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Piñatas. Language Features and Functions. Vocabulary: A tradition in Mexico Function: Expressing feelings and ideas I think…/ In my opinion,…. Language Skills. Speaking : To answer the question about the story. Reading : To read for comprehension and answer.
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Language Features and Functions Vocabulary:A tradition in Mexico Function:Expressing feelings and ideas I think…/ In my opinion,…
Language Skills Speaking: To answer the question about the story. Reading: To read for comprehension and answer. Writing: To write and share the opinion about the story
Vocabulary Test Match the words to their definitions. 1. pick up a. a small round or oval object produced by a plant, 2. seed from which a new plant can grow 3. shout b. something that someone tells you to do 4. stick c. with the eyes covered 5. blindfoldedd. take hold of and lift up something 6. century e. a thin piece of wood 7. instruction f. a period of 100 years g. to speak with a very loud voice
Vocabulary Pick up (v.) • My mother picked some flowers up make a merit in this morning.
Vocabulary Seed (n.) • The farmers grow the rice for getting seeds for buying.
Vocabulary Shout (v.) • I heard someone shout for helping.
Vocabulary Stick (n.) • Although you hate cats, you should not hit them with a stick.
Vocabulary Blindfolded (v.) • We were blindfolded for game competition. You can’t see.
Vocabulary Century (n.) • This temple was constructed for a century or one hundred years.
Vocabulary Instruction (n.) • My mother gave me some instruction for making cookies.
Answer • d • a • g • e • c • f • b
Pre-reading • What is your favourite holiday in your country? • What special things do you do on that holiday? • Where did those traditions come from?
Piñatas Every year on birthdays and other special holidays, people in Mexico make Piñatas. Piñatas are big, colourful animals made out of paper. Inside the Piñatas are many sweets. People take turns to hit the Piñatas with a stick. When it breaks, the sweets spill out onto the ground. Then everybody has a lot of fun picking them up! In Mexico, Piñatas are a very popular tradition. But not many people know that the first Piñatas came from China!
Piñatas In the fourteenth century, a European called Marco Polo visited China. When he returned to Europe he told everyone about a Chinese tradition. The Chinese often made animals out of coloured paper and put seeds inside They hit the animals with a stick until they broke. Breaking the animals was thought to bring good luck. The tradition soon became popular in Italy and Spain. When the Spanish went to Mexico in the sixteenth century, they took the tradition with them. It quickly became very popular there, too.
Piñatas Today in Mexico, breaking a Piñatas is not so easy. Before hitting it, each person is blindfolded. Because they can’t see the Piñatas, they have to be told where to hit it. People give instructions to the person who is trying to hit it. They shout at them to hit higher or lower, left or right. They sing songs about Piñatas and laugh a lot! It is great fun watching children grab the sweets when the Piñatas breaks!
Post-reading Vocabulary A 1. pick it up 2. take turns 3. good luck 4. seeds 5. sweets
Post-reading Vocabulary B 1. speak very loudly 2. long, thin piece of wood 3. tied something around his head to cover his eyes 4. a time of 100 years 5. told him how to do it
Post-reading In other words A 2 - To describe the tradition of piñatas. B 1. Paragraph 2 2. Paragraph 3 3. Paragraph 1
Post-reading General understanding 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. T
Post-reading In detail 1. They are made out of paper. 2. They hit it with a stick. 3. Everybody picks them up. 4. Marco Polo. 5. In the sixteenth century. 6. Because each person is blindfolded.
