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.