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La clase de confesiones (series)
Book 1
Teacher's Manual 80+ Activities!
Comprehensible Spanish Novel for Level 1+. "La clase de confesiones" can be the perfect companion to a thematic "School Unit" as most of the vocabulary, and drama revolve around an embarrassing event that occurs in Spanish class. The bundle contains 30 ( 5x7) novels, in addition to the "La Clase de Confesiones Teacher's Manual", which boasts of 60+ activities. Your students will acquire valuable classroom vocabulary, present-tense structures while being immersed in a comprehensible, high-word frequency story, to which they can relate.
Bonus: Some students may be dying to see what happens to Carlos, and his crazy teacher. For this reason, this bundle contains two bonus novels: La bella mentira (second book in the series).
Themes: school supplies, first "crush",relationships, embarrassing moments
Structures: Mostly told in the present tense with a spattering of past tense to keep the flow of the story.
Synopsis:
Carlos hates Spanish class with a passion but finds the will to survive when he lays eyes on Jessica. She is the reason he "tolerates" his boring class. However, his secret crush is compromised when his teacher decides to “shake things up a bit” in class. A simple writing assignment turns out to be a lethal injection to his social life and by extension his chances with Jessica. First, his nosy teacher tries to “set him up with Jessica,” this plan immediately backfires. Then, the unthinkable happens and Carlos is stunned. This turns into one of the most embarrassing moments in his life. But all is not lost. If Carlos plays his cards right, he could have a winning hand. Carlos invites you to come along on this adventure into "La clase de confesiones" where…"todos tienen una confesión," even the teacher!
This novel is part of a series but is also a standalone story. At the end of this great story, and another problem arises...Pobre Carlos, this kid just doesn't get a break!
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The confessions do not end there, check out part 2!
La clase de confesiones 2: La bella mentira
This Teacher Manual/Activity book is the perfect companion for the Level 1 Reader, "La clase de confesiones." Click here to view the reader!
Teachers can teach the novel with ease, using the materials provided in this resource. With other 50+ tasks, students will have a multimodal experience while engaging in activities that assess their comprehension, stretch their expressive vocabularies, ignite the imagination, hone creative skills, etc.
Resources for "La clase de confesiones."
1 . Information gap activity: Interview with the main character (word bank provided)
2. ¿Qué hago en la clase?: Survey Comprehensible Input Activity
3. ¿Qué clase es?: Students read comprehensible descriptions and match the class
4. Anticipatory questions: La clase de español, “antes de leer.”
5. Comparación: Mi clase favorita v.s. mi clase no favorita (Writing and speaking activity)
6. Picture Talk Activity: Students view the cover of the book and respond to both "right there" & "inferencing type questions." Great for low-stakes critical thinking.
7. Dos confesiones y una mentira: Two truths and a lie (a play on the book title).
8. Confesiones: Students write their confessions and share them with the class. The example provided is very mild i.e., No me gusta la comida de mi madre.
Post Reading Activities for Chapter 1
There are several assessments/activities to choose from for chapter post-reading.
9. Verdadero y Falso: True and False activities for chapter 1
10. Chapter 1 Comprehension Questions
11. Los pronombres personales: Illustration of subject pronouns followed by an activity.
12. A dibujar: Post-reading activity with color pictures of the characters. As per the instructions, students draw a scene from chapter one (with caption). This is a great way to recycle vocabulary, ignite the imagination, think about the characters, and take a brain break!
¡Vamos a conocer a los personajes!
These activities could be a "choice board" for students. They can also be used for station activities.
13. Mini Comic Strip: This activity is part of the "Vamos a conocer a los personajes" section of the manual. Students get to know about the characters, their likes, dislikes, and interests. The verb "gustar" is predominately used in this section.
14 -25 Vamos a conocer a los personajes: 11 cluster activities around the interest of the main characters. Students read vignettes about the characters, respond to questions, compare and contrasts with their interests and class schedule. Activities include:
D. Comprehension & Compare & Contrast Questions.
E. ¿Qué clases tiene Carlos
F. ¿Qué clases tienes tú?
H. Information Gap activity: Using verbs gustar, estar, ser to complete information about characters.
J. ¿Qué tiene que hacer Carlos?: Student use the structure, "Tiene que+ verb."
26. ¿Quién es? Students read 17 statements about the three characters presented in the "Vamos a conocer a los personajes" and write the name of the character who is responsible for the action. This activity is based on the supplementary reading provided.
27. Personalized Question Activity: Students are asked questions about their interests, likes, and dislikes.
28. ¿Con quién podría pasar un rato?: Who would you rather hang out with? This activity can be used at any time during the reading of the novel.
Pre & Post Reading Activities for Chapter 2
29. A escuchar: Pre-listening activity.
30. Los materiales escolares: students view pictures of school supplies and write the correct item.
31. Chapter 2 post-reading questions
Pre & Post Reading Activities for Chapter 3
32. Antes de leer: Pre-reading vocabulary gap activity for chapters 3 & 4.
33. Oh, Snap: Snapchat stories from "La clase de confesiones." Students create mini-stories of what happened after chapter 2.
34. A pensar: Students are asked "deeper" questions about the characters. They are also provided another opportunity to compare/contrast characters. In this instance, they compare their teachers to the teacher in the book. A word list is provided.
35. Chapter 3 post-reading questions
36. Una lección diferente: Students analyze Jessica's and Carlos' essay. They respond to questions and decide which student wrote the best essay and why. The essays contain lots of confessions!
37. Prueba para los capítulos 1-3
A. Match the character with the action
B. Sequence the events of the story
C. Write the English equivalent of the Spanish words
D. Reading comprehension questions
38. Lluvia de ideas: pre-writing activity to help students organize their writing assessments
39. Writing assessment: Students are provided with guiding questions to write about the book and the characters.
Pre & Post Reading Activities for Chapter 4 & 5
40. Chapter 4 post-reading questions
41. Mensaje de texto: After a crucial event in the book, students take on the role of characters and write messages discussing what happened. The first message is an information gap activity whereby students plug in the words from the vocabulary list. The second text message is blank, and students have to construct a response.
42. Chapter 5 post-reading questions
43. ¿Qué va a pasar?: This template allows for students to make predictions, and write dialogue & narration for what will happen in the anticipated 6th chapter of the book. This can be used as a group activity or as a writing assessment.
Pre & Post Reading Activities for Chapter 6
44. Chapter 6 post-reading questions
45. Emparejamiento de expresiones
46. ¿Quién lo dice?: Students have to identify statements made by the characters.
47. ¿Cómo son los personajes?: Identity map activity (personality traits list provided)
48 Prueba, Verdadero o Falso: True/false activity
49. Emparejamiento de imágenes con el texto: Students view colorful images about the story and describe the scene.
50. Reading Comprehension Assessment (whole novel)
