Questions to Ponder:

1. what is the video about?

2. How do you think it would be

connected to our lesson?
A Letter to God.

G.L.Fuentes
 Learning Objective
• To read and summarise the first part of the
lesson ‘A letter to God “ by G.L. Fuentes which
revolves around theme of faith and analyse
the theme faith , enhance vocabulary .
Students will write a reflective paragraph
analyzing a personal conflict they are facing,
drawing parallels to the conflicts experienced
by the protagonist.
 About the Author
Gregorio Lopez Fuentes

•Gregorio López Fuentes (17 Nov 1895- 10 Dec 1966) was a Mexican
writer known for his best work , a fictional story – ‘A Letter to God’

•He was one of the leading chronicler

of the Mexican Revolution.

•His most celebrated work was El Indio

(1935; “The Indian”), a fictional study
of the life of Mexico’s indigenous race.
•He was awarded the
National Prize of Arts and Sciences in 1935.

•"A Letter to God" is a Mexican short story

originally written in Spanish.
 Check your knowledge
The author’s full name was …………………
He was ……………………….writer
He was awarded ……………………………… in 1935
His most celebrated work was ……………… , life of
Mexican indigenous race.
The fictional story A letter to God was written
originally in …………………….
• Activity 1
• Rearrange the following sentences to form the summary of the
extract
• 1. As they gather for dinner, rain finally arrives, Lencho rejoices,
initially believing it will ensure a bountiful harvest.
• 2. Lencho's despair grows as he realizes the extent of the damage,
lamenting that even a plague of locusts would have left more
behind.
• 3. The story revolves around Lencho a farmer, who lives in the only
house in the valley, situated atop a hill, overlooking his fields of corn.
• 4. However, the rain quickly turns into a destructive hailstorm,
destroying their entire cornfield and leaving them devastated.
• 5. The family faces the grim reality of potential hunger due to the
loss of their crops, leading to a night of sorrow and hopelessness.
• 6. Lencho anxiously watches the sky, hoping for rain to nourish their
crops, while the family relies on faith, relying on God's will for rain.
1. What is a rain bearing cloud called?
2. Why was he expecting some rain?
3. How did the rain change?What happened to
lencho’s field?
4. What would have happened to Lencho and
his family if there were no rain at all?
5. What were Lencho’s feeling when the hail
stopped?
6. If you are going to connect Lencho to a real
life character , who it would be? What did
you learn about them?
Activity – 2(Individual)
To enhance
vocabulary
 Match the following word with its meaning and opposite:

word meaning Opposite

1. Downpour covered Distant

2. Draped foretell Drought
3. Locust closely Unexpected

4. Predicted insects that Exposed

destroy crops
5. Intimately heavy rain
• Fill in the blanks with the right word given in the
bracket:
• (draped, downpour, hailstones, crest, intimately,)
• As the storm reached its ------------------, the thunder
roared and lightning crackled across the sky.
• She ----------------- herself in a soft blanket, seeking
warmth on the chilly evening.
• We sought shelter as the sky darkened and
-----------------the size of golf balls began to fall.
• They spoke -------------------- about their dreams and
fears, sharing their deepest thoughts with one another.
• The sudden ------------------------- soaked the streets,
causing pedestrians to scramble for cover.
 Storms depending on their nature are called
different names in different places . Fill in the
blanks with the right word:
• (Gale, whirlwind, cyclone, tornado, typhoon)
• 1. A violent tropical storm in which strong winds
move in a circle
• 2. An extremely strong wind
• 3. A violent tropical storm with very strong winds:
• 4. A violent storm whose centre is a cloud in the
shape of a funnel
• 5. A very strong wind that moves very fast in a
spinning movement causes a lot of damage:
ACTIVITY 3 (group)
SPEAKING : To
analyse the theme
Faith
1. What is faith and what should we
put our faith in?
2. Faith can move mountains.
Elaborate
3. Give the contrast between Faith
and blind faith
• Assessment:
Choose the correct answer:
1. Why was Lencho's soul filled with sadness?
a.locust had destroyed cornfields
b.It did not rain
c.the hail storm destroyed cornfields
d. his children did not obey him
2. What do these words mean- "a plague of locusts would have left more than
this?"
a. hailstones destroyed the crops more than the plague of locusts
b.locust would have spared their field on request
c. locusts had eaten partial crop
d. locusts are less dangerous
3. What is Lencho NOT likely to think while looking at his field?

• option i
• option ii
• option iii
• option iv