¡Bienvenidos!
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See above link for an evolving essay on who I am as an educator and that which defines my current work. This work in progress has morphed alongside my personal growth and development as a reflective practitioner.
What is that funky chair?
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Historical references from: publicdomainreview.org
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This project is multi-layered, differentiated, and can be taught to the any level. I have taught variations of it from Kindergarten - HS Spanish 5. In lower level Spanish we focus on the symbolism of the cultural products, practices, and perspectives of the holiday: los antepasados, los cempasuchiles, las velas, las dulces, las calacas, el papel picado, las ofrendas, la comida tradicional y las calaveras. My original Spanish 1 students then created interactive crafts which could be taught to and constructed by members of the public at our Exibición del Día de los Muertos. In upper levels of Spanish, we seek to understand the satire of José Guadalupe Posada and his literary and artistic calaveras [see left]. Students write calaveras literarias which focus on satirizing professions, public figures, or a current political issue about which they would like to make a statement. They then create an artistic calavera which illustrates their literary work. At all levels of Spanish, students create memorials to a deceased pet, relative, or famous person which incorporates the imperfect verb tense and which are placed on a large ofrenda (alter). |
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My Standards-Based Grade BooksSample of Rosa's Writing |
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