Also, the teacher's own enthusiasm helps to make the story more interesting. Procedure For homework the night before, students practiced dictionary skills by matching English and Spanish definitions for key words from the story. Students take out vocabulary matching exercise and open textbook to page 38. 2. Students and teacher go over the answers to the homework assignment together. Then students make some predictions about the story based on the words included on the assignment.
Students make predictions about the story based on the pictures.
After listening to the entire story, students are asked to evaluate the story and give reasons why they did or did not like it. They are also given time to clarify scenes they may not have understood. For homework or at the end of class, students do the activity on page 43 of the textbook. In this activity, they read different events from the story and put them in order. If time, several students can be selected to read the sentences in the correct order.