Tag Archives: reading

The effects of Reading in WL class

Posted on May 14, 2017 by SpanishPlans

If you want to see how effective reading can be in the world language classroom, just ask your students. As our year is winding down, I had students fill out a google survey to get some of their feedback and … Continue reading →

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Tone Reading

Posted on April 30, 2017 by SpanishPlans

The following is another CI activity that you can use with a chapter reading or with random sentences using a targeted structure. This activity gets in extra reps of the phrases in an engaging and fun manner, which is really … Continue reading →

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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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FVR Printable Novels

Posted on March 20, 2017 by SpanishPlans

After implementing Free Voluntary Reading (FVR) in my class this year, I’ve been looking for ways to add comprehensible readings for my novice level students. I originally started by adding our class stories to a binder. But something about a … Continue reading →

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Lectura Libre

Posted on January 16, 2017 by SpanishPlans

I finally started “FVR” or Free Voluntary Reading time with my students this last week. For an idea on what FVR is, check out this post by K.Placido, “Sustained Silent Reading in Language Class“. Our first day we spent 5-6 … Continue reading →

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Yellow Summary

Posted on December 6, 2016 by SpanishPlans

Yellow Summary: A reading strategy for TPRS to get students to re-read with a purpose. Continue reading →

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Verb Shout: TPRS Reading Activity

Posted on November 7, 2016 by SpanishPlans

We just finished up our La Llorona Unit, which was our first story in Spanish 1 that we introduced in the past tense. Our prior stories this year were all present tense. Our Llorona story featured the background of the … Continue reading →

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Buzz Reading

Posted on October 24, 2016 by SpanishPlans

I use this technique to practice reading. It may involve a lot of re-reading, great for extra repetitions, but the students enjoy its game aspect. I call it Buzz Reading, but other names include Bell Reading. All you need is … 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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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 →