This 3-page file includes:
~A biography of the famous and fascinating Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. It includes a short paragraph each on: her early life, accident at the age of 18, her artistic style, her relationship with Diego Rivera and finally her death and legacy. The reading includes a full glossary of new vocabulary.
~A worksheet with 9 reading comprehension questions and a short writing section.
~Answer Key.
Level: Mostly in past tenses
This 3-page file includes:
~A Spanish biography of Diego Rivera, the famous Mexican muralist and husband of Frida Kahlo. It talks about his early life, European training, professional accomplishments in Mexico and the US, marriage to Frida and his legacy. The reading is accompanied by a full Spanish-English glossary of new vocabulary.
~A worksheet with 10 Spanish true/false reading comprehension questions and five questions prompting students to write Spanish sentences in the preterite tense on what major life events occurred in specific years of Rivera's life based on the reading.
~Answer Key
Level: Uses past tenses
This Easy Spanish Reader is ideal as a reading complement to beginner Spanish classes. This complete reader contains 8 short readings.
The stories follow a Mexican family now living in California. It is written from the 1st person perspective of the 14-year son and includes the following themes:
Capítulo 1 – Mi familia
Capítulo 2 – Mi escuela
Capítulo 3 – Mi casa
Capítulo 4 – De compras
Capítulo 5 – La abuela visita
Capítulo 6 – En el supermercado
Capítulo 7 – Las vacaciones
Capítulo 8 – En el restaurante
The stories can be read as a class, with a partner or independently!
Each chapter includes:
~a glossary of new vocabulary
~reading comprehension questions
This 3-page file includes:
~An easy reading whereby students of German can learn how to order food naturally in a restaurant. The reading contains a glossary of new food vocabulary including popular German dishes.
~A worksheet with 7 reading comprehension questions in German based on the reading.
~Answer key.
Activity idea: after reading have the students “role play” going out to eat in a German restaurant by writing their own script to perform for the class or hand in for homework using the new vocabulary.
Level: beginner
This reading is a postcard from a girl halfway through her vacation with her family in Mexico. It features numerous examples of the present perfect tense.
The reading has an English-Spanish glossary of new words, 5 reading comprehension questions and a written assignment for homework or in class.
Activity idea: have students read the story in pairs. For homework, have students write a postcard as if they were halfway through their trip incorporating at least three sentences in the present perfect tense. They can then read their ‘postcards’ to a classmate, the class or hand them in for marking.