Cultural Exchange Project by RODRIGO HERRERA https://padlet.com/rodrigoherrera20/jmkdkwx8icxf Made with serendipity en-us 2017-10-30 14:38:45 UTC 2018-06-04 15:46:18 UTC hello@padlet.com Like Water for Chocolate rodrigoherrera20 https://padlet.com/rodrigoherrera20/jmkdkwx8icxf/wish/201746270 In this magic realism book the main setting is in Texas. Which is pretty hot and maybe a little dry. Most of the food being prepared in the book was Mexican food like, mole, ox tail soup, and the three kings bread. The three kings day, and people danced to nortenas. Women dressed with dresses and men with jut a shirt and trousers. Main characters lived in a ranch there was no big cities, it was more like villages. ]]> 2017-10-30 14:42:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rodrigoherrera20/jmkdkwx8icxf/wish/201746270 We are Mariachi rodrigoherrera20 https://padlet.com/rodrigoherrera20/jmkdkwx8icxf/wish/201753436 Look a little closer
And listen to all we are
Not one of us
Could be independent
For we are family
Relying on sounds
To each other
And our audience
Take a step further
 Into understanding
We are one in a whole
We are mariachi

This poem might matter to me because I'm Mexican and mariachi are a big part of Mexico.

This might matter to other people around me because we can have the same likes and they have knowledge of Mexican culture.

This might matter to the world because Mexico is a country in the world and it is pretty big, people might have heard of Mexico and they might like it. ]]> 2017-10-30 14:54:51 UTC https://padlet.com/rodrigoherrera20/jmkdkwx8icxf/wish/201753436 Preliminary Research rodrigoherrera20 https://padlet.com/rodrigoherrera20/jmkdkwx8icxf/wish/203941701 https://www.diigo.com/outliner/dxvm75/Cultural-Exchange-Project?key=k3ly7y63ju
I learned that in my world region there is plenty of things going on. For example there is natural disasters like the  earthquake in Mexico. There is also a lot of immigration, most people coming from Central America and Mexico into the US. There is crime everywhere. South America has a lot of biomes the biggest being the rainforest, Amazon, with a lot of wild life. 

What I learned might matter to me because I will probably need it for the cultural exchange project.

This might matter to other people if they really want to learn about my world region.

This might matter to the world because the Americas is a big region in the world, with a lot of interesting things.

]]> 2017-11-06 15:42:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rodrigoherrera20/jmkdkwx8icxf/wish/203941701 Short Story Magic Realism rodrigoherrera20 https://padlet.com/rodrigoherrera20/jmkdkwx8icxf/wish/206775375 https://www.wattpad.com/494331290-tall-tree 
The story is in my World Region in Costa Rica. There is a small village next to a big rainforest. Alejandro who grew up in poverty became a doctor. 

This story matters to me because I wrote it and it was for a grade.

This might matter to others around me because they might be interested in my story.

This might matter to the world if they  like to read magic realism. ]]> 2017-11-14 15:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/rodrigoherrera20/jmkdkwx8icxf/wish/206775375 The Interview rodrigoherrera20 https://padlet.com/rodrigoherrera20/jmkdkwx8icxf/wish/221782324 The person I interviewed was Olga, and she is from Puerto Rico. 

In Puerto Rico they like to have parties that end really late, They like alcohol too, they have food like arroz con gandules, pasteles, and pernil. Puerto Rico is a small island, and the weather is warm most of the time. They do have some issues nowadays, because of the hurricanes that happened not long ago. There is poverty in Puerto Rico. People over there like to play baseball and kickball. Most Puerto Ricans are Christians,and they celebrate New Years, Christmas, and the Three Kings. ]]> 2018-01-16 16:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rodrigoherrera20/jmkdkwx8icxf/wish/221782324 Enrique's Journey rodrigoherrera20 https://padlet.com/rodrigoherrera20/jmkdkwx8icxf/wish/221785643 This nonfiction book takes place in South and North America. Enrique is from Honduras were there is a lot of poverty and drugs. He decides to com to the US in search of his mother, and this is what a lot of kids at a young age do, they try to cross the border. It is a huge risk because many die. When they come from Central America first they have to take "la bestia", which is a train, and it is very dangerous. Then EL RIO BRAVO separates Mexico and the US, people have to cross that river and many drown. The weather in The Americas is pretty warm but it gets cold over night. The clothes Enrique had was old and ripped. People in Honduras had to work every single day and the pay was cheap, the only money they got was barely to get some food. Besides the book did not show to much of the culture or other things of my word region. 

This book matters to me becaue it is part of my word region. 

This book matters to others because they might have a connection to the book.

This book matters to the word because it shows immigration. 

]]> 2018-01-16 16:55:10 UTC https://padlet.com/rodrigoherrera20/jmkdkwx8icxf/wish/221785643 Reading a Legend rodrigoherrera20 https://padlet.com/rodrigoherrera20/jmkdkwx8icxf/wish/221908113 http://anitasnotebook.com/2014/03/scary-story-of-la-llorona-the-weeping-ghost-by-the-river.html
The legend I read is called La Llorona. This is a very popular legend coming from Mexico. The legend takes place somewhere in Mexico. It is about a beautiful women named Maria. She fell in love with a wealthy man and had two children. The guy leaves her for another women. once the guy comes back he only gives attention two the children and Maria gets super jealous; therefore, she takes the children and drowns them in the river. When she realizes what she has done she throws herself into the river aswell. Maria becomes a ghost called la llorona. She roams the rivers in search for her children yelling "Mis hijos donde estan mis hijos." 

The lesson/theme of the legend was that you do not have to be really selfish or calling for a lot of attention. Mothers should always be aware of their children. ]]> 2018-01-16 22:25:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rodrigoherrera20/jmkdkwx8icxf/wish/221908113 Legend Transformation rodrigoherrera20 https://padlet.com/rodrigoherrera20/jmkdkwx8icxf/wish/221910973 https://www.wevideo.com/view/1051888546
My group and I transformed the legend of La Llorona. We made this into a type of puppet show video. We had expressed the Mexican culture in the video. So in the backgrounds we include mountains called Cerros. the houses were like old made of concrete, and the roads where from dirt. We also included Mexican music in the background. The woman characters had Mexican dresses. I thunk the class positively reacted to our project because the legend is quite popular ad the video was entertaining, since they were laughing. One of our weaknesses was that we did not know how to set up and work the camera. Our strengths is that we figured everything out and we worked to together, therefore, we finished the project on time.

This legend matters to me because I heard a whole bunch of times.

It matters to others around me because it is like tradition to tell this legend.

The legend might matter to the world because it has become part of the culture and others might be interesting to here about this legend. ]]> 2018-01-16 22:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/rodrigoherrera20/jmkdkwx8icxf/wish/221910973 Podcasting a Book Review rodrigoherrera20 https://padlet.com/rodrigoherrera20/jmkdkwx8icxf/wish/240206677 The book I read was "Parrot in the Oven." This was an American Immigrant book because Manny the main character was of Mexican descent. In the book Manny goes and works in the field harvesting peppers, and suddenly a raid happened. The immigration took many of the illegal immigrants.Manny's family seems poor, and the father gets drunk.  I can relate to this book because recently there has been several raids in California, deporting a lot of immigrants. I also know some immigrant people.

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This book mattered to me because I had to read it fro class and do the podcast. 

This book might matter to people around me because is about American Immigration. 

It might matter to the world because there is a lot of immigration all around . ]]> 2018-03-09 15:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rodrigoherrera20/jmkdkwx8icxf/wish/240206677 Literature Circles rodrigoherrera20 https://padlet.com/rodrigoherrera20/jmkdkwx8icxf/wish/250813064 https://sites.google.com/mysohi.org/rodrigo-keeper/home
Creating the website was not hard. I liked it because it was something different, from just writing a weekly summary about the book. The hardest thing about making a website was trying to male it really appealing and interesting. In my website I added a few more things so it can look better, and not empty. The activities were alright is was not the best since we had to do three of them in a week. My website describes the book pretty well, because I really tried to add important things, and a lot of information. There was also different sections like the charcters, plot, and theme. However, my book was interesting, and that is why I created a pretty good website. Overall, the entire activity was not that bad. 

This book matters to me because I had to read it for class to finish my website. 

The book might matter to people around me because it is an easy book to read and they might like adventures in books. 

The book matters to the world because it is about soccer and soccer is the most popular sport around the world.]]> 2018-04-11 16:43:28 UTC https://padlet.com/rodrigoherrera20/jmkdkwx8icxf/wish/250813064 Reading Historical Fiction rodrigoherrera20 https://padlet.com/rodrigoherrera20/jmkdkwx8icxf/wish/260684018 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2391265664
The graphic novel was not interesting at all for me. It took me longer than usual to finish the novel and it is not even that long or detailed. It does contains a lot of sexual graphics. I really did not enjoy the book as much. It was kind of weird because of all the love. There was no action in the book, which made it boring. It is almost like a biography of Frida, except with all the dates. However, the novel was not long and it contains a lot of graphics, it is also simple to understand. 

The book matters to me because it takes place in my world region.

It might matter to people around me who want to learn more about Frida or just love overall.

The book might matter to the world because Frida became a famous Mexican artist and she was different from other women. ]]> 2018-05-15 01:42:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rodrigoherrera20/jmkdkwx8icxf/wish/260684018 Final Cultural Exchange Project rodrigoherrera20 https://padlet.com/rodrigoherrera20/jmkdkwx8icxf/wish/265412068
Overall, I did like the project because even though it was a big part of my grade I felt confident and I did not stress as much. The only thing that I did not like was that we ran out of preparation time, and we were rushed at the end. What I learned about myself is that I became more confident this year, however, I was still a bit nervous when the presentation was going on, but that is normal because it was the biggest presentation of the year. What I learned abut my group was that they can all be really good if they wanted to because they all contributed in some way. Ana was the most impresing since she took lead from the very beginning, and I truly did not expected from her. From the community I learned that no matter what culture they still like to play their games and have fun, also they would eat any culture's food as long as it is good. I learned that the world is much bigger than we usually think, because in only a small are there could be hundreds of different cultures. If there is anything I would have done different is to be better prepared and participate more. Also have way more prep time. Before the project I felt really confident and I was calm, because I knew things would be alright. I was going to try hard to not be nervous and stress. During the presentation there was definitely more pressure and I was getting a bit nervous. I think I got nervous because we did not finish decorating and g=heating up the food, so we made some last minute changes. We had to present our partner's slides because they were heating up the food. After the project I felt relief and good because I thought we did good, there was no more pressure. I felt good and now could sit back and relax, I also got the chance to experience many other Cultural Exchange Projects, from other students. At the end I was proud of myself, but also my whole team. Yes, I think I did learn a lot from my world region, because all the books were very different. One was about soccer, another of immigration, and other were romantic. Even though i come from my world region, I did learn a few more things. For example Frida was became a famous Mexican artist. If I could start all over I think I would like to participate more and be better prepared with everything. Maybe we should get  a bit more time to work on the project, like start earlier or something.


The Cultural Exchange Project matters to me because it was the biggest presentation I had in the whole year and it was a big part of my grade. 

It might matter to the people around me because they either worked on me with it or they knew I had a big presentation. 

It might matter to the world because they can learn more about our world region and experience some food from that culture and other things as well. 
]]> 2018-06-04 15:04:24 UTC https://padlet.com/rodrigoherrera20/jmkdkwx8icxf/wish/265412068 Winter Olympics Padlet rodrigoherrera20 https://padlet.com/rodrigoherrera20/jmkdkwx8icxf/wish/265421969 https://padlet.com/jneman2/eu8syswia8hd 
My country I got was Canada and they are good at the winter olympics. I think they did even better than the US. Canada has provinces instead of states. Some Canadians speak French. Canada's best sport is hockey. The country that did the best was Norway. The winter olympics consist of activities like hockey, skiing, and roller skating on ice. ]]> 2018-06-04 15:39:50 UTC https://padlet.com/rodrigoherrera20/jmkdkwx8icxf/wish/265421969