Teacher's Guide
Copyright Rachel Emery, 2017
Copyright Rachel Emery, 2017
Pre-teaching VocabularyIn this section, find story scripts, movietalks, story listening scripts, and more to pre-teach new vocabulary and structures found in the book.
Also includes word clouds to preview each chapter. Pre-reading Activities/Building KnowledgeBefore diving into the intercultural activities of the book, it is helpful to build background knowledge and get a sense of prior knowledge.
In this section,
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Intercultural Activities in this Teacher's Guide
Capítulo |
Word Cloud |
Background Cultural Knowledge |
Skills of Interaction |
Critical Thinking about Culture |
Skills of Investigation/Discovery |
Attitudes |
Pre-reading |
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City Comparison |
"What is (my) Culture?" "What I see as 'common sense' may be influenced by my culture." "My identity is a complex mix of large and small cultures." |
Cap. 1 |
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Tortillerías ¿Qué son "chilangos"? |
Food Preferences Interview |
"Chilango": ¿Es una broma o es ofensivo? |
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"Other cultures are as diverse and complex as mine." "Though we may choose to eat different foods, the reasons behind our choices may be the same." |
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Los nichos y las momias |
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Las Momias Comparison to Egyptian mummies |
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Cap. 3 |
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Cap. 4 |
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El Mercado Hidalgo |
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La leyenda del callejón del beso (compare to Romeo and Juliet) |
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Debate: ¿Es necesario que las momias regresen al museo? |
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Cap. 6 |
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La leyenda del Pípila ¿Qué es cempasúchil? |
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Cap. 7 |
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¿Qué son charamuscas? |
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Look for more Spanish words of Nahuatl origin |
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Cap. 8 |
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La Mina la Valenciana |
How does Pancho convince Santi to change his mind on a strongly held belief? |
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"News" Article |
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Read an imagined newspaper article for key information. |
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Other activities include differentiated Reading "Clubs", comprehension questions, embedded readings, and reader's theater.
Post-reading activitiesIn this section, find:
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TPRS-related Terms GlossaryIf you are unfamiliar with some of the TPRS-related terms in this guide, here is a quick definition of some with further reading.
Circling
Embedded reading
Movietalk
Personalized Question and Answer (PQA)
Picture talk
Pre-teaching
Storylistening
Storytelling/“Story asking”
Story script
Structure
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