Oh silly vocab lists

Something that tends to always try to rear its ugly head in my class are vocabulary lists.

I resist and resist and resist, but this year I am working in a large department (various schools) and they have agreed on some various vocab that should be in common among the different levels.

So for Spanish 2, I find myself doing WHATEVER I can to not let my class be overrun by the common vocabulary activity, but instead to expose my students all semester/year to the words slowly adding in new ones.

I bring this up because one thing I COULD do is teach every single clothing word known to man. But I know that if I do that, I am wasting valuable time on actual class time that could be used for input-based activities.

My compromise is to try and do a "fashion report" every day in Spanish 2 where I just talk about what someone is wearing at random and we can move on with our lives.

It's completely experimental.  I'll let you know how it goes!

Wish me luck!