Artistas que debes conocer | Fernando Botero
3 versions of Fernando Botero's biography with comprehension activities in Spanish
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Multi level, Novice (Levels 1-2), Intermediate (Levels 2-4), Advanced (Levels 4-AP)
- Formats
- Pages
- 10 Pages
Fernando Botero is a Colombian artist known for the round, voluminous figures that he painted in his works. This resource features three versions of Botero's biography, all written in Spanish: Simplified, Standard, and Complex.
SIMPLIFIED: The Simplified version is a half-page biography written with high frequency words and cognates. It may be understandable to students in their second semester of Spanish 1, especially if the class uses a communicative, Comprehension-based approach with a strong focus on extensive reading and listening. *Shown in thumbnail
STANDARD: The Standard version is a full-page biography with many details and compound sentence structures. Although it relies heavily on high frequency words and cognates, it uses a broader vocabulary range than the Simplified version. It may be understandable to students in their second or third year of Spanish, depending on whether they have been in courses that have a strong focus on extensive reading and listening. *NOT shown in thumbnail
COMPLEX: The Complex version is a full-page biography with many details, a broad vocabulary range, and complex sentence structures. It may be understandable to students in their third or fourth year of Spanish, depending on whether they have been in courses that have a strong focus on extensive reading and listening. *Shown in thumbnail
Each version of the biography is also accompanied by one or two Comprehension/Processing activities, provided as full-page worksheets. The comprehension activity for the Simplified version is a half page activity below the text.
SUGGESTIONS FOR USE:
- The whole class reads the same version as part of an art unit
- Differentiate by distributing different versions to different students
- Students work in pairs to read two versions and identify facts that appear in each
- Read all three versions in sequence, layered in with communicative activities such as discussion of the biographies or viewing and discussing audio-visual content related to the artist
- Teach the same lesson in multiple levels, modifying complexity
- Use for sub plans or too-sick-to-teach-days in multiple levels
- Add to class library and let students self-select which text is an appropriate challenge for themselves
- Laminate text on one side and comprehension activities on another and use as part of a Fast Finisher System
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I used this during my family unit to incorporate information about Botero. We were analyzing his art work in spanish and describing the family members in each portrait during the unit. But this was a great way to introduce the artist before doing all of that.
Laura Penhollow
