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Intriguing site which transports users to places all over the world with a Google StreetMap mashup. Good for speaking or writing prompts for students.

From Netspeak: "To write in a foreign language is a difficult task, even for an experienced author. Problems include choosing the right word or preposition in a given context, finding a wording which is commonly used, and avoiding the use of grammatical forms which reflect the author's native language. The Netspeak Web service assists authors to overcome these issues by using the World Wide Web as a source of common language. The service can be queried with short text phrases to determine their customariness on the Web. Wildcard characters can be added to the query to search for variations and synonyms of the query phrase, which will be returned as ranked list with respect to their occurence frequency on the Web."

58 pages of interesting writing prompts. While these are in English, they could be translated/modified for use in the World Language classroom.

Interdisciplinary stories that examine global themes. Some documentaries are in the target language with subtitles. Lesson plans are included that "facilitate critical thinking, reflective writing and in-class activities".

Create 6-sided biography cubes, mystery cubes, story cubes, or your own custom cube.

Spanish web site with activities for numbers, descriptions, and more vocab