Jalen Waltman

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Jalen Waltman was Nationally Board Certified in World Languages Other Than English in 2003 and holds a Master Teacher Certificate in Colorado. She has 18 years teaching experience at the middle school, high school, and adult levels in both Spanish and ESL. Jalen has a Master's degree from Colorado College, and has been writing and publishing her own Spanish curriculum since 2005.

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Jalen Waltman's Complete Lesson Plans for the TPRS Classroom 1B English Version: Second Semester Middle School Level 1 English as a Foreign Language Jul 17, 2018

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Jalen Waltman's English Version 1A is for first semester middle school level 1 English as a Foreign Language, and 1B is for second semester middle school level 1 English as a Foreign Language.

These books are an English translation of my original 2005 Spanish 1 lesson plans (written for level 1 middle school Spanish,) with all the skits, quizzes, tests, and activities in English (so the first skit is “The Baby” instead of “El bebé.” The lessons can be used for teaching English as a foreign/second language, or as a resource for teachers of languages other than Spanish (Chinese, German, etc.) who would just like some good skits to translate and use in their classes.

These books have a lot more stick figure drawings because the quizzes and tests had to be modified to match English word to picture, rather than English to Spanish. Other than that, they follow the exact format and include everything that’s in my older 2005 Spanish lesson plan books. I sell them mostly to people who are teaching English as a Foreign (or Second) Language, here in the US as well as overseas.

The lessons are designed to get students speaking and writing basic English with enthusiasm and confidence by the end of the first semester, primarily by acquiring vocab sets with skits and readings. Included are lessons on basic greetings and introductions, descriptions of people, subject and object pronouns, and basic verbs like to have, to be, and to go. Vocab sets are taught with TPR and skits and reinforced with page-long English readings. By the end of these level 1 lessons, most students should be writing 100-word 10-minute narrative English essays with no dictionary help as well as narrating simple English stories by looking at stick figure drawings and describing what’s going on, also with no dictionary help.

The lessons include a complete vocab list by semester, daily warm-up quizzes, skit scripts, page-long English readings recycling the vocab/grammar content of the skit, graphic organizers, writing activities, cooperative learning activities, a 9 weeks’ test, and a final exam. These lessons are designed so that once you have your copies made, you can just flip the pages and teach. All masters are included and ready to copy, including sub plans.

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Jalen Waltman's Complete Lesson Plans for the TPRS Classroom 1A English Version: First Semester Middle School Level 1 English as a Foreign Language Jul 17, 2018

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Jalen Waltman's Complete Spanish Lesson Plans Spanish 2A: First Semester Level 2 High School Spanish Jun 14, 2018

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My Spanish 2A lessons are for first semester level 2 high school Spanish, and 2B is for second semester level 2 high school Spanish.

My focus in level 2 is to build on students’ fluency and vocab from my level 1 books, reinforce present tense as much as possible, and teach the preterit and imperfect. Vocab sets in my level 2 books are taught with TPR and daily skits, then reinforced with page-long Spanish readings that recycle the content from the skit. My 2A has very long vocab lists (such as professions, places around town, etc.) taken from textbook-aligned vocab lists, most of which I teach with TPR (either with motions, visuals, or both,) and then I focus more deeply on some of that vocab for the skit and reading. The first half of my 2A is a review of present tense from my level 1 books, so the skits and readings are in present tense for the first 15 lessons; the second half of 2A introduces past tense in the readings only. 2B features a greatly reduced new-vocab load so that I can focus more fully on the preterit and imperfect (and all the skits and readings are in past tense.)

The lessons include a complete vocab list by semester, daily warm-up quizzes, skit scripts, page-long Spanish readings recycling the vocab/grammar content of the skit, graphic organizers, cooperative learning activities, writing activities, grammar topics (you use your own textbook or grammar workbook worksheets to go with the topic) and grammar homework assignments, two “mini” tests per semester plus midterm and final exam. My lessons are designed so that once you have your copies made, you can just flip the pages and teach. All masters are included and ready to copy, including sub plans.

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Jalen Waltman's Complete Spanish Lesson Plans Spanish 1A: First Semester High School Spanish Jun 8, 2018

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My Spanish 1A and 1B 2009 Version lesson plan books were written for teaching high school level 1 Spanish; 1A is for first semester level 1 and 1B is for second semester level 1.

At level 1, I want to get students speaking and writing Spanish with enthusiasm and confidence by the end of the first semester, and I do that primarily by teaching the vocab sets with skits and readings. My 1A uses textbook vocab lists and grammar topics and starts out with greetings and introductions, descriptions of people, subject and object pronouns, and basic verbs like tener, ser, estar, and ir. Vocab sets are taught with TPR and skits and reinforced in page-long Spanish readings. By the end of level 1, I have most students writing 100-word 10-minute narrative Spanish essays with no dictionary help as well as narrating simple Spanish stories by looking at stick figure drawings and describing what's going on, also with no dictionary help.

The lessons include a complete vocab list by semester for students, daily warm-up quizzes, skit scripts, page-long Spanish readings recycling the vocab/grammar content of the skit, graphic organizers, writing activities, cooperative learning activities, grammar topics (you find and use your own textbook, workbook, or online worksheets to go with the topic,) two "mini" tests per semester plus midterm and final exam. My lessons are designed so that once you have your copies made, you can just flip the pages and teach. All masters are included that I possibly could without violating copyrights.

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Jalen Waltman's Complete Lesson Plans for the TPRS Classroom Spanish 1B: Second Semester Level 1 Middle School Spanish Jul 17, 2018

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Jalen Waltman's original Spanish 1A and 1B 2005 Version books were written for middle school level 1 Spanish; 1A is for first semester middle school level 1 and 1B is for second semester middle school level 1.

These were the first Spanish 1 lesson plan books I wrote, while I was teaching 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Spanish at the middle school level. The vocabulary list is shorter and more simplified than my newer high school Spanish 1 books and is loosely based on the old Dime Uno textbooks published by McDougal Littell in the 90’s. The skits are more geared for middle school students sense of humor, with fewer dating/jobs/cars stories than my newer 2009 Spanish 1 books (which include completely new skits, none repeated from these 2005 books.)

These older books are more “homemade” and include more hand-drawn pages and activities than my newer stuff, but the skits, games, and other activities still get rave reviews so I’m still selling them. If you’re teaching middle school and you need lessons that don’t repeat the skits for Spanish 1 at the high school level, then these books are a good bet.

The lessons are designed to get students speaking and writing basic Spanish with enthusiasm and confidence by the end of the first semester, primarily by acquiring vocab sets with skits and readings. Included are lessons on basic greetings and introductions, descriptions of people, subject and object pronouns, and basic verbs like tener, ser, estar, and ir. Vocab sets are taught with TPR and skits and reinforced with page-long Spanish readings. By the end of these level 1 lessons, most students should be writing 100-word 10-minute narrative Spanish essays with no dictionary help as well as narrating simple Spanish stories by looking at stick figure drawings and describing what’s going on, also with no dictionary help.

The lessons include a complete vocab list by semester, daily warm-up quizzes, skit scripts, page-long Spanish readings recycling the vocab/grammar content of the skit, graphic organizers, writing activities, cooperative learning activities, a 9 weeks’ test, and a final exam. These lessons are designed so that once you have your copies made, you can just flip the pages and teach. All masters are included and ready to copy, including sub plans.

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Jalen Waltman's Complete Lesson Plans for the TPRS Classroom Spanish 1A: First Semester Level 1 Middle School Spanish Jul 17, 2018

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Jalen Waltman's Complete Spanish Lesson Plans Spanish 1B: Second Semester High School Spanish Jun 14, 2018

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Jalen Waltman's Spanish 1A and 1B 2009 Version books were written for high school level 1 Spanish; 1A is for first semester level 1 and 1B is for second semester level 1.

At level 1, the lessons are designed to get students speaking and writing Spanish with enthusiasm and confidence by the end of the first semester, primarily by acquiring vocab sets with skits and readings. Spanish 1B expands on the vocab in 1A, using textbook-aligned vocab lists and grammar topics, such as descriptions of people, directional words, chores, rooms and things in the house, food, ordering in restaurants and reacting to food, extended family words, town and city words, clothing, staying in shape and being healthy, and getting ready words. The grammar includes an extension of basic verbs like poder, llevar, ganar, vender, encontrar, costar, probar, and reflexive verbs like ponerse los zapatos, peinarse, etc. Vocab sets are taught with TPR and skits and reinforced with page-long Spanish readings. By the end of these level 1 lessons, most students should be writing 100-word 10-minute narrative Spanish essays with no dictionary help as well as narrating simple Spanish stories by looking at stick figure drawings and describing what’s going on, also with no dictionary help.

The lessons include a complete vocab list by semester, daily warm-up quizzes, skit scripts, page-long Spanish readings recycling the vocab/grammar content of the skit, graphic organizers, writing activities, cooperative learning activities, grammar topics (you find and use your own textbook, workbook, or online worksheets to go with the topic,) and two “mini” tests per semester plus midterm and final exam. These lessons are designed so that once you have your copies made, you can just flip the pages and teach. All masters are included and ready to copy, including sub plans.

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Jalen Waltman's Complete Spanish Lesson Plans Spanish 2B: Second Semester Level 2 High School Spanish Jun 24, 2018

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My Spanish 2A lessons are for first semester level 2 high school Spanish, and 2B is for second semester level 2 high school Spanish.

My focus in level 2 is to build on students’ fluency and vocab from my level 1 books, reinforce present tense as much as possible, and teach the preterit and imperfect. Vocab sets in my level 2 books are taught with TPR and daily skits, then reinforced with page-long Spanish readings that recycle the content from the skit. My 2A has very long vocab lists (such as professions, places around town, etc.) taken from textbook-aligned vocab lists, most of which I teach with TPR (either with motions, visuals, or both,) and then I focus more deeply on some of that vocab for the skit and reading. The first half of my 2A is a review of present tense from my level 1 books, so the skits and readings are in present tense for the first 15 lessons; the second half of 2A introduces past tense in the readings only. My Spanish 2B book features a greatly reduced new-vocab load so that I can focus more fully on the preterit and imperfect (and all the skits and readings are in past tense in this Spanish 2B book.)

The lessons include a complete vocab list by semester, daily warm-up quizzes, skit scripts, page-long Spanish readings recycling the vocab/grammar content of the skit, graphic organizers, cooperative learning activities, writing activities, grammar topics (you use your own textbook or grammar workbook worksheets to go with the topic) and grammar homework assignments, two “mini” tests per semester plus midterm and final exam. My lessons are designed so that once you have your copies made, you can just flip the pages and teach. All masters are included and ready to copy, including sub plans.

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Jalen Waltman's Complete Spanish Lesson Plans Spanish 4A: First Semester Level 4 High School Spanish Jul 2, 2018

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Jalen Waltman's Complete Spanish Lesson Plans Spanish 4B: Second Semester Level 4 High School Spanish Jul 2, 2018

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Spanish 4A is for first semester level 4 high school Spanish, and 4B is for second semester level 4 high school Spanish.

For my Spanish 4A & 4B lesson plans, I used vocabulary from a few different AP vocab lists so that Spanish 4 could be an AP-prep class between Spanish 3 and AP Spanish. The vocab is presented and taught via skits and readings just like my other lesson plan books levels 1 – 3, but my Spanish 4 alternates these vocab + skit lessons with culture + Spanish conversation-and-discussion lessons that are aligned with four AP Spanish Language and Culture themes and center on a focus country for that theme. In 4A the themes are: Contemporary Life/Argentina, and Families and Communities/Puerto Rico, and in 4B the themes are: World Challenges/El Salvador, and Beauty and Aesthetics/México.)

The lessons include a complete vocab list by semester for students, a grammar topics list by semester for students, daily warm-up quizzes, skit scripts, page-long Spanish readings recycling the vocab/grammar content of the skit, culture topics and questions (with links to websites and videos) for class discussion with accompanying authentic readings, graphic organizers, and writing activities, grammar topics (you use your own textbook or grammar book worksheets to go with the topic) and grammar homework assignments, two “mini” tests per semester plus midterm and final exam (plus practice tests for each.) My lessons are designed so that once you have your copies made, you can just flip the pages and teach. All masters included that I possibly could without violating copyrights.

Features:
• Can be used for separate preps, 4 and/or AP, or as a combo class
• Uses AP Spanish themes and vocab as curriculum source
• Focuses on developing conversational, spontaneous speech as well as expository speaking and writing about cultural and global topics
• Spanish 4 purposefully builds toward AP for those students who will be taking AP after Spanish 4, by drawing from AP vocab lists and four of the AP themes
• All of the Spanish 4 stories and readings are brand new, none repeated from any of my older books
• Includes explicit grammar instruction, with homework for each grammar topic (including in 4A Present/Preterit/Imperfect review, Pronouns, Ser & Estar review, Present and Past Progressive, and in 4B Adjectives, Future, Conditional, Subjunctive, Present and Past Perfect, and Past Subjunctive)
• Includes 3 “Mini-pruebas,” a Midterm, and a Final Exam
• Final Exam is modeled after the AP Spanish Language and Culture Exam with AP-inspired rubrics for speaking and writing

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Jalen Waltman's Complete Spanish Lesson Plans Spanish 3B: Second Semester Level 3 High School Spanish Jul 2, 2018

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My Spanish 3A is for first semester level 3 high school Spanish, and 3B is for second semester level 3 high school Spanish.

My focus in Spanish 3 is to get students speaking Spanish more conversationally, so each lesson includes a daily guided conversation topic (question) for partners and/or groups to discuss. I also want to get them started doing more expository Spanish writing, so 3A contains 6 “journal prompts” on topics such as school plans and friendships, and 3B has 4 journal prompts on topics such as art and the environment. At this level, I definitely want to start preparing students more explicitly for the speaking and writing demands of AP Spanish Language and Culture should they choose to go that far in our program.

My Spanish 3A and B lessons teach sets of vocab strings with skits just like levels 1 and 2 do, and include a pretty heavy load of grammar topics. 3A reviews pronouns, present tense, ser and estar, preterit and imperfect, and present progressive; it introduces present subjunctive, future, and conditional, past progressive, and present perfect. 3B introduces past perfect, reviews and digs a little deeper into preterit and imperfect as well as the present subjunctive, then reviews future and conditional, and if you and your students are up for it, ends with past subjunctive. (I sometimes don’t get that far in the lessons and that’s okay!)

The lessons include a complete vocab list by semester for students, a grammar topics list by semester for students, daily warm-up quizzes, skit scripts, page-long Spanish readings recycling the vocab/grammar content of the skit, daily conversation topics and sentence-starters for responses, writing activities, grammar topics (you use your own textbook materials or grammar workbooks and worksheets to go with the topic) and grammar homework assignments, two “mini” tests per semester plus midterm and final exam (plus practice tests for each.) My lessons are designed so that once you have your copies made, you can just flip the pages and teach. All masters are included that I possibly could without violating copyrights.

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Jalen Waltman's Complete Spanish Lesson Plans Spanish 3A: First Semester Level 3 High School Spanish Jun 26, 2018

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