Today we picked out our Spanish names for the year. Definitely an interesting day (and for some kids, a little heartbreaking when someone else takes a name they had the previous year or two).
I have the kids each write down three possible names and then I draw their English names out of a basket. The kid says "Me llamo" with the name he/she wants. I write the name down and move on to the next little paper from the basket.
I have felt that this can get boring so this year I added in saying "Hola, Name!" after each one. I also made the class repeat it. This helps them start to learn the new names and adds some more participation.
Spanish II we also looked at the top five girl and boy names of 2015 in Spain. I gave them the five girl names out of order and had them write their guesses for numbers one through five (technically I gave them numbers one to four and then six since five was Emma, too American of a name). They then found a partner and in Spanish compared their opinions. Finally I asked the class for their opinions and we found out the true order of the names. Then we repeated for the boys' names. One of my first period boys was a great guesser and got all of the girls right (no one got the boys in either class). I like this activity for two reasons: one, it added in some more culture and two, it kept the kids in the target language more!
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