LEARN OR TEACH FRENCH WITH THIS TRILOGY FOR INTERMEDIATE MID LEARNERS Level: Intermediate MID Perfect for Educators of FRENCH 4 & AP: Middle School, High School, College. - Perfect for Tutors & Parents - Perfect for Independent Learners Imagine being able to communicate in French—but actually . Imagine facilitating French language acquisition for your students without them noticing, because they're having so much fun . You could be that person, with the help of Input Wand . Constanza Ontaneda’s Intermediate Mid “Meurtrières” Trilogy will fortify an intermediate low learner’s mental representation of French. Each book has twelve chapters , is illustrated , has a comprehensive glossary and is suitable for ages 13+ . If you teach through story and the Theory of Comprehensible Input guides your work, this trilogy is meant for you. If you wish to learn a language with research-proven methods , this trilogy is meant for you . BOOK ONE Quixote and I: And The Murderous Exhibition LAST YEAR OF SCHOOL AT L’ÉCOLE DON QUICHOTTE DE LA MANCHA, WHERE FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD ANTONIA AND HER FRIENDS HAVE STUDIED SINCE THEY WERE SEVEN. OH NO! DON QUIXOTE GIVES THEM A CLEAR CHOICE: THEY CAN KEEP LEARNING IN HIS LIVING ROOM, OR THEY CAN TRAVEL. IT’S THE HARSH WINTER OF 1599, AND LUCÍA ISN’T KEEN ON FREEZING, BLASCO RAN AWAY FROM HOME TWO YEARS AGO, SO THEIR QUARTET IS RUINED, AND THEY KNOW THAT TRAVELING WITH DON QUIXOTE EQUALS TROUBLE EVERY TIME. SO, THE CHOICE IS CLEAR. FIRST STOP: TOLEDO. SANSÓN’S PENCHANT FOR ART IS ABOUT TO GET SATISFIED! OFF THEY GALLOP TO AN EXHIBITION FEATURING THREE PAINTERS WHO AREN’T SPANISH YET HAVE A CONNECTION TO THE COUNTRY. THEY’RE EAGER TO SEE PAINTINGS BY EL GRECO, SOFONISBA ANGUISSOLA AND LAVINIA FONTANA, BUT NO SOONER DO THEY ARRIVE THAN PEOPLE START DROPPING LIKE WOUNDED BULLFIGHTERS. Unique Word Count: 700 words. Total Word Count: 17,500 words BOOK TWO Quixote and I: And The Murderous Science DESTINATION: ITALY. PURPOSE: TO VISIT GALILEO GALILEI, ONE OF THE FEW SCIENTISTS OF HIS TIME TO ASSERT THAT THE EARTH MOVES AROUND THE SUN, AND NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. THEIR FRIEND ANTONIETA GONZALES IS NOW A FUGITIVE. OH...AND SHE MIGHT NOT BE THE ONLY PERSON BEING PERSECUTED. IS THAT GIORDANO BRUNO ABOUT TO GET BURNED BY AN INQUISITOR? AND COULD IT BE THAT SOPHIA BRAHE, HER BROTHER TYCHO, KATHARINA GULDENMANN AND HER SON JOHANNES KEPLER ALSO JOIN THE FUGITIVE PARTY? Unique Word Count: 680 words. Total Word Count: 17,200 words BOOK THREE Quixote and I: And The Murderous Theater TO ENGLAND! ANTONIA AND FRIENDS DASH TO THE GLOBE THEATER’S INAUGURATION, FEATURING SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO AND JULIET. OH BRILLIANT MAN, TO HAVE CREATED SUCH MASTERPIECES ALONE! BUT...DID HE? AS ANTONIA AND HER FRIENDS SAVOUR THE UNEXPECTED DELIGHT OF STAYING IN SHAKESPEARE’S HOME, THEY BECOME ENMESHED IN A WEB OF BUDDING FRIENDSHIPS AND COMPLICATIONS THEY COULD NEVER HAVE FORESEEN, INCLUDING AN INTRIGUE ABOUT THE SUCCESSION TO THE BRITISH THRONE. Unique Word Count: 690 words. Total Word Count: 17,200 words Genre: Murder Mystery, Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction Constanza Ontaneda has taught Spanish, French and/or English to adults, as well as high school, middle school, and elementary school students for over a decade, and chaired the World Language Department at a middle school in Times Square. She holds an MA in Latin American & Caribbean Studies from New York University and an MA in Creative Writing & Publishing from Western Colorado University.