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Includes a set of 10 questions with separate answer key for each of the 7 episodes of this series.

Written at a 9th grade level.

Includes a question set and separate answer key for each of the 9 episodes of this series.

Written at a 9th grade level.

Don’t you want your students to have the opportunity to see baby chickens and ducks hatch? It is hard to incubate eggs in the classroom. It is messy, it can be distracting for the kids, and once the birds hatch you have to figure out what to do with them! This resource allows your students to see every step of the incubation process without all the hassle. You will receive over 2 hours of videos, along with worksheet pages that include parts of an egg, egg writing prompts, and egg drawing sheets. Best of all, you will have ample footage of adorable baby birds!

This resource contains differentiated assignments that are designed to make this unit useful for teachers of all elementary grade levels. I would like you to know ahead of time that baby birds are a little icky looking when they hatch. Of course, they fluff up after a while, and you will get to see them once they do. However, the soggy, dinosaur looking baby birds could be a little frightening to very young students unless they are prepped. You could always skip the active hatching videos. 

This resource covers the entire egg hatching and incubation process. This resource contains videos for each day of the 21 days of incubation, along with footage of the 2 and 3 day old birds. You can see a breakdown of the video topics and the length of each video below. Below the schedule you will see a list of assignments and worksheets that you will receive with your purchase.

*YOU WILL RECEIVE A LINK TO MY YOUTUBE PLAYLIST TO ACCESS THESE VIDEOS*

Look in the "Thank You" note in the downloadable zip file to find the link.

Schedule

EXTRA- Introduction video- 2 min 17 seconds

DAY 1- Incubation Process and Start!- 7 min 23 sec

DAY 2- Egg update- 2 min 6 sec

EXTRA- How to Candle an Egg- 3 min 26 sec

Day 3- Candling Day 1- 4 min 45 sec

Day 4- Egg Update- 1 min 32 sec

Day 5- Egg Update- 1 min 5 sec

Day 6- Candling Day 2- 47 sec

Day 7 - Egg Update- 1 min 51 sec

Day 8 - Egg Composition and Dissection- 6 min 57 sec (advanced version)

Day 9- Candling Day 3- 1 min 48 sec

Day 10 - Egg Update- 1 min 28 sec

Day 11- Egg Update- 1 min 14 sec

Day 12- Candling Day 4- 43 sec

Day 13- Egg Update- 2 min 8 sec

Day 14- Growth process of bird in egg- 2 min 55 sec

Day 15- Candling Day 5- 1 min 4 sec

EXTRA- Egg Emergency!- 3 min 26 sec

Day 16- Egg update- 1 min 26 sec

Day 17- Egg update- 2 min 4 sec

Day 18- Candling Day 6- 7 min 28 sec

Day 19- Pipping and Hatching process- 3 min

Day 20- Duck #1- Day 20- 10 min 51 sec

Day 21- Morning and Nighttime Hatching- 40 min 3 sec

Day 22- Care of babies- A New Home!- 35 min 15 sec

EXTRA- First time the ducks are in water- 2 min 22 sec

Assignments:

- 2 Egg Word Search Pages with Answers

- Egg Incubation and Hatching Notes- 5 pages with answers

- Egg Unit Quiz

- Write a Letter to an Egg Activity

- Humpty Dumpty Poem and Activity

- Egg and Bird Writing Activities

- Egg Candling Drawing Sheets

- Egg Math Worksheets (Basic and Advanced)

- Parts of an Egg Notes (Basic and Advanced)

L'hôtel - French Hotel Vocabulary Activities - BUNDLE

Activities to use in the French classroom when teaching le vocabulaire de l'hôtel - hotel vocabulary. Save 20%.

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This particular activity is different to many French TPRS circling activities because it doesn't tell a story. Instead, this activity focuses on French verbs, the pronouns LE - LA - LES - LUI - LEUR - Y - EN, possessive adjectives, and other less frequently used words that students will acquire through meaningful repetition. Each series of sentences is spoken in the present, passé composé, and futur proche tenses, and different forms of negation are included. Read on to see how you can easily differentiate this activity by using video, audio, and practice cards. Have a look at the video preview to see this activity in action!

Research reveals that language learners need MANY repetitions of grammatical structures in order to truly acquire them. By using the circling method, familiarity with the word or phrase is done through repetitive questions circling around the target language.

Here's how it works:

• I speak a sentence: Le chien ne veut pas de ses croquettes. Il n'en veut pas.
• I tell students to restate the sentence using a different subject pronoun: Les chats
• Students restate the sentence making necessary changes: Les chats ne veulent pas de leurs croquettes. Les chats n'en veulent pas.

Included:

1. Full length downloadable video circling activity - 362 slides - 53 minutes
2. Full length downloadable audio circling activity - 53 minutes
3. Practice cards for online use to work on reading and writing - 360 cards

Step 1: Watch the video lesson / activity to learn about the circling method. Students will quickly catch on, and will truly need to concentrate so that they can make the necessary changes in their sentences. Do your students ever tell you that they can understand what's being said, but can't think fast enough to make the necessary changes when responding? That's exactly why you should have them try out circling!

Step 2: Once they've watched the video and have done the exercise while reading along, try out the audio only version! This will be a challenge as they will not be able to see the words, and it will help with listening and speaking skills.

Step 3: Use the set of cards to practice reading and writing. Read the cards that I have spoken in steps 1 and 2, and have students take the time to write their responses before looking at the answer cards. As the cards are not numbered, I encourage you to download them and use them online rather than printing.

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Make learning German fun with these simple, comprehensible input German lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your German lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story.  The target structures for the lessons are:

Der große Hund: hat gegessen, fragt sie, glaubt ihr nich, Er hatte Hunger

Du Stinkst!: schlecht riecht, Ich mag dich nicht mehr, viel Käse, Sie steckt

Est tut weh!: tut weh, Ich habe______ gebrochen, solltest du stattdessen, hast du getan

Die hässlichen Hosen: er zieht sich, hässlich, versteht nicht, im Ausverkauf

Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in these German Comprehensible Input Lessons:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the stories

• Comprehension question worksheets

• "Who said it?" worksheets

• Story retell worksheets

• Answer keys

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Make learning Russian fun with these simple, comprehensible input Russian lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your Russian lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story.  The target structures for the lessons are:

Большая собака: съел /съела, спрашивает, ей не верит, была голодна

ты плохо пахнешь!: плохо пахнет, Ты мне больше не нравишься, много сыра, Она кладет

У меня болит!: У меня болит, сломал/ сломалa, ты должен/ должна, Что ты делал/ Что ты делалa

удобные штаны: одевается, удобны, не понимает, со скидкой

Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in these Italian Comprehensible Input Lessons:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the stories

• Comprehension question worksheets

• "Who said it?" worksheets

• Story retell worksheets

• Answer keys

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Make learning Russian fun with these simple, comprehensible input Russian lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your Russian lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story.  The target structures for the lessons are:

Артур голоден: хлеб, голоден/ голоднa, Он ищет, есть только

Идеальный подарок: идеальный подарок, Он хочет подарить ей, в карман

Плохой повар: плохой повар, Он кладет, слишком много соли

Человек-невидимка: влюблен в, не видит его, Он покупает, меньше 

Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in these Italian Comprehensible Input Lessons:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the stories

• Comprehension question worksheets

• "Who said it?" worksheets

• Story retell worksheets

• Answer keys

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Make learning English fun with these simple, comprehensible input English lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your English lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story.  The target structures for the lessons are:

The Ugly Pants: he gets dressed, ugly, I don’t understand, on sale

You Smell Bad: smells bad, I don’t love you anymore, a lot of cheese, she puts

The Big Dog: ate, she asks, doesn’t believe her, he was hungry

It hurts!: my ____ hurts, I broke my, you should, you were doing

Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in these Italian Comprehensible Input Lessons:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the stories

• Comprehension question worksheets

• "Who said it?" worksheets

• Story retell worksheets

• Answer keys

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Make learning German fun with these simple, comprehensible input German lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your German lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story.  The target structures for the lessons are:

Das Monster unter dem Bett: Ich habe Angst, unter dem Bett, Da ist

Der amerikanische Präsident: er will singen, besser als, im Weißen Haus

Die Kartoffel allein: kleidete er sich, alleine, es war, Ich dachte

Du fährst schlecht!:  fährst schlecht, auf dem Bürgersteig, zerquetscht, ich habe ihn nicht gesehen

Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in these German Comprehensible Input Lessons:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the stories

• Comprehension question worksheets

• "Who said it?" worksheets

• Story retell worksheets

• Answer keys

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This is a bundle of four stories for Russian learners. Each story has a lot of repetition of the target structures along with activities for students to practice the vocabulary. There is also an animated doodle video to accompany each story - so you can tell the story, pause between scenes to ask questions and add details, or just watch the story all the way through for extra practice.

Each item includes:

• one mp4 file of the story with text
• one mp4 file of the story without text
• printable pdf story
• comprehension question worksheet
• "who said it?" worksheet
• story retell worksheet
• answer key

With many people doing distance learning these days, you might wonder if it is possible to use this story in this way. The answer is YES! Here are some suggestions on how you can make this work:

- Use the pdf of the story as reading practice. You might have students read it before or after you use the video.

- Use Zoom meeting (or whatever software of your choice) to tell the story with the video. Share your screen with the mp4 file. There is no sound for the video, this is done purposely so that you can use the story for storyasking. Tell the story a little at a time, pausing the video frequently to ask questions. This will help you to circle the vocabulary and structures. Add details! If the sentence says "there is a monster under the bed" - ask questions such as "is there a monster or a dog? Is the monster under or on the bed? What kind of a monster is it - big or little? Scary or nice? What is his name? Is there a monster under your bed? What kind of a monster is under YOUR bed?"

- Once you have done the storyasking part of the task, now it is time for the students to do the comprehension and retell. These are pdf files that you can send to the students. You can also share the link to the page with the mp4 stories, so the students can watch the video on their own - with or without the text - and practice retelling.

- Finally, you can have students do the retell. This can be done through Zoom, or you could have them use Flipgrid to record.

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Make learning French fun with these simple, comprehensible input French lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your French lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story.  The target structures for the lessons are:

La pomme de terre seule: seul, il s’est habillé, pensait, était

Le Président Américain: rend visite, mieux que, veut changer, la Maison-Blanche

Le Monstres Sous le Lit: sous le lit, j’ai peur, il y a, sur le lit

Tu conduis mal!: a faim, il n’y a aque, il cherche, une baguette

Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in these Italian Comprehensible Input Lessons:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the stories

• Comprehension question worksheets

• "Who said it?" worksheets

• Story retell worksheets

• Answer keys

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Make learning English fun with these simple, comprehensible input English lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your English lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story.  The target structures for the lessons are:

Mark is Hungry: is hungry, some bread, he looks for, there is only

The Invisible Man: in love with, doesn’t see him, he buys, smaller than

The Perfect Gift: the perfect gift, he wants to give her, in his pocket

The Bad Chef: a bad chef, he puts, too much salt, you are

Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in these Italian Comprehensible Input Lessons:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the stories

• Comprehension question worksheets

• "Who said it?" worksheets

• Story retell worksheets

• Answer keys

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Make learning Spanish fun with these simple, comprehensible input Spanish lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your Spanish lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story.  The target structures for the lessons are:

Conduces mal: conduce mal, yo no lo vi, en la acera, está enojado/a

El monstruo bajo la cama: tiene miedo, debajo de la cama, grita, las galletas

El Presidente Americano: la Casa Blanca, quiere cantar, mejor que, visita a

La papa sola: se vistió, pensó que, era

Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in these Italian Comprehensible Input Lessons:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the stories

• Comprehension question worksheets

• "Who said it?" worksheets

• Story retell worksheets

• Answer keys

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Make learning Spanish fun with these simple, comprehensible input Spanish lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your Spanish lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story.  The target structures for the lessons are:

El Perro Grande: él ha comido, ella pide, no le cree, estaba hambriento

Hueles Mal: ella huele mal, ya no te quiero, mucho queso, él pone

Los Pantalones Feos: él se viste, feo, no entiendo, en rebaja

Me Duele: me duele, me rompi, tu deberías, estabas haciendo

Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in these Italian Comprehensible Input Lessons:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the stories

• Comprehension question worksheets

• "Who said it?" worksheets

• Story retell worksheets

• Answer keys

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Make learning German fun with these simple, comprehensible input German lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your German lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story.  The target structures for the lessons are:

Frank hat Hunger: ein Brot, Er hat Hunger, Er sucht, es nur

Der unsichtbare Mann: verliebt, sieht ihn nicht, er kauft, ist kleiner als

Das perfekte Geschenk: das perfekte Geschenk, möchte ihr _______machen, in die Tasche

Der böse Koch: ein schlechter Koch, Er gibt, zu viel Salz, Sie sind

Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in these German Comprehensible Input Lessons:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the stories

• Comprehension question worksheets

• "Who said it?" worksheets

• Story retell worksheets

• Answer keys

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This is a bundle of four stories for Italian learners. Each story has a lot of repetition of the target structures along with activities for students to practice the vocabulary. There is also an animated doodle video to accompany each story - so you can tell the story, pause between scenes to ask questions and add details, or just watch the story all the way through for extra practice.

Each item includes:

• one mp4 file of the story with text

• one mp4 file of the story without text

• printable pdf story

• comprehension question worksheet

• "who said it?" worksheet

• story retell worksheet

• answer key

  With many people doing distance learning these days, you might wonder if it is possible to use this story in this way. The answer is YES! Here are some suggestions on how you can make this work:

- Use the pdf of the story as reading practice. You might have students read it before or after you use the video.

- Use Zoom meeting (or whatever software of your choice) to tell the story with the video. Share your screen with the mp4 file. There is no sound for the video, this is done purposely so that you can use the story for storyasking. Tell the story a little at a time, pausing the video frequently to ask questions. This will help you to circle the vocabulary and structures. Add details! If the sentence says "there is a monster under the bed" - ask questions such as "is there a monster or a dog? Is the monster under or on the bed? What kind of a monster is it - big or little? Scary or nice? What is his name? Is there a monster under your bed? What kind of a monster is under YOUR bed?"

- Once you have done the storyasking part of the task, now it is time for the students to do the comprehension and retell. These are pdf files that you can send to the students. You can also share the link to the page with the mp4 stories, so the students can watch the video on their own - with or without the text - and practice retelling.

- Finally, you can have students do the retell. This can be done through Zoom, or you could have them use Flipgrid to record.

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Make learning French fun with these simple, comprehensible input French lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your French lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story.  The target structures for the lessons are:

J’ai mal!: j’ai mal, je me suis cassé (la jambe, le bras, etc), tu devrais, tu faisais

Le Grand Chien: a mangé, demande, ne la croit pas, avait faim

Le Pantalon Moche: il s’habille, moche, ne comprend pas, en solde

Tu Sens Mauvais!: sent mauvais, je ne t’aime plus, beaucoup de fromage, il/elle met

Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in these Italian Comprehensible Input Lessons:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the stories

• Comprehension question worksheets

• "Who said it?" worksheets

• Story retell worksheets

• Answer keys

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Make learning Spanish fun with these simple, comprehensible input Spanish lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your Spanish lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story.  The target structures for the lessons are:

Andrés tiene hambre: tiene hambre, solo hay, busca, un bolillo

El Hombre Invisible: enamorado/enamorada de, no lo ve, compra, mâs pequeño que

El Mal Chef: un mal chef, pone, demasiada sal, eres

El Regalo Perfecto: un regalo perfecto, quiero darle, en su bolsillo

Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in these Italian Comprehensible Input Lessons:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the stories

• Comprehension question worksheets

• "Who said it?" worksheets

• Story retell worksheets

• Answer keys

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This is a bundle of four stories for Italian learners. Each story has a lot of repetition of the target structures along with activities for students to practice the vocabulary. There is also an animated doodle video to accompany each story - so you can tell the story, pause between scenes to ask questions and add details, or just watch the story all the way through for extra practice.

Each item includes:

• one mp4 file of the story with text
• one mp4 file of the story without text
• printable pdf story
• comprehension question worksheet
• "who said it?" worksheet
• story retell worksheet
• answer key

With many people doing distance learning these days, you might wonder if it is possible to use this story in this way. The answer is YES! Here are some suggestions on how you can make this work:

- Use the pdf of the story as reading practice. You might have students read it before or after you use the video.

- Use Zoom meeting (or whatever software of your choice) to tell the story with the video. Share your screen with the mp4 file. There is no sound for the video, this is done purposely so that you can use the story for storyasking. Tell the story a little at a time, pausing the video frequently to ask questions. This will help you to circle the vocabulary and structures. Add details! If the sentence says "there is a monster under the bed" - ask questions such as "is there a monster or a dog? Is the monster under or on the bed? What kind of a monster is it - big or little? Scary or nice? What is his name? Is there a monster under your bed? What kind of a monster is under YOUR bed?"

- Once you have done the storyasking part of the task, now it is time for the students to do the comprehension and retell. These are pdf files that you can send to the students. You can also share the link to the page with the mp4 stories, so the students can watch the video on their own - with or without the text - and practice retelling.

- Finally, you can have students do the retell. This can be done through Zoom, or you could have them use Flipgrid to record.

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