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National Endowment for the Humanities

Sor Juana, la poetisa: Los sonetos

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Examine two of Sor Juana's sonnets in depth. Learners first listen to an audio recording or a reading of the sonnets and then analyze the structure and form, paying attention to elements of the Baroque and el gongorismo. Assess student...
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Curated OER

Finding Rhyming Words in a French Poem

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Explore rhyming in this phonemic awareness and French lesson. Listen to the poem "J'Adore la Pizza" by Karen Kransky and identify rhyming words. Compare grapheme spelling patterns with like phonemes, and sort word cards according to...
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Curated OER

Native Language Arts Seasonal Poem

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Intended for native Spanish speakers, this plan provides an opportunity to create a class semantic web describing the different seasons and listen to Vivaldi's "Four Seasons." Learners will work together to revise their semantic webs,...
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Curated OER

'P' Is for Poetry

For Teachers K - 12th
Students write rhymes for each letter of the alphabet. In this rhyming lesson plan, students come up with various words that could rhyme for each letter. Once they come up with rhymes for each, they publish them in a book along with...
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Curated OER

The Influence of Musical Folk Traditions in the Poetry of Langston Hughes and Nicolás Guillén

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students listen and explore how African-American culture relates to learning Spanish as a foreign language. Poetry, music, and history are utilized while learning about Langston Hughes and Nicolas Guillen.
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Curated OER

The Art and History of Japanese Calligraphy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Chinese and Japanese calligraphy is beautiful and significant in both culture and tradition. Engage your class in this expressive fine art form through a lesson on using, holding, and creating brush strokes common to Japanese writing...
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Curated OER

Concrete Biopoems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write a five line poem describing themselves in Spanish. They finish the poem by publishing it on paper that is cut into a shape that helps identify them.
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University of New Mexico

César Chávez: Migrant Farm Workers and Their Leader

For Teachers 6th - 8th
During the first week of instruction, middle schoolers research biographies on Cesar Chavez and make a pictorial collage of his life. For the second and third week, they maintain a seven-day diary of a farmworker and write a poem. For...
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Curated OER

Holocaust Education and World Languages

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students use poetry to share their feelings about the Holocaust. Using the internet, they research a major event of the twentieth century from a different viewpoint using the language of the foreign country. They use different...
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Curated OER

El Día de las Madres

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students research the origin of Mother's Day and in Spanish, write a poem for their mothers, aunt or grandmother. They plan a Mother's Day event.
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Curated OER

The Passive Voice in Spanish

For Teachers 6th - 12th
The passive voice was mastered by Spanish learners. Your class members can find out all about how to create the passive voice in Spanish using ser, past participles, por, and the impersonal se. Examples are provided for each situation.
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Curated OER

Negative Words & Expressions in Spanish

For Teachers 6th - 12th
You don't never use double negatives in English, but the grammar is slightly different in Spanish. Help your class grasp this concepts and pick up how to compose sentences that are negative, rather than affirmative with the information...
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Curated OER

The Alphabet is Historic: The Roman Alphabet is our Alphabet

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils show that the Greeks, Phoenicians and Romans lived in the Mediterranean area. They give reasons why the alphabet was important for the Romans. and say that the Romans developed the alphabet they are learning in school.
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Curated OER

America, A Home for Every Culture

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate the many cultures that are represented in America. In this American culture lesson, students look at the food, languages, music, and traditions that immigrants have contributed to the face of America. They complete...
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Radio Pirata 99.9 Fm, Manaugua, Nicaragua: Nicaraguan Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanish Content; from Radio Pirata in Managua, Nicaragua, this is a group of selected reading in English and Spanish of works by well known Nicaraguan poets Ruben Dario, Alejandro Bravo, Salomon de la Selva and Joaquin Pasos.
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Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes

Biblioteca Virtual Miguel De Cervantes: Convivio. Poesia Medieval Y Cancioneros

For Students 9th - 10th
Medieval songbooks remind us how lyric poetry was once produced and received. This portal offers some of the most representative documents, as well as studies carried out by specialists in the field.
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Instituto Cervantes (Espana)

Centro Virtual Cervantes: Delmira Agustini

For Students 9th - 10th
Delmira Augustini is one of the poets of the twentieth-century American poetry. On this site you will find her biography, chronology, bibliography and twelve of her poems.
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Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes

Ruben Dario en La Biblioteca Nacional De Chile

For Students 9th - 10th
Great biography in Spanish of the Nicaraguan poet Ruben Dario, considered by many to be the greatest poet of the Spanish language. He pioneered the modernist movement in prose and poetry. Some of his writings are available in Spanish at...
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Los Poetas

Los Poetas: Pedro Antonio De Alarcon

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the poems and biography of the Spanish poet Pedro Antonio de Alarcon.
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Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes

Biblioteca Virtual Miguel De Cervantes: Literature Y Musica

For Students 9th - 10th
The content of this site has a lot of information about poetry and music of the golden age.
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PBS

Pbs: Masterpiece Theatre: Almost a Woman

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides teachers with instructional activities to use when teaching the novel Almost a Woman by Esmeralda Santiago. It contains links to the poetry of other Puerto Rican authors and essays about the Puerto Rican/American...
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Los Poetas

Los Poetas: Juan Bautista Arraiza

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the poems and biography of the Spanish poet Juan Bautista Arraiza.
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Los Poetas

Los Poetas: Juan Arolas

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the poems and biography of the Spanish poet Juan Arolas.
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Los Poetas

Los Poetas: Pero Lopez De Ayala

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the poems and biography of the Spanish poet Pero Lopez de Ayala.

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