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Courtney Thompson
2/28/14
Text Set Assignment
READ 440
Dr. Dredger
Read 440 Text Set Assignment (APA format)
Content Area: SpanishGrade level: 6 grade to 9th grade (grade suitability)Content Standard:
SI.1 The student will exchange simple spoken and written information in Spanish.
3. Ask questions and provide responses about self and other familiar topics, such as family members, personal belongings, school and leisure activities, time, and weather.
Video
Text 1: ¿Qué Tienes en la Mochilla?
Rap Qué tienes en la mochila. (2012, September 1). YouTube. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EOMCVH2mkQ
This is a video from YouTube. This video is a rap song that introduces classroom
objects and vocabulary words. This video would be used at the beginning of a lesson to get students acclimated to the new vocabulary words in an auditory manner. This
text appeals to learners who are visual and who enjoy learning through songs and music. This text prompts students to ask questions and provide responses about
school supplies, which pertains to the content standards.
Readability Level: 7.7
Text 2: La Mochilla
La mochila - Spanish school supply vocabulary - Patti Lozano. (2009, September 5). YouTube. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=UFbWPMDLWlc
This is a YouTube video this video is a song that introduces school supplies. It also introduces the singular and plural uses of vocabulary words. This video could be
paired with a total physical response activity. For instance, while watching the video students will have the opportunity to act out each vocabulary word while using
hand gestures and body movements. This video provides opportunities for students exercise simple spoken information Spanish in regards to school supplies.
Readability Level: 8
Books
Text 3: Juegos Tradicionales by María Angélica Ovalle
Ovalle, M. A., & Valdivia, P. (2011). Juegos tradicionales (Primera ed.). Santiago, Chile: Editorial Amanuta.
Juegos Tradicionales is a compilation of 34 of the most popular games played in Latin America by children. This book gives students a chance to compare their own leisure activities with the leisure activities of Latin American children. With this book students have the opportunity to exchange simple experiences with the experiences of others within the Spanish culture.
Readability Level: 8
Text 4: Mi Familia by Kim Mitzo Thompson
Thompson, K. M., & Morales, R. (2007). Mi familia. Columbus, OH: School Specialty Pub..
With the use of this text children will be able to learn simple Spanish words through this fun illustrated story. Students will learn for example, mom, dad, brother, baby
sister, grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncle, cousins, and my family. Students have the ability ask questions and provide responses about themselves and their family. This
book is suitable for a family unit.
Readability Level: 8.3
Text 5: La familia: del Pequeno al Mayor by Nuria Roca
Roca, N., & Curto, R. M. (2000). La familia, del pequeno al mayor. Hauppauge, N.Y.:Barron's Educational Series.
This text encourages younger children to think about their family, and about how they fit in among the family's many members. In 2014 there are so many different types of family dynamics. This book stresses the importance of family and fulfilling your role in your family. This text helps students to discover their identity in their own families. This text is suitable for middle school students who are working to find what their identity is outside and within the classroom.
Readability Level: 8
Text 6: Un Día de Nieve by Ezra Jack Keats
Keats, E. J. (1991). Un dia de nieve. United States: Puffin Books.
This Caldecott medal winner book recounts the adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day. This text gives students the opportunity to discuss ask
questions and provide responses about their leisure activities during snow days. Text introduces students to the concept of weather in a Spanish. Ultimately this text provides students with the opportunity to compare their actions with the actions of
others in different cultures.
Readability Level: 7.5
Text 7: ¡Gol de Federico! By Hans Wilhelm
Wilhelm, H. (1996). Gol de Federico! (1a. ed.). Barcelona: Andrés Bello.
This book describes how the game of soccer brings a family together. With this text students will be able to make the connections between sports and culture. Students will be able to have the opportunity to question how sports affect culture. This text
is suitable for a family and a sports unit.
Readability Level: 8.7
Poems
Text 8: Mi Casa Está Viva by Douglas Wright
Wright, D. (2010, December 8). El Jardín de Douglas: Mi Casa Está Viva. Retrieve from http://eljardindedouglas.blogspot.com/2010/12/mi-casa-esta-
viva.html
This poem and song personifies the object "la casa" or house in English. This poem brings vocabulary to life, which helps students connect with the vocabulary on a different and deeper level. This poem gives students the opportunity to explore
something familiar like the concept of home.
Readability Level: 9
Other
Text 9: Lugares en la Escuela
L. L. (2002). Lugares en la escuela: Spanish Song Lyrics and Sound Clip. Songs for Teaching: Using Music to Promote Learning. Retrieved from http://www.songsforteaching.com/langleaders/spanish-
lugaresenlaescuela.htm
¿Adónde va Davíd? Va a la cafeteria.
¿Qué hace? Come.
¿Adónde vas tú? Voy al salón de la clase.
¿Qué haces? Estudio.
Que bueno.
Ésta es la cafetería La cafetería, la cafetería
Ésta es la cafetería Come aquí
La escuela, la escuela, los lugares La escuela, la escuela, los lugares La escuela, la escuela, los lugares La escuela, la escuela, los lugares
Éste es el jardín El jardín, el jardín
Éste es el jardín Juega aquí
La escuela, la escuela, los lugares La escuela, la escuela, los lugares La escuela, la escuela, los lugares La escuela, la escuela, los lugares
Ésta es la biblioteca La biblioteca, la biblioteca
Ésta es la biblioteca Lee aquí
La escuela, la escuela, los lugares La escuela, la escuela, los lugares La escuela, la escuela, los lugares La escuela, la escuela, los lugares
Éste es el salón de la clase Salón de la clase, salón de la clase
Éste es el salón de la clase Estudia aquí
La escuela, la escuela, los lugares La escuela, la escuela, los lugares La escuela, la escuela, los lugares La escuela, la escuela, los lugares
Éste es el gimnasio El gimnasio, el gimnasio
Éste es el gimnasio Juega aquí
La escuela, la escuela, los lugares La escuela, la escuela, los lugares La escuela, la escuela, los lugares La escuela, la escuela, los lugares
Ésta es la sala de arte La sala de arte, la sala de arte
Ésta es la sala de arte Pinta aquí
This poem introduces the vocabulary of different places within a school. This poem that gives students the opportunity to get further exposed to the present tense uses of the verb “estar.” With this text students have the opportunity to exchange written
information like a familiar topic such as school.
Readability: 7
Text 10: La Hora en Espanol (poster)
Teaching Resources For Spanish Class. (n.d.). Spanish 4 Teachers. Retrieved http://www.spanish4teachers.org/
This text is a poster that explains the uses of time in Spanish. The poster is very descriptive.
Text could be posted up in a classroom visible for all students to see. The use of time is a topic that
students will need in order to understand the day-by-day culture of the target language.