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Creative Play Bilingual Homeschool
Sep. 18, 2008
Why Pregones? and more copywork sheets/ Mas hojas para copiar
I was asked by Ms. Alma Flor Ada what I like about her book Pregones. I've always liked it, but at the time I purchased it, I wasn't able to use the book as I wanted with my daughter. Now, that we are focusing more on her writing, Pregones has found a place in the curriculum
This is a series of childhood memories, and is filled with wonderful imagery. As a second-language Spanish speaker (although I've been speaking almost 10 years now), and an avid reader, being able to picture, smell, and be a part of a story can be difficult when I'm reading in Spanish. Ms. Ada's descriptions are clear, and just all-around beautiful. I'm there. The selections I've pulled for my daughter's copywork display a certain aspects of writing I want her to grasp (description, imagery, dialect, etc.), as well as different mechanics: such as writing dialogue (quotation marks are not used traditionally, although I've seen them used in more recent books).
I could have used just about any Spanish translation, but I wanted native-language. Alma's works are very accessible (as far as reading level, comprehension, etc.), interesting, and high-quality writing. And, well, some of it is just plain cute! It was hard picking what I wanted to include in her copywork. My daughter certainly helped as she had passages that spoke to her as well that she wanted to copy.
Other works I will use throughout the year, besides the Reina-Valera version of the Bible, will various poets from the book "Dia por dia de poesia", edited by Alma Flor Ada, "Las palabras que se lleva el viento" by Juan Carlos Martin Ramos (mostly to memorize works), passages from "De oro y esmeraldas- Mitos, leyendas y cuentos populares de Latinoamerica" by Lulu Delacre, "Platero y yo" by Juan Ramon Jimenez, and since I'm using Classical Writing, I've found translations of Aesop's tales.
Yenia's group, Educando en Familia, also has a lot of resources I haven't tapped into yet. I was supposed to have prepared everything this summer, but as you see, I'm now coming around.
Anyway, here are four more sentences from "Pregones" I hope you enjoy. My daughter told me I "had" to include the one on page three of the copywork :).
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