Brad S Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 (edited) I posted this in the Bilingual Education Board but thought there might be some interest here too, so I'm sharing a reading list roughly for high school Spanish 4 (the first one might be appropriate for Spanish 3, and #4-7 might be appropriate for an AP Spanish Language and Culture class). These all include materials originally written in Spanish (not translations), with some literary value, and of interest to a high-school-aged student: Andrade, Marcel (ed.) Classic Spanish Stories and Plays (in Spanish), on the easier side of this list. Nice, brief introductions and vocabulary footnotes. Varona-Lacey, G. (ed.) Contemporary Latin American Literature (in Spanish). Nice, brief introductions and vocabulary footnotes. Quevedo, F. Aventura Caribe, maybe more middle school level for native speaker? Sepúlveda, F and L DÃaz (eds.) Cuentos Latinoamericanos Garcia-Marquez El Coronel No Tiene Nadie Con Escribir Bastidas Padilla, C. Quetzalcóatl y Otras Leyendas de América Cuentos latinoamericanos (Prologue by Conrado Zuluaga, analysis by Maria Candelaria Posada; Publisher: Alfaguara Juvenil/Santanilla). Appears to be for solid high school students in Latin America The list is roughly in order of difficulty. I tried to avoid lengthy works so as to provide a variety of texts, especially since Spanish reading speed may not be as fast as English. There are also a few other materials which may be of interest for others in this situation: (A) there's a great highly abridged, paraphrased Spanish graphic novel of Don Quijote de la Macha by Oceano press. Highly entertaining and you get some of the main storyline; (B) Michael Clay Thompson's vocabulary building texts for English speakers have a lot of words that tie in nicely with Spanish for bilingual students, especially Caesar's English 1, Caesar's English 2, and, to a lessor extent, Word Within the Word 1; © A nice book, in English, on the early history of the Americas is The Ancient American World (Oxford Press). It's probably at the middle school level, but could be used for early high school unless you find something more appropriate. If anyone else has additional suggestions for this level, I'd love to hear them. Edited March 12, 2016 by Brad S 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnMyOwn Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Thanks so much for sharing! I'm going to look into some of these for summer reading. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borninthesouth Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dina in Oklahoma Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Very much appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 (edited) Another nice anthology is Voces del Hispanoamerica. I haven't seen the ones on your list to know how it would compare, though. Edited March 11, 2016 by Meriwether 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad S Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 Another nice anthology is Voces del Hispanoamerica. I haven't seen the ones on your list to know how it would compare, though. Thanks! I'm not familiar with that anthology, but I looked at how it was used in courses. The first place that came up was a previously offered Univ of Texas course; apparently, which I qualify since their catalog is hard to follow, Voces del Hispanoamerica was used in a class after a minimum of four semesters, and after approx. 6 recommended courses had been taken. That would seem to place it at the AP Spanish Literature and Culture level or slightly beyond. It would appear to be somewhat comparable to the end of my above list or probably slightly beyond that. FYI, for AP Spanish Literature and Culture, there is a required reading list and a few anthologies tailored to that course. In summary, the order of classes for a non-native speaker would seem to be: Years 1-3 (or semesters 1-3 in college): basic Spanish vocabulary, speaking, grammar, writing Spanish 4: reading of simpler texts in their entirety or selections of more complicated text, with most discussion in Spanish AP Spanish Language and Culture (usu. taken after 4 years high school level Spanish or after 3 intensive years) AP Spanish Literature and Culture Courses Beyond What's Usually Offered at the High School Level Thanks again for sharing this anthology! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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