Spanish 3 · Week 31 · Decisiones, mitos y realidad
Leyendas de América Latina
Reading "La Llorona" and a Cahuilla legend, students explore the fears and values each story teaches its listeners.
- Students will
- Students use myth and legend vocabulary and the preterite and imperfect to tell part of a legend and explain what fears and values each story teaches.
- SEL skill
- Compare what different communities fear, value, and teach through stories
- What it looks like
- Students build empathy and perspective by understanding what different communities fear, value, and teach through stories.
- Content focus
- Myth and legend vocabulary; preterite vs imperfect in storytelling
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Social awareness
Social awareness means understanding the perspectives of others and empathizing with them, including people from different backgrounds. More social awareness 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.CM1.I: Communication Standard 1, Interpretive Communication (Intermediate range)
- WL.CL3.I: Cultures Standard 3, Cultural Comparisons (Intermediate range)
- WL.CL2.I: Cultures Standard 2, Cultural Products, Practices, and Perspectives (Intermediate range)
- National (ACTFL World Readiness): Cultural Comparisons, Interpretive Communication, Relating Cultural Practices to Perspectives
- Proficiency range: Intermediate
Fits these textbook chapters
- Auténtico 3, Capítulo 7: ¿Mito o realidad?
- Realidades 3, Capítulo 7: ¿Mito o realidad?
- EntreCulturas 3, Unidad 1: ¡Cuéntame!
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More social awareness activities for Spanish 3
- Mi valle, muchas historias Social awarenessReading about Cahuilla and farmworker histories of the valley, students narrate how other people experienced the same place.
- Los murales cuentan historias Social awarenessStudying Chicano murals in Coachella's "Pueblo Viejo", students infer the stories and struggles the artists wanted told.
- Te recomiendo que Social awarenessStudents give advice with the subjunctive only after listening fully to a peer's problem and reflecting it back.
- Las manos del valle Social awarenessLearning about Coachella Valley farmworkers and the UFW, students recognize the labor behind the food they eat.
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