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Activities
102.
Have students read the whole passage first
before completing this activity. Then they
should copy the chart headings on a piece of
paper and put the model as their first entry.
103.
This true-or-false activity encourages students
to look for details in the text.
HERITAGE LANGUAGE LEARNERS
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Explain to the class that similar Spanish
fortifications of the 17th and 18th centuries
can be found in Cuba, St. Augustine (Florida),
Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic),
Veracruz and Acapulco (Mexico), Portobello
and Panama City (Panama). These
fortifications proved to be effective most
of the time.
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Ask groups of students to come up with the
main reasons for building strong fortifications
along the Caribbean.
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If time allows, ask groups to research and
give a brief presentation on these forts.
How do they compare with El Morro?
SPECIAL-NEEDS LEARNERS
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Visual aids are useful to most students
because they help support other means
of retaining new information and making
connections with the ideas presented
in a reading.
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Encourage students to complete the task
assigned in
Tu desafío
and create posters
with photos that illustrate
El Morro
and
other similar forts.
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You can ask the class to help generate
a list of websites that have good resources
for this project.
102.
Answers will vary.
103.
Ciertas: 2, 3.
104.
Answers will vary.
Answer key
El Morro
There are many forts similar to
El Morro
throughout the Caribbean, but the width of
the walls and the height of the building (six
levels) makes
El Morro
one of the most
impressive examples of this type of
construction from the Age of Exploration.
For this reason it was designated a World
Heritage Site by the United Nations in 1983.
Because students may not be familiar with
World Heritage Sites, ask them to look up
other such sites online. Have them
brainstorm the types of qualities one might
find in a World Heritage Site.
CULTURA
Additional resources
Fans Online activities
El Morro
LECTURA
Unit
2
COMPRENSIÓN
¿Qué sabes sobre El Morro?
Elige.
Read the sentences and say which ones are true
(ciertas)
.
1.
El Morro es el fuerte más antiguo del Nuevo Mundo.
2.
El Morro está en la bahía de San Juan.
3.
El Morro es un edificio defensivo.
4.
En Puerto Rico hay piratas.
Un monumento histórico
Escribe.
Write a short text
describing a famous
historic monument.
Include these points:
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Cuál es su nombre.
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Dónde está.
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Cómo es.
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Qué cosas hay.
ESTRATEGIA
Sintetizar los conceptos clave
Conceptos clave
Lee, habla y escribe.
Read the blog, and discuss El Morro.
Then use the most important ideas in the text to complete this table.
Use the column on the left for the important concepts from the reading
and the one on the right to note connections with other parts
of the text.
TU DESAFÍO
Earn points for your own challenge! Visit the website to learn more
about
El Morro
.
Fuerte de San Jerónimo
(San Juan).
Key concepts
Supporting details in the text
1. El Morro es un fuerte muy antiguo.
1. El Morro tiene casi 500 años de historia.
Book 1A Unit 2 Desafío 2