Monarch Butterflies Life in the Sanctuary Region Children and Families Share Their Stories Making Pan de los Muertos Comparing and Contrasting Language and Culture Use some or all of these reading activities as you read this bilingual story about life in the Monarch Sanctuary Region. 1) Pull up just the story and share it as a class. Making Pan de los Muertos with the Moreño Family 2) Look closely at the first picture. What do you think is happening? What do you recognize? What sentence or caption would you write about the picture? What questions do you have? Do the same with each picture. 3) After looking at all the pictures in the story, write one or more paragraphs that you think describe the Day of the Dead holiday. Use descriptive words. 4) Finally, compare and contrast your life, home, and holidays with those of people in the monarch sanctuary region. Use the graphic organizer to the right (or make a Venn diagram) to show how their lives life compare with yours. You could compare these types of things: ways of baking foods holiday foods houses (inside and outside) outdoor environment children's activities 5) Write or tell a partner about how it might feel to spend the Day of the Dead holiday with the Moreño Family. << Back to Bilingual Vignettes, "Life in the Monarch Sanctuary Region" National Geography Standards Places and Regions The physical and human characteristics of places. Human Systems The characteristics, distributions, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.

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