Catalina misses her deceased father and wishes to honor his life with a traditional celebration of the Day of the Dead. However, her mother wants to keep her safe and away from harm. To ensure her daughter stays home while she is working, Catalina’s mother, Elena, shares a chilling story about a monster called el Cucuy that preys on disobedient children. Join Catalina and her mother during their Day of the Dead celebration in Mexico and explore the rich culture and enduring traditions of this festive occasion.
Featuring a tightly controlled vocabulary of under 600 unique words, rich in word families and cognates, this book is ideal for building confidence in intermediate learners. By focusing on high-frequency vocabulary and building on prior knowledge, it helps accelerate language acquisition and culture competency, making it a must-read for those looking to bridge the gap to fluency.
This level 3 reader uses multiple tenses and is perfect for students at or above the intermediate low proficiency level.
Unique Words: 600
Tense(s): multiple
Glossary: yes
©2024. Spanish. Level 3. High school. 5 x 8 inches. Softcover, 52 pages.
SKU: 8B3093
ISBN: 978-0-7560-6925-4
El Cucuy - Level 3 - Spanish Reader by Dra. Esmeralda Mora Román
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Catalina misses her deceased father and wishes to honor his life with a traditional celebration of the Day of the Dead. However, her mother wants to keep her safe and away from harm. To ensure her daughter stays home while she is working, Catalina’s mother, Elena, shares a chilling story about a monster called el Cucuy that preys on disobedient children. Join Catalina and her mother during their Day of the Dead celebration in Mexico and explore the rich culture and enduring traditions of this festive occasion.
Featuring a tightly controlled vocabulary of under 600 unique words, rich in word families and cognates, this book is ideal for building confidence in intermediate learners. By focusing on high-frequency vocabulary and building on prior knowledge, it helps accelerate language acquisition and culture competency, making it a must-read for those looking to bridge the gap to fluency.
This level 3 reader uses multiple tenses and is perfect for students at or above the intermediate low proficiency level.
Unique Words: 600
Tense(s): multiple
Glossary: yes
©2024. Spanish. Level 3. High school. 5 x 8 inches. Softcover, 52 pages.
SKU: 8B3093
ISBN: 978-0-7560-6925-4
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Esmeralda Mora Román was born in Apetlanca, Guerrero, Mexico. She started teaching the Spanish language in 2010 and has a Master’s in Latin American Literature and Cultures and an EdD in Curriculum focusing on language learner literature. Furthermore, Esmeralda is the founding director of the Language Learner Literature Advisory Board (LLLAB) and has presented at numerous national and international conferences, such as ACTFL and IFLT.
When she is not writing or teaching, the author is busy being a mother, wife, and volunteer to local nonprofit organizations in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Being an immigrant from an Indigenous community, language professional, and lifelong student makes her work a great asset to classroom libraries.
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