Tag Archives: novels

Independent Spanish Reading

Posted on October 6, 2023 by SpanishPlans

After different variations over the years, [FVR (Free Voluntary Reading], Lectura Libre, SSR (Silent Spanish Reading) among others] I’ve again renamed our reading time in class to ISR: Independent Spanish Reading. To kick things off this year, we read for … Continue reading →

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Me llamo Victor Graphic Novel

Posted on October 21, 2019 by SpanishPlans

As you may know, the latest graphic novel from Señor Wooly is titled “Me llamo Víctor Parte 1” and is almost available. Hopefully you have pre-ordered it, as it is expected to ship in the coming weeks. When I found … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Novels for Spanish 1

Posted on October 15, 2018 by SpanishPlans

One of my favorite things in my Spanish 1 class is implementing Free Voluntary Reading time (FVR) aka SSR. It is probably the most important thing we do in class. If you need convincing of that, then you need to … Continue reading →

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Chapter Recaps with Images

Posted on September 17, 2018 by SpanishPlans

This year I hit the gates running with a class read of the Fluency Matters novel “Brandon Brown Quiere un Perro”, a super easy and fun reader. I usually like to act the chapter out before having the students read … Continue reading →

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Class Novel Tips

Posted on May 24, 2017 by SpanishPlans

We asked students in a survey what helped them understand the class novel the most Here are some of the most descriptive answers:

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Sorting Activity for Class Reading

Posted on April 23, 2017 by SpanishPlans

If you are reading a novel in your world language class, this activity is a great way to make sure students take away the most important events. Similar to a Yellow Summary, where students highlight the most important, this activity … Continue reading →

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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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March Madness Book Tournament

Posted on March 29, 2016 by SpanishPlans

Our March Music Madness was a huge success, so today we’d thought we’d offer an alternative that you may have seen from LA/LIT teachers or in your school library. This is a book tournament of novels, written about the Hispanic … Continue reading →

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Perspective through literature

Posted on November 23, 2015 by SpanishPlans

While travel is the best way to broaden your perspective, that may be a bit difficult for our students. We talk about the image below of a man standing on top of a stack of books and being able to … Continue reading →

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Hispanic Novels

Posted on June 1, 2015 by spanishplans

First, let me say that the librarian at my school rocks! A few years ago, I approached her about getting my students to read some novels to learn more about the Hispanic culture. She compiled over 60 titles from our … Continue reading →

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