How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent by Danae https://padlet.com/danaev_96/zx85pkm0bs30 Literary Guide by Pamela Cruz and Danae Vidal en-us 2019-08-01 13:02:13 UTC 2023-05-22 20:33:40 UTC hello@padlet.com pcruz331 https://padlet.com/danaev_96/zx85pkm0bs30/wish/372961947 2019-08-01 15:50:32 UTC https://padlet.com/danaev_96/zx85pkm0bs30/wish/372961947 Quote pcruz331 https://padlet.com/danaev_96/zx85pkm0bs30/wish/372962476 "The words tumble out, making a sound like the rumble of distant thunder, taking shape, depth, substance. Yo continues "Doc, rock, smock, luck" so many words. There is no end to what can be said about the world. "]]> 2019-08-01 15:54:48 UTC https://padlet.com/danaev_96/zx85pkm0bs30/wish/372962476 Activity 1: Your Culture pcruz331 https://padlet.com/danaev_96/zx85pkm0bs30/wish/372962717 Have students choose from a variety of options on how to present what THEIR culture is. Not the culture placed on them from society, what their culture is personally or create one.]]> 2019-08-01 15:57:29 UTC https://padlet.com/danaev_96/zx85pkm0bs30/wish/372962717 Activity 2: Antojito’s Box pcruz331 https://padlet.com/danaev_96/zx85pkm0bs30/wish/372963025 Antojito - small cravings
Create a box of 3 selected, favored snacks/treats.
Write a brief explanation of each and why they are important to you, your family, or memories attached to that snack.]]> 2019-08-01 16:00:20 UTC https://padlet.com/danaev_96/zx85pkm0bs30/wish/372963025 Activity 3: Letters for the Sisters pcruz331 https://padlet.com/danaev_96/zx85pkm0bs30/wish/372963197 Option 1: Create letters/“lingo” dictionary full of at least 5 words the girls should be familiar with for their arrival to America.
For example: What does  "wtw" mean?

Option 2: Write letters to the girls advising them on what to expect. What are the “go-to” places? What over all advice would you have for these newcomers?

Option 3: Students who have family members who were alive during the Trujillo dictatorship can interview that family member. Following that interview they are to write a letter to their family member.]]> 2019-08-01 16:02:42 UTC https://padlet.com/danaev_96/zx85pkm0bs30/wish/372963197 Activity 4: Self Trajectory Project pcruz331 https://padlet.com/danaev_96/zx85pkm0bs30/wish/372963526 Write letters to yourselves relating to the past, present, and future. How did your childhood shape you? who are you now? what languages do you speak? what music you listen to? who you would like to be become?]]> 2019-08-01 16:07:07 UTC https://padlet.com/danaev_96/zx85pkm0bs30/wish/372963526 How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez pcruz331 https://padlet.com/danaev_96/zx85pkm0bs30/wish/372964038 Four sisters from the Dominican Republic. Because of a family issue in DR, they fled to the US. They struggled going from wealthy Dominicans to middle class “nobodies” in the US. They girls also had trouble fitting into the American culture. The family struggles with their identity as Dominican women living in America and which culture/traditions to be adopt or leave behind.]]> 2019-08-01 16:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/danaev_96/zx85pkm0bs30/wish/372964038 danaev_96 https://padlet.com/danaev_96/zx85pkm0bs30/wish/372966732 2019-08-01 16:48:41 UTC https://padlet.com/danaev_96/zx85pkm0bs30/wish/372966732 danaev_96 https://padlet.com/danaev_96/zx85pkm0bs30/wish/372967443 2019-08-01 16:59:04 UTC https://padlet.com/danaev_96/zx85pkm0bs30/wish/372967443 danaev_96 https://padlet.com/danaev_96/zx85pkm0bs30/wish/372967640 2019-08-01 17:01:37 UTC https://padlet.com/danaev_96/zx85pkm0bs30/wish/372967640 danaev_96 https://padlet.com/danaev_96/zx85pkm0bs30/wish/372974795 2019-08-01 18:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/danaev_96/zx85pkm0bs30/wish/372974795