Heritage Spanish · Week 16 · Registro, comunidad y voz académica
Las palabras que hieren
Students analyze how words like "pocho" and "nopal" hurt heritage speakers and practice repairing harm when language is used to shame.
- Students will
- Students analyze how words like "pocho" and "nopal" can shame heritage speakers and practice phrases to repair harm.
- SEL skill
- Repair harm from hurtful words with a clear, caring plan
- What it looks like
- Students build relationship skills by repairing trust after hurtful language, using kindness and a clear plan.
- Content focus
- Respectful register; words used to shame ("pocho", "nopal")
- Format
- Role play
Relationship skills
Relationship skills mean communicating kindly, listening, and working through conflict so you can build and repair trust with others. More relationship skills activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- WL.CM2.I: Communication Standard 2, Interpersonal Communication (Intermediate range)
- WL.CM5.I: Communication Standard 5, Receptive Structures in Service of Communication (Intermediate range)
- WL.CL4.I: Cultures Standard 4, Intercultural Influences (Intermediate range)
- National (ACTFL World Readiness): Cultural Comparisons, Interpersonal Communication, Interpretive Communication
- Proficiency range: Intermediate
More relationship skills activities for Heritage Spanish
- Escribir lo que oímos Relationship skillsStudents turn an oral story, from their family, a book, or an imagined elder, into a written narrative and may share it with the person who told it or someone they choose.
- El registro: casa y escuela Relationship skillsStudents compare how they talk at home and at school and see moving between registers as a skill, not a flaw.
- Corridos de mi gente Relationship skillsStudents write a short "corrido" in pairs that honors a person from their community.
- Revisión entre pares Relationship skillsStudents give specific, kind feedback on a peer's essay and receive feedback without defensiveness.
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