El Escape Cubano Teacher’s Manual

With hundreds of professional-quality photos, this 250+ page digital teacher’s manual is extremely user-friendly, supportive, clear, and organized. Grab it and teach. Just add students!

For Every Chapter

• ONE PAGE at-a-glance lesson plans in English

• Student Objectives: a series of statements beginning with “I can…” for student growth beyond simply reading

• Individual and group exercises, activities, and assignments addressing the Common Core ELA Standards

• Performance-based activities aligned with World-Readiness Standards

• Reproducible Quizzes and Tests to use as exit quizzes, check for understanding, unit exams with and without answers, and in various formats:  fill in the blank, short answer, true or false 

• Teaching strategies for different learning styles, comprehension questions for leading discussions, and classroom games.

• Substitute teacher lesson plans

• Essential chapter vocabulary 

Features and Highlights

• The Essential Question: a focused theme throughout the book for students to connect to their experience.

• Character exploration exercises to explore their world, fears, and motivations

• Innovative Story Map graphic organizer builds the Common Core skill of analyzing character development as the plot moves toward resolution

• Assignments for making Personal Connections so students can relate the material to their own lives

• Predict the plot and imagine alternative storylines

• Web links for deeper exploration through videos and slideshows of cultures, locations, and other topics

• Word Clouds based on vocabulary frequency

• High-quality, on-location photography of Cuban daily life, food, transportation, etc.

Beyond the Book

• Supplementary authentic resources for cultural exploration

• Cuban Classic Cars resources

• Real stories of surviving escape attempts from Cuba