This is another foray into the world of embedded reading, invented and eloquently described by Laurie Clarq and Michele Whaley . You can see more of their work here . I like the story of La Llorona and I have spent a long time thinking about how to present this [...]
I wrote a short TEACHER GUIDE for the LA TORTUGA Y LA LIEBRE story I posted last week, because I wanted to share the process for teaching something like this deeply. This is a fable with staying power. It has had something to say to us over the millennia. It is [...]
LEGENDS "It is quite easy to see why a legend is treated, and ought to be treated, more respectfully than a book of history. The legend is generally made by a majority of the people in the village who are sane. The book is generally written by the one [...]
There are examples of recent student essays on the "Free Stuff" page on this website. Look in the "Workshops Downloads" section. Students wrote these essays in class after we had read and discussed three versions of the legend of La Llorona the day before. All reading and discussion was [...]