Lesson
Invite volunteers to read the definitions aloud and ask students to give examples for each of them in stories they have read. Then, have them go to page 76 and draw their attention to the picture. After telling them she is the character of a very famous Mexican legend, ask: Who is she? (La Llorona). Then, ask: Do you know what the conflict in that legend is? (she lost her children). Have them write the answers in their books. Next, encourage students to share all the details they know about this legend. Remember there are different versions, so accept all answers and tell them that it is common for legends to have different versions as some of them have been passed down orally from one generation to the next. 2. Look at the picture. Answer. Organize the class into pairs, draw students’ attention to the picture, and ask one volunteer to describe it (a king and two women holding a baby). Read aloud the instructions and the questions, and tell pairs to work on the task so they can activate previous knowledge to anticipate content. Monitor to provide any help they may need. Finally, ask pairs to read their answers aloud. 3. Listen to the legend. Use words from the box to label its parts and show its development. 24 Have students identify the Glossary words in this activity (development and climax) and ask volunteers to explain their meaning. Read aloud the other words in the box to check students’ comprehension. Then, explain to them that they will listen to a legend that is part of the Jewish tradition. Play Track 24 for students to follow the reading in silence and give pairs some time to analyze the legend structure by labeling its parts. Check orally. Differentiated Instruction Activity 2: If you think some of your students might struggle to answer the second question, use the Think-Pair-Share Strategy . Try to form pairs in which one of the students may tutor the other to identify the conflict. Activity 3: After you have checked, use the Flow Map Strategy to help students visualize the development of the legend. Draw four rectangles connected by arrows and ask volunteers to draw the scenes that correspond to the introduction, the conflict, the climax, and the ending.
What Do Legends Tell Me About Other Cultures?
Social Practice of the Language To read brief legends from dierent cultures to compare similarities and dierences Achievements š ([plore FhildrenŖs legends. š 3artiFipate in the reading of legends. š &oPpare the FoPponents in legend Zriting. Product: Illustrated Venn Diagram Recreational and Literary Environment
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Look at the picture and fill in the blanks. 118
La Llorona
Title: Character (s):
a woman’s ghost
She lost her children.
Con ict :
2 Look at the picture. Answer.
(Possible answers)
a Who are the characters? a king, two women, and a baby
b What do you think is the con ict?
The king must decide something about the baby.
3 Listen to the legend. Use words from the box to label its parts and show its development. 24
climax
con ict
ending
introduction
King Solomon and the Baby
King Solomon was a very wise Jewish King who lived a long, long time ago. One day, two women went to King Solomon’s palace. One of them had a baby in her arms. She said, “This is my baby!” And the other woman said, “This is my baby!” con ict introduction
King Solomon decided, “Let’s cut the baby in two. Then, each of you will have a part of the baby.” One of the women shouted, “No, don’t cut the baby. Give it to her!” “No, woman, this is your baby. Now I know you are the real mother because you don’t want to hurt him,” said King Solomon. ending
climax
76 Lesson 1
Achievement
Explore children’s legends.
Teaching Guidelines
• Activate previous knowledge to anticipate content. • Analyze legend structure.
Development Who are usually the main characters of legends? Ask aloud the question: Who are usually the main characters of legends? and encourage students to use their previous knowledge to answer. Learning to Know 118 Tell students to go to page 118. Draw their attention to the graphic organizer and invite volunteers to read aloud the characteristics of legends. Explain to them that in this unit they will be reading some legends so they may go back to this organizer any time they need to analyze an aspect from the legends they will read. 1. Look at the picture and fill in the blanks. Tell students to open their books to page 109 to check the Glossary words corresponding to this unit.
Unit 8
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