“How Do You Get Your Students Excited About Learning Spanish Verbs?”
It’s simple...you offer them a wacky, off-the-wall approach,
throw in a truckload of games and activities,
and hand it to an enthusiastic teacher
who loves the fun (and the results) more than they do!
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"We have so much fun using Comic Mnemonics. We use it to play Jeopardy, and charaids too. Our class periods are two hours long four days a week. It's been absolutely great! Thanks again!"
Rebekah Bacoka
Spanish teacher
Kingman Academy of Learning
Kingman, AZ
"I can't tell you how much my students love working with Comic Mnemonics. They struggle with language, especially the memorizing part, and this has helped them so much."
Terri McKenna
Resource Room
Chappaqua, NY
Hola,
If you’re an enthusiastic teacher that loves to find great supplements that get your students fired up about coming to Spanish class, then I have great news for you.
Lets face it...foreign language classes have the reputation of being places where “almost” anything goes, as long as the students learn. And that means…
Students depend on Spanish class
to liven up their day
Math and History can only be so interesting. They come to your class ready for something different, something with a little spark, more pizzazz. After all, we’re the only department with food parties, salsa dancing and videos of running with the bulls!
So, if you’re a teacher who constantly looks for fun, exciting and effective additions to your teaching library, you’ve come to the right place.
Let me explain.
My name is Jim Sarris and I’ve been teaching Spanish for the last 15 years. My students love to have fun in class and so do I. I know when I come up with something “out-of-the-ordinary,” something that’s fun and makes learning easier, they respond instantly...even the hard core, "I hate Spanish" ones.
I started to use funny phrases (mnemonics) to learn Spanish verbs a few years ago with my students because...surprise... they had a hard time memorizing. Once I saw how easily they remembered and recalled the verbs we were studying, I knew I had stumbled onto a great idea.
I decided to collect all the visuals and mnemonic phrases we were using, put them together in one book and call it:
“Comic Mnemonics for Spanish Verbs”
Here are some of the comments from Spanish teachers like you:
"I have been enjoying real success using Comic Mnemonics. I started using them with a special education student that I tutor (high school level). He finished his sophomore year with a B- which was a major accomplishment, as he always used to struggle in Spanish. And it's so much fun. ¡Bravo!
Ann Benagas
Spanish teacher
Montclair, NJ
"I love mnemonics as a learning tool and find Comic Mnemonics very easy to apply to my beginner classes. It's also so much fun for the students. They are learning more than ever before.”
Amy Lanterman
Spanish teacher
Saxton’s River, VT
“What an excellent resource tool to use in teaching and learning Spanish verbs. Kids are just drawn to the illustrations and zany phrases. And the layout of the book is exceptional!”
Lucy Valentini
Secondary School Teacher
Ontario, Canada
Click here to read more testimonials.
Take a look at some sample pages:
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Give students a chance to have fun and learn
Offer them something that makes them happy and makes you even happier.
And if it's a little wacky and "out-of-the-ordinary", great!
Mnemonics are great to use in class (you may already know that!). I talk to a lot of teachers at language conferences and they all swear by them.
What Comic Mnemonics adds is a central list of the most important verbs used by beginners and combines them with a ton of easy to use games and activities.
I'm talking...
- Flash cards
- Memory game
- Bingo
- Pictionary
...along with a computer program that allows you to add your own mnemonics and create things like...
- Crossword puzzles
- Word searches
- Sentence scramblers
...and allows you to make your own quizzes.
Imagine their faces when they see a few of their own mnemonics on the games they play!
But, Comic Mnemonics isn't just about learning meanings!
Learn and practice conjugations with little or no effort
You'll find the present and preterite conjugations on every verb page in the book. This way your students can't complain about not knowing a particular form.
You can use the worksheets that are also included for added practice.
You also get a comprehensive verb review of both tenses with all regular and irregular verbs explained in simple language with examples for each group.
Once you hand those two resources to your students your problems are solved.
No more..."Ah...Señor/Señora...
- "What does pedir mean?"
- "Can you tell me if pensar is a stem changing verb?"
- "What's a 'go' verb?
All that's over because it's explained in the book. Make your copies (you have my permission) and hand out the verb review the first day. You'll save yourself a lot of headaches.
Saves you a lot of time and hassles
You'll also get a full video tutorial that takes you by the hand and shows you how to use all the games, features and activities. No guessing, no long instruction book, no time wasted.
A perfect easy to use resource that spells things out for you so you can spend less time prepping.
Here's what you get in a nutshell:
- 100 mnemonics and illustrations for the 100 most important verbs used at the beginner level. Students recall up to 90% of the words they study using the keyword mnemonic method.
- Full present and preterite tense conjugations of all verbs."Strategically" located at the bottom of the same page with the visual and mnemonic phrase, giving your students an unsuspecting blast of the meaning each time they look up a verb form.
- Comprehensive review of both tenses. Easily located with simple, clear explanations and examples. Includes regular, irregular verbs, stem-changing verbs, "go" verbs, the whole nine yards.
- Flash cards which can be used to practice meanings or verb forms in either tense. They offer you the flexibility to adapt to whatever needs arise during the course of the year.
- Thumbnails. These 2"x2" images allow you to easily set-up and play popular games like bingo, the Memory Game, Pictionary, just to name a few.
- Phonetic spellings of each verb. There's a pronunciation key at the top of each page (look for the little mouse) that helps your students practice their speaking when you're not around.
- 3 different ways to review independently. Your students will have a variety of ways to review meanings before a test, quiz, or to just keep up. They're real easy to use (which means they may actually review!)
- 3000 fill-ins in the present and preterite tense. Knowing the meanings is important but verb forms are next in line. The more easy practice they have the better they'll do.
- Computer program loaded with games students die for; crossword puzzles, word searches, sentence scramblers, and even a quiz generator for you. It's completely customizable so if you have mnemonics you've already come up with, just add them to the database and include them the next time you play.
...and it's all yours for just $39.95...with a full year guarantee.
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Having fun and learning at the same time is the best way to teach.
Moreover, your struggling students will thank you more than the others. They desperately need resources that appeal to different learning styles and Comic Mnemonics is perfect for them. Just look to see what these two research scientists who have studied mnemonics and visuals up close, have to say.
"Especially suited for students who have learning difficulties"
(Mastropieri, Scruggs, 1991)
Plus, you'll get these two free bonuses that you can keep even if you decide to return Comic Mnemonics later.
Bonus Gift #1 – Audio CD
A CD of questions and answers of important topics for beginners including:
- Present tense irregulars
- Past tense regulars
- Past tense irregulars
- Infinitives
- Ser and Estar
- Pronouns
With this CD your students begin to develop an “ear” for the language…the first step to fluency!
- Each topic is divided into 5 tracks, (except the present tense which has four), roughly 2 minutes long, giving you the flexibility to use them quickly and on short notice.
- 20 simple yes/no questions on each track (100 in all) focus maximum attention on each topic, bombarding your students with examples that naturally lead to a deeper understanding.
- Native speakers handle the Q&A giving your students the exposure to other accents they need to converse with Spanish-speaking people from all over.
Bonus Gift #2 – Audio Transcripts
Along with the CD you get the transcripts to all the 580 questions and answers that allow instant reinforcement of what’s heard.
Some kids need to see things in order to process well and this bonus is for them.
Neatly broken down into groups of 20, these Q&A’s give you fast and easy-to-use sheets to follow along as you play the CD, or to simply check answers.
Here’s all you have to do:
Ordering by phone: Please call this toll-free number 1-888-281-5170 Mondays-Fridays and 1-800-344-0751 on weekends. Ask for your Comic Mnemonics for Teachers along with the bonus gifts.
Ordering by mail or fax or: Print out the order page.
Thinking about a class set? Please call me toll-free at 1-800-344-0751. If I’m in class I’ll call you right back!
Print out a purchase order by going to the order page and printing it out.
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There you have it. Comic Mnemonics can help you:
- Make memorizing much much easier for your students
- Cut down on your prep time.
- Energize your classes with fun-filled games and activities that will last you the whole year and then some.
- Reduce the studying time of your students by handing them the ultimate reference guide to verb conjugations and tenses.
...and transform your class into the coolest place in town.
Listen, Comic Mnemonics is not a comprehensive curriculum. It won’t replace your textbook and it’s not going to answer any questions about nouns or adjectives.
It is, however, a fun, easy way to help your kids master important verbs to that they can improve all skill areas.
Liven up class and learn at the same time
All I’m asking you is to give it a try. If you don’t think it does what you hoped it would, just send it back. I’m really serious. I wouldn’t be offering this wonderful guarantee if I didn’t think it was worth the time.
Heck, if it were a terrible product, I’d have returns coming back everyday.
Pass it around to other teachers and see what they think
You have 365 days to find out. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
And, you get to keep the bonus gifts just for your trouble. But you have to act fast. Your students need something today...not next year.
Click Here the book and 4 CDs
Sincerely,
Jim Sarris, M.A.
P.S. Don't forget. The free bonuses are yours to keep even if you return Comic Mnemonics tomorrow. But why do that when you have a full year, 100% money-back guarantee that allows you to try it out and see for yourself?
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