Dia de Los Muertos
Cultural Traditions and Family Memories
Correct the Sentences
Family Pictures book
Writing Paragraphs
100
What are the flowers called in English?
marigolds
100
What country celebrates this tradition?
Honduras
100
Fix the sentence. Write the correct sentence on the white board.
The family are making tamales together.
The family is making tamales together.
100
Where is the writer and artist, Carmen Lomas Garza from?
Texas, USA
100
Which picture is a good paragraph?
A. Hamburger
200
In some places in Latin America, people go here in the day. In other places, they go in the night. What is the place called? Spell it correctly.
cemetary
200
What are the missing words?
We have a tradition in Guerrero, Mexico when the __________ is not coming and when it is time to plant ___________.
rain, seeds
200
Fix the sentence. Write the correct sentence on the white board.
Everybody help cook favorite plates for la Noche Buena.
Everybody helps cook favorite plates for la Noche Buena
200
What is the title of this story?
Rabbit
200
Correct (true) or incorrect (false):
A topic sentence must be very specific.
False: A topic sentence must be general.
300
What are these called, in English?
sugar skulls
300
Where did Maria C's family gather to celebrate Dia de los Muertos?
at her grandfather's house in Oaxaca, Mexico
300
Fix the sentence. Write the correct sentence on the white board.
We praying, singing, and one little girl rocking the baby Jesus.
We are praying, singing, and one little girl is rocking the baby Jesus.
300
What are they eating?
watermelon
300
Which is a better topic sentence? A or B
A. The man in the yellow hat is drinking soda.
B. In my town in Mexico, people love going to the fair.
B. In my town in Mexico, people love going to the fair.
400
In Peru, they throw candy in the air. Who do they believe takes the candy?
Angels or spirits of dead children
400
How do you say la rama in English?
a branch
400
Fix the sentence. Make two sentences with correct punctuation.
We set up our ofrenda with candles, food, drinks, beers, marigold flowers and the most important thing our ancestors' pictures we celebrate and honor their lives.
We set up our ofrenda with candles, food, drinks, beers, marigold flowers and the most important thing, our ancestors' pictures. We celebrate and honor their lives.
400
In some families just the _____________________ make ______________, but in our family everybody helps.
What are the missing words?
women, tamales
400
What comes in between the topic sentence and the closing (ending) sentence?
detail sentences
500
Write the missing words:
In some villages in Oaxaca, people put on ________
masks and dance every afternoon for _________ days.
deer, eight (8)
500
How do you say Villancicos Navideñas in English?
Christmas carols
500
Fix two verbs and one subject in this sentence.
Kids and teenagers looking for a rama and together decorate it with balloons, lanterns and many things.
Kids and teenagers are looking for a rama, and together they are decorating it with balloons, lanterns and many things.
500
Find the VERBS . Write the list on your white board.
Each night the travelers go to a different house. They knock on the door. When the door opens, they sing. The family inside refuses to let them in.
go
knock
opens
sing
refuses
500
What are the three things every paragraph needs?
A topic sentence
Detail sentences
A closing or connecting sentence at the end