Yesterday, I introduced the novel, Brandon Brown quiere un perro to my seventh graders, and we began reading chapter one.
After seeing my students struggle to answer the question ¿Cómo es?, I created this Important Questions Template.
Next, I projected a copy of the book on my promethean screen and had underlined some examples on the first page of the book (un perro grande, un perro blanco, etc.) and asked them to explain what I was trying to show them, and we talked about how in English we say “a big dog”, but in Spanish was say “a dog big.” Finally, I passed out the reading questions for chapter one and they worked on them independently.
It was important to me to separate out the grammar from the comprehension when grading, so you can see that those grades are separate. I wanted them to develop both skills, but I needed to see what was more challenging for them, which proved to be the grammar and writing. Today was MUCH smoother than yesterday!
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Thanks for sharing! I just bought this book and the Teacher’s guide, but seeing how you did the book helped me visualize how I could approach this! Muchas gracias:)