Lesson Plan - Jody Klopp - Summer 2006
UNA MIRADA A LA VIDA CATÓLICA EN CUERNAVACA
A glance at Catholic life in Cuernavaca
Targeted Students:
Level: 3rd and 4th year Spanish Students, Intermediate Low Range
School: Catholic High Schools
Length of Unit: One Month
Name of Unit: EL BAUTIZO
Targeted Standards:
1) Interpretive Communication – Listening/Reading/Viewing
Comprehend the main idea and some supporting ideas of selected authentic materials including recordings, broadcasts, videos, and Internet resources.
Objective:
Student will read an article in Spanish from the Internet that explains the parts of a Baptism ceremony
2) Interpersonal Communication – Speaking/Writing
Ask and answer a variety of questions, giving reasons for their answers.
Express personal preferences and feelings with some explanation.
Objective:
Students role-play going into Sagrado Corazon in Cuernavaca to purchase items for a baptism.
3) Presentational Communication – Speaking and Writing
Present student-created and/or authentic short plays, stories, skits, poems and songs.
Objective:
Groups of 5 students will perform a baptism ceremony. Participants needed are: Priest, Parents, Godparent
4) Practices of Culture
Explain in simple terms the reasons for different traditions and customs of the target culture.
Objective:
Students will describe differences in the role of the godparents in Hispanic culture and Oklahoma Catholic Culture.
5) Products of Culture
Explain the significance of objects, images, and symbols, and products of the target culture.
Objective:
Students will describe the contents of the Baptismal gift purchased at Sagrado Corazon in Cuernavaca
6) School and Community
Participate in language-related activities to benefit their community.
Objective:
Students will attend a Baptism at a local Catholic Mass performed in the Spanish languag
Targeted Cultural Concepts:
I. Baptism is very much part of the Mexican community.
2. In Mexico, the godparents are responsible for buying the clothing of their godchild for baptism, presentation (to Mary) at 3 years old, and first communion.
3. Mexican families, like American families have to meet certain requirements before being baptized.
4.In Mexico, the godparents supply the church with the items necessary for baptism.
Culminating Assessment:
Students will perform live or via videotape a baptism in Spanish. Students will create a skit and perform the parts of priest, parents, and godparents, using a doll for the infant. Students will receive a rubric of necessary parts of the ceremony that will reflect the target cultural concepts.
El Bautizo
Introductory Lesson
Pre-Activity
1) Without revealing the topic of the unit, watch
the slideshow of items found in “Sagrado Corazón”. Learning is controlled by teacher - directed by the teacher - behaviorist strategy
2) After viewing the clip, ask students to list three items that they noticed for sale that they saw in the slideshow. Students list the items on an index card – write in English. Behaviorist strategy - students respond to what they noticed
3) Students stand, move around the room, share their answers, and add three more items on their list. This is interacting and sharing learning - constructivist strategy
4) Teacher asks two students to share their list of 6 items on their list.
5) Teacher lists vocabulary words on the board and gives the Spanish equivalent. Direct instruction - behaviorist strategy.
Have you ever been to a store that just sells these types of items? What does that imply about the culture? Discussion led by teacher - reflective thought processes involved - cognitivist strategy
New Vocabulary Words
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6) Using the Spanish language, the teacher describes the contents of a box of items used for a baptism at a Mexican Catholic Church. These items were purchased at “Sagrado Corazón". The student will respond to a questionnaire to assess comprehension of the presentation. Cognitivist strategy
7) Teacher will review relevant vocabulary words with students. Behaviorist strategy
8) The Concept of Baptism – New Vocabulary Words to prepare for interpretive reading about Baptisms . Teacher will briefly explain the reason behind Baptism in simple Spanish – while writing notes on the board. Direct instruction - behaviorist strategy
9) This exercise will lead to interpretive listening exercise about a religious gift that could be given at Baptism. Cognitivist strategy - the teacher is using audiovisual to help students understand the meaning.
10) After students view the video clip, they get in groups of two and respond to the questions in Spanish.
¿Por qué es una pulsera religiosa?
¿Qué símbolo representa el amor de Jesús?
¿Qué significa el clavo? (Students discuss and interpret together what they saw in the video clip - constructivist strategy)
11) Teacher review answers through questioning students in Spanish. (Teacher creating meaning through questioning techniques - cognitivist)
Post-Activity
12) Students receive the reading in Spanish (included in the written report), and are to underline cognates before the next day. (This is an identification exercise - behaviorist strategy.)
Interpretive Communication Activity:
El Bautismo, como todos los otros sacramentos fue instituido por Cristo. Él le dio el mandato a los apóstoles de “ir y bautizar” a todas las creaturas.
Por el Bautismo, Dios nos da el DON, el regalo, de ser hijos de Él, dándonos su mismo Espíritu, para que habite en nosotros. A partir de ese momento Dios Padre, Dios Hijo y Dios Espíritu Santo, la Santísima Trinidad, habitarán en el bautizado.
La materia que se utiliza en el Bautismo es el agua natural.
La forma son las palabras que dice el ministro: “Yo te bautizo en el nombre del Padre, y del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo”, las cuales deben pronunciarse al mismo tiempo que corre el agua.
El ministro normalmente es el sacerdote. En caso de necesidad, es decir, cuando un niño o un adulto se encuentra en peligro de muerte y no es posible que el sacerdote esté presente, lo puede administrar cualquier persona, siempre y cuando tenga la intención de hacerlo y use la materia y la forma correspondiente. Y hay que notificar a la parroquia para que quede registrado y, en caso de que viva, para que pueda recibir la ceremonia del Bautismo solemne.
Cuando no se sabe si la persona que se va a bautizar está viva o muerta, antes de decir la forma se añaden las siguientes palabras: ”Sí estás vivo, yo te bautizo ............ “.
Niños: los padres tienen la obligación de bautizar a sus hijos lo antes posible después de su nacimiento. Es derecho de los hijos el recibir de sus padres todos los dones y valores para su desarrollo humano y cristiano, el Bautismo es el don más preciado que tienen los padres, “el don de la vida de gracia”.
Requisitos para el Bautismo:
Los padres tienen la obligación de hacer que los hijos sean bautizados en las primeras semanas. Cuanto antes después del nacimiento e incluso antes de él, acudan al párroco para pedir el sacramento para su hijo y prepararse debidamente. (CIC 867)
Sólo los papás tienen el derecho de llevarlos a bautizar.
En caso de adultos manifestar su deseo de bautizarse y asistir a pláticas de preparación.
Presentar el acta de nacimiento ante el sacerdote o su representante.
Tomar las pláticas prebautismales los papás y los padrinos.
Padrinos: son aquellos que presentan en la Iglesia al bautizado, contestan en su nombre y asumen la responsabilidad de la educación cristiana del bautizado si faltan sus padres. Se requiere de un padrino y una madrina en caso de los niños. En el caso de un adulto debe de ser uno solo, que debe de vigilar que lleve una vida cristiana después de ser bautizado.
Requisitos para ser padrinos: Ser bautizado y tener la intención de asumir las responsabilidades, tener uso de razón, haber cumplido 16 años, estar confirmado, haber hecho su Primera Comunión y llevar una vida de fe. Los padrinos han de ser solteros o casados por la Iglesia.
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