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De la mar al aula

A Proficiency and Cultural Competency building program for Intermediate Spanish

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Every year since 2019, my students and I have taken on the challenge of building their Spanish proficiency by reading the Spanish novel “Yo fui el primero: La increíble historia real de la primera vuelta al mundo”.  It has been our fortune to collaborate all these years with Spanish author Natacha Sanz Caballero, who introduced me to the first edition of her novel the same year that the V Centenary of the First Circumnavigation of the Earth begun to take place (1519-1522).

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Building Proficiency

With four years of implementation, DE LA MAR AL AULA is more than a reading skills program for students at the intermediate Spanish level. DE LA MAR AL AULA is a complete proficiency building program that integrates continuous practice of the three modes of communication: interpretative, interpersonal, and presentational. Throughout one school semester, students read the novel at a comfortable pace, building on their Spanish comprehension skills through activities like "Registros de lectura" (reading logs). They also work in small group and large group classroom discussions (“Coloquios”) to build their presentational and interpersonal communication skills in Spanish.

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Building Cultural Competence

Literature is a powerful tool to help build cultural competence such as demonstrating empathy  and the ability to view the world from different perspectives.  

 

The novel "Yo fui el primero"  provides students with an on-going exercise of these skills because this incredible story is narrated from the perspectives of  two young men who were part of the Armada of Moluccas,

who circumnavigated the planet for the first time in human history. 

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DE LA MAR AL AULA

is our yearly adventure!

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Let's set sail!

¡Zarpemos!

Program Implementation

Esquema de los registros y coloquios

NOVELA: YO FUI EL PRIMERO

INTRODUCCIÓN:

VISITA VIRTUAL CON EL Mariner´s Museum

Visita y presentación con la autora NATACHA SANZ CABALLERO

 

  • YO FUI EL PRIMERO: Prólogo

  • Registro de lectura: Cap. I

    • Coloquio #1

  • Registro de lectura: p.19-26

    • Coloquio #2

  • Registro de lectura: p.27-31

    • Coloquio #3

  • Registro de lectura: p.33-39

    • Coloquio #4 - Preguntas.docx

  • Registro de lectura: p.41-45

    • Coloquio #5- Preguntas.docx

  • ACTIVIDAD: CHOCOLATES DE “CARLOS V”

 

  • Registro de lectura: p.47-55

    • Coloquio #6 - Preguntas.docx

  • Registro de lectura: p.57-65

    • Coloquio #7 - Preguntas.docx

  • Registro de lectura: p.67-73

    • Coloquio #8 - Preguntas.docx

  • Registro de lectura: p. 75-83

    • Coloquio #9 - Preguntas.docx

  • Registro de lectura: p. 85-97

    • Coloquio #10 - Preguntas.docx

  • ACTIVIDAD: Canción CONFÍA EN EL VIENTO

 

  • Registro de lectura: p. 99-117

  • Registro de lectura: p. 119-129

    • Coloquio #11 Preguntas.docx

  • Registro de lectura p.131-141

  • Registro de lectura p.143-153

    • Coloquio #12 Preguntas.docx

  • Registro de lectura p.155-167

  • Registro de lectura p.169-180

    • Coloquio #13 Preguntas.docx

  • Registro de lectura p.181-194

  • Registro de lectura p.197-210

    • Coloquio #14 Preguntas.docx

  • Registro de lectura p.211-224

  • Registro de lectura p.225-238

  • Registro de lectura p.239-260

    • Coloquio #15 Preguntas.docx

 

  • ACTIVIDAD: TRAZAR LA RUTA EN EL MAPA

  • Registro de lectura p.260-280

  • Registro de lectura p.281-300

  • Registro de lectura FINAL

    • COLOQUIO FINAL

    • ¡CELEBRACIÓN!

  • Visita y presentación con la autora, y firma de libros.
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