Cultural Lesson Plan: La Ciguapa Spooky Folklore

“La Ciguapa” is a cultural lesson plan about the spooky legend of La Ciguapa from the Dominican Republic. She is a nocturnal spirit who preys on those who stray into the woods at night. Your students will be fascinated by this creepy folktale and all of the strange characteristics of La Ciguapa!

This lesson will help your students to grapple with and comprehend an unfamiliar reading in the target language. You have the option to engage students in an activity that requires them to justify claims about the reading with supporting evidence from the article. Then, students will speak in groups about spooky folklore in Spanish! The lesson wraps up with a written exit ticket in which they will synthesize their learning in Spanish.

This is perfect as a stand-alone cultural lesson plan, emergency substitute plan, or an enrichment lesson in a larger unit of study about legends or folklore.

Included in this download:

* Warm Up to activate prior knowledge about spooky folklore

* Mystery Piece to get students wondering about images of La Ciguapa

* A cognate-heavy cultural reading about "La Ciguapa" with a short glossary of words that may be unfamiliar. Appropriate for ALL levels of Spanish.

* Critical thinking activity in which students justify claims with paraphrased evidence from the text.

* A set of comprehension questions about the reading (with an answer key).

* Conversational activity in which students communicate verbally about the comprehension questions in small groups.

* A second set of conversation task cards which allows students to transfer their learning to new contexts. (May be used for differentiation, additional practice, or assessment.)

* A blank conversation task card template for you to create and/ or add your own speaking prompts to the conversation activity.

* Exit Ticket assessment

* Suggested lesson plan flow & use of materials