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Lesson 11 - Lizard and the Sun (May 18) (Class)
To have students hear an author read her book aloud. To use photo clues to assist with understanding words from another language.
 * Objectives:** To introduce students to a Mexican folktale.

//Lizard and the Sun // – Alma Flor Ada ( Mexican ) //Opuestos// by Cynthia Weill ( Mexican nonfiction) __ http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/folktale_allfolktale.htm// __ (Scholastic site with audio.)
 * Materials:**

**Procedures: ** *Listen to the author read the story while I hold the book, showing illustrations. [] *Discuss similarities and differences between this and other books we have read together or they have heard. *What make students think it a folktale? *Share the book Opuestos //by Cynthia Weill ( Mexican nonfiction). *Talk about Spanish words and which ones they’ve heard before and how the wood figures make it easier to figure out the meaning of the word.