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Grade Motto: “I build learnings in a collaborative way through meaningful experiences that
allow me to grow in responsibility and autonomy”

STUDENT:  Maryam Sofía Hernández García GRADE:  SIXTH  A  B  C  D 

TEACHERS:  DIANA GUEVARA AND DAYAN FERNANDEZ 
TIME:  FROM: December 7th 2020 TO:     December 16th 2020
STANDARDS: Listening Writing
Compares and contrasts information given by the Portrays characters,places and situations thoroughly
with the proper elements of a descriptive text using
speaker allowing the student to indentify details
within the audiovisual context provided. the present perfect.

INTRODUCTION: The Navajo People (Navajo: Diné or Naabeehó) are a tribe of Native Americans
from the southwestern part of the United States . It is the second largest tribe in the United States
with an independent government that runs a large Native American reservation in parts of
Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. We will learn more about this tribe through a short poem and a
listening that contains important facts related to it.

Pre-Task: Where do you go for time by yourself? The poem Oh Navajo Girl talks about a little girl
who ventures into the beauty and serenity of nature. Though she ventures alone, she is
surrounded by the love, peace, and spirit of everything around her. Let´s read this poem and
answer the questions that follow.

Question
1. Why does the author of the poem say that
the girl is never alone?
2.How does the girl feel about nature? What
details in the poem tell you this?
3. What is the author´s purpose for writing this
poem? Is it to explain, entertain or persuade
(convince)?
Answer
The Navajo girl was never alone because the
animals stay whit her in the forrest
She fell loved. Because they bathe you in
silence surround you with love
I think the purpose for de poem is to entertain

Listening Section
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Now that we have been introduced to the Navajo Nation, we will listen to an audio about this tribe
to learn more about their traditions and life style.

https://berchmanseduco-
my.sharepoint.com/:u:/g/personal/dayan_fernandez_berchmans_edu_co/EXQ4a12X6cJDpqACm
MrMIf4BsQwgYClU2xpmPtMK6FcjUQ?e=r9J3jV

Task 1 Note Taking

Key words: Weave

Housing small houses with clay walls

Diet Squash, and beans

Clothing deerskin clothing and yucca plant

Handicrafts blankets, clay cases and silver jewelry

Task 2 Comprehension questions

1. What type of art were the Navajo The type of art most famous is silver
most famous for? jewelry

2. Several thousand Navajo were This forced march was call “The Long
forced to move from Arizona to Walk”
New Mexico by soldiers in 1864.
What is this forced march called
today?

3. The Navajo women specialized in The men specialized in jewelry

making blankets and clay pots. In
what art did the Navajo men
specialize?

4. In what type of homes did the The type of homes did the Navajo live was
Navajo live? hogan

5. What direction did the Navajo The doors faced east

people have the doors of their
houses face?

6. The name Navajo comes from a Dinne meant town

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Spanish word. The Navajo people

called themselves Dine. What did
this mean?

7. What were the three main crops The three main crops were corn, beans,
that the Navajo people grew? and zucchini.

8. What animal did the Spanish the animal that changed a large part of
introduce to the Navajo that their culture were sheep
changed much of their culture
including their main form of art,
what they ate, and the types of
clothes they wore?

Writing Section
When writing any type of text, relative pronouns are very useful to connect ideas. In the
image below you will find the way they are commonly used.
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Task 1 Practice:

Link:
https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/R
elative_pronouns/Relative_pronouns_ej809649ft

Screenshot
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Task 2 Descriptive Paragraph

You have read a poem about a Navajo girl and listened to an audio about different aspects
related to this tribe. The information you have gathered from the pre-task and listening
section will help you write a descriptive paragraph about the Navajo tribe. You can get
extra information about this nation by watching the video The Navajo Nation | The Story
of America's Largest Tribe.
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The following criteria must be included in the descriptive paragraph:

 It must be at least 8 lines

 Adjectives (use 3 adjectives together to describe the same noun. Remember the
NOSASCOMP order. Example: The Navajo people are found in a large ancient
rocky territory.
 Use of relative pronouns.
 Highlight the sentences with the adjectives and relative pronouns. Use 2 different
colors.

Type your text here in Font Calibri Size 12.

The Navajo tribe is one of the oldest and largest in the United States. They are centered
on the largest Indian reservation in this country which surrounds the plateaus and plains
on the border between Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and Colorado. This location over
time has allowed them to acquire customs and develop economies and activities to
preserve their culture over time. They are a culture rich in ceremonies and rituals.

The Navajo were farmers and Corn was their most important type of food. They also
grew beans and zucchini. Livestock, mainly the flock of sheep was their main economic
activity using wool in different ways. Men were engaged in silver jewelry and women in
sewing and clay pots.
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REFERENCES:

https://kids.kiddle.co/Navajo_people

D. Guevara and D. Fernandez 2020