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Preparing the Learner: Pictorial

Summer of the Mariposas

Designated ELD G8-M1-U1-L1

Designated ELD for

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Lesson Description

Learning Target	Student Activities	Standards	Exit Ticket Language	Materials
I can use domain-specific language, the verb “is”, and the pronoun “who” to describe mythical characters in Summer of the Mariposas.	Novel overview, including elements of narrative Use glossary to sketch mythical characters in novel Infer character traits based on glossary and images Practice saying sentences describing mythical characters	ELD.PI.12 Domain specific language	Use the sentence frames below and the glossary to write about Tonantzin and Chupacabras. __________ is a ___________ [trait adjective] mythical character, who _____________________.	Student Pictorial Handout (one for each student) Teacher Notes Summer of the Mariposas text

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Lesson Prep & Materials

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Designated ELD

In Designated ELD, we interact in meaningful ways to learn about how English works

Language learning is rooted what the language means, rather that how “correct” it is. How do the specific language and language features carry the meaning?
We focus on the four domains of language (below) with different domains in focus at different times/on different days.

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Lesson Description

G8-M1-U1-L1

Pictorial Input about Latin American Folklore

OVERALL GOALS AND DESCRIPTION

This lesson introduces domain specific vocabulary for the module, which is important for students to be able to write their narrative at the end of this module. Students are also introduced to the plot structure of the story which supports comprehension as they read the novel. Students use an anchor chart in order to practice describing their maps. The lesson concludes with a formative assessment where students write about what they drew in their maps using the descriptive language structure “is/are...which…”.

GUIDING QUESTION/S OF ELA UNIT

Why do we see evidence of myths and traditional stories in modern narratives?

LANGUAGE TARGET AND FOCUS

I can use domain-specific language, the verb “is”, and the pronoun “who” to describe mythical characters in Summer of the Mariposas.

CA ELD Standards

ELD.P2.4 Using noun and noun phrases: Expand noun phrases in a growing number of ways (e.g., adding prepositional or adjective phrases) in order to enrich the meaning of sentences and add details about ideas, people, things, and so on.

Language features

Domain specific vocabulary: Folklore, Latin America, myths, modernize, Aztecs, La Llorona, culture, values, Tonantzin, border patrol, chupacabra, lechuzas, border, Rio Grande

Informal Assessment

During practice: Listen for elements of Latin American folklore.

Lesson end task: Students write about what they drew on their maps using descriptive frame “is/are… which/who”

Alignment with upcoming writing task

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Pictorial

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“is” and “who”

Anchor Chart Before Lesson

“is” and “who”

Anchor Chart After Lesson

Character	Description (from the glossary and p. 166)	Character Traits
La Llorona	a “weeping woman” who drowned her children and spends eternity trying to find them; she will take away children who misbehave	sad or melancholy desperate
Nagual	a shapeshifting warlock	charming devious or conniving

Character	Description (from the glossary and p. 166)	Character Traits
La Llorona
Nagual

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Preparing the Learner

(10 minutes)

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What do you observe in these images? Write down three sentences describing what you see.

I observe that …
I notice that ...

Do Now

Encourage students to be as specific and concrete as possible in their observations.
Have students share out their observations and prompt them to share what they know about these fictional characters.
T: What do these characters, Ernesto de la Cruz from Coco, the greedy giant from Jack and the Beanstalk, and the Big Bad Wolf have in common?

Have students share out their ideas. Highlight that they are mythical (make-believe), and identify some of their traits: deceitful and greedy (Ernesto), greedy and scary (the giant), and ruthless (the Big Bad Wolf).

T: These mythical characters all help the reader get a particular lesson about life from the story. Today, we’re going to be talking about the novel we’ll be reading, Summer of the Mariposas. This novel also uses mythical characters to teach lessons about life.

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I can use domain-specific language, the verb “is”, and the pronoun “who” to describe mythical characters in Summer of the Mariposas.

Language Targets

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You will need...

Paper/ELD notebook
Pencil
Class novel

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It is a narrative text, which is a story that includes characters, setting, and plot events.

It uses characters from folklore, which are stories from the past that explain how things came to be the way they are.

Folklore uses mythical characters to teach lessons about real life.

Our Novel: Summer of the Mariposas

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Access to Text

(10 minutes)

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Mythical Characters in Summer of the Mariposas

Directions:

There are several mythical characters in the novel. Look each of them up in the novel’s glossary and use part one of your handout to sketch an image of what you think they might look like. Feel free to be as creative and imaginative as you can.

La Llorona

Tonantzin

Chupacabras

Nagual

(p. 166)

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Mythical Characters in Summer of the Mariposas

Part 2 Comparison Reflection: How were your drawings similar to these images? How were they different? Is there anything you want to change in yours?

La Llorona

Tonantzin

Chupacabras

Nagual

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Language Discovery

(10 minutes)

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Character	Description (from the glossary and p. 166)	Character Traits
La Llorona
Nagual

Add to your handout as we discuss: Based on their descriptions, what character traits do you think they might have?

Either copy this table on to the white board or project this slide and type in the notes. Students will need to see its contents when they do language practice on slide 18.
T: Just like any other characters, mythical characters have “character traits.” These are personality traits or ways that they act. Based on the descriptions, we’re going to try to infer some of the traits these characters might have. Let’s start by focusing on two of them.

Have students share out in their own words the descriptions of each character from the glossary. Capture them in the table:

La Llorona: a “weeping woman” who drowned her children and spends eternity trying to find them; she will take away children who misbehave
Nagual: a shape-shifting warlock who disguises himself and pretends to ask for help

T: Based on what we know about them, what character traits might they have? What might their personalities be like?

Have students pair-share and then call on them to share out their ideas. Prompt students by rephrasing the questions: How might someone act if they spent their life regretting something? OR What kind of personality might someone who changes their appearance constantly have?
Capture possible traits:

La Llorona: sad or melancholy; desperate
Nagual: charming; devious or conniving

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Language Practice

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Practice Together

Use the anchor chart to fill in the blanks.

__________ is a ___________ mythical character, who

[mythical character name] [character trait]

___________________________________ . [mythical character description]

Make sure the chart from slide 17 is visible to students. They will use the chart, along with the sentence frames, to make statements about the mythical characters in the novel.
Model by doing the first example for La Llorona aloud and having them repeat: “La Llorona is a sad and melancholy mythical character, who drowned her children and spends eternity trying to find them.

Provide additional examples as necessary:

Ernesto de la Cruz is a greedy and selfish mythical character, who murdered his music partner so he could take credit for his music. (Consider replacing “mythical character” with “ghost” or “spirit” in this example to make it more natural.)
The giant in Jack and the Beanstalk is an evil and greedy mythical character, who hoards his money and tries to eat Jack.
The Big Bad Wolf is a ruthless mythical character who blows down the pigs’ houses and eats them.

Have students work with a partner to complete the sentence frames orally for the Nagual: The Nagual is a devious and charming mythical character, who disguises himself and pretends to ask for help.

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Language Application

(10 minutes)

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Write On Your Own

Part 4 Directions: Use the sentence frames below and the glossary to write about Tonantzin and Chupacabras.

__________ is a ___________ mythical character, who

[mythical character name] [character trait]

___________________________________ . [mythical character description]

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Reflect On Learning

(5 minutes)

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Review the Language Target from the beginning of class. How well did we meet it?

Language Targets:

I can use domain-specific language, the verb “is”, and the pronoun “who” to describe mythical characters in Summer of the Mariposas.

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