11th Grade Video Files

Make learning Russian fun with these simple, comprehensible input Russian lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your Russian lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story.  The target structures for the lessons are:

Артур голоден: хлеб, голоден/ голоднa, Он ищет, есть только

Идеальный подарок: идеальный подарок, Он хочет подарить ей, в карман

Плохой повар: плохой повар, Он кладет, слишком много соли

Человек-невидимка: влюблен в, не видит его, Он покупает, меньше 

Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in these Italian Comprehensible Input Lessons:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the stories

• Comprehension question worksheets

• "Who said it?" worksheets

• Story retell worksheets

• Answer keys

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Includes a set of 10 questions with separate answer key for each of the 7 episodes of this series.

Written at a 9th grade level.

This particular activity is different to many French TPRS circling activities because it doesn't tell a story. Instead, this activity focuses on French verbs, the pronouns LE - LA - LES - LUI - LEUR - Y - EN, possessive adjectives, and other less frequently used words that students will acquire through meaningful repetition. Each series of sentences is spoken in the present, passé composé, and futur proche tenses, and different forms of negation are included. Read on to see how you can easily differentiate this activity by using video, audio, and practice cards. Have a look at the video preview to see this activity in action!

Research reveals that language learners need MANY repetitions of grammatical structures in order to truly acquire them. By using the circling method, familiarity with the word or phrase is done through repetitive questions circling around the target language.

Here's how it works:

• I speak a sentence: Le chien ne veut pas de ses croquettes. Il n'en veut pas.
• I tell students to restate the sentence using a different subject pronoun: Les chats
• Students restate the sentence making necessary changes: Les chats ne veulent pas de leurs croquettes. Les chats n'en veulent pas.

Included:

1. Full length downloadable video circling activity - 362 slides - 53 minutes
2. Full length downloadable audio circling activity - 53 minutes
3. Practice cards for online use to work on reading and writing - 360 cards

Step 1: Watch the video lesson / activity to learn about the circling method. Students will quickly catch on, and will truly need to concentrate so that they can make the necessary changes in their sentences. Do your students ever tell you that they can understand what's being said, but can't think fast enough to make the necessary changes when responding? That's exactly why you should have them try out circling!

Step 2: Once they've watched the video and have done the exercise while reading along, try out the audio only version! This will be a challenge as they will not be able to see the words, and it will help with listening and speaking skills.

Step 3: Use the set of cards to practice reading and writing. Read the cards that I have spoken in steps 1 and 2, and have students take the time to write their responses before looking at the answer cards. As the cards are not numbered, I encourage you to download them and use them online rather than printing.

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Are you wanting to use French comprehensible input in your classes, but:

• You are required to use a district textbook?
• You need a little bit of structure as you get your feet wet with comprehensible input?
• You are required to give a district final, but want to use CI to teach your classes?

If so, this comprehensible input unit for French is for you!

This unit is the perfect complement to a district curriculum or textbook - it covers some of the typical vocabulary and grammar taught in the first semester of French 2, but with a more communicative approach.  Work through the unit with circling and repetition and at the end of each unit, your students will be amazed at how much they can do with the language!

A complete unit that can be used to begin the second year of French. It builds on the vocabulary from the first year units 1-8 and second year unit 1. Includes lesson plans for 12 days, talking about air travel,  souvenirs, hotels and tourism.

This unit includes the following materials:

• Lesson plan guide for each day
• PowerPoint with lesson for each day
• Student dictionary handout page

Word wall posters for vocabulary

Links to vocabulary set on Gimkit, Quizlet and Blooket
• Handouts to practice writing and reading about their daily routine

• Grab it! game for hotel and travel vocabulary
• Handout for students to read reviews of toiletry products
• Handout for students to write about vacations and hotels
• Activities to practice using direct and indirect object pronouns
• Unit story using vocabulary from this unit
• Cloze activities to accompany story - one with and one without word bank
• Running dictation game to accompany unit story
• Handout for unit story retell/rewrite
• Animated video of unit story

• It's not fair game in English for the unit story

It's not fair game in French for the unit story
• Short assessments for unit: reading, listening, presentational speaking, interpersonal communication and presentational writing

• NEW! now includes digital/distance version of student activities

Use the unit on its own or as a follow-up to the level 1 units 1-8 and level 2 units 1-5.

Units 1-8 are available for level 1 and units 1-7 for level 2.  Each unit builds on the previous units' vocabulary. A list of the vocabulary for each unit is available here: http://bit.ly/2Sg3tLK

Includes a question set and separate answer key for each of the 9 episodes of this series.

Written at a 9th grade level.

Make learning French fun with these simple, comprehensible input French lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your French lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story.  The target structures for the lessons are:

L’homme invisible!: amoureux/amoureuse de, ne le voit pas, il achète, plus petit que

Le Mauvais Chef: trop de sel, vous êtes, un mauvais chef, il met

Marc a faim: a faim, il n’y a que, il cherche, une baguette

Le Cadeau Parfait: le cadeau parfait, il veut lui donner, dans sa poche

Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in these Italian Comprehensible Input Lessons:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the stories

• Comprehension question worksheets

• "Who said it?" worksheets

• Story retell worksheets

• Answer keys

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Make learning Spanish fun with these simple, comprehensible input Spanish lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your Spanish lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story.  The target structures for the lessons are:

Andrés tiene hambre: tiene hambre, solo hay, busca, un bolillo

El Hombre Invisible: enamorado/enamorada de, no lo ve, compra, mâs pequeño que

El Mal Chef: un mal chef, pone, demasiada sal, eres

El Regalo Perfecto: un regalo perfecto, quiero darle, en su bolsillo

Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in these Italian Comprehensible Input Lessons:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the stories

• Comprehension question worksheets

• "Who said it?" worksheets

• Story retell worksheets

• Answer keys

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Make learning French fun with these simple, comprehensible input French lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your French lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story.  The target structures for the lessons are:

J’ai mal!: j’ai mal, je me suis cassé (la jambe, le bras, etc), tu devrais, tu faisais

Le Grand Chien: a mangé, demande, ne la croit pas, avait faim

Le Pantalon Moche: il s’habille, moche, ne comprend pas, en solde

Tu Sens Mauvais!: sent mauvais, je ne t’aime plus, beaucoup de fromage, il/elle met

Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in these Italian Comprehensible Input Lessons:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the stories

• Comprehension question worksheets

• "Who said it?" worksheets

• Story retell worksheets

• Answer keys

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Make learning German fun with these simple, comprehensible input German lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your German lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story.  The target structures for the lessons are:

Frank hat Hunger: ein Brot, Er hat Hunger, Er sucht, es nur

Der unsichtbare Mann: verliebt, sieht ihn nicht, er kauft, ist kleiner als

Das perfekte Geschenk: das perfekte Geschenk, möchte ihr _______machen, in die Tasche

Der böse Koch: ein schlechter Koch, Er gibt, zu viel Salz, Sie sind

Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in these German Comprehensible Input Lessons:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the stories

• Comprehension question worksheets

• "Who said it?" worksheets

• Story retell worksheets

• Answer keys

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Make learning Spanish fun with these simple, comprehensible input Spanish lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your Spanish lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story.  The target structures for the lessons are:

El Perro Grande: él ha comido, ella pide, no le cree, estaba hambriento

Hueles Mal: ella huele mal, ya no te quiero, mucho queso, él pone

Los Pantalones Feos: él se viste, feo, no entiendo, en rebaja

Me Duele: me duele, me rompi, tu deberías, estabas haciendo

Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in these Italian Comprehensible Input Lessons:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the stories

• Comprehension question worksheets

• "Who said it?" worksheets

• Story retell worksheets

• Answer keys

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Make learning German fun with these simple, comprehensible input German lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your German lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story.  The target structures for the lessons are:

Das Monster unter dem Bett: Ich habe Angst, unter dem Bett, Da ist

Der amerikanische Präsident: er will singen, besser als, im Weißen Haus

Die Kartoffel allein: kleidete er sich, alleine, es war, Ich dachte

Du fährst schlecht!:  fährst schlecht, auf dem Bürgersteig, zerquetscht, ich habe ihn nicht gesehen

Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in these German Comprehensible Input Lessons:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the stories

• Comprehension question worksheets

• "Who said it?" worksheets

• Story retell worksheets

• Answer keys

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Make learning French fun with these simple, comprehensible input French lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your French lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story.  The target structures for the lessons are:

La pomme de terre seule: seul, il s’est habillé, pensait, était

Le Président Américain: rend visite, mieux que, veut changer, la Maison-Blanche

Le Monstres Sous le Lit: sous le lit, j’ai peur, il y a, sur le lit

Tu conduis mal!: a faim, il n’y a aque, il cherche, une baguette

Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in these Italian Comprehensible Input Lessons:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the stories

• Comprehension question worksheets

• "Who said it?" worksheets

• Story retell worksheets

• Answer keys

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Make learning German fun with these simple, comprehensible input German lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your German lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story.  The target structures for the lessons are:

Der große Hund: hat gegessen, fragt sie, glaubt ihr nich, Er hatte Hunger

Du Stinkst!: schlecht riecht, Ich mag dich nicht mehr, viel Käse, Sie steckt

Est tut weh!: tut weh, Ich habe______ gebrochen, solltest du stattdessen, hast du getan

Die hässlichen Hosen: er zieht sich, hässlich, versteht nicht, im Ausverkauf

Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in these German Comprehensible Input Lessons:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the stories

• Comprehension question worksheets

• "Who said it?" worksheets

• Story retell worksheets

• Answer keys

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This is a bundle of four stories for Italian learners. Each story has a lot of repetition of the target structures along with activities for students to practice the vocabulary. There is also an animated doodle video to accompany each story - so you can tell the story, pause between scenes to ask questions and add details, or just watch the story all the way through for extra practice.

Each item includes:

• one mp4 file of the story with text
• one mp4 file of the story without text
• printable pdf story
• comprehension question worksheet
• "who said it?" worksheet
• story retell worksheet
• answer key

With many people doing distance learning these days, you might wonder if it is possible to use this story in this way. The answer is YES! Here are some suggestions on how you can make this work:

- Use the pdf of the story as reading practice. You might have students read it before or after you use the video.

- Use Zoom meeting (or whatever software of your choice) to tell the story with the video. Share your screen with the mp4 file. There is no sound for the video, this is done purposely so that you can use the story for storyasking. Tell the story a little at a time, pausing the video frequently to ask questions. This will help you to circle the vocabulary and structures. Add details! If the sentence says "there is a monster under the bed" - ask questions such as "is there a monster or a dog? Is the monster under or on the bed? What kind of a monster is it - big or little? Scary or nice? What is his name? Is there a monster under your bed? What kind of a monster is under YOUR bed?"

- Once you have done the storyasking part of the task, now it is time for the students to do the comprehension and retell. These are pdf files that you can send to the students. You can also share the link to the page with the mp4 stories, so the students can watch the video on their own - with or without the text - and practice retelling.

- Finally, you can have students do the retell. This can be done through Zoom, or you could have them use Flipgrid to record.

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This is a bundle of four stories for Italian learners. Each story has a lot of repetition of the target structures along with activities for students to practice the vocabulary. There is also an animated doodle video to accompany each story - so you can tell the story, pause between scenes to ask questions and add details, or just watch the story all the way through for extra practice.

Each item includes:

• one mp4 file of the story with text

• one mp4 file of the story without text

• printable pdf story

• comprehension question worksheet

• "who said it?" worksheet

• story retell worksheet

• answer key

  With many people doing distance learning these days, you might wonder if it is possible to use this story in this way. The answer is YES! Here are some suggestions on how you can make this work:

- Use the pdf of the story as reading practice. You might have students read it before or after you use the video.

- Use Zoom meeting (or whatever software of your choice) to tell the story with the video. Share your screen with the mp4 file. There is no sound for the video, this is done purposely so that you can use the story for storyasking. Tell the story a little at a time, pausing the video frequently to ask questions. This will help you to circle the vocabulary and structures. Add details! If the sentence says "there is a monster under the bed" - ask questions such as "is there a monster or a dog? Is the monster under or on the bed? What kind of a monster is it - big or little? Scary or nice? What is his name? Is there a monster under your bed? What kind of a monster is under YOUR bed?"

- Once you have done the storyasking part of the task, now it is time for the students to do the comprehension and retell. These are pdf files that you can send to the students. You can also share the link to the page with the mp4 stories, so the students can watch the video on their own - with or without the text - and practice retelling.

- Finally, you can have students do the retell. This can be done through Zoom, or you could have them use Flipgrid to record.

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Make learning English fun with these simple, comprehensible input English lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your English lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story.  The target structures for the lessons are:

Mark is Hungry: is hungry, some bread, he looks for, there is only

The Invisible Man: in love with, doesn’t see him, he buys, smaller than

The Perfect Gift: the perfect gift, he wants to give her, in his pocket

The Bad Chef: a bad chef, he puts, too much salt, you are

Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in these Italian Comprehensible Input Lessons:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the stories

• Comprehension question worksheets

• "Who said it?" worksheets

• Story retell worksheets

• Answer keys

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Make learning Spanish fun with these simple, comprehensible input Spanish lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your Spanish lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story.  The target structures for the lessons are:

Conduces mal: conduce mal, yo no lo vi, en la acera, está enojado/a

El monstruo bajo la cama: tiene miedo, debajo de la cama, grita, las galletas

El Presidente Americano: la Casa Blanca, quiere cantar, mejor que, visita a

La papa sola: se vistió, pensó que, era

Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in these Italian Comprehensible Input Lessons:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the stories

• Comprehension question worksheets

• "Who said it?" worksheets

• Story retell worksheets

• Answer keys

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This is a bundle of four stories for Russian learners. Each story has a lot of repetition of the target structures along with activities for students to practice the vocabulary. There is also an animated doodle video to accompany each story - so you can tell the story, pause between scenes to ask questions and add details, or just watch the story all the way through for extra practice.

Each item includes:

• one mp4 file of the story with text
• one mp4 file of the story without text
• printable pdf story
• comprehension question worksheet
• "who said it?" worksheet
• story retell worksheet
• answer key

With many people doing distance learning these days, you might wonder if it is possible to use this story in this way. The answer is YES! Here are some suggestions on how you can make this work:

- Use the pdf of the story as reading practice. You might have students read it before or after you use the video.

- Use Zoom meeting (or whatever software of your choice) to tell the story with the video. Share your screen with the mp4 file. There is no sound for the video, this is done purposely so that you can use the story for storyasking. Tell the story a little at a time, pausing the video frequently to ask questions. This will help you to circle the vocabulary and structures. Add details! If the sentence says "there is a monster under the bed" - ask questions such as "is there a monster or a dog? Is the monster under or on the bed? What kind of a monster is it - big or little? Scary or nice? What is his name? Is there a monster under your bed? What kind of a monster is under YOUR bed?"

- Once you have done the storyasking part of the task, now it is time for the students to do the comprehension and retell. These are pdf files that you can send to the students. You can also share the link to the page with the mp4 stories, so the students can watch the video on their own - with or without the text - and practice retelling.

- Finally, you can have students do the retell. This can be done through Zoom, or you could have them use Flipgrid to record.

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Make learning Russian fun with these simple, comprehensible input Russian lesson plans and stories. Each lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and make sure that your Russian lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Each story and lesson has a set of target structures that are used again and again in the story.  The target structures for the lessons are:

Большая собака: съел /съела, спрашивает, ей не верит, была голодна

ты плохо пахнешь!: плохо пахнет, Ты мне больше не нравишься, много сыра, Она кладет

У меня болит!: У меня болит, сломал/ сломалa, ты должен/ должна, Что ты делал/ Что ты делалa

удобные штаны: одевается, удобны, не понимает, со скидкой

Each very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. Each video is around 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in these Italian Comprehensible Input Lessons:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the stories

• Comprehension question worksheets

• "Who said it?" worksheets

• Story retell worksheets

• Answer keys

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