FREE Practice Activity for En La Ciudad

The city unit is one of my favorites to teach – there are so many fun activities you can do! I recently created this free practice activity for en la ciudad so I wanted to share it with you today. You can print it and use it or you can post it digitally using Google Slides. Here’s a look at the free practice activity for en la ciudad and ways you can use it in your classroom!

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Warm Up

Students can complete the maze individually as a warm-up or bell ringer. It is designed for students to work independently. They also tend to be self-checking as some answers are clearly dead ends and require students to re-trace their steps! This is great for critical thinking. Students can complete a maze that is a review, practice a concept we have been working on in class, or check up on an essential skill they need to revisit before we move on!

Station Activity

Maze games are truly a print and go (or post and go) resource! This makes them a perfect fit for an easy station or center activity. Several teachers have commented that they like using mazes for independent practice in station activities or learning centers.

You can put them in a dry erase sleeve (click here to purchase) for a reusable station activity.  It’s a great way to save some copies!

Fast Finisher

Since maze practices are print and go, no-prep for you, they’re super nice to have on hand for fast finishers! Sometimes you just need something for a few extra minutes before the end of the bell, or for a student who finishes a ¡Corre en Círculos! activity quickly. They’re great for those awkward schedule days (pep rallies, assemblies, fire drills, etc.) when you don’t have time for a full lesson, but you still want students to be productive.

Homework

The best kind of homework is the kind that is self-correcting! Since students need to be reflective while they work through the mazes, this is great for a self-assessment or at home practice. It also makes a great option to include in your sub plans.

This also makes it perfect for sub plans. Just print it or post it digitally, and your students have a task that is meaningful, quiet, and low-prep. Add a quick exit ticket or reflection question at the end and you’ve got a full plan ready to go.

You can even challenge students to create their own mini maze or write a few questions based on places in the city to review with a partner. Little tweaks like that keep the learning going, even when you’re not in the room.

Want to take it up a notch? Pair the maze with a short video clip about a Spanish-speaking city and ask students to compare the places in the maze with the real-life locations. A few minutes of cultural connection can make a big impact.

Use It for Speaking Practice

After students finish the maze, keep the learning going with a quick speaking extension. This is such a fun way to get them using the vocabulary in conversation. Pair them up and have them take turns describing a day in the city using some of the places they saw during the activity. You can give them prompts or sentence starters if they need support, or just let them go for it.

Another option is a short “Find Someone Who” game using city vocabulary. For example: Find someone who went to the plaza, or Find someone who needs to go to the post office. It gets them moving and talking, and it’s a fun way to review key words and phrases.

Create a Story Based on the Maze

Want to make it a little more creative? Ask students to turn their maze journey into a short story. Where did they go first? What happened when they got there? What unexpected thing popped up on their way across town? You can keep it simple or turn it into a comic strip activity where they draw what happened at each step.

You’ll love how easy it is to connect this practice activity for en la ciudad to writing and storytelling. It’s a great way to mix in output while still having fun.

Looking for more?

If your middle school and high school students are working with prepositions of location, you might like some fun printable worksheet options for your lesson plans! Check them out here.

This free download also goes well with my Prepositions and La Ciudad City in Spanish BUNDLE which includes 6 resources to help you plan your En la Ciudad unit!

Want to make your own maze activity?

You may be able to tell, I love these games! They’re great for the classroom, great for students, and great for teachers! I even have ones that fit specific stories or readings from my classes that I make specifically for each group of students. If you want to be able to easily make your own maze games, check out my editable template here!

More Spanish City Vocabulary Activities

• Spanish City Vocabulary Activities
• Spanish Prepositions of Location Worksheets
• Places in the City in Spanish Reading Activities