Stories Archives - Bryce Hedstrom - Comprehensible Input Materials & Training

EBOOK-La chica quiere café (Level 1, first semester; Pre Novice Low – Novice Low)

Bryce Hedstrom — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 20:55:15 +0000

With this lesson you can give your Level 1 students the skills and confidence to begin reading early in the semester.

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EBOOK-Hansel and Gretel (Level 1, second semester; Novice Mid-Novice High)

Bryce Hedstrom — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 20:59:13 +0000

This will help to give your novice students input as well as a way to measure interpretive reading. Most will be familiar with the story but they will need to be able to read and understand the Spanish in order to fulfill this assignment. There are also examples of what students have done with this product.

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EBOOK-Stories for Spanish Class (Level 1; Novice Mid-Novice High)

Bryce Hedstrom — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 23:34:15 +0000

This is a compilation of stories for beginning Spanish classes. Each story can be used as a framework to either tell in your classroom or as material for extended readings. In this collection you will find simplified adaptations of authentic legends (La Llorona) and history (Christopher Columbus, La Batalla de Puebla), and popular culture told as stories. Students like these stories because many of them deal with real teen issues in a funny and exaggerated way. The stories are presented in order of difficulty, so that the teacher can follow them through the school year or use them as supplements to any existing curriculum. The stories parallel the vocabulary and structure development of Blaine Ray’s Look I Can Talk! book. For example, there is an extended reading version of the famous Cuento del Gato, and the urban legend known as “The Mexican Pet” has been adapted to parallel the vocabulary found in La Vaca y el Mono. 73 pages.

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EBOOK-La tortuga y la liebre (Level 1 & 2; Novice Mid-Novice High)

Bryce Hedstrom — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 20:57:38 +0000

Aesop’s Fable The Tortoise and the Hare in Spanish and English
Written with a Sheltered 100-word Vocabulary
Accessible to Readers at the Novice/High Level and Up (Mid to Late Spanish 1 Students and Above)

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EBOOK-Un Caballito Nuevo (Level 2; Novice High-Intermediate Low)

Bryce Hedstrom — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 19:05:12 +0000

This lesson illustrates the difference between the preterit and the imperfect with an engaging real life story. The clear example of habitual action versus specific one-time action will help your students to acquire these challenging tenses as they read. An assignment with a rubric is included so that students can demonstrate understanding of the story and the tenses, and also write their own story. Vocabulary level is for second year, with glossing for non-typical vocabulary.

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EBOOK-La Mujer Triste – Introducing the Past Tenses (Level 2; Novice High-Intermediate Low)

Bryce Hedstrom — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 18:57:12 +0000

This is a step-by-step guide to introducing the past tense to Spanish I or II students with a fun, engaging and flexible story strategy. La Mujer Triste will help teachers that are new to Comprehensible Input-based teaching and TPRS, but it can also supply even veteran teachers with ideas, fresh perspectives and alternative ways of delivering compelling, personalized comprehensible input to their students. Includes 5 full color cartoon illustrations, step-by-step personalization training, student handouts, a word-cloud vocabulary analysis, comprehension questions, a complete and illustrated version of the story for reading and a summative assessment for your students. Permission to make copies for your classroom with purchase. 27 pages.

Although the story is in Spanish, the ideas and questioning techniques modeled in this training resource can apply to any language class.

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EBOOK-Expressing Desire – Teaching the Subjunctive #1 (Level 3; Novice High-Intermediate Low)

Bryce Hedstrom — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 19:08:12 +0000

This is an extended lesson that explains in detail how to craft an engaging story which focuses on the subjunctive mood. It will really help teachers to get a feel for teaching with storytelling because it describes the thought processes used all along the way as winner story unfolds with a class. Includes color illustrations, four extended readings, quizzes, lists of grammar and vocabulary used in the stories, and a long term unit plan. Permission to make copies for your classroom with purchase. 54 pages.

Although the story is in Spanish, the ideas and questioning techniques modeled in this training resource can apply to any language class.

What teachers are saying about this lesson:

Martin Anders, Germany:
Thank you so much for these materials! I teach French, not Spanish, but nevertheless your materials have proven helpful to me. With my 10th graders I did the subjunctive story. It was quite a success and by far the best thing I ever did to teach the subjunctive in French.

Susan Gross, Colorado:
Holy COW!!!! When you write something, it is truly a thing of beauty! What a darling lesson and really good stories! Not only is it pedagogically gorgeous; your explanations are incredibly supportive and helpful. Very creative and lots of fun to read. Just a fantastic job, Bryce.

Lynette Lange, Illinois:
Thanks so much for this lesson. Great lesson, it is very helpful.

Julie Formby, Colorado:
Wow, Bryce! It is really helpful to see the method in writing! When observing you model the teaching method, there are so many details and tactics to take note of that it is difficult to hone in on all of them. Having it written out stresses the different facets that need to be addressed, so I find it easier to follow and solidify in my thoughts! I think you did a great job giving examples and the rationale behind each one.

Lavinia Rogers, New Jersey:
This reading is wonderful and really helped me to see how to use the subjunctive in my own classes. I feel like I have been in the mind of a genius.

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EBOOK-El cuento trágico de Mark (Level 4-AP; Intermediate Low-Intermediate Mid)

Bryce Hedstrom — Thu, 12 May 2022 19:13:21 +0000

Teaching Complex Grammar, The Past Subjunctive

This is an extended example of introducing the past perfect subjunctive and conditional perfect to Spanish IV or AP students. It offers an extensive story development and explanation which will help upper level instructors that are new to CI, and it can also supply veteran teachers to deliver compelling, personalized comprehensible input to their students and help them to acquire this complex grammar. Includes questions and answers about this specific example by veteran teachers that are new to this method. Complete Spanish versions of two stories built with this method in an upper level class are also included to use as extended readings and models. Permission to make copies for your classroom with purchase. 23 pages.

“I had the hardest time wrapping my mind around how to teach advanced levels until I looked at a lesson plan on Bryce Hedstrom’s website, El cuento trágico de Mark.” —Mike Peto, California

Although the story is in Spanish, the questions and answers in this training resource will apply to any language course.

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