Heritage Spanish · Week 19 · Literatura latinoamericana y chicana
Gloria Anzaldúa y la frontera
Reading excerpts from Borderlands, students reflect on living between languages and cultures and how others experience that space.
- Students will
- Students read an excerpt from Borderlands and use vocabulary of borders and identity to describe living between languages and cultures.
- SEL skill
- Describe how an author experiences living between languages and cultures using a quotation
- What it looks like
- Students practice empathy by considering how someone else experiences living between worlds.
- Content focus
- Reading Chicano literature; vocabulary of borders and identity
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Social awareness
Social awareness means understanding how other people experience the world and caring about perspectives different from your own. More social awareness activities
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Standards
- WL.CM1.A: Communication Standard 1, Interpretive Communication (Advanced range)
- WL.CL4.A: Cultures Standard 4, Intercultural Influences (Advanced range)
- WL.CN2.A: Connections Standard 2, Diverse Perspectives and Distinctive Viewpoints (Advanced range)
- National (ACTFL World Readiness): Acquiring Information and Diverse Perspectives, Cultural Comparisons, Interpretive Communication
- Proficiency range: Advanced
More social awareness activities for Heritage Spanish
- No hay español malo Social awarenessComparing words across Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, students reject the idea of bad Spanish and respect every variety.
- Los cuentos de mi abuela Social awarenessStudents interview an elder in Spanish and capture a family story, honoring the voice of the storyteller.
- Mi vecindario habla Social awarenessStudents practice interviewing an imagined neighbor in Indio or Coachella with accented question words and listen for the stories behind the answers.
- La casa en Mango Street Social awarenessReading vignettes from "La casa en" Mango Street, students connect Esperanza's search for belonging with their own.
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