Showing posts with label SSR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SSR. Show all posts

Monday, July 14, 2014

Sample of new 1st year book

Hi everyone! Again, it's been a long while since I've written. Sorry about that! But I have been busy! I'm writing a new PowerPoint (finally) for El viaje perdido, and I am almost finished with my level one SSR book.  Here's a sample of the latter.  I want to give a shout out to my artist, Sarah Kelly.  She's really good!

Hay un chico que quiere pasar la noche en una casa espantada.  Él va a la casa y se sienta en una silla.  No hay nadie.
There is a boy that wants to spend the night in a haunted house. He goes to the house and sits in a chair. Nobody is there.

El chico está sentado por quince minutos, y de repente un gato grande viene.  El gato es tan grande como un perro.  Él se sienta con el chico.  Tiene ojos grandotes y verdes.  No le dice nada.
The boy is sitting for 15 minutes, and suddenly a big cat comes in. The cat is as big as a dog. He sits with the boy. He has big green eyes. He doesn't say anything to him.

El chico y el gato están sentados por quince minutos.  Luego, alguien toca la puerta.  La puerta esta cerrada, así que el gato se levanta, va a la puerta y la abre con su cola.  Entra otro gato, aún más grande que el grande con los ojos verdes.  El gato es tan grande como un caballo.  Tiene ojos azules.  El chico mira la puerta, pero está cerrada de nuevo.
The boy and the cat are sitting for 15 minutes. Then, someone knocks on the door. The door is closed, so the cat gets up, goes to the door, and opens it with his tail. Another cat enters, even bigger than the green-eyed cat. The cat is as big as a horse. He has green eyes. The boy looks at the door, but it is closed again.

De repente, el gato grande le habla al otro gato. --¿Cuándo vamos a comer?--  El otro gato le responde—Martin no está.  Comemos cuando esté.—
Suddenly, the big cat talks to the other cat. "When will we eat?" The other cat responds to him, "Martin isn't here. We'll eat when he's here."

Los dos gatos se sientan con el chico.  No dicen nada, sólo lo miran con los ojos grandes. 
Luego, un grito: ¡Aquí estoy!  El gato corre a la puerta cerrada y la abre.  Un gato enorme entra. 
Es tan grande como un elefante y tiene ojos negros.  Se sienta con sus amigos y con el chico. 
         The two cats sit with the boy. They don't say anything, only look at him with their big eyes. The, a shout:  "Here I am!"  The cat runs to the closed door and opens it. An enormous cat enters. He is as big as an elephant and has black eyes. He sits with his friends and the boy.

Nadie le dice nada por unos minutos.  Luego el gato nuevo le dice--¿Cuándo comemos?  ¡Tengo hambre!--  Todos los gatos miran al chico.  –Martin no está.—
         Nobody says anything for a few minutes. then the new cat says, "When do we eat? I'm hungry!"  All the cats look at the boy. "Martin isn't here."

De repente, el chico se levanta y corre a la puerta.  La abre y les dice a los gatos –Lo siento.  No puedo esperar más.  ¡Adiós!—
El chico nunca regresa a una casa espantada.


        Suddenly, the boy gets up and runs to the door. He opens it and says to the cats, "Sorry, I can't wait any more. Goodbye!"  The boy never returns to the haunted house.

Saturday, January 18, 2014

No story, just news about the book...

Hi Everyone--
I wanted to let you know that my book will be available BY TUESDAY on Amazon.  I have received the edit and will take care of that today.  I'm waiting for the forward and then it's a go.

The title will be "El cochino blanco y otros cuentos".  I know that some have questioned the title, but after much thought, I decided to leave it.  This is a true story, and I know that my husband would have called it "el cochino".  So I'm leaving it in honor of his memory.

You have asked me about who the book is designed for.  Originally, I thought that as an SSR book, it should be for Spanish 3.  Now, however, I think that I'm revising that a little.  If you want to use this as an assisted reading book (maybe to supplement your own stories), it would be appropriate for Spanish 2.  For true SSR, you should go with 3.

In this printing, I am trying to keep to the SSR idea and so I'm not giving vocabulary suggestions.  However, I do have the vocabulary listed and will be happy to provide it through the email given in the book.

I will post again when the book publishes.

If you like it, please post a favorable review.  Our reviews are what  brings others to buy the books.

Thanks for supporting this venture!  It was your interest that made me start in the first place.  I will be publishing others soon, starting with a reader for 1st year.

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Just a short post today, with a request.  I am currently putting together a book of my short stories.  It will be only in Spanish, but I will also be putting another book out there in English (same book, just different translation).  I'm putting it together to give you an option for SSR.  At this point, I'm just thinking of putting together the stories in chapters according to the vocabulary lists that I use.  I will have the vocabulary list first, then the stories.

My question is this:  what would you like to see in an SSR book besides just the stories and the lists (so that you can know the vocabulary used at a glance)?  I'm thinking that this is something you can use for your students--can you think of something else that I should include?

Please comment if you have any suggestions.  Thanks!