Special Work English Grade 7

Teacher: Yetzy L. Diaz    Class:  English    Grade: 7

Due date:  September  18,  2012

Theme

·        Unit 7.1 Analyzing Puerto Rican Folktales

 Objetives

·        Students will improve research skills.

·        Students will understand the different components found within a culture.
·        Students will define myth, legend, folktale, and fairy tale,

Estandar y expectativa
·        R.7.3  Compares and Contrasts
Estándar y expectativa de la biblioteca
·        ARI 6.3.5 Utiliza los hiperenlaces de páginas de Internet para acceder a otras páginas que contiene la información que necesita
·        AI 6.1 Analiza, evalúa, selecciona y extrae la información relacionada a su necesidad de información

Work
·        Make a list of different kinds of stories, oral or written that you have heard of either through a storyteller or someone that you know.
·        Separate the stories into groups.  The stories will then need to be categorized into Fairy Tales, Myths, legends , or folktales.  They have to be Puerto Rican or Hispanic legacy.
·        Remember to do further research to define each of the terms and/or to look for stories to fit the category.  

Web pages recommended

·        http://tainopride.webs.com/folktales.htm

·        http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1993/2/93.02.12.x.html

·        http://gopuertorico.about.com/od/thelocal/tp/folklore.htm

·        http://www.legendsofpr.com/

·        http://www.dollarman.com/puertorico/legends.html

·        http://escape.topuertorico.com/explore/arts/fairy.shtml