Michael Phelps Reading: Lower Level English and Spanish
Here is an embedded reading about Michael Phelps. It is written completely in the present tense. There is a version in English and in Spanish. I hope that others will add on in other languages. I’ll write a present/past tense version and post it later. (I try to use the tenses in a “natural” way but many programs stay in the present tense in the early levels to align themselves with other teachers in the district, hence the version here.)
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Laurie, I learned so much from your presentation at iFLT. This latest post has given me the idea to create a similar lesson for my Chinese students on the swimmer Ye Shiwen. I found an interview with her on the following webpage that has a lot of vocab the students already know: http://2012.sohu.com/20120802/n349649262.shtml
Next I need to work out the lesson plan. Thanks for your help!
Tamula
That is wonderful!! I hope that you will share it with us here when you are done. I am working on the present/past version. Then I’ll put together parallel readings on athletes from Spanish-speaking countries. We have several athletes from our local area who are competing in London and I hope to do a couple about them also!