Nuestra historia: Puentes
Guided by the principles of Acquisition-Driven Instruction and Comprehensible Input, Nuestra historia: Puentes supports novice-level, middle school-aged students with compelling stories, interpersonal activities, and culturally-rich materials that are crafted to build proficiency and cultural competency by focusing on high-frequency structures and familiar themes.
Compelling short stories
Authentic communicative tasks
Diverse cultural content
Teacher resources and support
- Interesting stories that target high-frequency structures within a culture context
- Pre- and post-reading strategies and activities that maximize students' exposure to the language
- “Super 7” pre-unit to introduce students to the language, the culture, and each other
- Embedded teacher support and easy-to-use, imaginative scripts to help guide educators, especially those new to Acquisition-Driven Instruction
- Engaging interview videos with native speakers from throughout Spanish-speaking world
- Authentic resources and other current, insightful cultural materials
- Real-life interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational communicative tasks
- 360° panoramic images of places in the Spanish-speaking world that inspire intercultural connections
- Story-based and vocabulary-focused games
- Interactive Can-Do Statements and self-assessments
- End-of-unit assessments, including Integrated Performance Assessments
Nuestra historia: Puentes - Print Edition
El último árbol
Semiprofesional Parte 1
La perezosa impaciente
El jardín de las monarcas
