EL MUNDO EN TUS MANOS: News summaries for Spanish students Spring 2024

50 breaking news stories, 30 total articles, 30 worksheets, and dozens of additional activities– all in Spanish! El mundo en tus manos provides teachers with an unparalleled bounty of current content for their classes during the subscription year and a storehouse of materials to reuse for years to come.

EL MUNDO EN TUS MANOS is a bi-weekly news publication that has been providing comprehensible news summaries from Spanish speaking countries to students since 2016. It is a collaboration between The Comprehensible Classroom, Maris Hawkins and Nelly Andrade-Hughes. With multiple versions of each article, Spanish language learners in Levels 1 - AP and Spanish Language Arts/Spanish for Spanish Speakers courses will find articles that they can read and understand in every issue.

ISSUE FEATURES:

Each article will be provided in three levels of complexity:

15 articles per issue total! 5 news stories x 3 versions each = 15 articles

• VERSION A offers the easiest to understand version of the news articles. This is the best fit for Novice-range learners.
• VERSION B provides more details, and context-specific words are footnoted with English translations. This is a good fit for learners that are breaking into the Intermediate range of Proficiency.
• VERSION C is the most detailed version of every article, and no vocabulary support is provided. This version is written for students that have acquired a wide range of vocabulary, such as Native speakers of Spanish, Heritage learners, AP language students, and learners in other upper levels that have engaged in extensive reading.

Each issue includes the following resources:

10+ worksheets per issue, plus whole-class activities and teaching ideas!

• LEVEL A WORKSHEETS: This Slides document includes a print-ready comprehension worksheet and answer key for every Version A article. Each worksheet is equipped with invisible text boxes and ready to be assigned as a Paperless assignment, if preferred. Answer keys provided. All Level A activities are in English and designed to help students interpret the text as well as checking for understanding.
• LEVEL B PRINTABLES: 5 unique comprehension activities, in Spanish, are provided for the Level B articles (one per article). This single file contains print-ready full-page versions of all of the Version B worksheets, plus answer keys.
• LEVEL B PAPERLESS ARTICLES: We provide a paperless assignment for each Version B article. Each file is a multi-page resource that is prepped for digital interaction (with moveable pieces, editable text boxes, etc.). It includes both the article and an interactive comprehension activity so that students can read the article and complete the activity as a seamless digital assignment.
• AUTHENTIC RESOURCE LIST: This document suggests several specific authentic resources related to the topic of each news story that you could choose to share with your students for further learning.
• CLASS ACTIVITIES: For teachers that choose to share and discuss the full issue (5 articles) with their class at once, this document provides instructional suggestions and ready-to-go activities to use primarily with Version B and C articles.
• PROJECTABLE ARTICLES: We provide a projectable Slides form of Version B of all five articles, making it easy for you to read the articles together with your students.

DEPARTMENT USE:

You or your school needs to purchase a separate license for each teacher that plans to use these stories in their classes (5 teachers = 1 full price subscription + 4 reduced price licenses). Create a TpT for Schools account or purchase multiple licenses through TpT School Access.

ACCESSING MATERIALS:

When this volume is complete, it will contain 20 issues of news summaries in Spanish, published on the dates outlined below. It will also include bonus materials related to the news stories that are published throughout the year. All issues will be stored in the Subscription Google Drive folder, which is accessible via a link that is in the PDF download from TpT.

All articles will be published on Friday mornings so that you have time to load assignments for the coming week into your Learning Management System prior to the Friday afternoon deadlines held by many districts.

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INCLUDED ISSUES:

JANUARY 19, 2024 (published):

1. Cerezo se convierte en la imagen de Fenty Beauty (Panamá)
2. El acitrón, el ingrediente prohibido de las roscas de Reyes (México)
3. El Festival Internacional Jazz Plaza de Cuba se celebrará en enero (Cuba)
4. México hace historia al lanzar su primera misión a la Luna (México)
5. Bernardo Arévalo asume la presidencia de Guatemala (Guatemala)

FEBRUARY 2, 2024 (published):

1. Descubren cuatro nuevas especies de pulpos en Costa Rica (Costa Rica)
2. Guatemala revoluciona la construcción con el uso del bambú (Guatemala)
3. Cocineras tradicionales de Michoacán ganan premio gastronómico (México, España)
4. Encuentran cuatro robado de Pablo Picasso (España)
5. Combaten incendios forestales en Colombia y Ecuador (Colombia, Ecuador)

FEBRUARY 16, 2024 ARTICLES:

1. México gana competencia internacional de esculturas de nieve (México, EE. UU.)
2. Cataluña se enfrenta a la peor sequía jamás registrada (España)
3. Ocelote rescatada en Paraguay llega a Argentina (Paraguay, Argentina)
4. Anjel Piñero interpretó America the Beautiful en el Supertazón (EE. UU., Puerto Rico)
5. Fallece Sebastián Piñera, el expresidente de Chile (Chile)

MARCH 1, 2024 ARTICLES:

1. Descubren volcanes submarinos en las costas de Perú (Perú)
2. Derrumbe de mina en Venezuela deja decenas de muertos (Venezuela)
3. Ventino anuncia su separación después de 9 años de carrera (Colombia)
4. El Museo Británico no devolverá los moáis a Chile (Chile)
5. Salvadoreños experimentan la magia de la adrenalina durante el Ilopango Air Show 2024 (El Salvador)

MARCH 15, 2024 ARTICLES:

1. Publican En agosto nos vemos, la novela póstuma de Gabriel García Márquez (Colombia)
2. Luis Miguel se corona como el artista más influyente del mundo (México)
3. Descubren piezas de oro y cerámica en Panamá (Panamá)
4. Mujeres latinas trabajan por la igualdad de derechos (Varios)
5. Abinader refuerza la seguridad en la frontera con Haití (República Dominicana)

MARCH 29, 2024 ARTICLES:

1. Nuevo documental sobre Frida Kahlo llega a Amazon Prime (México, Perú)
2. Así se vivió el AnimeCon Guatemala 2024 (Guatemala)
3. Reabre el Museo ABC del Dibujo y la Ilustración (España)
4. Valencia es nombrada Capital Verde de Europa (España)
5. Miles de cubanos salen a las calles de Santiago de Cuba para protestar (Cuba)

APRIL 12, 2024 ARTICLES:

1. Activistas luchan por proteger a los gatos callejeros de San Juan (Puerto Rico)
2. Comienza a operar el tren turístico de la Quebrada (Argentina)
3. La Fundación de la Sagrada Familia anuncia que quedará terminada en el 2026 (España)
4. Mujeres rarámuri compiten en The Speed Project (México, Estados Unidos)
5. Eclipse total de Sol en México (México, Estados Unidos)

APRIL 26, 2024 ARTICLES:

1. Descubren más de 50 especies marinas en las costa de Chile (Chile, España)
2. Paramount+ estrena la nueva serie animada de Dora (Estados Unidos)
3. Incendios forestales afectan a todos los países centroamericanos (Central America)
4. Empresa salvadoreña organiza festival dedicado al queso (El Salvador)
5. La administración de Biden aprueba cambios al censo (Estados Unidos)

May 10, 2024 ARTICLES:

1. La 60.a edición Bienal de Venecia tiene como tema principal a los extranjeros (Bolivia, Panamá)
2. Coro ecuatoriano gana festival europeo de música (Ecuador)
3. Paraguay se corona campeón de la Liga Evolución (Paraguay)
4. La ballena sei regresa al mar patagónico (Argentina)
5. José Raúl Mulino será el nuevo presidente de Panamá (Panamá)

Friday, May 24, 2024

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