Short story ELEVEN Hispanic Heritage Intro & vocabulary lesson bySandra Cisneros

This PowerPoint Lesson has been designed to provide a captivating pre-reading background introduction to Sandra Cisneros’s semi- autobiographical story, "Eleven." This carefully crafted resource is a must-have for educators and students alike, offering an immersive text for learning of the struggles of Mexican American children.PDF LINK INCLUDED

Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson!This comprehensive educational PowerPoint is your ultimate companion in preparing your students for a deeper and more meaningful exploration of "Eleven" Elevate your teaching and learning experience with this invaluable resource today!

Author Biography: read a bit of the life of Cisneros and encourage students to read her other short stories .

Setting Information: present to your audience the struggling times for middle-class Mexican-American families.

Photos: Enhance the visual appeal and understanding of the narrative with carefully selected images that vividly depict the setting of the story.

Vocabulary Slides: Deepen your comprehension of new words by through dedicated vocabulary slides with bold photos, concise definitions, and part of speech.

Grammar and Connotation Review: Uncover the subtleties of language as you review grammar by using the new vocabulary and explore the connotations of words.

Context Clues Sentences: Equip your students with the tools they need to expand their vocabulary through the context-rich sentences worksheets which may be used for practice or assessment.

Quizlet Game Link: Reinforce learning and make studying engaging with a Quizlet game link, allowing students to test their knowledge and retention in an interactive and fun way.

PURPOSE: This PowerPoint lesson provides digital pre-reading resources, historical background info, vocabulary word study, practice, and assessment for: ELEVEN BY SANDRA CISNEROS.

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension and aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual/homeschool classrooms, literature circles, book clubs, guided reading groups

POWERPOINT:

• Opening slide

-genre, author photo and short bio.

• 2 setting slides

-Location photos with map

-Time period photos with live link to period music clip!

• Vibrant Vocab slides

-photo appearing without word for inference making

-vocab word which 'slides in' so photo can be first WITHOUT the word

-part of speech

-concise definition

• Differentiated Worksheet

-used as a pretest, posttest, or practice

*Quizlet link

• Part of speech sort

*Word connotation sort

*Vocabulary Organizer

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story

· Provide backstory to text

· Stimulate group discussion

· Create predictions about text

· Use as distance learning resource

· Post on webpage for review

· Add to electronic notebooks

· Provide test review

· Prompt writing or research assignments

· Review grammar study / parts of speech

· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls and interactive notebooks

Please be sure to view the preview and watch the video for detailed images and descriptions of the lesson.

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