Pobre Ana

While reading through Pobre Ana, I made a list of the structures that are used throughout the book.  Not all of them are included, but this is a fairly comprehensive list of the most important structures used.  I narrowed my list down to what I could tell stories about for approximately a quarter and grouped them together by what made sense for a story as well as a rough order for presentation due to necessity and complexity.  I  plan to teach these structures using stories and then sum up our learning by reading the book as a class during the final week of the quarter.  

Finally, at the bottom, I listed all of the cultural topics I found in the book that students could research and present to the class.  


Structures/Stories:

• Story 1: Poor Maria
• era un(a) ______
• había un problema
• quería un(a) ______
• fue a ______
• Story 2: Tiny the Elephant
• vivía en ______, pero estaba en ______
• estaba (feeling)
• tenía ______
• Story 3: Frederick's Marvelous Hat
• lo necesitaba para ______
• nunca compraba nada
• vio a la policía
• Story 4: Chucky's Chocolate
• le gritaba mucho
• siempre comía ______
• buscó el ______ pero no lo encontró
• Story 5: A Boyfriend for Linda
• pasaba poco tiempo ______
• le dio un boleto
• llevó el boleto
• Story 6: A Dress for Helga
• le gustaba ______
• no podía pagar
• iba a pagar con
• Story 7: Transportation in Africa
• tomaba el ______ y iba a ______
• se subió a(l) ______
• bajó de(l) ______
• Story 8: Making an Impression
• tuvo que hacerlo
• estaba (-a/iendo verb) bien
• estaba sorprendida
• Story 9:
• podía vivir con una familia mexicana
• le dijo
• no comprendió nada pero sonrío y les dijo "sí"

Culture Topics:

1. Passports and travelling abroad
2. Poverty in Mexico
3. Transportation
4. Mexican states
5. addresses in Mexico and other countries
6. utilities (power/hot water/etc)
7. homes in Mexico
8. Tepic, Nayarit
9. recreation (exercises, swimming with clothes on)
10. food
11. money
12. music
13. dances
14. schools
15. greetings and gestures
16. accents and regionalisms

Patricia Va a California

Culture

1. Guatemala
2. Panajachel, Guatemala
3. Lago Atitlán
4. tourists
5. volcanoes
6. indígenas
7. poverty
8. school
9. huipiles y cortes
10. colors of clothing to represent town
11. seasons of the year
12. work