I blogged a couple years ago about what I do for the first few chapters of the novel Felipe Alou: Desde los valles a las montañas. I recently put together a unit that focuses on the novel, baseball, and the 
Dominican Republic. It includes all of my supplemental activities for the novel, possible film studies, baseball tv commercials, Kahoot games, links to other activities, and the essential questions/goals.
Here is the Unit:
(click on the unit link for the Google Doc)
Novel from TPRS Publishing: Felipe Alou: Desde los valles a las montañas
Preguntas Esenciales: (Student Sheet)
- ¿Dónde está la República Dominicana?
- ¿Quién es Trujillo?
- ¿Cuáles aspectos de la cultura dominicana son importantes?
- ¿Cómo puedes ser un beisbolista famoso de la RD?
- ¿Cuáles obstáculos tenía Felipe Alou?
Preguntas Personales:
- ¿Estarías feliz vivir en la pobreza?
- ¿Puedes sobrevivir en la pobreza?
- ¿Qué tienes que no tienen las personas que viven en la pobreza?
- ¿Cuál es tu deporte favorito?
Unit Hook: Make cardboard baseball gloves Mis Clases Locas Blog Post Carboard Glove Reading
Intro: Do reading about Dominican Republic (Martina Bex Reading), show photos (My Photo Album of Punta Cana | My Photo Album of Cabarete) also show photos from Teacher’s Guide
Baseball Commercials:
Commercial Activities from Kristy Placido | Jonronero ESPN – Chapter 9
Film Study:
In the Time of the Butterflies: Study Guide | Supplemental Activities from Aventuras Nuevas
42: Reading Summary
Road to the Big Leagues
Sugar
Novel Study: Felipe Alou: Desde los valles a las montañas | Teacher’s Guide (a must buy!!)
Supplemental Activities for each chapter. These activities are to be done with the Teacher’s Guide.
Chapter 1:
Chapter 2: Activities from Teacher’s Guide
Kahoot game for Chapters 1 & 2
Chapter 3:
Chapter 4:
Chapter 5:
Chapter 6:
Chapter 7:
Vocab-Preguntas Personales | Class Story Chart
Kahoot game for Chapters 6 & 7
Chapter 8:
Chapter 9:
Chapter 10 & 11:
Activities created by Dustin Williamson, © www.williamsonci.com and posted with written permission from TPRS Publishing. Felipe Alou novel © TPRS Publishing, 2012
Williamson CI & TPRS 
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Hi Dustin,
Thanks for these resources. Can you tell me approximately how much time you spent on the whole novel?
I spend almost 2 months on the novel. With pre-teaching structures/cultural background info, during reading activities, and the post-reading activities, it takes about 2 months.
This is amazing! Thank you so much for sharing!
Also…do you have any resources to use with Sugar? Thanks!
I’m sorry I don’t. Not sure if these blogs have any: https://aventurasnuevas.wordpress.com/ or http://misclaseslocas.blogspot.com/
Did you end with an assessment?
Yes, I have done just a basic reading summary with comprehension questions (there is a diary entry from Felipe in the Teacher’s Guide that I use) and I do a simple vocabulary structures translation. There is an interpersonal speaking assessment that can be done as well with questions from both Felipe Alou and the film 42 like: Who is Felipe? How is Jackie’s life similar to Felipe’s? How did segregation/discrimination affect both Felipe and Jackie?
I’m getting ready to start Felipe Alou for the first time. Your resources are invaluable!!! Thank you for sharing!
My pleasure! If you enhance any or make any others, I would love to see them. We will be reading it in the spring.
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Hola! Looking for a couple good videos to explain the typical food/drink and to explain the music in the DR. Do you have good ones you use?
The only thing that I have done with food/drink of the DR is make morir soñando in class. I don’t have a video for it. Have you checked out http://misclaseslocas.blogspot.com/2015/04/introducing-novel-felipe-alou.html ? There are a few videos there. You may also want to ask on the Fluency Matters Readers Facebook page.