Week 8 of fully unsheltered grammar, Level 1&2 Spanish. What does PQA (personalised questions and answers) look like?
I’m posting this to show that– as long as you keep the language 100% comprehensible– you can easily operate with two levels at once. You can see that the 2s and I are providing input for the 1s and there is no real output pressure. I check for understanding, I provide a chance for y/n and/or one-word answers, and I let the kids say as much or as little as they want.
Also note what we are doing re: grammar. The beginners can easily operate in 3 verb tenses. Traditionally you would see pretérito (passé composé) in level 2 and imperfecto (imparfait) in level 3. Now, a lot of the beginners won’t be able to say everything, but after awhile it will kick in. As Susan Gross points out, if the input has everything we need from Day 1, and it’s comprehensible, kids will pick it up when they have heard it a ton and are ready for it.
The main rule: if it is said or read,nit must be 100% comprehensible. I also do a lot of gesturing for verbs, nouns and past tense. Here is what we did for a bit today.
Me: Fahim, ¿qué hiciste anoche?
Fahim (level 2): Fui al gimnasio con Danny.
Me: Class, what did he just say?
Class: I went to the gym with Danny.
Me: ¿Te gustó? ¿Fue divertido?
Fahim: Sí, fue muy divertido. Me gustó mucho.
Me: Clase, ¿adónde fueron Fahim y Danny anoche– al gimnasio, o al cine?
Class: al gimnasio
Me: Sí, clase, los chicos fueron al gimnasio.
Me: Clase, a Fahim y Danny, ¿les gustó o no les gustó el gimnasio?
Class: Les gustó.
Me: Sí, les gustó el gimnasio. Class, what does that mean?
Class: He likes the gym.
Me: Whoa! Les gustó means “they liked.” So when I ask ¿les gustó el gimnasio? what am I asking?
Class: Did they like the gym.
Me to Marya (level 1): Marya, ¿fuiste al gimnasio anoche?
Marya: No.
Me: ¿Te gusta ir al gimnasio, o te gusta ir al cine?
Marya: al cine
Me: ¿Tenías mucha tarea anoche?
Marya: Sí
Me: Class, what did I just ask Marya?
Class: Did you have a lot of homework last night?
Me to Ace (level 2): ¿Qué hiciste anoche tú?
Ace: tenía mucha tarea en inglés, y ví la televisión.
Me: ¿Ves mucha televisión, o ves poca televisión?
Ace: Poca televisión.
Me: ¿Por qué no ves mucha televisión?
Ace: No me gusta mucho la televisión. Es aburrido.
Me: ¿Qué prefieres: ver la televisión o textear con tus amigos?
Ace: Prefiero textear con tus amigos. (“I prefer to text with your friends”– an error)
Me (adding a bunch of emphasis): ¿TÚ prefieres textear con MIS amigos? (I point at Ace then at me)
Ace (laughs): yo prefiero textear con MIS amigos.
Me to class: Class, what did Ace just say?
Class: I prefer texting with my friends.
Me to Manisha (level 1): Manisha, ¿prefieres textear con tus amigas, o hacer la tarea?
Manisha: textear
Me: Hacer la tarea– ¿es interesante o aburrido?
Manisha: Es aburrido.
Me: Textear con tus amigas: ¿cómo es? ¿Es divertido o es aburrido textear?
Manisha: Divertido.
t.p.r.s. q&a 
Good post. My kids always get a good laugh out of me acting surprised when they tell me that they left their dirty clothes on MY floor or they went to the movies with MY friends! The faster processors realize it before I even recast it and they start smiling.