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Spanish · Grade 1

A Guided Spanish Story Project

The Foundation route ends with a creative project: learners write their own short story in Spanish. They read a model story, find its characters, setting, problem and solution, learn connectors that move a story along (primero, de repente, entonces, al final), write accurate present-tense sentences with descriptions, feelings and dialogue, and then plan, draft and revise a story for a class anthology.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 110 minutes
  • Story project check: 9 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, put in order and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Identify the characters, setting, problem and solution of a short story written in Spanish.
  • Sequence events with connectors (primero, luego, después, de repente, entonces, al final) and link ideas with y, pero and porque.
  • Write accurate present-tense story sentences: descriptions with ser and tener, feelings with estar, actions with regular verbs, and dialogue punctuated with the raya (—).
  • Plan, draft and revise a short guided story using a story map and a revision checklist.

Lessons

  1. Inside a story 5 steps3 practiceabout 25 min
  2. Connectors move the story 6 steps4 practiceabout 25 min
  3. Story sentences: ser, estar, verbs and dialogue 6 steps4 practiceabout 28 min
  4. Plan, draft, revise 6 steps3 practiceabout 32 min
  5. Story project check 9 questions at the end

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  • Arabic AdventureMarhaban! Learn first words in Modern Standard Arabic, from letter shapes to little stories.

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