Category Archives: Storytelling

Writing a Novel Chapter Summary

Posted on April 1, 2016 by SpanishPlans

Our students just finished the first three chapters of the novel Esperanza by Carol Gaab, of TPRS Publishing. So far, so good. I’ve been using the Teacher’s Guide, which is very helpful. And the audio book is a great support … Continue reading →

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La Criatura Story Continued

Posted on February 21, 2016 by SpanishPlans

I used Martina Bex’s La Criatura story with my level 1 class a few weeks ago. The next day we continued that story to explain what happened to the “criatura”/science teacher. We were able to recycle so many vocabulary words … Continue reading →

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Monstruo del Armario MovieTalk

Posted on February 11, 2016 by SpanishPlans

Our theme of creepy movies used during MovieTalks continued with the 2:50 video from Pablo Conde titled “El Monstruo del Armario”. (We’ve also used Alma, and a video I call Toc-Toc) This movie worked well after students had created their own … Continue reading →

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Pedacito de Navidad Movietalk

Posted on December 18, 2015 by SpanishPlans

If you are looking for some authentic resources for La Navidad,check out our post with includes: -a template for writing a letter to “Papa Noel” : Carta a Santa requirements -the letter template:  Carta a Santa We like Jesse y … Continue reading →

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Fotografia by Juanes Embedded Readings

Posted on December 9, 2015 by SpanishPlans

In this post we shared with you our Storytelling lesson related to the Juanes song Fotografia. This story features the structures busca, llama, and está/ no está. You can download FREE Fotografia story or you can buy our editable version which also includes … Continue reading →

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Alma MovieTalk lesson

Posted on November 27, 2015 by SpanishPlans

My first MovieTalk and I loved it. I used the short animation, Alma, with my first year students and it went great. We were able to use the movie to practice so much language: 1) structures of quiere, puede, mira, … Continue reading →

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Fotografia Story and Tener Que Story

Posted on October 27, 2015 by SpanishPlans

We’ve just finished up 2 new stories with you and wanted to share them with you. Our first story is a story about a boy named Miguel who doesn’t like to study; he wants to play video games. But when … Continue reading →

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