QUIJOTE Y YO: Y El Teatro Asesino (Intermediate Mid "Asesinas" Trilogy) (Spanish Edition)

Level: Intermediate MidPerfect for Educators of SPANISH 4 & AP: Middle School, High School, College.Perfect for Tutors & ParentsPerfect for Independent Learners★Audiobooks availableImagine being able to communicate in Spanish—but actually. Imagine facilitating Spanish language acquisition for your students without them noticing, because they're having so much fun. You could be that person, with the help of Input Wand.Constanza Ontaneda’s Intermediate Mid “Asesinas” Trilogy will fortify an intermediate-low learner’s mental representation of Spanish. Each book has twelve chapters, is illustrated, has a comprehensive glossary and is suitable for ages 13+.If you teach through story and the Theory of Comprehensible Input guides your work, this trilogy is meant for you. If you wish to learn a language with research-proven methods, this trilogy is meant for you.Get it now!BOOK THREE Quijote y Yo: Y El Teatro Asesino—Quixote and I: And The Murderous TheaterTO ENGLAND! ANTONIA AND FRIENDS DASH TO THE GLOBE THEATER’S INAUGURATION, FEATURING SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO AND JULIET. OH BRILLIANT MAN, TO HAVE CREATED SUCH MASTERPIECES ALONE! BUT...DID HE? AS THEY BEFRIEND HIS FAMILY, IT’S OBVIOUS THEY’RE INVOLVED IN THE WRITING, DESPITE BEING...ILLITERATE!?! OH NO...SHAKESPEARE IS RUINED! HIS BEST COMEDIC ACTOR JUST DROPPED DEAD. HEY, NO PROBLEM. TURNS OUT ANTONIETA CAN ACT—REALLY WELL. EXCEPT, WOMEN AREN’T ALLOWED TO ACT, WRITE, OR READ IN ENGLAND—DEFY THIS AND YOUR HEAD COULD DECORATE THE LONDON BRIDGE. THIS IS WHY SHAKESPEARE HAS NEVER CREDITED HIS FEMALE FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE WRITING. HE DIDN’T CREDIT THE MALE PLAYWRIGHTS WHO HELPED HIM BECAUSE THEIR CATHOLIC AND/OR HERETICAL TENDENCIES HAVE THE ARCHBISHOP DESPERATE FOR THEIR HEADS TOO. THANKFULLY, ONE OF SHAKESPEARE’S PAST ACTORS—WILL KEMPE—SAVES THE DAY—BUT IS THAT WHISKY IN HIS BOTTLE? WHEN KEMPE FAILS ON STAGE, ANTONIETA WINS EVERYONE OVER, BUT AT WHAT COST? HER LIFE IS NOW IN DANGER, BUT IT’S NOT ROYALTY PURSUING HER—AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HER GENETIC CONDITION—BUT RATHER HER TALENT. AS ANTONIA AND HER FRIENDS SAVOUR THE UNEXPECTED DELIGHT OF STAYING IN SHAKESPEARE’S HOME, THEY BECOME ENMESHED IN A WEB OF BUDDING FRIENDSHIPS AND COMPLICATIONS THEY COULD NEVER HAVE FORESEEN, INCLUDING AN INTRIGUE ABOUT THE SUCCESSION TO THE BRITISH THRONE. WHEN ACTORS ABOUND—AND NOT JUST ON STAGE—FAME IS FICKLE, LOYALTY IS LAX AND ANYTHING GOES TO GET BACK ON TOP OR STAY THERE...COURAGE BECOMES...HARD TO MUSTER. TO WHAT ENDS WILL ANTONIA AND HER FRIENDS GO TO SAVE THEIR NEW FRIEND, AND WILL SANSÓN’S BUDDING FEELINGS FOR HER HELP OR HINDER? Unique Word Count: 650 wordsTotal Word Count: 16,200 wordsGenre: Murder Mystery, Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction NOTE: Antonia, the main character, often chooses to refer to "us" as "nosotras" (in Spanish) when females are in equal or greater amount in a group. When referring to multiple others, she often uses "ellas" (Spanish) or "elles" (French), when females are in equal or greater amount in the group being described.Constanza Ontaneda studied eight languages formally—Spanish, English, Portuguese, French, Mandarin, Russian, German, and Quechua. She has taught Spanish, French and/or English to adults, as well as high school, middle school, and elementary school students for over a decade, and chaired the World Language Department at a middle school in Times Square. She holds a BS in Fiber Science & Apparel Design from Cornell University, an MA in Latin American & Caribbean Studies from New York University and an MA in Creative Writing & Publishing from Western Colorado University. Read more