Complete your Spanish Commands Unit with a Fun Project

Okay, so you've taught affirmative tú commands and negative tú commands to your Spanish students.

Now what??

Let's give them a way to express themselves and use the language in a fun and engaging (and very targeted 🙃) way!

Let's have them do a project. 😆

Step 1: Choose a format.

What format do you want your students to use for the project?

💻Powerpoint?

🖥️Google Slides?

📝Paper?

Pick whatever format makes the most sense for your students.

Step 2: Decide your requirements.

Did your students learn both affirmative and negative tú commands? If so, have them include both.

How many sentences do you want them to write?

What types of verbs do you want them to include? I require students to use a certain number of regular, stem-changing, and irregular verbs.

Do you want students to include an image? Let them know.

Are you grading them on their grammar or a variety of vocabulary? Let them know.

Step 3: Assign point values.

All of your requirements need point values assigned to them.

I personally like my rubrics to add to a nice round number ending in zero, but if you want your project to be out of 47 points, you certainly can do that. I would honestly just give everyone 3 points to make it out of 50, but that's just me. 😂

Step 4: Set a due date.

Decide how long this project will take and pick a due date. Include this info prominently on your rubric.

You also might need to include how you expect this project to be handed in. Maybe it has to be uploaded to your Google Classroom. Or saved in the Shared Drive. Or physically handed to you.

Step 5: Help students be successful with this project.

What else do students need to be successful?

If you're requiring them to write 10 commands using a variety of different types of verbs, where can they find those verbs?

I provide a list of verbs they already know, divided by category (regular, stem-changing, and irregular for a project like this).

Would it help your students if they could see an example? Even just one slide rather than a full presentation will help them visualize the task.

Would your students be more successful if they had a template handed to them if you're using a digital format? If so, make a template for them. Include a title slide where they are reminded to type their names (or they'll literally forget) and the total number of slides you expect. Set the design format to include text and images if that's what you expect - whatever will make it easier for students to be successful in this project.

Figure out where you'll put the template for students to easily access it. Do you have a class website? Do you have a shared folder? Save it somewhere students can all easily open it and get started.