Vector – Teacher Package

Vector – Teacher Package

Teacher’s Guide to Accompany Vector

IN EVERY CHAPTER

• 411 total pages–10 chapters!
• Table of Contents
• Chapter vocabulary and cognates
• Integrate technology with Apt Apps
• Pre-Reading Warm-Up activity
• Post-reading breakout
• Comprehension Questions
• Blooming Comprehension questions inspired by Bloom’s Taxonomy
• • Quiz

SLIDESHOWS

• Comida panameña
• The Panama Canal
• Panamá Highlights

FEATURES AND HIGHLIGHTS

• AP/IB Alley extension activities: Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Henry Morgan, En busca del oro
• Listen Up activities: Interpretive Listening through 7 audio and 3 video activities with comprehension questions
• Interactive Notebook suggestions
• Beyond-the-Text readings: El sombrero Panamá, La gastronomía panameña, La construcción francesa del canal
• Shake-it-Up kinesthetic activities
• Pin Play to incorporate activities adapted from Pinterest
• Social Media Share
• Cross-curricular Connections to science and engineering of the canal: The Panama Canal Locks- Under Pressure Experiment
• BreakoutEDU.com culminating activity

Vector 

Magical Realism, Past tense

Unique Word Count: 400

A vector of venom infects Antonio, a typical Panamanian teenager, with an illness that has far-reaching consequences. He is carried away from home and transported back in time to the early 1900s, where he unknowingly joins his grandfather on the construction of the Panama Canal. Will Antonio escape from the past and survive the consequences of working on one of the most dangerous construction sites in history?

This story strategically weaves high-level language structures into a compelling story, which based on high-frequency vocabulary. Even upper level language students need repeated exposure to language structures in order to acquire them, and Fluency Matters’ intermediate readers maintain a high frequency factor of high-level language structures, thus helping learners progress beyond typical proficiency levels. But do not focus on language structures or the advanced grammatical features embedded in this story. Rather, focus on enjoying the story! The more you enjoy it, the more you will acquire Spanish without even realizing it! Happy reading!

Audiobook to Accompany Vector

Read by a native speaker

Great way to develop an ear for the language!

Audiobooks are ideal for:

• Helping learners develop an ear for the language.
• Last-minute sub plans.
• Spur-of-the-moment listening comprehension activities.
• Providing novelty to the classroom.
• Resting teacher’s voice.

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