If you’re looking for activities that you can add to your lesson plans or your toolkit for when you’re in a pinch, these low-prep reading activities are perfect! All your students need is a reading selection, a piece of paper, and a pencil. Check out these 4 low prep reading activities for your world language classroom!
Low Prep Reading Activities
Links and Resources
- Read and Draw
- Listen, Write, Draw
- Listen, Write, Draw – En la ciudad example
- Classic Dictation (Listen & Write)
Read and Draw
Set up: You need a reading, paper, and pencils
How to: Students read the selection and illustrate it in their drawings. You can either give them a sheet of paper with a table or boxes, or just have them use a blank sheet of paper. Click here to learn more and see examples!
Listen, Write, Draw
Set up: You need a reading, paper, and pencils
How to: Either record yourself reading chunks, or read chunks of the selection out loud. Students listen and write the sentences that they hear. Then, students go back and illustrate each chunk of language. Click here to learn more and see examples!
Classic Dictation (Listen & Write)
Set up: You need a reading, paper, and pencils
How to: Select 10 sentences from your reading. Read them out loud for your students (slowly). Repeat each sentence a few times. Students listen and write the sentence as they hear them. When you finish, go through each sentence and correct together. Click here to learn more!
