21 minicuentos Spanish Level 1 Reader

Twenty-one short, short stories, in present tense, hook teen readers with one-page topical tales. Thorough discussion questions (written and oral) follow each chapter and ensure a beginning student's complete understanding of the story and dialogue. Use each as a filler lesson, or wrap a unit around the interaction and vocabulary. Examples of titles: Un mensaje de texto, Caos en el cine, Una hamburguesa en McDonald's and Una tarde en el Palacio Nacional. Teaching suggestions are included; a complete glossary, listed by chapter, is in the back of the book.

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Level 1
Unique Words: extensive
Tense(s): present
Glossary: yes

©2011. Spanish. High school. 5 x 7 inches. Softcover, 74 pages.

 

About the Author

Award-winning teacher, presenter, and author Tom Alsop continues to share his many years of teaching experience through his popular Teacher's Discovery readers, grammar books, and activity books. His books provide an array of creative, student-centered, hands-on activities that allow students to actively participate in class while using the target language.

Tom is a former middle school and high school Spanish teacher who now teaches Spanish at Butler University in Indianapolis. He often presents at world language conferences and leads workshops at schools around the country. He is the director of three summer Spanish teacher immersion programs (Aventura Cultural) for high school and middle school teachers in Havana, Cuba; Madrid, Spain; and Guadalajara, Mexico.