Graded Spanish Reader Primera Etapa

by Ulloa, Justo; Ulloa, Leonor

• ISBN13: 9780618527809
• ISBN10: 061852780X
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-03
• Publisher: Heinle

Summary

Developed for beginning and intermediate-level courses,Graded Spanish Reader: Primera etapafeatures works by renowned Spanish and Latin American literary figures, including prominent women writers. Selections of fiction, poetry, and drama are supported by a comprehensive pre-reading and post-reading apparatus designed to engage students as readers, writers, and speakers of the Spanish language. New!Brief discussion of literary figures and tropesprepares students to understand the meaning and function of figurative language. New!Biographical sketches and cultural contextprovides students with a brief biography of each author, cultural and historical background, and a follow-up discussion that asks students to make connections with their own culture and personal experience. New!Beyond the Textsections (formerly "Expressing Your Ideas") includes a variety of discussion topics suitable for pair, small-group, or whole-class work. Part B of this section encourages students to search for related material online and to share their findings with their classmates. Streamlined vocabulary lists and pre-reading activitiesprovide students with the necessary tools to read each selection with ease. Brief grammar reviewreinforces basic vocabulary, offers succinct explanations of the grammar used in the selections, and facilitates accuracy in oral and written activities through charts and tables. Reading comprehension supportincludes a variety of exercises in multiple-choice, true-false, or short-answer format to verify students' understanding of the essential details of the selection's content.

Table of Contents

Part One
Poesia I	3	(22)
Mientras tu	9	(2)
Bessy Reyna
Peso ancestral	11	(1)
Alfonsina Storni
Hombre pequenito	11	(2)
Alfonsina Storni
La perla de la mora	13	(1)
Jose Marti
El arabe hambriento	14	(11)
Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch
Poesia II	25	(14)
Sensemaya	31	(1)
Nicolas Guillen
Balada de los dos abuelos	31	(8)
Nicolas Guillen
Poesia III	39	(22)
La United Fruit Co.	47	(1)
Pablo Neruda
Poema XV	47	(1)
Pablo Neruda
Poema XX	47	(5)
Pablo Neruda
Regresos	52	(9)
Meira Delmar
Poesia IV	61	(18)
A su retrato	66	(2)
Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz
Autorretrato	68	(11)
Rosario Castellanos
Part Two
Las medias de los flamencos	79	(18)
Horacio Quiroga
Un dia de estos	97	(14)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
La prodigiosa tarde de Baltazar	111	(18)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
El ausente	129	(18)
Ana Maria Matute
Part Three
Los fantoches: Mimodrama para marionetas en dos partes	147	(40)
Carlos Solorzano
Part I	152	(18)
Part II	170	(17)
Part Four
Primer encuentro	187	(12)
Alvaro Menen Desleal
Jaque mate en dos jugadas	199	(18)
W. I. Eisen
Rosamunda	217	(16)
Carmen Laforet
Como agua para chocolate	233	(24)
Laura Esquivel
Vocabulary	257	(48)
Acknowledgments	305	(2)
Grammar Index	307