After introducing regular preterite conjugations through the stories La muchacha y la ardilla and La madre de Jasón, it was time to tackle the irregular preterite verbs. First category? I-Y changers (oír, leer, concluir, caer, etc.). My students once again helped me to write a fun script, “Ruidos en la noche” (“Noises in the night–script…
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El Viajero Script and Lesson Plans
We just finished an introductory unit on illegal immigration/ border crossing in Spanish A. My students learned the structures ‘llega allí”, ‘regresa a su país’, and ‘lleva’ using the story script for El Viajero (Download it here in Spanish and English), and then we spent a few days using me-generated and authentic resources to learn…
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You have to study! Script
This script was inspired by the song “Llueve el amor”–only in that it uses three high frequency structures from the song (hay que – you have to, vuelve a – goes back/returns to, and poco a poco – little by little). It turned into quite the unit, however, when I realized that it was easy…
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La madre de Jasón Script
The journey continues…and I am continuing to love it as my students continue to have great success learning new structures and producing grammatically correct past narration! Woohoo! We followed up our focused study of -AR regular preterite verbs, using the “La muchacha y la ardilla” story, with a focused study of -ER and -IR regular…
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La muchacha y la ardilla Script
So remember how I mentioned that I have an intern this quarter? Well, she’s awesome. It has been SO GREAT to have someone to talk through ideas with. Two brains are better than one, that’s for sure! We just finished a killer CI-friendly introduction to -AR preterite verbs (since I am backtracking and trying to…
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A Special Meal
I wrote this script to introduce vocabulary for Chapter 4/5 of El Nuevo Houdini. It works great for Level 2 classes! Spanish and English scripts are listed below. This is the script that I used when the visitors from Southwest Regional District were in my class, and I used a lot of elementary strategies for it.…
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Carlos el Cleptómano Script and Lesson Plans
This is a fun story that we did about a kleptomaniac. Download complete lesson plans here that include everything you need to teach the structures and study dating traditions in Spanish speaking countries (perfect for Valentine’s Day!). They include in-class activities, sub plans/homework, two songs, a listening assessment, a cultural reading assessment and discussion questions, two…
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How to “ask” a story
Confused about how to use a story script to ASK a story? Or what “asking” a story even means?? What is a story script? All of the scripts that I write are modeled after the format developed by Anne Matava. Some portions of the story are required, and some portions are variables. The variables are…
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Las novias de mi hermano Script
To download complete lesson plans to accompany this script, please click here. TARGET STRUCTURES va a – s/he goes to su hermano tiene – his/her brother has su novia está enojada – his girlfriend is angry PRACTICE SENTENCES El muchacho va al parque con su novia y con su hermano. The boy goes to the…
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La Universidad Story Script
I published a different version of this script on my old website several years ago, but I updated it to include more useful, high frequency structures. I wrote it specifically to be used during our school’s celebration of “University Week”. The file is attached here (Universidad Script), and it includes English translations. For information on how…
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