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toc Halloween vs. El Dia de los Muertos

So for this 1st part of the IPA we were coming towards the end of our 1st trimester and I wanted to use something that we we covered in the trimester but it is very difficult since our curriculum is based off of a text book but the IPA is more thematic. I our final chapter that we covered we discussed celebrations in Hispanic countries and we were coming close to the end of October and beginning of November so I decided to find articles in Spanish about how we celebrate Halloween in the US and how they celebrate El Dia de los Muertos in Mexico. Here are the articles and assessments. I split my two Novice High Spanish classes in half and gave some of them the Halloween articles and the others the articles on El Dia de los Muertos.

This was also in preparation for the Interpersonal Mode of the Assessment.

**__ Artículo 1- Assessment __**
** Novice High Día de los Muertos vs Halloween- Interpretive Assessments **

I. **Key word recognition for article on Día de los Muertos Article 1** Find in the article the Spanish word that best expresses the meaning of each of the following words.

**pre-Hispanic origins**

**honor loved ones**


 * festivities ****that have passed on**


 * coincide ** **flowers**

**some countries tombs**

__** II. Important words and phrases: **** True or False **__ __** a. Circle the letter of the ideas that are mentioned in the text. **__ __** b. Write the letter of that idea next to where it appears in the text. **__ __** C. If the statement is false, find the statement in the text and right it in Spanish proving that it is false **__

__ A. In some places in Mexico "The day of the Dead" is celebrated on the 1st of November __ __ B. Day of the Dead has the same significance as Halloween. __ __ C. People go to the commentaries to decorate the tombs. __ __ D. Day of the Dead has pre-Hispanic origins, meaning it began before the Spanish arrived. __ __ E. Day of the Dead coincides with All Saints Day a Catholic tradition. __ __ F. They don't make alters or offerings __ __ G. They decorate the altars with their loved one's favorite foods, photos and things. __ __ H. They don't honor their loved ones that have past. __

__** III. Main idea(s) ** Using information from the article, provide the main idea(s) of the article in English. __

__** IV. Meaning from context: ** Based on this passage write what the following three words probably mean in English. __

__ 1. época __

__ 2. la actualidad __

__ 3. significado __

** Artículo 2-Assessment **
** Novice High Dia de los Muertos vs Halloween ** __ I. **Key word recognition for article on Día de los Muertos** ** Article 2 **__

__ Find in the article the Spanish word that best expresses the meaning of each of the following English words. __

**The Dead** **cemetery**


 * the people **** the flower **


 * offerings or alters **** special food **


 * places **** toys and candy **


 * favorites things **** tombs **


 * II. Important words and phrases ** True or False:
 * a. Circle the letter of the ideas that are mentioned in the text. **
 * b. Write the letter of that idea next to where it appears in the text. **
 * C. If the statement is false, find the statement in the text and right it in Spanish proving that it is false **

A. In some places in Mexico "The day of the Dead" is celebrated on the 1st of November B. Some people spend the night in the cemeteries. C. People go to the commentaries to decorate the tombs. D. Children are not allowed to participate in this celebration. E. They prepare "Bread of the Dead". F. They don't make alters or offerings G. They decorate the altars with their loved one's favorite foods, photos and things. H. They don't honor their loved ones that have past.


 * III. Main idea(s) ** Using information from the article, provide the main idea(s) of the article in English.


 * IV. Meaning from context: ** Based on this passage write what the following three words probably mean in English.

1. los miembros -

2. difuntos -

3. la gente -