Build engaging novice lessons with **comprehensible input Spanish** stories your students can understand and retell. This bundle includes four short-story lesson plans with repeated target structures, printable readings, animated video versions, comprehension activities, retell practice, and answer keys.
The four stories are listed below. Each one repeats a focused set of high-frequency structures to give novice learners meaningful repetitions in context.
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 Spanish comprehensible input lesson includes:
- An animated story video with text
- A second illustrated video without text for retells
- A printable PDF story
- Comprehension-question worksheets
- “Who said it?” worksheets
- Story-retell worksheets
- Answer keys
The videos are about five minutes long and include time for students to read. Pause to discuss or story-ask, use the text-free version for retelling, or extend the lesson with parallel stories. The materials work especially well with novice-low through novice-high learners; more advanced students can retell the stories in the past.
Use these four short stories as complete Spanish lesson plans, reading and listening practice, or a springboard for speaking and writing.
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