Life in the Sanctuary Region
Children and Families Share Their Stories
Miguel the Breadmaker
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 Spanish version of Miguel's story and share it as
a class.
2) Look closely
at the first picture.
- What do
you think is happening?
- What
sentence or caption would you write about the picture?
- What
questions do you have?
Option:
Can you read any of the Spanish words or sentences? (You can look
some up in a Spanish/English dictionary or translate
them online.)
Option: After looking at all
the pictures in the story, but not reading the English versions, write
one or more paragraphs that you think describes Miguel's baking activities.
Use descriptive words.
3) Click
to the English version of the page. How does it compare with your ideas
about what was happening? (Note: You can always click back and forth between
English and Spanish.)
4) Finally,
think about things you've observed or experienced with cooking and baking
at home and in your community. Use the handout
to the right (or make a Venn diagram) to show how Miguel's baking experiences
compare with what you've seen or done. You could compare these types of
things:
- cooking
and baking tools
- ingredients
- types
of bread and other baked goods
- types
of ovens
- how bread
is sold
5) Write
or tell a partner about how you would feel if you could eat the types
of breads that Miguel and family baked.
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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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