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Full time teacher since 2003. I specialize in fun readings and worksheets.
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Full time teacher since 2003. I specialize in fun readings and worksheets.
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Spanish Subjunctive Reading Bundle - 4 Lecturas en el Subjuntivo!
This Spanish Reading bundle include all four of my readings on the present subjunctive at 50% off!
My ideal boyfriend
The desires of others
My perfect home
An advert for a short stay apartment
Each reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and a reading comprehension section. Makes for great supplement on the tricky Spanish subjunctive!
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Hispanic Leaders Character Cards (Spanish version) - 20 Influential People!
This is the new favorite activity of all my Spanish students!
This file includes 20 Hispanic leaders character cards for students to learn about influential Hispanic people. Each card contains the person’s name, birth date, nationality, occupation, a characteristic, and family and/or hobbies.
The file also includes a 20 question quiz for students to use independently or in pairs to learn more about the people featured on the task cards. Simply print out on card stock and enjoy them for years!
This resource includes the following influential Hispanic Leaders:
Eva Peron
Isabel Allende
Frida Kahlo
Diego Rivera
Oscar de la Hoya
Pablo Picasso
Salvador Dali
Selena Gomez
Selena Quintanilla
Sonia Sotomayer
Cesar Chavez
Rita Moreno
Ruben Blades
Shakira
Leo Messi
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Roberto Clemente
Rigoberta Menchu
Pancho Villa
Celia Cruz
Answer key included. Also makes for a great Sub Activity!
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Mario Vargas Llosa Biografía: Spanish Biography on a Famous Peruvian Writer
This 2-page file includes Spanish language biography is on the life of Mario Vargas Llosa winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize for literature. This biography discusses his early life and career, education and training, political aspirations and awards.
The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary as well as a reading comprehension section.
Level: Spanish 3 (various tenses)
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Lope de Vega Biografía: Biography of a Famous Spanish Poet
This biography discusses the life of Lope de Vega. It talks about his early life, naval pursuits, family life and writing career.
The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and a short reading comprehension section.
Level: Intermediate Spanish
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Spanish Reading with Prepositions of Place: ¿Dónde están mis cosas?
This Spanish reading is a fun way for students to see prepositions of place in context!
PLOT: Ramona’s little sister, Clarita, is very naughty! When Ramona is at school during the day, her sister enters her room and plays with her things. When Ramona returns from school, she always screams, where are my things? To help her find her things, Ramona asks her friend Sandra to come help her…
Reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and a reading comprehension section.
Includes the following:
en
dentro de
debajo de
cerca de
encima de
en frente de
arriba
al lado de
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My New Neighbour Reading with Question Words / Interrogatives - ESL / EFL / ELL
In this reading a teenage girl introduces herself to her new neighbor who is from Latin America. The dialogue incorporates a number of question words so students may learn how to form questions with interrogatives. The reading includes 8 true/false reading comprehension questions and a short writing assignment.
Activity idea: students may complete the writing assignment in class or for homework. They may then read their own dialogue with a partner.
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What have you done today? - ESL / EFL / ELL Script in the Present Perfect Tense
In this beginner level script, students of English can see 20+ examples of the present perfect tense underlined as two friends discuss what they have done recently.
The script is followed by 8 true/false comprehension questions.
Activity idea: After reading the script in pairs, have the students underline all the examples of the present perfect tense they can find. For extra difficulty, have them circle all the irregular participles!
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SER vs ESTAR Review Worksheet: Sub Activity
This worksheet serves as a great overview for the most common uses of SER and ESTAR.
Includes a full description of when to use each verb along with an example sentence.
12 short answer questions.
Includes answer key.
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Halloween Party Lesung: German Reading
A fun German reading where three friends are attending a school Halloween party together. They talk about their costumes, the decorations at the party and how they all know each other.
The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and 7 true/false reading comprehension questions.
Level: German A2 (A little past tense)
Activity idea: This script contains three parts. Put students in groups of three to read and translate the script together. Then have them discuss their own holiday plans.
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Spanish Biography Bundle: 6 Famous People from Spain
This Spanish reading bundle offers five biographies of famous historical figures from Spain at 50% off!
Isabel I: Queen of Spain
Garcia Lorca: poet
Cervantes: writer
Franco: dictator
Gaudí: architect
Picasso: artist
Each reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and a reading comprehension section.
Level: Intermediate Spanish
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Spanish Biography Bundle: 8 Famous South Americans!
This Spanish biography bundle includes all 10 of my biographies on famous South Americans at over 45% off !
Includes one biography each on:
Shakira: Colombian Singer
Isabel Allende: Chilean writer
Gabriel Mistral: Chilean poet
Pablo Neruda: Chilean poet
Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Colombian author
Eva Perón: Argentine First Lady
Che Guevara: Argentine Revolutionary
8.Lionel Messi: Argentine soccer player
Each biography includes a reading comprehension section and a glossary of new vocabulary.
Level: all readings include some past tense
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Spanish Biography Bundle: 6 Famous Mexicans!
This Spanish biography bundle includes all 7 of my biographies on famous Mexicans at 50% off!
Includes one biography each on:
Frida Kahlo: artist
Diego Rivera: muralist
Benito Juarez: politician
Pancho Villa: revolutionary
Porfirio Díaz: politician
6.José Orozco: artist
Level: mostly in past tense
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Spanish 2 SUB Activity Bundle: 5 Resources at 50% OFF!
This SUB Activity Bundle includes five products at 50% off!
Frida Kahlo Biography (fill in the verbs in past tense)
Diego Rivera Biography (fill in the verbs in past tense)
Picasso Biography (fill in the verbs in past tense)
Hispanic Countries Readings
Hispanic Trivia Task Cards
Level: present and past tenses
Includes answer key for all activities!
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Ma Nouvelle Voisine Lecture en Français: French Reading with Questions Words
In this reading a teenage girl introduces herself to her new neighbour. The dialog incorporates a number of question words so students may learn how to form questions with interrogatives.
Reading includes a true false reading comprehension questions and a short writing assignment.
Activity idea: students may complete the writing assignment in class or for homework. They may then read their own dialog with a partner.
Level: French 1/2
Editable file
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Rubén Darío Biografía: Spanish Biography on Nicaraguan Poet Ruben Dario
This Spanish biography is on a life of the Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío. He discusses his early life, the people who influenced him, his travels, his careers as both a writer and journalist.
Includes five reading comprehension questions in Spanish.
Level: Spanish intermediate mostly past tenses)
Editable word doc.
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Spanish Conversational Future: Ir + a + Infinitive - Lectura de mi futuro
In this Spanish reading three young people are talking about what they plan to study at university and what careers they will have in the future.
There are over 20 examples of ir + a + infinitive.
Reading is followed by 8 Reading comprehension questions.
Note: This reading is in my Spanish Beginner Readings - Familia, Escuela, Deportes, Amigos - 4 Lecturas! So if you’ve bought that you already own this reading.
Editable word file.
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Simón Bolívar Biografía - Spanish Biography + Worksheet on Simon Bolivar
This 2-page file includes:
~A Spanish language biography of Simon Bolivar, the famous military leader of the independence movement of South America and particularly Venezuela in the 1800s.
Reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary.
~A reading comprehension worksheet with 10 true false questions and a short writing assignment in the preterite.
Makes for a great compliment on the history of Latin America.
Here is a great video link on the life of Bolivar for students:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMAT4AjmYpU
Level: Spanish Intermediate
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Spanish Biography Bundle: 7 Famous Hispanic Artists!
This Spanish biography bundle includes all 7 of my biographies on famous hispanic artists at over 50% off !
Includes one biography each on:
Frida Kahlo: Mexican artist
Diego Rivera: Mexican muralist
José Orozco: Mexican muralist
Francisco Goya: Spanish portrait painter
Fernando Botero: Colombian sculptor
Salvador Dalí: Spanish artist
Pablo Picasso: Spanish abstract painter
Level: mostly in past tense
Each reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and a reading comprehension section.
Great for bell work, early finishers, reading comprehension practice or complementary cultural readings!
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Francisco Goya Biografía: Spanish Biography on a Romantic Period Painter
This 2-page file includes:
~A thorough biography on the life of Francisco Goya, the most famous Spanish painter from the romantic period. This biography discusses his early life and influences, education, marriage, time at the royal court as a portraitist, his famous paintings of the peninsular war and his later life in France.
The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and a reading comprehension section.
Level: mostly in past tenses
Editable Word file.
Vocab includes:
el retratista
el aprendizaje
el tapiz
el aguafuerte
el plomo
el lienzo
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Spanish Biography Bundle: 8 Famous Hispanic Leaders
This Spanish biography bundle includes all 8 of my biographies on famous hispanic leaders at over 50% off !
Includes one biography each on:
Isabel I: 16th cent. Queen of Spain
Fidel Castro: former President of Cuba
Papa Fransisco: Current Pope
Augusto Pinochet: former president of Chile
Francisco Franco: former Prime Minister of Spain
Porfirio Díaz: former Mexican President
Benito Juarez: former Mexican President
Level: mostly in past tense
Each reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and a reading comprehension section.
Great for bell work, early finishers, reading comprehension practice or complementary cultural readings!
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Francisco Franco y la Guerra Civil: Franco Dictatorship and Spanish Civil War
This 2-page file includes:
~A reading that includes a brief description of the Spanish Civil War and its after effects. Also included is a biography of Francisco Franco and the role he played. The reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary.
~A reading comprehension section based on the reading.
Makes for a great complement on a Spanish history unit.
Level: Spanish Upper Intermediate
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¿De qué tienes miedo? Lectura: Spanish Reading What are You Afraid of? (tener)
In this funny reading friends are discussing their secret fears! Students can see how to use the expression ‘tener miedo de’ while learning new vocabulary.
Fears include: spiders, sharks, heights, enclosed spaces
Reading includes a glossary of new vocabulary and a reading comprehension section.
Level: Spanish Beginner (present tense)
Activity idea: after reading the script together, have students in the class discuss their own fears or the fears of their friends and siblings.
Vocab includes:
tengo miedo de
tengo suerte
las arañas
los tiburones
el ascensor
las alturas
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Spanish Commands Bundle: Mandatos ~ Imperativos: 6 Resources at 50% OFF!
This bundle includes all my products on Spanish commands at 50% off!
Informal commands giving advice Reading
Plural commands preparing a restaurant reading
Formal commands visiting a doctor reading
3 worksheets
Giving Directions