CONCEPT MAP

 

            Key Concepts:                                                                                   Key Vocabulary:

 

Chistoso

Tragico

Ironico

Dares el gusto

La esperanza

La fe

Ladrones

Entadarse

Antiguedades

Aparentar

Pedazos

Acariciar

Adquirer

 

 

 

 

 

 
                                                                                                                       

Ironic Mexican humor (the faith of a poor farmer)

 

 

Cultural perspective Mexico’s “Day of the Dead” – laughing at death

 

                                                           

Topic: Humorous Short Stories

 

 
Questions the ignorance or not of another

 

 

Humor and proverb of wisdom and power

 

 

Write your own short, humorous story in Spanish

 

Examples:

“Una Carta A Dios”

Holiday reading “Day of the Dead”

El Gato

de sevres

El Tigre y

La Tortuga

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enduring Understanding (s): Humor helps us deal with uncomfortable issues.  Humor is often a mix of what is funny with tragedy or irony.  _________________________________________________

 

 

Essential Question (s): What makes people laugh in the U.S.?  In Spanish speaking countries?    _______________________________________________________

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