"Find a need and fill it"
--Robert Hunter
"Literacy is a continuum of learning and proficiency in reading, writing and using numbers
throughout life, and is a part of a larger set of skills, which include digital skills, media literacy,
education for sustainable development and global citizenship, as well as job-specific skills-"
READING
Schoolteachers have been called to a vocation that is a special art.
They are professional people engaged in helping others to learn by example;
imparting their knowledge and skill, imposing a standard of conduct.
The lives of children are transformed, nurtured, and shaped by this beacon of light,
and by their encouragement, patience and dedication.
There is a real purpose to understanding the changing role of today's teachers
and transforming ideas for
contemporary lesson plans.
LESSON PLANS
As a poet, I noticed when my poems are
translated into Spanish, then back into English, it´s always a better and more
concise way to relate. Several years ago, I restarted elementary
school with the first grade Honduran curriculum and a Honduran teacher. The
purpose for me is to learn Spanish. I also love the food, the culture and
customs, the work ethic, the spiritual connection, the poetry inspiration.
I am in fourth grade, can write, READ
Spanish, understand much of it, but not speaking it, and still learning
new palabras.
What amazes me most is this generation of elementary school children, with hearts and minds on fire, learning so much today. Lesson plans utilize our human potential, and creativity, with imagination, new ideas, realizing that we have enormous mental capacity, to transform us into critical thinkers to solve the dilemmas facing our planet, to secure our future.
Some poetry I am writing was inspired by Spanish classes.
One of my homework lessons:
"Escribe y decora una tarjeta de invitacion".
I was reading Vendela Vida´s book “Girls On The Verge”. She has a chapter called “Bikinis & Tiaras: Quiceañeras”. What I got from this to help me create my Invitation was the importance and emphasis on photographs. It´s the picture perfect moment in the midst of a difficult, transforming, creative time. It´s expressed in they way they dress, accessorize and make up.
Today in isolation, fifteen year olds, who tend to withdraw, need to express themselves, in poetry and photographs and art drawings and games, music and dance, their unique talents & abilities, their misunderstood ways that make real sense to them.
Writing poetry or designing a future invention or creating photos or arts and crafts, make up a lesson plan that we can use in the classroom zooming for the next generation.
PLANES DE LECCIONES PARA EL SIGLO XXI
Hay un propósito real para comprender el papel
cambiante de los maestros de hoy y transformar las ideas para los planes de
lecciones contemporáneos.
Estoy terminando el tercer grado. Puedo
escribir, leer español, entenderlo, pero estoy esperando el don de hablar en
lenguas.
Lo que más me sorprende es lo mucho que los niños están aprendiendo de los planes de lecciones de hoy, realmente comenzando a usar nuestro potencial humano, dándose cuenta de que tenemos una enorme capacidad mental. Los niños de esta generación con el corazón y la mente en llamas, tienen la esperanza de resolver los dilemas que enfrenta nuestro planeta, para asegurar nuestro futuro.
SPANISH LESSON PLANS
Editors & Linguists: Cinthia Carrasco, Tania Carrasco
The linguists are sisters from Choluteca, Honduras.
They are mothers, Spanish tutors, caregivers and teachers.
About The Author
CAREGIVER
He was a live-in caregiver for clients
with developmental disabilities in Marin county California
for two decades
TEACHER
Lorillard Children´s School, Bronx, New York
Goddard College, Plainfield, Vt., Education Adjunct Faculty
Symbas High School, San Francisco, High School poetry
Harmony Union, 5th & 6th grade poetry, Occidental, CA
Rotary Club judge High School essay contest Novato CA
"Laws Of Life"
