CHASING A PUERTO RICAN CHRISTMAS
PURPOSE—This lesson is designed to be bilingual in that it will make students aware of the pronunciation and the meaning of, Spanish words from the article “
Chasing a Puerto Rican Christmas
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MATERIALS
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A photocopied copy of the article for each person in the classroom.
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A photocopied copy of the key, and the definitions of, words taken from the article, for each person in the classroom.
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A bilingual guest speaker.
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PROCEDURE
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Re-introduce the guest speaker/speakers from yesterday.
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Explain to the class that today we will concentrate on Spanish words from the article and what they mean in English.
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Distribute a copy of the article, and a copy of the Spanish words to each person.
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Allow time for the speaker to go over the pronunciation and the meanings of these words.
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Allow the students an opportunity to pronounce these words either individually or as a group.
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After recollecting the article and vocabulary sheets, the teacher will ask the speaker to pronounce the words again, and the students will write the meaning of each word down on a piece of paper to see what they remember.
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A related activity could be to arrange for samples of the foods to be brought to class so that the students could sample them. You may want to coordinate this activity with your schools home economics teacher so that your students could actually prepare some of the food samples themselves.