Brandon Brown Final Project

Here are my plans for Carol Gaab’s Brandon Brown Quiere un Perro Chapters 6-10, as well as the final project, of the Spanish novel Brandon Brown Quiere un Perro. 

Here are my other blog posts concerning teaching Brandon Brown

• BB Quiere un Perro – plans for Chapter 1  
• Brandon Brown Quiere un Perro – plans for chapter 2
• BB Quiere un Perro – plans for chapters 3-5
• Update – Brandon Brown Year 2

Since we were reading this novel as a review to start Spanish II, we started moving a lot quicker in the second half of the book, as we all got the hang of it. I plan on reading this book in Spanish I this year, and I know I will go a lot slower, as much of the vocabulary will be new, and not just a review to them. 

• Pre-Reading Discussion Questions for Chapter 6 are found in the Teachers Guide.
• I read chapter 6 to the class. Each student had a copy of the novel and followed along. We stopped after each paragraph to discuss, reinforce vocabulary, and check for understanding. 
• As a class, we read and discussed the supplemental reading about Perros Callejeros. We discussed stray dogs in the U.S. as well as what they are called in Latin American countries. 

• Pre-Reading Discussion Questions for Chapter 7 from n the Teachers Guide.
• I read chapter 7 to the class.
• We discussed the post-reading questions as a class. 
• We could have mixed it up with one of these Activities for Spanish Class Novels

• Pre-Reading Discussion Questions for Chapter 8 found in the Teachers Guide.
• I read chapter 8 to the class.
• The students completed the post reading questions individually in complete sentences as a writing assignment. We then discussed the answers as a class, and allowed students to edit and correct their sentences. 
• Everyone completed the Listening Comprehension Activity for Chapters 6-8 as a quiz. I read the sentences, and the students had to match the drawing to what part of the story I read to them. Most did a great job. 

• Pre-Reading Discussion Questions for Chapter 10 from the Teachers Guide.
• I read Chapter 10 to the class.
• Each table was given 10 typed up events from the book to put in order. They discussed as a group in Spanish the sequencing of the events. We then came together as a class to compare the order of events.
• We discussed the chapter comprehension questions, as well as the book as a whole. 

Final Project – Movie Trailer – Brandon Brown Quiere un Perro

• I got the idea from the Teachers Guide to have the final project be a movie trailer. Students had the following 2 options
  • Create a written script for the movie trailer for the novel. It should be long enough to describe the high points of the book, as well as grab the attention of the audience. It should be creative and not just a summary of the novel. 
  • Work with a partner & create a movie trailer video for class from the script. The pair would turn in one script and one video.
• When I teach the novel again, I will encourage more people to create a movie trailer. I feel those who completed them got a lot more out of them. They were also very entertaining for everyone to watch. 

Overall my first time teaching Brandon Brown Quiere un Perro went very well!

>>>> Update – Brandon Brown Year 2