Tradiciones/Traditions

Cultures:
Culturally appropriate language use
requires an understanding of the relationship
between the products and practices of
the culture and its underlying perspectives.
Eila Zarate Ramirez Students must acquire the ability to interact
appropriately with target culture bearers in
order to communicate successfully. This category
allows students to make connections and
comparisons between languages and cultures.

 Stage IV
 4.0 Students improvise appropriate responses to
unpredictable situations.
 4.1 Demonstrate culturally appropriate use of
products, practices, and perspectives to others.
 4.2 Explain similarities and differences in the
target cultures and between students’ own
cultures.
 4.3 Explain the changes in perspectives when
cultures come in contact.

 What are traditions?/ que son tradiciones?  Navidad en USA:

 La Real Academia nos dice que: Tradicion es:  Arbol de Navidad
 Transmisión de noticias, composiciones  Decoraciones
literarias, doctrinas, ritos, costumbres, etc.,  Comida
hecha de generación en generación.  Regalos
 Cuales son algunas de las tradiciones que se  Reunion familiar
han trasmitido en tu familia?
 Toma 5 minutes para hablar con tu grupo
sobre las tradiciones en tu familia.

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 Quien es Santa Clause?/who is Santa Clause?
 Hombre de barba larga y un traje rojo/men
with a bear and a red suit.
 Lleva regalos a los ninos que se portan
bien/gives presents to the children that
where good.
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 En mi tierra, Michoacan Mexico.
 Celebrabamos Navidad, pero no habia
regalos:
 Comida
 Musica
 Reunion familiar
 Luces y arbol de navidad
 Que diferencias encuentras de las 2
celebraciones?/What are some difference
between both celebrations?
 Platica con tu comparnero/ talk to your
partner
 Quien quiere compartir/who wants to share
 Quienes son los Reyes Magos/who are the
three wise man?
 Melchor, Gaspar y Baltazar
 3 hombres que viajan en camellos/3men that
travel on camels.
 Traen regalos para los ninos/
 Bring presents to the children.
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 Escriben carta a Santa Claus/ write a letter 1.
santa.
 Escriben carta a los Reyes Magos/ write
letters to the three wise men. 2.
 Los ninos tienen que portarse bien todo el
ano/ children need to behave good the whole 3.
year.
 4.
Primer paso/First step: Buscar informacion
de ambas celebraciones/gather information
about both celebrations
Encontrar las diferencias y similitudes/ look
for differences and similataries.
Comenzar a escribir tu tesis/start to write
down your thesis.
Decide si son iguales o differentes/decide if
they are the same of different.

Santa Reyes
Paso #1 Paso #2 Paso #3 Claus magos

1. Introduccion/introduction
Gancho/hook
2. Tesis/Thesis
Differentes o iguales
differente or the same
3. Parrafos/Body paragraph
Detalle/detail #1
Detalle/detail #2
Detalle/detail #3
4. Conclucion/Conclusion

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 Tradiciones/Traditions  Trabajar en tesis/Work in thesis.

 Lluvia de ideas/Brainstorm
 Navidad/Christmas USA vs Latin America ◦ En un papel comeinza por escribir tus ideas. In a
piece of paper start by writing down ideas.
◦ Trabaja con un companero y comparte tus ideas.
 Santa Cluse Vs Los Reyes Magos Work with a partner and share the ideas.
◦ Trabajar hasta el final del periodo. Work until the
 Introduje el projecto/ensayo=Introduction of end of the period.
final project/essay.

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