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“J'adore la pizza” by Karen Kransky: Finding rhyming words in a French poem: This lesson is designed to increase students' awareness of some French letter-sound combinations that rhyme, in spite of being spelled differently using the poem, "J'adore la pizza" by Karen Kransky.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Second Languages); By Laura Hemphill.

Los dos reyes y los dos laberintos: This lesson focuses on the short story "Los dos reyes y los dos laberintos" written by Jorge Luis Borges. Students interpret the work through reading and group activities. The students will show their interpretation of the theme of the story through a written essay.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages); By Sandra Sigmon.

Ya sé lo que hiciste el verano pasado! Using the preterite indicative tense: This lesson focuses on the uses of the preterite indicative tense and vocabulary related to travel. The students will read various selections that demonstrate the use of the preterite tense and draw pictures to illustrate their understanding. Students will demonstrate their understanding by creating a time line of their life history and sharing it with the class. The lesson culminates with students writing a composition entitled “I know what you did last summer” and presenting it to the class in the target language.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages); By Carolina Thomson and Ronda Hatcher.

Los adjetivos con el verbo “estar”: Students will learn adjectives of emotion with the verb estar and make a booklet illustrating the new vocabulary.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages); By Karen Hayworth.

“ottos mops” by Ernst Jandl: This lesson is designed for students to enjoy a short amusing poem, as well as refine their knowledge of short “o” and long “o” sounds, and use higher order thinking skills to analyze who or what otto and mops are.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages); By Helga Fasciano.

La comida y la salud: Focuses on food and health using the food pyramid in Spanish. Students consider food choices and share food likes and dislikes. This lesson should be used after introducing food vocabulary and me gusta.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Second Languages); By Alison Yount.

Adjectives: Hero versus Villain: Students will compare and contrast a hero and a villain through a variety of oral and written activities.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages); By Rebecca Watkins.

Around the world in one semester!: This lesson is a semester-long project that focuses on countries that speak the target language. Students will research a chosen country and do an oral presentation for the class. They will then research and present a current event weekly for the remainder of the semester.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages); By Crystal Humphrey and Michelle Chrismon.

"Der Handschuh" by Friedrich Schiller: Students will have the opportunity to explore the poem, “Der Handschuh,” through shared reading, shared writing, and phonemic strategies that lead to fluency and comprehension.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages); By Thomas Skinner.

Food choice in our everyday lives: This lesson focuses on everyday foods and how these foods relate to the food pyramid. Students will recognize food vocabulary in the target language (Spanish) and will make healthy food choices by creating thinking maps, a school menu in the target language, and exploring food choices from around the world.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Healthful Living and Second Languages); By Gina Benson and Laura Epting.

Masks in Burkina Faso and Cherokee clans: Focuses on the seven masks of the Cherokee clans and the masks in Burkina Faso (Africa). Students explore different masks through individual and group projects demonstrating their understanding of the roles masks play in the Cherokee culture and the African culture in Burkina Faso.; Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Second Languages); By Maguy Techer-Yancey.

Names of farm animals and sounds they make: The teacher will introduce nine animal names and the sounds they make in Spanish. Students will become familiar with the animal names and will begin some language production.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Second Languages); By Tolitha Prybylinski.

Navigating the Subway: Indicateur des métros: Traveling in a foreign country often requires knowledge of how to use the subway to visit various points of interest in a particular city. The activity is in the form of a role-play in which one student serves as an employee at a government Tourist Office. The other plays the role of a tourist who wants to go to a particular location within the city. He must convey this information to the employee in the target language. The employee then inputs the information into the program and orally gives the directions to the tourist.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages); By Bobby Hobgood, Ed.D..

Opening an Hispanic restaurant: This lesson focuses on vocabulary and currency associated with food, restaurants, and menus. Students conduct research to create an authentic menu with a companion recipe books. The lesson culminates in short presentations and food samples.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages); By Susan Canipe.

Partes del cuerpo (Parts of the body): Students learn Spanish vocabulary for parts of the body.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages); By Teresa Payne.

Pliny and the Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius: The purpose of this lesson is to use earth science concepts--from volcanology--to explain to students studying the letter of Pliny the Younger to the historian Tacitus how Mt. Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. Students will study and demonstrate mastery of the eruption and its historical impact through a webquest on Pompeii, reading of an articles with appropriate content-area reading support, participation in interactive lecture, writing of a journal entry about life in Pompeii at the time of the eruption, oral presentations on life in Pompeii, reviewing of the grammatical functions of all tenses of participles, and using a rubric to evaluate a video on Pompeii to be used for instruction.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages); By Gregory King-Owen.

Prepositional phrases showing location: Students will learn the Spanish words for several prepositional phrases that show location. This lesson also reviews previous vocabulary.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Second Languages); By Stephanie Watson.

Shared reading and writing with La Casa Adormecida: This lesson focuses on adjective placement and agreement in Spanish as found in the story La casa adormecida by Audrey Wood using shared reading and writing strategies.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Second Languages); By Leslie Baldwin.

Shared reading with Soñar un Crimen: This lesson focuses on basic pronunciation and comprehension skills while reading the first chapter of the mystery Soñar un crimen by Rosana Acquaroni Muñoz. Students will also practice the use of interrogatives. As an end result, students will produce crossword puzzle clues that review key elements of the first chapter.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages); By Rachel Casady.

Star for a day name fun: This lesson contains a short, simple activity to help students learn greetings and introductions in the target language.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages)

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