Descubre Level 1

Lección 1: Hola, ¿qué tal?
Lección 2: En la clase
Lección 3: La familia
Lección 4: Los pasatiempos
Lección 5: Las vacaciones
Lección 6: ¡De compras!
Lección 7: La rutina diaria
Lección 8: La comida
Lección 9: Las fiestas

Descubre Level 2

Lección 1: En el consultorio
Lección 2: La tecnología
Lección 3: La vivienda
Lección 4: La naturaleza
Lección 5: En la ciudad
Lección 6: El bienestar
Lección 7: El mundo del trabajo
Lección 8: Un festival de arte
Lección 9: Las actualidades

Descubre Level 3

Lección 1: Las relaciones personales
Lección 2: Las diversiones
Lección 3: La vida diaria
Lección 4: La salud y el bienestar
Lección 5: Los viajes
Lección 6:  La naturaleza
Lección 7: La tecnología y la ciencia
Lección 8: La economía y el trabajo
Lección 9: La cultura popular y los medios de comunicación
Lección 10: La literatura y el arte

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For Students

Student Edition with Supersite access Level 1 ISBN:978-1-60576-096-4  Hardcover

Level 2 ISBN:978-1-60576-097-1 Hardcover

Level 3 ISBN:978-1-60576-098-8  Hardcover

Descubre is designed to help students learn Spanish and explore the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world in the most user-friendly way possible. The Student Supersite provides a wide range of online resources that support and enhance the Student Edition:

• The complete Descubre Video Program
• Selected activities from the student text available with auto-grading
• Additional activities for each strand of the book
• Additional cultural information and research activities
• Interactive maps with cultural notes and supporting activities
• Auto-graded diagnostic quizzes
• Textbook and audio activities MP3s
• Animated grammar tutorials
• VHL Spanish-English dictionary, online verb wheel, and grammar reference

Student Edition vText with Supersite Access 

Level 1 ISBN: 978-1-60576-301-9  Passcode

Level 2 ISBN: 978-1-60576-306-4  Passcode

Level 3 ISBN: 978-1-60576-311-8  Passcode

Cuaderno de práctica Level 1 ISBN: 978-1-60007-254-3  Paperback

Level 2 ISBN: 978-1-60007-281-9  Paperback

Level 3 ISBN: 978-1-60007-308-3  Paperback

The Cuaderno de práctica provides additional practice and comprehension of the vocabulary, grammar, and Panorama cultural information from each textbook lesson. The Cuaderno de práctica is a practical homework option for your students. It is also available in an online, auto-graded version as part of the e-Cuaderno. 

Cuaderno de actividades Level 1 ISBN: 978-1-60007-255-0  Paperback

Level 2 ISBN: 978-1-60007-282-6  Paperback

Level 3 ISBN: 978-1-60007-309-0  Paperback

For each textbook lesson, the Cuaderno de actividades offers audio activities that build listening comprehension, speaking, and pronunciation skills, as well as video activities for pre-, while-, and post-viewing of the video programs. It also provides worksheets for paired communication activities, making it an invaluable supplement for your classroom. The audio and video activities are also available in an online version as part of the e-Cuaderno.

Cuaderno para hispanohablantes Level 1 ISBN: 978-1-60007-256-7  Paperback

Level 2 ISBN: 978-1-60007-283-3  Paperback

Level 3 ISBN: 978-1-60007-310-6  Paperback

For classrooms that require differentiated instruction, this workbook parallels the Cuaderno de práctica with additional material directed to a heritage speaker audience. Each lesson of the Cuaderno para hispanohablantes focuses on the development of reading and writing skills for students who have grown up in a Spanish-speaking environment but have had little or no formal Spanish language training.  It also provides vocabulary, grammar, and spelling practice appropriate for heritage speakers.

e-Cuaderno Level 1 ISBN: 978-1-60007-257-4  Passcode

Level 2 ISBN: 978-1-60007-284-0  Passcode

Level 3 ISBN: 978-1-60007-311-3  Passcode

The e-Cuaderno contains the Cuaderno de práctica and the audio and video activities from the Cuaderno de actividades in an online environment powered by the MAESTRO™ engine. The e-Cuaderno provides tracking, grading, and monitoring of student performance to facilitate communication with the class.

Also Available

Student Supersite Level 1 ISBN: 978-1-60007-259-8  Passcode

Level 2 ISBN: 978-1-60007-286-4  Passcode

Level 3 ISBN: 978-1-60007-313-7  Passcode

The Student Supersite is also available for separate purchase.

For Teachers

Teacher's Annotated Edition 

Level 1 ISBN: 978-1-60576-099-5  Hardcover

Level 2 ISBN: 978-1-60576-100-8  Hardcover

Level 3 ISBN: 978-1-60576-101-5  Hardcover

The Teacher's Annotated Edition contains a wealth of teaching information designed to support teaching in the classroom and to save teachers time in preparation and class management. Answers to all exercises with discrete answers are overprinted on the student text pages. The wrap-around information includes previews, suggestions, expansions, teaching options, scripts for the recordings on the Textbook Audio Program for the in-text listening activities, and video synopses. National Standards icons and instructional resource notes that correlate all student and teacher ancillaries are provided at necessary points.

Teacher Supersite

Free to adopting instructors  Passcode

The Descubre Teacher Supersite includes a wealth of downloadable instructor resources and a student-performance tracking system—all in one convenient location. Included are:

• The complete Teacher's Resource Manual in PDFs 
• The complete Testing Program
• Record-submit assessments—orally recorded
  end-of-lesson tests
• MP3 files of the Audio Program, Textbook Audio Program, and Testing Audio Program
• PowerPoint® presentation slides for classroom use (maps, vocabulary, grammar)
• Cuaderno de actividades
• Information gap activities
• Course management and gradebook
• Complete access to the Student Supersite

Teacher's Resource Box

Level 1 ISBN: 978-1-60576-449-8 Box

Level 2 ISBN: 978-1-60576-450-4 Box

Level 3 ISBN: 978-1-60576-451-1 Box

Includes the below materials for each level:

Student Materials

• Cuaderno de actividades
• Cuaderno de práctica
• Cuaderno para hispanohablantes

Teacher Materials

• Teacher's Annotated Edition
• Answer Keys
• Audio and Video Scripts
• Testing Program
• Testing Program Audio CD
• Textbook Activities & Vocabulary Audio CD
• Audio Program Audio CDs
• Teacher's Resource CD-ROM (TRCD)
• Descubre Supersite Class Code
• Descubre e-Cuaderno Class Code

Teacher's Resources CD & DVD Set

• Fotonovela & Panorama cultural DVD
• Teacher's Resource CD
  • Cuaderno de actividades
  • Audio and video scripts
  • Answer keys
  • Testing program with audio MP3 files and answer keys
  • Test generator by Brownstone^TM
  • PowerPoint® presentation slides for classroom use (maps, vocabulary, grammar)
  • Overhead Transparencies in PowerPoint

Also Available

Overhead Transparencies

Level 1 ISBN: 978-1-60007-265-9  Transparencies

Level 2 ISBN: 978-1-60007-292-5  Transparencies

Level 3 ISBN: 978-1-60007-319-9  Transparencies

The Overhead Transparencies include maps of the Spanish-speaking world, drawings to reinforce vocabulary presented in the textbook's Contextos sections, and other useful illustrations for presenting or practicing concepts such as telling time. They are available as PDFs in the Teacher Resources area of the Supersite, and on the Teachers Resource CD.

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Every Descubre lesson is supported by a wide range of activities, media, audio, and resources that will engage and support students.

Here is a preview of some of the media and resources that accompany the  Descubre Level 2 sample lesson:

• Fotonovela

  Dramatic video episodes follow four students on their adventure through Ecuador. Characters interact using lesson vocabulary and grammar, while flashbacks give glimpses of everyday life in their home countries.

• Flash cultura

  

  Young people share aspects of life in their countries, and provide valuable cultural insights. Filmed in a news program format, this engaging video expands upon the Cultura section of each lesson.

• Panorama cultural

  

  Integrated with the Panorama section of each lesson, this high-interest, visually appealing documentary footage from the featured country will expand students' cultural perspectives.

• Animated Tutorials

  
  

  The animated Professor Pedro Gómez Lacerna walks students through each grammar point, reviewing its rules and showing examples in a unique, amusing, and exciting way.

• En pantalla
  

  Authentic clips from Spanish-speaking media include commercials, news stories, and even a short film. Carefully chosen for comprehensibility, these videos offer a fun and motivating way to improve Spanish.

Visit the Descubre Supersite Demos to access the resources that accompany the sample lessons provided above.

Descubre Level 1 Supersite Demo Descubre Level 2 Supersite Demo Descubre Level 3 Supersite Demo

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