Experiments in Spanish Teaching
Chapter 11 was such a shocker! *Spoiler Alert* Take a moment to stop reading if you’re still in the “thinking about adopting” phase. Analia tries to keep the narrator from getting revenge on the man who killed his brother and is killed as they try to escape. It was such a powerful scene that my… Continue reading Teaching with the novel Vida y Muerte en la Mara Salvatrucha Chapter 11, 12, 13
As always, don’t overlook the amazing teacher’s resources here… Chapter 10 finds the narrator sleeping when he hears some horrible news. His brother has been killed… What will he do? Leave the gang to be with his girlfried? Seek revenge? It’s a great chapter, leading into an even better one!! After we finished reading, I… Continue reading Teaching the novel Vida y Muerte en la Mara Salvatrucha Chapter 10
These two chapters are short and they go hand in hand so we read them together. We even did a little acting as Pedro waits in the dark for his brother to come home! So in these chapters, the narrator has to choose between his girlfriend and the gang… So that’s what we did! We… Continue reading Teaching the novel Vida y Muerte en la Mara Salvatrucha chapter 8 & 9
If you’ve been in a cave and haven’t seen me singing the praises of in my first 6 posts, be sure you click the link! Yesterday we read chapter 7, Mi novia. The kids were so surprised that the girl whose grandma he had been assaulting in chapter 6 was now his girlfriend. It seemed… Continue reading Teaching the Novel Vida y Muerte en la Mara Salvatrucha- Chapter 7
If you’ve been lurking around these posts, check out It is a great novel! (I might have said that before.) This chapter was perfect for this Martina Bex “ activity! I did a sample doodle for the kids after Chapter 5 so that they would have an idea what I was looking for. In Chapter… Continue reading Teaching the novel Vida y Muerte en la Mara Salvatrucha- Chapter 6
There was just too much going on at this point in the novel to move ahead! I added a day to chapter 5 and did a review of the narrator’s life as a writing assessment. You should get this novel! And the TG has all of the essentials! These activities are not meant to replace… Continue reading Teaching the novel Vida y Muerte en la Mara Salvatrucha Chapter 5 day 2
Another great chapter! You should get this novel! And the TG has all of the essentials! These activities are not meant to replace the materials that accompany the guide, they’re meant to compliment it! Today began a two day look at chapter 5, “My first mission.” We looked at the chapter’s symbol, a gun, and… Continue reading Teaching the novel Vida y Muerte en la Mara Salvatrucha Chapter 5
Vida y Muerte is so engaging! And the TG has all of the essentials! These activities are not meant to replace the materials that accompany the guide, they’re meant to compliment it! Chapter 4 has some great information about how the narrator’s family made the decision to emigrate to the United States. I decided that… Continue reading Teaching the novel Vida y muerte en la Mara Salvatrucha Chapter 4
This week’s song for our gang theme is by Los Rakas (follow @losrakas on Twitter). Los Rakas are a class favorite and this song is always engaging. Chapter 3 is called “Mi padre” and readers learn how the anonymous author lost his father at a young age as well. Don’t forget that novels and teacher’s… Continue reading Teaching the novel Vida y Muerte en la Mara Salvatrucha: Chapter 3
All activities are created and posted with written consent from to accompany the novel In Chapter 2 of Vida y Muerte (but this would also be a great fit for Chapter 3 of !)the anonymous author describes his mother’s murder at the hands of a rival gang. He was just a toddler so he never… Continue reading Teaching the novel Vida y Muerte en la Mara Salvatrucha: Chapter 2
