Lil' Red, An Interactive Story App

Lil' Red - An Interactive Story App

Free Today!!! (2/21/14, reg. price $.99) at the app store for the iPhone or iPad.  Click HERE to get the app. 

This interactive story app has no narration or words which allows you to create your own narration, adjusting the vocabulary and grammar to any level. 

If you need additional repetitions of words, i.e. "it fell", keep tapping on the apples in the tree and each one will fall.  Plus check out the other interactive opportunities.

I hope there are more stories to follow because this type of story will be a nice addition to my MFL class.

Children's Books in TL - Activity #1

Below is the activity I used before reading "¡La Señorita Nelson Ha Desaparecido!" to my students.

1. Read the book before class in search of words that students may not know.  Write those words on the board.

2. PQA the vocabulary and structures on the board.

3. Put students in groups of 3-4 and give them 10 minutes to write a short story including all of the new structures/vocabulary.  (I did this with my Spanish 4-ish students so I reminded them that I wanted work worthy of someone in that level. I do not suggest this activity with level 1 or 2 students.)

4. Students share their stories with classmates.

5.  Read the children's story.  

This was a simple activity that helped make the entire book comprehensible to the students.  

The words I listed on the board were:  espantoso, echar de menos, rehusar, *bolitas de papel mascado, *se portaban mal, *sabelotodo.

*Students already knew these words.