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Text Set
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written Spanish presented through a variety of media and based on familiar topics.
La Luna
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Se Venden Gorras
Slobodkina, Esphyr. Se venden gottas : la historia de un vendedor ambulante, unos monos, y sus travesuras. New York, N.Y: Harper Arco Iris, 1995. Print. Readability: 10
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El Perro
Ganges, Montse, and Merc Canals. El caballo. Barcelona, Spain: Combal Editorial Sa, 2011. Print.
Readability: 8 Grade levels: early Spanish readers
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El perro introduces learners to different aspects of dogs. What sounds they make, what they do, as well as what colors they are are all discussed in this story. Characteristics of dogs are also categorized.
Farr, Llus, Merc Canals, and Carmen Gil. De Dnde vienen las cosas? Barcelona, Spain: Combel Editorial, 2011. Print.
Readability: 8 Grade levels: moderately advanced learners
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De dnde vienen las cosas? Is a short work that explains where different things come from. It delves in to their origins of where items can be found now, but also the deeper history of these items.
El Lazarillo de Tormes
Rico, Francisco, and Bienvenido C. Morros. Lazarillo de Tormes. Madrid: Ctedra, 1987. Print.
Readability: 10 Grade level: advanced learners
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El Lazarillo de Tormes is about a scavenger who travles through Spain and works with different employers throughout his life. Each employer teaches him something that he can use in his every day life. At the end of his journey, he really understands the meaning of work and everything that he is supposed to have learned from his employers.
Cmo eres t?
Cmo eres t?. YouTube.. YouTube, 19 Oct. 2010. Web. 24 Feb 2014. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWVXambZyaM. Readability: 7.3 Grade level: Beginning learner Cmo eres t? Is a video that explains the use of the verb estar. It does so by asking many questions about personal characteristics is when you would use estar. It incorporates a catchy tune so that even 9 years later it can be remembered.
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Deseos Urbanos
Deseos Urbanos Social Documentary (in Spanish). YouTube. YouTube, 20 Jan. 2011. Web. 25 Feb. 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcDxRQrShBQ. Readability: 7.91 Grade level: advanced learners
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Deseos Urbanos is a social documentary on Mexican citizens. They all ask the citizens to share their stories and dreams with the camera to show the difference between their culture and others. They examine individuals with different backgrounds and of different socio-economic statuses.
Spanish Secret Conflict Documentary about Catalan Independence. YouTube. YouTube, 11 Nov. 2013. Web. 25 Feb. 2014. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQk2WeXOkZs. Readability: 7.98 Grade level: Advanced learners
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Spanish Secret Conflict is about the beginnings of Catalan Nationalism. How the people in the Catalan region think they are such a different part of Spain, when no one else agrees. Both Catalan and different viewpoints are represented in this documentary.
Vivir La Utopia
Vivir la utopia Anarchism in Spain (Spanish with English subtitles). YouTube. YouTube, 27 Apr. 2012. Web. 25 Feb. 2014. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6RFro3dk78 Readability: 7.82 Grade level: Advanced learners
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Vivir La Utopia is about anarchism in Spain and its origins and such. It also explains how it is in Spain in current day. It explains what they would do for each city and each individual.
The Spanish Civil War: Documentary on the brutal Reality of Spains most Violent War. YouTube. YouTube, 1 Sept. 2013. Web. 25 Feb. 2014. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_WMz398gn8 Readability: 7.82 Grade level: Advanced learners
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The Spanish Civil War is about Spains most bloody and gory war. It goes in to detail on the different leaders of the war, the battles, and economic struggles during the war. It also shows how the country has suffered now because of the war.