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  • Day of the Dead in movies!

    This week we are expanding on our knowledge of Day of the Dead and looking at how it is represented in two well-known movies. We will look at cultural references and develop our ability to read in Spanish when there is a lot of new language by using our prior experience and knowledge. 

    Learning Intention:

    We are exploring representation of Mexican culture and traditions in two movies to develop our reading and listening abilities. 

    Success Criteria:

    Explore culture through movies based on the topic. Explore readings with unknown language by drawing from prior knowledge. understand gist and detail. 

    Focus on and recognize cognates and other words that are similar in Spanish and other languages we know. 

    Develop inferring abilities to draw meaning of a new language from context clues, situational clues, and prior knowledge. Draw conclusions after reading and listening. 

    Reflect on how Mexican culture is represented in movies and about the real cultural references. Share your ideas in a short review in Spanish. 


    Activities:

    1. Summarise plot and comment on two known movies based on Day of the Dead (watch them independently if needed). 

    2. Identify basic characters, similarities and differences.

    3. Play two interactive games to compare real life Mexico and symbols to what is used for the movies. 

    4. Reading about a character to focus on gist and detail. 

    5. Writing a short review in Spanish using sentence frames.