelson Brooks Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Culture AATSP Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica Board as Regional Director / Vice-president, President and Director of Technology Past President of IFLTA and twice President of the Indiana AATSP Member of the CSCTFL Board of Directors IFLTA - AATSP Salón de Enseñanza y Servicio CSCTFL Founders Award

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Bachelor of Arts in Spanish - Marian University - Indianapolis Masters of Arts in Spanish Literature - Indiana University - Bloomington, Studied at Javeriana University in Bogotá, Colombia

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I am blessed with a wonderful wife, Jill, and two awesome kids, Dan and Nicole. Jill is a retired middle-school Spanish teacher. Dan is a Spanish professor at Franklin College. Nicole is a hospital administrator for Community Hospitals of Indiana. We have three grandkids - Cooper, Tristan and Tinsley - ages 11, 9 and 7. Dan's wife, Sara, is also a Spanish professor at Franklin College.