Heritage Spanish · Week 22 · Literatura latinoamericana y chicana
Odas de Neruda
Students analyze a Neruda ode and write their own oda to an ordinary object that brings them comfort.
- Students will
- Students identify "metáfora", "símil", and "personificación" in a Neruda ode and write their own oda to an ordinary object.
- SEL skill
- Name a feeling that an ordinary object carries and express it with figurative language
- What it looks like
- Students use creative thinking to notice comfort and beauty in everyday objects and name the feelings they carry.
- Content focus
- Figurative language ("metáfora", "símil", "personificación")
- Format
- Think write pair share
Self-awareness
Self-awareness means noticing your own feelings, thoughts, values, and strengths and seeing how they color what you notice and create. More self-awareness activities
What you get
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Standards
- WL.CM1.A: Communication Standard 1, Interpretive Communication (Advanced range)
- WL.CM3.A: Communication Standard 3, Presentational Communication (Advanced range)
- National (ACTFL World Readiness): Cultural Comparisons, Interpretive Communication, Presentational Communication
- Proficiency range: Advanced
More self-awareness activities for Heritage Spanish
- Mi español, mi historia Self-awarenessStudents write a language autobiography and name the feelings, pride or insecurity, attached to their Spanish.
- Mi nombre con tilde Self-awarenessStudents write their names with correct accents and explain why their name deserves to be spelled and pronounced correctly.
- Spanglish y cambio de código Self-awarenessStudents reflect on when they switch languages and what feelings or audiences drive the switch.
- Reflexión del semestre Self-awarenessStudents compare their first writing sample to a recent one and name their growth in accents, spelling, and register.
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