Overview

Students create text-based dialog scenes in Scratch using words from our class vocabulary lists. In follow up projects, students add their own recorded voices, narrating each line of dialog, in Spanish as well (in the final project) in English.

Goals

1. Help students develop Spanish vocabulary

2. Provide opportunities for students to use new vocabulary words in a meaningful context

3. Develop computational thinking skills alongside language skills in integrated, fun activities

4. Create "durable learning experiences" for students in Spanish class

Example Scratch Projects

Text Only: Spanish Dialog - Going to the Car Race

With Audio Narration:

1. Narrated Spanish Dialog - ¡Vamos al Estadio!

2. Los Monsteros Hablan (Narrated Spanish Dialog)

With Text & Audio Narration in BOTH English & Spanish: "El Sueño de Miguel"

Preparation

Help students setup personal Scratch accounts using their school email addresses. Ask them to save their userID and password for Scratch in their "Password Keeper" Google Sheet.

Procedures

See Projects 1, 2 and 3 below

Extensions

1. Challenge students to remix classmates' projects, using some different required vocabulary and adding a surprise ending to the story.