Cuentos y Lecturas™ includes the following features making it one of the most comprehensive TPRS® series available!
- Vocabulary based on most frequent spoken vocabulary
- Structures are presented based on frequency of use
- Integrated Culture
- Stories in past-tense with present-tense dialogue
- Paired Situations for oral practice and assessment
- Available in both Print and Downloadable Formats
- Comprehensive Student Book including:
- Written Mini-Stories and Extended Stories
- Vocabulary Lists and detailed Glossary
- Illustrations for each story
- Personal Questions utilizing targeted vocabulary
- Comprehension Questions based on the stories
- Structure-based Questions to practice targeted structures
- Activities to expand the lesson including point-of-view, tense changes, and what-if scenarios
- Project Ideas to further explore the language
- Mnemonic Devices to aid in learning key vocabulary
- Study Guides to focus students' learning
- Exhaustive Teacher Guide including:
- Detailed Daily Lesson Plans including objectives that are tied to the standards
- TPR Lessons with scripted novel commands and 3-ring-circus ideas
- Minicuento Lessons including Skeleton Stories
- Detailed and easy-to-read Lesson Scripts
- Gesture and Mnemonic-device suggestions
- Listening Activites and Practice utilizing native speakers**
- Comprehensive Assessment Program including:
- Vocabulary Quizzes (both active and passive)
- Structure Quizzes
- Listening and Reading Quizzes with questions in English and Spanish
- Suggestions for Writing and Speaking Quizzes
- Vocabulary and Structure Tests
- Skills Tests assessing 4 Basic Skills and Culture
- Benchmarks/Final Assessments
- Detailed and easy-to-use Rubrics
- Detaild instructions on how to set up and implement a Standards-based Grading System in the foreign-language classroom.
**will not be available in first edition
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——Scott Benedict
