cultural exchange project by VANESSA TORRES https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv en-us 2018-10-24 15:33:58 UTC 2025-04-15 19:45:21 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Watchclock.png Writing Magic Realism vanessatorres21 https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/296511713 The main character of the story is Tita. Nacha is the cook of the family and is also half deaf. She teaches the girls how to cook. Mama Elena is the mom of Tita and Gertrudis. Pedro confess the love that he has for Tita as well Tita confesses to him. But Pedro is getting married with Rosaura. The main themes that this book has is about is cooking with passion and the love they have for the love ones. Tita was preparing the cake for Rosaura and Pedro wedding. While making the cake, Tita found Nacha dead in the kitchen floor. She was really devisteaded after Nacha dead. Tita wants to confess the feelings that she as for Pedro, but decided to be quiet. Tita has been through a lot with her expressing her emotions. One of her nephew die. Pedro saw her naked, she felt proud showing her flesh. A lot of new people are coming in the story. She still confused how she feels. Tita mom dies. Mama elena became titas spirit ghost, mama elena wouldn't let her go. She didn't want tita to be near pedro. Every time that tita was near him or talk about him, mama elena would appear anything she done bad or disrespectful. Tita was tired of seeing her presence, she diced to tell mama Elena how she really feels about her and about pedro. In other words she told her how much she hated her mom and she been lying to her face as well as her own person. Mama elena wanted to have a perfect family but instead they're never going to be no perfect family. But still tita had so many problems. In the ending of the book tragic, I wasn't expecting the ending of the story. I thought that Tita and pedro were going to escape with Esperanza, so esperanza wouldn't follow the family tradition in the beginning of the story when she was a baby. But no, Esperanza got married with John son. Tita waited a long time to be happy with Pedro. The end of Esperanza wedding, Tita and Pedro spend last night together. It didn't ended that well for them. Pedro die in the bed, the barn got on fire and tita started eating matches, they burned to dead. To me it was a awful ending.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2565960650]]> 2018-10-24 15:33:58 UTC https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/296511713 Atormentada vanessatorres21 https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/296511714 What I learned that I could care about is because the poem is about sleeping and listening to the sound of the hail that sounds like a hail storm. In my case I don't like loud noise when I sleep, in other words I can't sleep.

This might matter to other people because most people can't sleep with loud noise or just get scared of the noise of mother nature.

This might matter to the world because the loud noise could cause something unexpected for example a hail storm, or tornado and ect. (While sleeping).

]]> 2018-10-24 15:33:58 UTC https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/296511714 Like Water for Chocolate vanessatorres21 https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/296511715 The book is based on magic realism. The main character lived in a ranch in texas. The main character spend most of her time cooking. The characters of the story follow their Mexican traditions.]]> 2018-10-24 15:33:58 UTC https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/296511715 Standard #24/#13: Preliminary Research vanessatorres21 https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/310472403 - The main concept of the 10 articles were about Mexico traditions and the problems with President Donald Trump.
One of the main problems of mexico is wall,Trump told the Mexican president to pay for the wall. Obviously the Mexico president said no. Mexico president said "We don't want separated family's from each other".



https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zS1JEA1dD0h3OX9wZOIFRm77I439bIwtBY2ue3QQm0s/edit


]]> 2018-12-03 15:47:35 UTC https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/310472403 Magic Realist Story vanessatorres21 https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/315207658 - This story is about a girl going to Mexico to visit her uncle Chuy. She enjoys going Mexico to see the huge sunflowers. The sunflowers gives her joy and happiness, but at the end of the story there is no more happiness.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/194uQHxQugwkEXQQucNOH99PIbRTIMWF_JcYq2e2ib5o/edit]]> 2018-12-17 15:39:01 UTC https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/315207658 Reading Myths (unit 5) vanessatorres21 https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/329410489
  • La llorona is legend really well known in Mexico and other parts of the United States. Many parents tell their children the legend in their own version of La Llorona.  La Llorona who had 3 children with a Spanish man, but her husband  left la Llorona for a rich woman. She had a lot of courage with that. She threw the bodies of her children to a river. She was very angry. She was very sorry to kill her children, so she kills herself in the river where here kids were. The woman has become a ghost woman, Ay mis hijos!



    • ]]>     2019-02-08 20:59:36 UTC https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/329410489     Transforming Myths (unit 6) vanessatorres21 https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/329411628  https://www.wevideo.com/view/1285916567
    - My part in transforming myths was being the main character in the short story film. The reaction most of the student was laughter because it was mostly a comedy of the La Llorona. The weakness of the short story was expressing the emotions and the acting. I guess you could say the strength of the short story film was editing in the play and that it wasn't that boring.


    ]]>     2019-02-08 21:03:07 UTC https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/329411628     Interview vanessatorres21 https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/332933016 - I met Jessica a long time ago, I've known her since she was a little girl. She is a family friend, she is actually my godfather niece. Jessica was born in Jalisco, Mexico. Jessica is 18 years old and she goes to college. I admire her a lot for her way of being. I consider her as a mentor.
    When I was interviewing Jessica, I was not so nervous, but it was difficult because every minute my little brother messed up. Jessica did an incredible job, the way she answered the questions, she answered them with confidence. (my opinion). But I should probably add more things about Jalisco. We try to meet multiple times, but Jessica works. I had the opportunity to converse with her and interview her, but I was not so ready.
    Most of the questions were about Jessica's personal life and how she lives in Mexico. And how she spends most of her time. and her lifestyle in Jalisco. She enjoys going to Mexico, in the interview, you could tell how she expresses her emotion towards the place she was born. She goes through depression when she comes back to Milwaukee. The reason why is that she misses her family members that she can't see in regular bases, as she does in the United States. 

    ]]>     2019-02-19 20:51:18 UTC https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/332933016     Enrique Journey vanessatorres21 https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/332933881
    • Enrique's journey is a true story that is based on real events. Many immigrants suffer from being away from their beloved ones. Enrique is Hondura boy, his mother, Lourdes is too poor to feed her children so she decided leave Honduras to have a better job in the United States. As she works in the United States she  send money to Enrique so he could have a better quality of food to eat and go to school. Lourdes promises Enrique that she will return quickly. She struggles to survive America too. The years pass, and he ask his mom when are you coming back. Enriques builds anger and loneliness without his mother.  Enrique goal is to find his mom, he doesn't give up, and he risked his life just to be with his mother. 


    ]]>     2019-02-19 20:53:28 UTC https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/332933881     La Línea vanessatorres21 https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/340693300 Website-

    ]]>     2019-03-13 02:17:59 UTC https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/340693300     Vlog vanessatorres21 https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/340984444 2019-03-13 17:06:48 UTC https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/340984444 Classroom Conversations with the World : Refugee vanessatorres21 https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/341065910 What surprised you most about what Ghenwah shared? Why?
    - When Ghenwah was telling us how her brother was in jail and didn't inform their family member where he was or if he was at least if he was okay.

    How will you share your learnings with your wider community?
    • That their people who are suffering and losing people. 
    ]]>     2019-03-13 19:45:26 UTC https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/341065910     Literature Circles vanessatorres21 https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/346295859 -  ]]> 2019-03-28 18:37:39 UTC https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/346295859 Reading Historical Fiction vanessatorres21 https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/366378612 Why might this book matter to me?
    -This would matter to me to know more about historical painters in Mexico and know the history behind them and though of creating their paintings. 

    Why might this book matter to the people around me?
    - Matter to the people who are interested in art or maybe the people who want to more about famous painters around the world.

    Why might this book matter to the world?
    - Is important to acknowledge the meaning behind the painting and the behind it, as well as the artistic.


    ]]>     2019-06-07 15:16:40 UTC https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/366378612     Writing Historical Fiction Analysis Essay vanessatorres21 https://padlet.com/vanessatorres21/zsmizmzcpikv/wish/366380104 Reading The Life of Frida Kahlo was a amazing story to read. I actually learn new facts about her that I didn't even know. I enjoy reading this noble so much that they should make movie of it. The formation of writing the essay was kinda complicated to me cause I really wanted to go in detail of everything. But I knew that my essay was not going to be turn in time of if I kept putting detail. I admire her creativity,and bringing it to live. For sure one of the best book I read this school year.

    - It matter to me to learn more about Frida Kahlo past and becoming of fame. 

    Why might this essay matter to the people around me?
    - Probably to know more about Frida past and the information that I learn that I didn't know about her. 

    Why might this essay matter to the world?
    - This probably matter to people to know my point of view of her and the information that I learn. 
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