The only Spanish series with five levels! © 2009

Authors:

-Levels 1-3• Alejandro Vargas Bonilla in collaboration

-Level 4• Graciela Ascarrunz Gilman

-University of CA, Santa Barbara• Nancy Levy-Konesky

-Yale College• Karen Daggett

-Boston College

Page count: varies by level approx. 500

Price: TBD

Who is our competition?

McDougal Littel: Avancemos 1-4 (2007)

Prentice Hall: Realidades 1-3 (2008)

Glencoe: Buen Viaje 1-3 (2008)

Holt: Exprésate 1-3 (2008)

Target Customers

• ¡Aventura! Level 1Middle School/Junior High (one or two year program)

• ¡Aventura! ¡A toda vela! Levels 1-5High Schools

• ¡Aventura! 4Schools using another series for levels 1-3

• ¡A toda vela!Level 5AP® (Advanced Placement) Prep classesInternational Baccalaureate (IB)Native Speakers

• Textbook

• ¡Aventura! Electronico (Interactive Textbook CD with Vocabulary Games)

• On-line Textbook (Interactive coming in 2009)

• Workbook

• Grammar and Vocabulary Exercises

• Interactive Flashcards and Flashcards Maker

• ¡Aventureros! (Video, Vocabulary & Comprehension, packaged with PE)

• ¡Aventura! Juegos CD

• i-CULTURE (Online)

Student Resources

• Annotated Teacher’s Edition

• CD/ Lesson Planner

• Textbook Audio (CD or Download)

• Communicative Activities

• Activities for Proficiency

• TPR Storytelling manual

• Listening activities (CD or Download)

• Testing materials with ExamView

• DVD Program (episode for every chapter)

• Overhead Transparencies (electronic or acetate)

• ¡Otra Vez! Flash cards, Teacher’s Edition

• i-CATCHER videos on DVD

• i-CULTURE(Online)

Teacher Resources

Navegando to ¡Aventura!PE1. New covers and title of the series2. New design for chapter's openers that includes a new element: El cuarto misterioso activity 3.  New photorealistic art to introduce vocabulary 4. New design for some sections (Idioma, Cultura viva, Viento en popa, etc.)5. New design for some icons and boxes (pair icon, internet access, ¡Extra! box, Strategy box, etc.)6. New art for some activities and many updated photographs 7. New color palette to identify each chapter 8. New video section at the end of each chapter on the Repaso page9. The technology activity in each Proyectos Adicionales section has been highlighted using a design element10. Same content and it hasn't been reflowed. 

F ATE1. Added correlations page by page to the National Standards2. More extensive correlations in the ATE (more components correlated, track numbers and CD numbers)3. Complete new front matter more user friendly4. New teacher notes to accompany new chapter openers5. Up-to-date country statistics 

11. Up-to-date information in Cultura viva sections and other sections when applicable12. New bonus ¡Aventureros! Videos on CD included with every PE13. New direction line added before each Palabras y expresiones section at the end of each lesson14. Cultura viva sections are now numbered 1 and 2 in each lesson15. New i-Culture icon to direct students on each chapter opener16. New design treatment for the activity numbers

Easy-to-UseMore Types of Practice

5 C’s (Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons & Communities)

Review

2 Self- Reviews

per Chapter

End of Chapter

Chapter 10

Review

Chapter 1

2 Self- Reviews

per Chapter

End of Chapter

Chapter 10

Review

Chapter 1

2 Self- Reviews

per Chapter

End of Chapter

Chapter 10

Can I complete Aventura in one year with traditional scheduling pacing guides?

9 Chapters (Ch. 10 Review)

X 18 Days per Chapter

162 Days of Instruction

Easy-to-UseMore Types of Practice

5 C’s

Can I complete Aventura in one year with block scheduling pacing guides?

9 Chapters (Ch. 10 Review) X 9 Blocks per Chapter

81 Blocks of Instruction

Easy-to-UseMore Types of Practice

5 C’s

Easy-to-UseMore Types of Practice

“Soap Opera” DVD

5 C’s

Easy-to-UseMore Types of Practice

5 C’s

Do you have several types of practice?

65 (36 + 29) Sets of Practice

X 5 Practice Exercises

Over 325 Practice Exercises

Easy-to-UseMore Types of Practice

5 C’s

Easy-to-UseMore Types of Practice

5 C’s

Easy-to-Use

Clear Grammar Lessons

More Types of Practice5 C’s

Easy-to-Use

Modelo

Group Practice

Paired Activities

More Types of Practice5 C’s

Easy-to-UseMore Types of Practice

Reading

5 C’s

Easy-to-Use

Writing

Cross-Curricular Practice

More Types of Practice5 C’s

Now I Can…

Trabalenguas

DVD Follow-up

Spiraled Content Review

Teacher’s Resources

Internet Activities

Karaoke(no longer available)

Videos

News Articles

Advanced SpanishPossible Course Sequences

Easy-to-UseMore Type Practice

5 C’s (Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons & Communities)