Storylabs Educator 3-month Free Trial: Quijote y Yo: Novice Low, Novice Mid, Novice High

Storylabs Educator 3-month Free Trial

To access a 3-month Free Trial of Storylabs, please sign up for a classroom here:

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Then, email Constanza at magic@inputwand.com and tell her which levels (Novice Low, Novice Mid, Novice High) you would like added to your classroom. 

Storylabs delivers custom content to K-12 classrooms. It carries materials created by research-based World Language Educators. With this Subscription, you will get access to Constanza Ontaneda's digital classroom on the platform. With this Subscription, you will get your own digital classroom on the platform, where you will be able to add as many as 180 students to your classroom and monitor their progress. 

Whether you are an Educator, a Learner (any age above 9), or a Homeschooling Parent, you will be guided through the Communication Guides (pre-reading, reading and post-reading tasks) with their audio embedded.

You will have access to all seven books in the Novice Low "Aventuras" Septology, the three books in the Novice Mid Trilogy, and the three books in the Novice High "Camaquen" Trilogy, with their audiobooks embedded. 

You will have access to Textivate games, activities and tasks related to the books that only exist on Storylabs. 

Educator Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I've been teaching with CI since 2006. These are the best books I've seen! I love that each book in the novice low septology NATURALLY focuses on high-frequency verbs--gustar, estar, ser, ir, tener and querer. The characters, layout and illustrations are so professional. The supplementary materials follow the order of acquisition and keep the kids interested and engaged. I love the native speaker audio.

Homeschooling Parent Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I purchased this book series and curriculum for our homeschool Spanish lessons. I loved how the curriculum engaged the kids (ages 9-15 when we started) and have been impressed with how much they were learning, especially in comparison to the standard textbook approach. We had started with a standard approach, thinking we would use these books as an add-on for additional review, but we ended up switching to this as our primary curriculum. It was more interesting to the kids, and they weren't just trying to memorize; they were actually learning the language by following the story and using the language in real time to engage with it. We're planning to continue with the next level series.

THE NOVICE LOW "AVENTURAS" SEPTOLOGY

BOOK ONE Quijote y Yo: A Nosotras No Nos Gusta Nada—Quixote and I: We Don't Like Anything

A STRANGE ABILITY, A CRAZY UNCLE... WHAT COULD THE FUTURE POSSIBLY HOLD FOR ANTONIA?

Focus Verb: Gustar—To Like Unique Word Count: 70 words Total Word Count: 550 words

BOOK TWO Quijote y Yo: Estamos Tristes—Quixote and I: Are Sad

THEY WANT ADVENTURES. SHE SAYS NO WAY. WILL ANTONIA AND HER UNCLE VANQUISH THE ENEMY...OR IS THERE ANOTHER WAY?

Focus Verb: Estar—To Be (Emotions) Unique Word Count: 35 words Total Word Count: 550 words

BOOK THREE Quijote y Yo: Hay Todo Menos Eso—Quixote and I: There is Everything But That

SHE WANTS TO BE A KNIGHT LIKE HER CRAZY UNCLE. SHE NEEDS A HORSE. PROBLEM IS...IN THE ENTIRETY OF SPAIN...THERE SEEMS TO BE EVERYTHING BUT THAT. TO WHAT LENGTHS WILL ANTONIA GO TO MAKE HER DREAM COME TRUE?

Focus Verb: Haber—To Be (There is, There are) Unique Word Count: 70 words Total Word Count: 640 words

BOOK FOUR Quijote y Yo: Somos Amigas—Quixote and I: Are Friends

SHE HAS IT ALL...EXCEPT FRIENDS. WHEN THE LINE BETWEEN ACCEPTANCE AND REJECTION IS BLURRY... WHEN MOODS CHANGE ON A WHIM...AND THE STAKES ARE HIGH...WHO NEEDS FRIENDS ANYWAYS?

Focus Verb: Ser—To Be (Relationship) Unique Word Count: 70 words Total Word Count: 750 words

BOOK FIVE Quijote y Yo: Vamos a Broadway—Quixote and I: Go to Broadway

GOOD INTENTIONS...DON’T ALWAYS LEAD TO GOOD RESULTS. A SURPRISE GONE WRONG... COULD BE THE END OF A FRIENDSHIP. WHAT IF ANTONIA AND HER FRIENDS CAN’T MAKE IT RIGHT?

Focus Verb: Ir—To Go Unique Word Count: 80 words Total Word Count: 790 words

BOOK SIX Quijote y Yo: Tenemos Muchos Problemas—Quixote and I: Have a Lot of Problems

HE’S EAGER TO TEACH...THEY’RE EAGER TO LEARN...BUT WHEN THE TIMING IS OFF...THE RESULTS COULD BE DEADLY.

Focus Verb: Tener—To Have Unique Word Count: 60 words Total Word Count: 560 words

BOOK SEVEN Quijote y Yo: Queremos Muchas Cosas—Quixote and I: Want a Lot of Things

WHAT SHE WANTS IS FORBIDDEN...BUT ONLY FOR HER...AND HER KIND. WHEN SOMETHING BEYOND THEIR CONTROL THREATENS TO TEAR THEM APART...WILL ANTONIA AND HER FRIENDS FIND A WAY TO STAY UNITED?

Focus Verb: Querer—To Want Unique Word Count: 90 words Total Word Count: 700 words

Genre: Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction, Time Travel, Humor

LEARN OR TEACH SPANISH WITH THIS SEVEN BOOK STORY SERIES FOR ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS

• Perfect for Educators of SPANISH 1: Middle School, High School, College.
• Perfect for Tutors & Parents

THE NOVICE MID "BRUJAS" TRILOGY

BOOK ONE Quijote y Yo: Y el Secreto en Zugarramurdi—Quixote and I: And the Secret in Zugarramurdi

WHEN ANTONIA AND HER FRIENDS GET WORD THAT THEIR BEST FRIEND LUCÍA IS MOVING,

THEY MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH HER.

WHAT BEGINS AS AN INNOCENT TRIP SOON BECOMES A DANGEROUS QUEST,

AS THE NINE-YEAR-OLDS REALIZE THAT THE HOLY SPANISH INQUISITION MIGHT NOT BE SO HOLY AFTER ALL.

WILL THEY BE ABLE TO TELL FRIEND FROM FOE AS THEY FIGHT TO UNLOCK THE SECRETS

THAT WILL HELP THEM SAVE EVERYTHING THEY HOLD DEAR

FROM THE PERSECUTION RAGING THROUGH SPAIN?

Unique Word Count: 300 words

Total Word Count: 2,500 words

BOOK TWO Quijote y Yo: Y la Leyenda del Akelarre—Quixote and I: And the Legend of the Akelarre

TWO DAYS UNTIL THE CRUELEST INQUISITOR IN THE LAND BURNS THE WITCHES…

UNLESS ANTONIA AND HER FRIENDS STOP HIM.

IT'S DANGEROUS TO BE FEMALE RIGHT NOW IN ZUGARRAMURDI,

BUT ANTONIA AND HER FRIENDS HAVE THE MOST POWERFUL WITCH IN EUSKADI ON THEIR SIDE…OR DO THEY?

FAMILY SECRETS, SIBLING RIVALRY, AND AN ANCIENT LEGEND THAT LURES THEM TO THE AKELARRE…

COULD TEAR THEM APART BEFORE THEY EVEN TRY.

WHEN MAGIC IS INVOLVED, WHO CAN YOU TRUST?

Unique Word Count: 300 words

Total Word Count: 2,700 words

BOOK THREE Quijote y Yo: Y La Bruja de Euskadi—Quixote and I: And The Witch from Euskadi

IN NORTHERN SPAIN, RELIGION AND WITCHCRAFT FIGHT A DEATHMATCH

THAT COULD COST ANTONIA AND HER FRIENDS EVERYTHING.

ALLIANCES TURN ON A DIME, OLD GRUDGES DIE HARD…IT'S A DEADLOCK.

COULD FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE BE THE BREAKTHROUGH THEY NEED, OR ONLY LEAD TO MORE HATRED?

JOIN ANTONIA AND HER FRIENDS ON THE LAST LEG OF THEIR EPIC JOURNEY, WHERE VICTORY MIGHT DEPEND LESS ON AGE, GENDER, OR EVEN MAGIC, AND MORE ON HEART:

BUT…WHO HAS THE TRUEST ONE?

Unique Word Count: 300 words

Total Word Count: 2,500 words

Genre: Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Detective

LEARN OR TEACH SPANISH WITH THIS TRILOGY FOR BEGINNERS

Level: Novice Mid

• Perfect for Educators of SPANISH 1 & 2: Middle School, High School, College.
• Perfect for Tutors & Parents
• Perfect for Independent Learners

THE NOVICE HIGH "CAMAQUEN" TRILOGY

BOOK ONE Quijote y Yo: Y El Camaquen de la Huaca—Quixote and I: And The Camaquen of the Huaca

ALL IS WELL IN EL COLEGIO DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA, WHERE ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD ANTONIA AND HER FRIENDS HAVE STUDIED SINCE THEY WERE SEVEN.

THAT IS, UNTIL BLASCO BREAKS THE RULES AND TOUCHES A HUACA, ONE OF THE SACRED INCAN OBJECTS THAT DON QUIXOTE SAFEGUARDS.

BUT HUACAS HAVE CAMAQUEN—LIFE ENERGY—AND STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN WHEN ONE TOUCHES THEM.

UH-OH. TO SOLVE BLASCO’S LITTLE PROBLEM, IT SEEMS THEY MUST GO TO PERU, AND GET THERE IN TIME FOR THE INTI RAYMI, THE INCAN FESTIVAL TO THE SUN GOD.

IT’S THE YEAR 1595, THERE’S A WAR BETWEEN SPAIN AND ENGLAND—PIRATES PILLAGE AND PLUNDER THE SEAS.

NO KIDS ALLOWED ON THE JOURNEY. EXCEPT BLASCO, OF COURSE. HOW WILL ANTONIA AND HER FRIENDS GET ON THE SHIP?

WITH AN IMPOSSIBLE DEADLINE, DON QUIXOTE’S DECLINING SANITY, EXHAUSTED HORSES, AND AN ENCOUNTER WITH A SUSPICIOUS ITALIAN ACTING TROUPE, THEIR CHANCES PLUMMET BY THE MINUTE.

THEY ARE BLASCO’S ONLY LIFELINE, BUT WITH THE ODDS STACKED AGAINST THEM, WILL THEY SUCCEED?

Unique Word Count: 350 words

Total Word Count: 4100 words

BOOK TWO Quijote y Yo: Y El Camaquen de la Momia—Quixote and I: And The Camaquen of the Mummy

FIFTY-SIX DAYS UNTIL THEY GET THE CHANCE—MAYBE—TO DO A RITUAL THAT WILL SAVE BLASCO.

FORTUNATELY, THINGS GO SWIMMINGLY ON THE SHIP—SUNNY DAYS, FREE THEATER, FUN GAMES, AND BLASCO SAFE INSIDE HIS INCAN-MUMMY DISGUISE.

BUT ANTONIA AND HER FRIENDS MIGHT NOT BE THE ONLY ONES TRANSPORTING SACRED INCAN OBJECTS, OR TRYING TO GET TO THE INTI RAYMI.

AND THERE’S ALSO THAT SMALL LITTLE DETAIL PROWLING THE SEAS—PIRATES.

THREE SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS ROAM THE SHIP, BUT DON QUIXOTE’S PAST KINDNESS TO AN ORPHAN GIRL IS PAYING OFF—SHE IS NOW THE ONLY FEMALE CAPTAIN IN THE WORLD, AND THE CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP THEY ARE ON.

SURELY SHE CAN PROTECT THEM FROM PIRATES, BUT CAN SHE PROTECT THEM FROM CAMAQUEN? WHAT ABOUT GREED?

ANTONIA AND HER FRIENDS SOON REALIZE THE SEAS ARE A WILD PLACE, WHERE EVERYONE TRIES TO MAKE A BUCK, REGARDLESS OF THE MEANS. HOW SOON BEFORE A COMEDY OF ERRORS BECOMES A TRAGEDY? IN THE CHAOS, ONLY TWO THINGS ARE CLEAR:

JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE SAME DESTINATION DOESN’T MEAN YOU HAVE THE SAME GOALS, AND...

MUMMIES ARE A LOT SCARIER THAN PIRATES.

Unique Word Count: 380 words

Total Word Count: 4400 words

BOOK THREE Quijote y Yo: Y El Camaquen del Sacrificio—Quixote and I: And The Camaquen of the Sacrifice

DAYS UNTIL THE INTI RAYMI: 0

DEADLINE: MIDDAY

ANTONIA AND HER FRIENDS HAVE BARELY ENOUGH TIME TO GET TO PACHACAMAC AND DO A RITUAL THAT MIGHT SAVE THEIR FRIEND BLASCO FROM ETERNAL MUMMY-HOOD.

EXCEPT...THEY JUST FOUND OUT THE RITUAL REQUIRES A HUMAN SACRIFICE TO SUCCEED.

DO THEY LOVE BLASCO THAT MUCH?

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MIX THE SUN, ANCIENT RITUALS, AND CONFLICTING AGENDAS?

JOIN ANTONIA AND HER FRIENDS ON THE LAST LEG OF THEIR JOURNEY AS THEY FIND OUT WHETHER UNCONDITIONAL LOVE IS ENOUGH TO SAVE THEIR FRIEND AND BROTHER, AND WHETHER THEIR LOVE IS IN FACT UNCONDITIONAL.

THE INTI RAYMI IS A DAY OF OFFERINGS, CELEBRATION AND SACRIFICES...BUT...IS IT A SACRIFICE IF IT IS FORCED?

ANCIENT GRUDGES, OLD DEBTS, AND ENDLESS DECEPTION ARE ONLY A FEW OF THE CHALLENGES THEY WILL FACE AS THEY TRY TO BRING THE DEAD BACK TO LIFE.

IF YOU WERE ABLE TO TURN BACK TIME, WOULD YOU WANT TO?

Unique Word Count: 360 words

Total Word Count: 4200 words

Genre: Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction, Ancient Civilizations (Incan Empire and Pre-Incan Cultures), Mystery, Detective

LEARN OR TEACH SPANISH WITH THIS TRILOGY FOR ADVANCED BEGINNERS

Level: Novice High

• Perfect for Educators of SPANISH 2 & 3: Middle School, High School, College.
• Perfect for Tutors & Parents
• Perfect for Independent Learners