Bienvenidos a Mi Casa

1. Bienvenidos a Mi Casa Mi Familia Title of Unit: Cuadros de familia Theme/Topic: Mi casa es tu casa/la familia Level: Novice- Mid Elementary * Title: Cuadros de familia/ La tamalada - Interpretive Communication Mode Standards Addressed: Foreign Language Standards NETS Performance Indicators 1.2 1.3 2.1 3.1 4.2 1 3 4 Time frame: 4 to 5 class periods * Title: Barbacoa para cumplea�os - Presentational Communication Mode Standards Addressed: Foreign Language Standards NETS Performance Indicators 1.2 1.3 2.1 3.1 4.2 5.1 1 3 4 5 Time frame: 5 to 6 class periods * Title: La curandera - Interpersonal Communication Mode Standards Addressed: Foreign Language Standards NETS Performance Indicators 1.1 1.3 2.1 3.1 4.2 1 3 4 5 Time frame: 4 to 5 class periods Title of Unit: Cuadros de familia Theme/Topic: Mi casa es tu casa/la familia Level: Novice- Mid Elementary * Title: Cuadros de familia/ La tamalada - Interpretive Communication Mode Standards Addressed: Foreign Language Standards NETS Performance Indicators 1.2 1.3 2.1 3.1 4.2 1 3 4 Time frame: 4 to 5 class periods * Title: Barbacoa para cumplea�os - Presentational Communication Mode Standards Addressed: Foreign Language Standards NETS Performance Indicators 1.2 1.3 2.1 3.1 4.2 5.1 1 3 4 5 Time frame: 5 to 6 class periods * Title: La curandera - Interpersonal Communication Mode Standards Addressed: Foreign Language Standards NETS Performance Indicators 1.1 1.3 2.1 3.1 4.2 1 3 4 5 Time frame: 4 to 5 class periods

2. Pre-Activities: * In preparation of this unit, students will have just learned family and extended family vocabulary. * Locate Mexico on a map and talk about what countries it is near to and how big/small it is in relation to the United States.Pre-Activities: * In preparation of this unit, students will have just learned family and extended family vocabulary. * Locate Mexico on a map and talk about what countries it is near to and how big/small it is in relation to the United States.

3. Continuation of Pre-Activities: * A day or two will be spent researching Mexico and Mexican foods. * Focus will be on tamales. Cooking utensil vocabulary and tamal ingredients will be introduced. * Ordinal numbers and a Gouuin Series of making tamales will be introduced: Hacemos tamales Para hacer un tamal� Primero, mezclo la masa Segundo, tomo la hoja de ma�z. Tercero, esparzo la masa en la hoja. Cuarto, pongo salsa en la hoja. Quinto, ato el hilo Sexto, cocino el tamal S�ptimo, lo como M-m-m-m. �Qu� rico! Continuation of Pre-Activities: * A day or two will be spent researching Mexico and Mexican foods. * Focus will be on tamales. Cooking utensil vocabulary and tamal ingredients will be introduced. * Ordinal numbers and a Gouuin Series of making tamales will be introduced: Hacemos tamales Para hacer un tamal� Primero, mezclo la masa Segundo, tomo la hoja de ma�z. Tercero, esparzo la masa en la hoja. Cuarto, pongo salsa en la hoja. Quinto, ato el hilo Sexto, cocino el tamal S�ptimo, lo como M-m-m-m. �Qu� rico!

4. Mi casa es tu casa �ste dibujo es una escena t�pica de mi familia en mi casa. �sta escena est� en la cocina, el coraz�n de mi casa donde toda mi familia le gusta reunirse. La Tamalada �sta es una escena de la cocina de mis padres. Todos est�n haciendo tamales. Mi abuelo tiene puestos rancheros azules y camisa azul. Yo estoy al lado de �l, con mi hermana Margie. Estamos ayudando a remojar las hojas secas del ma�z. Mi Mam� est� esparciendo la masa de ma�z sobre las hojas, y mis t�os est�n esparciendo la carne sobre la masa. Mi abuelita est� ordenando los tamales que ya est�n enrollados,cubiertos y listos para cocer. En algunas familias s�lo las mujeres preparan tamales, pero en mi familia todos ayudan. Carmen Lomas Garza Description of Task for Interpersonal Communication Mode: Imagine you are at the library looking for books about Mexico. You come across Cuadros de familia by Carmen Lomas Garza. You are fascinated by the cover. The colors, the activities, and the family in the picture make you want to learn more about Mexico and the artist. Do the following: Look at the power point presentation Read the passage carefully Look at the painting La Tamalada Answer the questions Description of Task for Interpersonal Communication Mode: Imagine you are at the library looking for books about Mexico. You come across Cuadros de familia by Carmen Lomas Garza. You are fascinated by the cover. The colors, the activities, and the family in the picture make you want to learn more about Mexico and the artist. Do the following: Look at the power point presentation Read the passage carefully Look at the painting La Tamalada Answer the questions

5. Jugamos un juego Interpretive assessment consist of: * putting pictures of making tamales in order * identifying the main ingredients to make tamales using a word box and pictures * making a list of cognates * writing one or two sentences to express main idea. Interpretive assessment consist of: * putting pictures of making tamales in order * identifying the main ingredients to make tamales using a word box and pictures * making a list of cognates * writing one or two sentences to express main idea.

6. Post Activities: �Compare and contrast Mexican and American food using a Venn Diagram. �Prepare a letter to be sent to your new Mexican pal through e-pals. Write about your family and the foods you have in common. (teacher note: help compose letter to new friends by providing a template with fill in the blanks. Example- En mi familia hay _____ personas. Mi pap� se llama ______ y mi mam� se llama _______�.etc. Me gusta comer _______ y _______). Post Activities: �Compare and contrast Mexican and American food using a Venn Diagram. �Prepare a letter to be sent to your new Mexican pal through e-pals. Write about your family and the foods you have in common. (teacher note: help compose letter to new friends by providing a template with fill in the blanks. Example- En mi familia hay _____ personas. Mi pap� se llama ______ y mi mam� se llama _______�.etc. Me gusta comer _______ y _______).

7. Pre-Activities: Before presenting Carmen Lomas Garza�s painting Barbacoa para cumplea�os do the following - * As a whole class talk about birthdays and birthday parties. What you might see and do. * Introduce how to express one�s age in Spanish and how to say one�s birth date. * Create a birthday graph with students� birth dates. * Talk about Mexican birthday parties. * Make papel picado * Visit a pi�ata web site to learn the history, song, and how to make a pi�ata. Pre-Activities: Before presenting Carmen Lomas Garza�s painting Barbacoa para cumplea�os do the following - * As a whole class talk about birthdays and birthday parties. What you might see and do. * Introduce how to express one�s age in Spanish and how to say one�s birth date. * Create a birthday graph with students� birth dates. * Talk about Mexican birthday parties. * Make papel picado * Visit a pi�ata web site to learn the history, song, and how to make a pi�ata.

8. Barbacoa para cumplea�os �sta es la fiesta de cumplea�os de mi hermana Mary Jane. Ella le pega a la pi�ata que le hizo mi mam�. Mi mam� tambi�n hizo y decor� el pastel. All� est� trayendo la carne lista para cocinarse. Mi pap� cocina en el horno de barbacoa que dise�� y construy� el mismo. Mi abuelo est� con una pala ech�ndole carbon de le�a de mezquite. Ask the students simple questions before reading the text. �Cu�ntas personas hay en el cuadro? �Qu� colores hay en el cuadro? �Qu� hay en la pintura? Papel picado, pi�ata, barbacoa, pastel, etc.Ask the students simple questions before reading the text. �Cu�ntas personas hay en el cuadro? �Qu� colores hay en el cuadro? �Qu� hay en la pintura? Papel picado, pi�ata, barbacoa, pastel, etc.

9. Description of Task of Presentational Communication Mode: While visiting Mexico, you are invited to a little girl�s birthday party. You want to send her an e-card. Do the following: � Click on el pastel, it will take you to www.tuparada.com � Prepare a birthday message to the birthday girl. � Send me (the birthday girl) a �gr�tis� e-card. Post Activities: � Use Storybook Weaver � Writing Tools CD-ROM to write and illustrate a short story about your next birthday party. Mi fiesta de cumplea�os. � Make a pi�ata. � Have a fiesta de cumplea�os with a pastel, papel picado, and a pi�ata. � Invite the parents and have students share their birthday stories. Description of Task of Presentational Communication Mode: While visiting Mexico, you are invited to a little girl�s birthday party. You want to send her an e-card. Do the following: � Click on el pastel, it will take you to www.tuparada.com � Prepare a birthday message to the birthday girl. � Send me (the birthday girl) a �gr�tis� e-card. Post Activities: � Use Storybook Weaver � Writing Tools CD-ROM to write and illustrate a short story about your next birthday party. Mi fiesta de cumplea�os. � Make a pi�ata. � Have a fiesta de cumplea�os with a pastel, papel picado, and a pi�ata. � Invite the parents and have students share their birthday stories.

10. Pre-Activities: Before presenting Carmen Lomas Garza�s painting La curandera, review body parts and illnesses and who you see when you are ill. Explain to the class the importance of a curandera in the Mexican community. Also review rooms in the house vocabulary and introduce basic furniture vocabulary. Research information on curanderos by using: www.swt.edu/~rw04/religion/%20healing/curanderos.htm. Answer the following questions 1. What are the three different curers? 2. Who is Don Pedrito? 3. What is body purification? 4 How do you become a curandero/a? 5. What herbal remedy does a curandero use for un dolor de o�do? �Un dolor de est�mago? Pre-Activities: Before presenting Carmen Lomas Garza�s painting La curandera, review body parts and illnesses and who you see when you are ill. Explain to the class the importance of a curandera in the Mexican community. Also review rooms in the house vocabulary and introduce basic furniture vocabulary. Research information on curanderos by using: www.swt.edu/~rw04/religion/%20healing/curanderos.htm. Answer the following questions 1. What are the three different curers? 2. Who is Don Pedrito? 3. What is body purification? 4 How do you become a curandero/a? 5. What herbal remedy does a curandero use for un dolor de o�do? �Un dolor de est�mago?

11. La Curandera �sta es do�a Mar�a, una curandera. Mi mam� le pidi� que le hiciera una limpia a mi hermana, menor, Mary Jane. De una buena ni�a, ella se hab�a convertido en una jovencita muy rebelde. La curandera viene a la casa por dos semanas. Quemaba incensio de copal, le�a un rezo, y barr�a a mi hermana con ramas de ruda. While showing Carmen Lomas Garza�s painting La curandera ask the students simple questions. �En qu� cuarto est�n? �Qu� hay en el cuarto? �Qui�n est� en el cuarto? �Qu� dolor puede tener la jovencita? Etc. Description of Task of Interpersonal Communication Mode: You are an exchange student in Mexico. You become ill. Your host mother calls a curandero/a. The curandero/a asks you questions about your health. Answer the questions in Spanish using as much vocabulary as you can. Teacher Notes: This task is set up as an interview. You play the role of the curandero/a and will be responsible to ask the student all the questions. Post Activities: * Test your new found knowledge on curanderismo by playing the games in the following web site www.americangirl.com/agcn/josefina/game1_helping/html/js_activity_page1_fran.html * Compare and contrast your bedroom to Carmen�s dormitorio by using a Venn Diagram. * Draw a picture of your bedroom and label in Spanish your furniture and objects in your room. While showing Carmen Lomas Garza�s painting La curandera ask the students simple questions. �En qu� cuarto est�n? �Qu� hay en el cuarto? �Qui�n est� en el cuarto? �Qu� dolor puede tener la jovencita? Etc. Description of Task of Interpersonal Communication Mode: You are an exchange student in Mexico. You become ill. Your host mother calls a curandero/a. The curandero/a asks you questions about your health. Answer the questions in Spanish using as much vocabulary as you can. Teacher Notes: This task is set up as an interview. You play the role of the curandero/a and will be responsible to ask the student all the questions. Post Activities: * Test your new found knowledge on curanderismo by playing the games in the following web site www.americangirl.com/agcn/josefina/game1_helping/html/js_activity_page1_fran.html * Compare and contrast your bedroom to Carmen�s dormitorio by using a Venn Diagram. * Draw a picture of your bedroom and label in Spanish your furniture and objects in your room.

12. Teacher Notes: Before giving the assessment, ask the students about what they see in the painting La Tamalada. �Cu�ntas personas hay en la pintura? �Hay una abuela? �un abuelo? etc. Go over the Gouin Series of making tamales and point at the items on the painting. Teacher Notes: Before giving the assessment, ask the students about what they see in the painting La Tamalada. �Cu�ntas personas hay en la pintura? �Hay una abuela? �un abuelo? etc. Go over the Gouin Series of making tamales and point at the items on the painting.