In this THREE-week interactive, semester-long Spanish course, we will meet as a group FOUR times per week for 55 minutes to learn Spanish. In the class students will develop the ability to understand and communicate in Spanish while playing games and having a ton of fun through reading short stories and class novels. Here is what you can expect throughout the course.

Hola! Welcome to my Spanish  course. This course will be great for students that have had TWO years of exposure to Spanish. Students will be able to read, write, speak, and listen in Spanish at an intermediate level after completing this course. I also offer 1:1 private tutoring if they need extra live help. I also offer a full curriculum for Spanish 2 and 3 if you wish to continue down the path of learning Spanish.

I use Google Slides to teach this unit.  I teach with a focus on Comprehensible Input and not grammar since that is not how language is naturally acquired.  Comprehensible input Spanish readers are a game changer in the classroom. Leveled readers in Spanish tell captivating stories and incorporate repetition of high-frequency language making them an extremely effective way to engage students.  We will read a novel entirely in Spanish, have discussions in Spanish and play games/activities to expose students to the target language. Some fun traditional games that we will play are Tic-Tac-Toe, Connect 4, Sorry, Snakes and Ladders and Pictionary. The focus will be on developing skills in the areas of listening, speaking and reading.  

There are TWO class novels for this class.  They are called Bianca Nieves Y Los Siete Toritos and La Llorona de Mazatlan. They are perfect novels to continue building fluency in Spanish because they are filled with common repetitive phrases, structures and vocabulary words to help students acquire the language. 

Bianca Nieves Y Los Siete Toritos  Book Description- Spanish easy reader for advanced learners. Bianca's father is bull fighter, but the real danger lies outside the arena. Will Bianca be able to save her dad?

La Llorona de Mazatlan Book Description- Laney Morales’ dream of playing soccer in Mazatlan, Mexico soon turns into a nightmare, as she discovers that the spine-chilling legends of old may actually be modern mysteries. Friendless and frightened, Laney must endure the eerie cries in the night alone. Why does no one else seem to hear or see the weeping woman in the long white dress? Laney must stop the dreadful visits, even if it means confessing her poor choices and coming face to face with La Llorona de Mazatlán. The low unique word count and high frequency factor (the number of times core structures are embedded in the text) in the Comprehension-based™ reader, ‘La Llorona de Mazatlán’, make this an ideal read for advanced beginning Spanish students. Each page is loaded with cognates (words that are similar in English and Spanish), recycled vocabulary, and illustrations, which makes this read highly comprehensible. Enjoy the story! The more you enjoy it, the more you will acquire Spanish without even realizing it! We hope you enjoy reading your way to FLUENCY

These will be our weekly focuses: 
Class 1 -  Intro and review basics. Discuss bullfighting.  Discuss the original Ferdinand the Bull story and start chapter 1 Bianca Nieves y Los Siete Toritos of the book. The grammar focus will cover the difference between the Spanish past tenses for this book.  Students will be exposed to Spanish culture and Spain.

Class 2- Bianca Nieves y Los Siete Toritos
Students will read and discuss Chapter 2-3 of the novel. Practice vocabulary and past tense structures in a variety of fun and engaging activities. 

Class 3- Bianca Nieves y Los Siete Toritos
Students will read and discuss Chapter 4-5 of the novel. Practice vocabulary and structures in a variety of fun and engaging activities. 

Class 4- Bianca Nieves y Los Siete Toritos
Students will read and discuss Chapter 6-7 of the novel. Practice vocabulary and structures in a variety of fun and engaging activities. 

Class 5- Bianca Nieves y Los Siete Toritos
Students will read and discuss Chapter 8-10 of the novel. Practice vocabulary and structures in a variety of fun and engaging activities. Students will be provided an optional writing assessment over the book.
 
Class  6 - La Llorona De Mazatlán
Students will read and discuss Chapter 1-2 of the novel. Practice vocabulary and past tense structures in a variety of fun and engaging activities. The grammar focus will cover the difference between the Spanish past tenses for this book.  The present tense subjunctive will be introduced during this novel. Students will learn about Mexico and the Mexican culture.

Class  7 -
Students will read and discuss Chapter 3-4 of the novel. Practice vocabulary and past tense structures in a variety of fun and engaging activities. 

Class  8- 
Students will read and discuss Chapter 5-6  of the novel. Practice vocabulary and past tense structures in a variety of fun and engaging activities. 

Class  9-
Students will read and discuss Chapter 7-8 of the novel. Practice vocabulary and past tense structures in a variety of fun and engaging activities. 

Class  10- 
Students will read and discuss Chapter 9-10 of the novel. Practice vocabulary and past tense structures in a variety of fun and engaging activities. 

Class  11- 
Students will read and discuss Chapter 11-12 of the novel. Practice vocabulary and past tense structures in a variety of fun and engaging activities. 

Class  12-  
Students will read and discuss Chapter 13-14 of the novel. Practice vocabulary and past tense structures in a variety of fun and engaging activities. Students will be provided an optional writing assessment over the book.