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LESSON 1
OBJECTIVE:
Students will be able to talk about how the Day of the Dead is celebrated in México.
1. Warm – up
In your notebook, answer some questions about Mexico:
- What is the official name of Mexico?
- What is the most popular sport in Mexico:
- Find at least 20 world heritage sites in Mexico. Add pictures about each one.
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2. On page20 in the book, read interesting facts about Mexico and choose
your favorite.
3. Read information in a mind map about The Day of the Dead and label the
parts of the mind map.
5. Now read about La Catrina and answer comprehension questions about the
text and make a mind map about it.
SOLUTION
Madre Amalia High School
Sincelejo – Sucre
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1.
Why
To remember to
When people who have died
Other activities
November 1st and 2nd
Creating an ofrenda: a
display with pan de muerto
Who –“bread of the dead,”
sugar skulls, candles and
flowers.
People in México:
Families, schools.
Main activities
Visiting graves in a
cementary (some
people stay all night)
4.
the image shows the catrina, a folkloric
and representative character for the day of
the dead
the catrina as her name indicates, is a
woman
5.
What is La catrina?
Madre Amalia High School
Sincelejo – Sucre
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La catrina
was
I believe
created in
Decorates the her Jose
1910
house Guadalupe
6.
- Graduation: it is celebrated with a party with
classmates and is very important because it
marks the life of each one.
- Birthday: it is celebrated with a party together
with friends and family, gifts are given to the
birthday and cake is distributed among other
things.
- Independence Day: it is celebrated with a
parade of musical bands and it is tradition to
march and put a flag of our country outside our
house.
Madre Amalia High School
Sincelejo – Sucre
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Honor
March
heroes
Independence Day with band
and flag
wing
Music
Share
Invited
friends
Eat
cake Birthday
Madre Amalia High School
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Break
piñata
Recibe
gifts
Revillagigedo Archipelago
Calakmul
archaeological zone and its tropical forests, Campeche
Madre Amalia High School
Sincelejo – Sucre
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