Tools of the Trade

Try these links for lesson plans and other aids for your classroom. Let us know if you find other sites that could help teachers of world languages.
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No Language Teacher Left Behind
an independent forum and service for teachers of world languages
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Articles on just about everything you need to know
Edutopia - the George Lucas Foundation built a great professional development site for educators. Try it.
Clip art - a list of categories and where to find the clip art
Educator's Reference Desk - everything you need: lesson plans, articles of interest, libraries, etc., etc., etc.
Supplies for your classroom at Homeroom Teacher
Design your own word searches and more
Clever lesson plan for lip sync in another language!
TEACHER SUPPLIES
GAMES, PUZZLES, ETC.
LESSON PLANS
REFERENCE AND PEDAGOGY
CLIP ART
Make, edit, and create your own worksheets for your class.
Have your students send a postcard from Paris!maps
Good handout for parts of the body. It's in Spanish but can be printed and used for all languages.
ABCTeach is a wonderful site for teachers with lesson plans, printables, clip art and more.
A list of basic words in several languages
Clever virtual trip to Paris done by a student in the UK
The Internet Public Library has links to all newspapers around the world.
Great place to start for resources for your Latin classes.
Create a travel diary. Have students, research, collaborate, and produce a travel diary to share with the class.
Good site for ESL teachers - building sentences, idioms, worksheets, etc.
French vocabulary sheets - good for any age.
Scrapbooking clipart - not like the usual. Very creative.
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What teacher of world languages can live without Teachers Discovery? Posters, DVDs, games, realia, etc.
Whatever language you teach, go to this site to find links for your language classes: French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, and German
RUBRICS
Chicago Public Schools has an excellent site for rubric development
Need a template for just about anything? Try this site.
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Great site for Spanish students and teachers. Created by Susan Seraphine-Kimel from Titusville for her students. Lots of links for students and teachers.
Try out this fantastic idea from a Jacksonville teacher. It teaches Spanish directions via a scavenger hunt. Great idea. Look for Myra Johnson's name on the first page and follow the link.
FLENEF member Yoli Eldred from Jacksonville sent us this website for teachers. Really great for teacher tools, including rubrics, forms, games, etc.
Go to www.flenef.org for even more ideas! Follow the Teacher to Teacher link on the first page.
Getting to know you worksheet can be translated to your target language and used as an activity for the beginning of the school year.
Fun matching game for parts of the face in Spanish.
The Language Menu has some fun, interactive games.