Every culture has spooky legends, and La llorona is one of Latino culture's most terrifying stories!
La llorona is Spanish for The Weeping Woman. Read about the legend here, here and here and complete one of the following Hot Tamale Activities by emailing me bordner@cityhigh.org or leave a comment.
What is she crying about?
What would you do if you were her?
What legends/scary stories do we have that are similar to this story?
La llorona is now mainstream in the United States. NBC's show Grimm used La llorona in their Halloween episode. Watch the behind the scenes below.
You can watch the whole episode here. Here are some additional Hot Tamale Activities
How does the Grimm episode and the story compare? How is the TV show different than the legend?
I recently heard a new episode of Alt Latino, my favorite PodCast about Latino music. The episode was all about new Latino Hip Hop. Here is a video of one of the songs they showcased.
I was blown away by the styles of the clothing, the bmx biking, and the view of the salt flats. IT LOOKS AWESOME.
Click here to go to the podcast. Complete the following Hot Tamale activities by emailing me at bordner@cityhigh.org or leaving a comment.
Listen to a song and review it. Do you like it? Why or why not? What other groups do they remind you of?
Where are all the artist from?
Find their lyrics in Spanish and English - what do they rap about?
Right after we spent a few days learning about Quinceñeras, this video went viral.
Watch the video and then complete one of the Hot Tamale Activities by leaving a comment or emailing me bordner@cityhigh.org
Describe the video in English. What happens? Do you like it? Why or why not? Do you like the song? The singer?
Do a basic web search on Colibritany. Who is she? Where is she from? What other videos has she made?
Describe how the video is similar to what we've learned about quinces in class. What is a chamberlán? What in the video is different?
Here is an episode of Yo Quiero Mi Quince, the Spanish version of MTV's My Sweet 16 show. Watch the episode (there are multiple videos) and then complete one of the Hot Tamale Activities by leaving a comment or emailing me bordner@cityhigh.org
Summarize the episode. What happens? Where is Briana from? Where is her family from?
How is the show similar and different to My Sweet 16? Do you like watching these shows? Why or why not?
Would you want to have a quince? What would be different? The same?
Last week in 10th grade Spanish we learned about Guatemala, and it's troubled recent history with democracy. There is a fabulous TRUE story that illustrates how towns in the country were devastated. Here is a preview of the story. "In 1982, the Guatemalan military massacred the villagers of Dos Erres, killing more than 200 people. Thirty years later, a Guatemalan living in the US got a phone call from a woman who told him that two boys had been abducted during the massacre -- and he was one of them. ProPublica's print version: Finding Oscar."
Hot Tamale activities - this is a time consuming story (about an hour) but very interesting and well worth it. Students who listen to/read the whole story please email me (bordner@cityhigh.org) and we will have a conversation. This can be done for 50 Hot Tamale points.
Did you know as a City High upperclassmen you will get the opportunity to go to Costa Rica? (Costa Rica is a country in Central America). They blogged about their trip here.
Check out some of the videos that City High class of 2013 made about their trip this past summer.
I've been to Costa Rica too and made a video! (Not with City High...yet!) Check out my video
Here are some Hot Tamale Activities
Watch the City High students' Costa Rica videos and summarize the trip - what did they do? Would you want to go on the trip?
Have you ever done a service trip? Tell me about - where did you go? What did you do?
If you could go on a service trip where would you go? What would you do?
Interview someone who has gone to a Spanish speaking country (it can be a City High student who went to Costa Rica or someone else). Write down the questions you asked them and their answer.
Find out the City High requirements for going to Costa Rica.
Hot Tamale Activities email bordner@cityhigh.org your reply
Find out what people cook cow nostrils/tongue for. How do they cook it? What other countries do they use cow nostrils and tongue in their food? Does it sound tasty? Explain.
Which of the foods pictured above would you be most likely to try? Explain. Which of the foods pictured above would you be least likely to try? Explain.
Have you watched any of those TV shows where people eat crazy stuff from around the world? Tell me about an episode. What show was it? Where did they go? What did they eat? Would you have eaten it?
Have you ever tried something from a different culture that you thought would taste bad but was actually tasty? Or something that was nasty that you expected to be delicious? Tell me all about it!
In 9th grade Spanish we've been listening to a Calle 13's Latinoamérica this week to frame our discussion of what it means to be Latin American. Here are the videos we've been looking at and a few Hot Tamale activities.
Hot Tamale Activities
Write a short biography of Calle 13. Where are they from? What awards have they won? What kind of music do they play? What do they rap about? (I suggest you check out their official website and wikipedia page.)
Listen to this radio show where Calle 13 is a guest talking about their music (it's in English) and summarize what you heard. What song did you like the best? What did you learn about the band you didn't know before?
