Gabriel Garcia Marquez Literary Activity Bundle

Build your own Garcia Marquez unit with a variety of reading and discussion activities. Study guides will provide students with an opportunity to interact, to write and to analyze the genre of magic realism.

Please see individual previews for a complete description of each resource.

Introduction To Gabriel Garcia Marquez And Magic Realism - El realismo mágico

Included (3rd year and above language learner levels, Immersion and Heritage speaker):

• Brief Biography of Gabriel García Márquez childhood and professional life (In Spanish only – all verb tenses)
• Reading comprehension word bank (Bilingual and Spanish-only version)
• Reading comprehension worksheets (question and response – for written and verbal communication or testing)
• Separate student version without lessons or answer keys
• Reading comprehension matching activity
• Optional mini-research topics (Clickable links)

Magic Realism And One Hundred Years Of Solitude - Cien años de soledad

Included (3rd year and above language learner level, Immersion and Heritage speaker):

•Passages of text from Cien años de soledad study guide (Written and verbal communication or testing - Bilingual)

•Word bank and cloze reading activity (In Spanish only)

•Teacher instructions and procedures with examples

•Principal and secondary character worksheet (With answer key)

Un hombre muy viejo con unas alas enormes - Study Guide

Included (4th year and above learner levels, Immersion and Heritage speaker):

• Study Guide Activities (For written and verbal communication or testing)
• Introductory vocabulary building worksheet (In English)
• A variety of worksheets (Use with either story or film version);
• Multiple-choice worksheet
• Sentence-level questions and response worksheets
• Opinion section (Short and essay length responses - Individual seatwork, group discussion or testing)
• Opinion section (Individual seatwork, group discussion or testing)
• Testing variations for third year and above (quiz and exam versions)

Short Stories by Gabriel García Márquez - El ahogado más hermoso del mundo

Included (4th year and above language learner levels, Immersion and Heritage Speakers):

· Study guide (In Spanish)

· Pre-reading activity (In Spanish)

· Question and response worksheets (Sentence-level short answer - Written and verbal communication or testing)

· Personal opinion questions (Essay-level responses - Written and verbal communication or testing)

· Optional literary comparison worksheet (El ahogado más hermoso del mundo and Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes)

· Word banks (Bilingual and Spanish-only versions)

Short Stories by Gabriel García Márquez - Los funerales de la Mamá Grande

•Introduction to Los funerales de la Mamá Grande (Reading comprehension);

• Study guide (In Spanish)

• Historical relationship between the Church and the Republic of Colombia (Optional reading comprehension study questions)

•Question and response worksheets (Written and verbal communication or testing)

•Multiple choice worksheets (Spanish-only)

•Pre-reading and note taking activity (In Spanish)

•Student reflection (sentence-level essay)

Flexible activities for individual seatwork, whole-class or literary groups. Select from an individual or multiple worksheet pages. Omitting part or any of the activities will not affect your ability to use any of the resources to their full capacity.

Gabriel García Márquez Literary Activities each are a stand-alone resource. If you would like other reading comprehension materials for your curriculum, please see my other related resources below. Maestra Mapache Creations has coordinated these collections of vocabulary, dialogues, worksheets and images to be your versatile tool for both verbal and written activities.

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