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January 6, 2025
It’s a new year, and with that comes NEW Garbanzo lessons. But we need some help from your classroom!
We’re on the lookout for the next Garbanzo Pet Stars. In order to find them, we’re holding a worldwide STAR discovery context. Spoiler alert: it’s probably not what you think.
We’re looking for classroom pets, but…
… they don’t exist yet.
It’s up to you and your students to invent one! The exact method is up to you, but ideally it’ll be through a communicative activity like Storyasking or One Word Image, and your final entry will be complete with details and a picture of the pet.
Keep reading for more!
Classrooms will submit one Pet Stars entry via the link below. The entry must be a pet that the classroom communally creates, ideally based on a StoryAsk, complete with a picture of artwork of this pet. The submission must also include a written description, in Spanish or English (based on the language your students are learning), which answers the following questions:
• What is the pet’s name?
• What kind of animal is it? (Remember, this doesn’t have to be an animal currently existing in reality - it can be a hybrid or completely made up. It depends on what students want to create)
• Where does it live?
• What does it like to eat?
• Is there any other important information we should know about your pet?
In your entry, we’ll ask you to submit a piece of artwork of the pet. Who draws this and how is up to you - you might let your classroom choose the artist representative or even create a communal drawing of the invented pet.
The contest opens January 6th, and classrooms have until February 1st to submit their entries via a Google form:
Entry closes at the end of day on February 1st and then public voting for the Top 10 Pet Stars runs from February 3rd - February 14th.
The Top 10 Pet Stars entries will then be written into a Garbanzo Spanish and English lesson.
All submissions will also be entered into a giveaway drawing to win 1 FREE Garbanzo subscription for a year.
We’ll announce the Top 10 winners and giveaway winner on February 17th.
January 6th: Contest submissions open
February 1st: Entry closes
February 3rd: Voting opens
February 14th: Voting closes
February 17th: Top 10 winners and giveaway winner announced
Absolutely! When you submit the details about your pet, submit them in your target language AND in Spanish or English, which are the common language of the contest.
Yes! The only requirement is that only teachers can submit Pet Star contestants, but it isn’t limited to teachers within a school district. If you teach world languages and want to enter, you may!
Nope, sorry – our Pet Stars contest is limited to invented pets created BY the classroom. This achieves two purposes: while we recognize that while many students may have beloved pets, not everyone does. This contest gives everyone a chance to feel included. Secondly, it gives you, the teacher, an activity and a way to get more language acquisition flowing in the early days of the second half of the school year .
Yes! ALL entries, regardless of how far they get in the voting phase, will be entered to win a Garbanzo subscription.
No. It will be applied to next year’s subscription.
It’s a Premium subscription, which means you’ll have access to all the audio lessons, Biblioteca, and more. Read this support desk article about what’s included in a Premium subscription here.
***This blog post has been updated to reflect the extended contest dates***
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