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1. Strategy:  Toss a Test

Application:  Learning vocabulary

Educator: No Name Given 

Implementation:  Provide soft items that can be safely tossed. These could be small stuffed animals or Nurf balls.  Have students stand in a circle.  Give a word in English and then throw soft item to a student.  The student must provide the equivalent word in the target language in order to keep the item.  If s/he answers incorrectly then s/he must toss the item to another student to answer.  When the word is correctly translated, pose another word in English and throw another item.  Student with the most items at the end wins.  

2. Fork in the Road, Choices of Successful Students
Application: Spanish (or any language)
Educator: Leach Caceres Lutzow, Spanish faculty, Department Chair, Fox Valley Technical College, WI

Implementation: Translate the Fork in the Road and 8 choices of Successful Students into Spanish/target language. In target language, discuss the Fork in the Road and 8 Choices. Incorporate these concepts into the classroom culture and dialog. Introduce one of the 8 attributes in class and discuss (in target language) its relation to student success. Brainstorm other vocabulary words that are related to this attribute. Have students write about this success quality as part of a homework assignment. Adapt the writing/conversation level to the needs of the students. For example, have students write a sentence using the selected vocabulary word, instead of a paragraph.