Inside: Teaching the novel Bianca Nieves y los 7 toritos in Spanish class. Resources for teaching Carrie Toth’s Bianca Nieves novel in Spanish.
Author: Allison Wienhold
Published: June 6, 2017 & most recently updated on February 11, 2026
Teaching the novel Bianca Nieves y los 7 toritos
According to my end of year survey the favorite book of the year for Spanish 2 was Carrie Toth’s Bianca Nieves y los 7 toritos. It is technically a level 1 book, but with the high interest story and theme, and past tense, it was a great way to end the year in level 2. You can get the novel and teachers guide on tyhe website. The guide is one of my favorites and has such great ideas. There are so many for each chapter in fact, that I am going to share what I chose to use in this post. If you would like more details on each activity, I highly recommend you get the teacher’s guide.
Before starting the novel Bianca Nieves y los 7 toritos
Check out the post planning for Bianca Nieves for tons of pre reading resources on Spain, and bullfighting. We completed the below activities over a couple of weeks of strange testing schedules and Easter break.
- Bullfighting PQA – Sra. Dentlinger
- Toro & Torero – Sra. Dentlinger
- Traje de luces & Bullfight Thinglinks – Sra. Dentlinger
- My actual bullfighting pictures & realia
- El Toro Ferdinando Movie Talk- Kara Jacobs
- Geography of Spain – Sra. Dentlinger
Chapter 1 of Bianca Nieves
- Intro of Vocab with Quizlet of Book – Quizlet Live
Bianca Nieves Chapter 2
- 4 Corners with a twist for who said it
- Plate Sketch Game (teacher’s guide) learn more Paper Plate Activities for Class
Chapter 3 of Bianca Nieves
- Novel predictions to practice future tense
- Order of events with manipulatives (teacher’s guide)
Bianca Nieves Chapter 4
- Main Idea Graphic Organizer (teacher’s guide)
- authentic bullfighting tweets (teacher’s guide)
- Read outside to enjoy the weather
Chapter 5 Bianca Nieves
- Human Props (teacher’s guide)
- Who said it Ch1-5 review (Cynthia Hitz) or as Kahoot
- Ch1-5 Review slide show (teacher’s guide)
Interpersonal Conversation Circles (students came prepared to just discuss the book so far) – See Rotating Partner Conversations in Spanish
Bianca Chapter 6
- Mad Lib (teacher’s guide)
- Reader’s Theater
- Conversation Ta Ta Ti (teacher’s guide)
Chapter 7 of Bianca Nieves
- Fact or Opinion – manipulative (teacher’s guide)
- Reader’s Theater (the picture below is from when we acted out a bullfight before starting the novel)
Chapter 8
- Marker Game using T/F statements
Bianca Nieves Chapter 9
Bianca Chapter 10
- Review of novel Slide show (teacher’s guide)
- Yellow Brick Road Review (teacher’s guide)
Ferdinand – NEW!
My 2018 Update is now using the new movie Ferdinand after the book. Here is my new guide.
Learn more Ferdinand Movie in Spanish Class
Bianca Nieves Assessments
We completed the listening, reading (another point of view), and writing prompt from the teacher’s guide. Students also did a conversation circle as in interpersonal assessment.
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Have you taught this novel? What great resources do I need for next year?
