The Weather: Poetry, Prose, and Prediction
Lesson Plan Attachments
- "PowerPoint Presentation: El tiempo y las estaciones" (PowerPoint)
- "PowerPoint Presentation: Tempestad con silencio: por Pablo Neruda" (PowerPoint)
- "El tiempo y la poesía"
- "El tiempo y la poesía Rubric"
- "Gabriel García Márquez: Relato de un naufrago"
- "¿Qué es un huracán?"
- "Step Sheet: Predicting a Hurricane"
- "Presentación: El huracán"
- "El huracán Rubric"
- "Step Sheet: Creating a PowerPoint Presentation"
- "Step Sheet: Recording Sound into the Presentation"
The Weather: Poetry, Prose, and Prediction Lesson Plan
In this lesson, students will
learn to identify and speak using the vocabulary
associated with the weather. They will read literature
that describes the weather in poetry and narrative and
give a weather report in Spanish. They will also
describe the evolution of a natural disaster and
predict the path of a real hurricane, presenting their
findings to the class in Spanish.
On-line Resources
- Nobel e-Museum
This page includes a short biography as well as the text from Pablo Neruda's acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize in literature in 1971. Site is in English. - University of Chile
This site includes a link to hear Neruda recite some of his most famous poems, a description of the Neruda foundation, a bibliography of his work, etc. Site is in Spanish. - Nobel e-Museum
This page includes a short biography as well as the text from Gabriel García Márquez's acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize in literature in 1982. Site is in English. - Gabriel García Márquez
This link provides a brief biographical essay on Gabo, as well as a list of some of his major work. Site is in English. - How Stuff Works
This site provides information on how to define a hurricane, a description of how a hurricane forms, of its parts, and how to track a hurricane. Site is in English. - Riverdeep
The "Earth Science Center" on this site provides useful information to teachers regarding how to conduct a lab on hurricanes as well as information on the hurricane season. Site is in English. - Atlantic Hurricane Archive
This site provides the coordinates, wind speeds, and other pertinent information for storms, necessary to building the unit. Site is in English. - More Weather
This page provides the coordinates and information necessary to construct the model "Hurricane Mitch" presentation for the teacher. Site is in English.
