La Llorona “Yellow Brick Road to Success” Slideshow created by Teacher’s Guide user Marci Adams
Shared on the Fluency Matters Comprehension-Based Readers facebook page by Kristy Placido: My Spanish 3 classes are preparing to begin reading “La llorona de Mazatlán” by Katie Allison Baker. Tomorrow they are going to do these two EdPuzzles I made and then I am going to ask them to write a prediction about what the book is going to be about. Feel free to steal these if they will be useful to you!
When you discuss favorite ice creams, show students this image of ice cream from Heladería Llinares, a famous Valencian heladería that serves specialty ice cream. Ask students ¿Qué sabor te gustaría probar? ¿Qué sabor NO quisieras probar?
What does your favorite ice cream flavor reveal about your personality?
Currency converter
Use the yahoo currency converter at http://finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter/#from=USD;to=MXN;amt=1 to determine the current exchange rate for the included activity sheet.
What ‘Gringos’ Say about Mazatlán: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0BjIKPqzkc Show this video (in English) as a discussion starter for your classes. It talks about what Americans and Canadians familiar with Mazatlán think about the safety of Mazatlán.
¿Es buena idea ir a un lugar donde hay narcoviolencia, aunque no sea probable de tener contacto con esa industria?
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La música de La Copa Mundial: Watch these videos:
WakaWaka:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRpeEdMmmQ0
Copa de la Vidahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BkYKwHLXiU
For ideas on how to discuss these songs, see the questions that Kara Jacobs wrote for her World Cup unit: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yBjw6uAK0jfuSsmDkJXmpRnFHpqzqVsRPWYVn5OrdHQ/edit
Piropos: Here are some resources to expand on the idea of Luis’s piropos from this chapter!
Visit some websites to find some great stories and activities to tie other legends to the legend of la Llorona.
Use a song like “El Cuco” by Cienfue to expand on the introduction to supernatural creatures.
Reader’s Theater Script by Darcy Pippins
Authentic Resources: Check out some of these authentic resources and share some with your students.
La llorona legend Embedded Reading http://embeddedreading.com/2013/02/28/la-llorona-by-matt/
An assessment based on Matt’s embedded reading http://martinabex.com/2013/05/09/spanish-ii-final-exam-take-2/
Need a break from the serious side of La Llorona? Show this Got Milk? commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dbHMKRTi0c and consider using the MovieTalk technique to provide Comprehensible Input as you show it.
Use a Llorona ex-voto to talk more about the reason behind the perpetuation of the Llorona legend by parents everywhere!
La Llorona Final Password Game created by Marci Adams