Novels per class

There seem to be many questions lately on the iFLT/NTPRS/CI Teaching Facebook page Image-1 (1)about what novels to teach for each level and what novels to purchase.  Here is what we teach at my high school in each level.  All of these novels can be purchased from TPRS Publishing.

Spanish 1:

  • Brandon Brown quiere un perro
  • Piratas
  • Curriculum from Cuéntame (Gabi series)

Spanish 2:

  • Tumba (part of my Día de los Muertos unit)
    • film: Book of Life
  • Nuevo Houdini
  • Esperanza (part of immigration unit)
    • films: Misma Luna, Una Mejor Vida, Which Way Home
  • Felipe Alou
    • possible films: 42, Pelotero

Spanish 3:

Spanish 4:

  • Noches Misteriosas en Granada
  • La Hija del Sastre (part of Spanish Civil War Unit)
    • films: Lengua de las Mariposas, Laberinto del fauno, Espinazo del Diablo
  • Todo lo que Brilla (my Todo lo que Brilla activities)
  • Vida y Muerte en la Mara Salvatrucha
    • films: Voces Inocentes, Sin Nombre

Here are the novels that I use for Free Voluntary Reading as of now:

  • Brandon Brown vs Yucatán
  • Las Aventuras de Isabella
  • Isabela Captura un Congo
  • Berto y sus buenas ideas
  • Frida Kahlo
  • Los Piratas del Caribe y el triángulo de las Bermudas
  • Robo en la Noche
  • Noche de Oro
  • Agentes Secretos de Picasso
  • Fiesta Fatal
  • Pobre Ana
  • Patricia va a California
  • Rebeldes de Tejas
  • Superburguesas
  • El Silbón de Venezuela
  • Peter va a Colombia
  • Problemas en Paraíso
  • La Maldición de la Cabeza Reducida
  • La Vampirata
  • Don Quijote el último caballero
  • La Calaca Alegre
  • La Guerra Sucia
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5 comments

  1. […] For level 3, I am considering incorporating one or two of the TPRS/TCI novels, perhaps  Los Rebeldes de Tejas (Mira Canion), Rival (Mira Canion), Agentes Secretos y el mural de Picasso (Mira Canion) to use along with or instead of the graded readers I used this year (Aventuras Para 3).  In this course, there will be students merging from 3 other schools, two of which have using FVR, some novel reading, some no reading training, so I need something innately interesting yet also culturally relevant.  I think that Mira’s novels fit this need perfectly, and that I will be able to hook them with acting, Embedded readings, Readers’ Theater etc.  I also that Dustin Williamson has some ideas about sequencing novels in levels 3 and 4 that I should… […]

  2. […] For level 3, I am considering incorporating one or two of the TPRS/TCI novels, perhaps  Los Rebeldes de Tejas (Mira Canion), Rival (Mira Canion), Agentes Secretos y el mural de Picasso (Mira Canion) to use along with or instead of the graded readers I used this year (Aventuras Para 3).  In this course, there will be students merging from 3 other schools, two of which have using FVR, some novel reading, some no reading training, so I need something innately interesting yet also culturally relevant.  I think that Mira’s novels fit this need perfectly, and that I will be able to hook them with acting, Embedded readings, Readers’ Theater etc.  I also that Dustin Williamson has some ideas about sequencing novels in levels 3 and 4 that I should… […]

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