Escritores del Boom Latinoamericano

(ACTFL - intermediate) Standards:

     3.1a: Talk about topics from other schools subjects such as geographical terms and concepts, scientific information, etc.

  
  4.2c: Hypothesize about the relationship between cultural
perspectives and expressive products by analyzing selected products
from the target culture and their own.  

Materials: 

*Access to literature/excerpts from writings by Latin American authors

*Computer access 

*Projector (for presentations at the end)

*School subscriptions to databases with peer-reviewed journals is ideal, but this lesson can work even without it

Accommodations:
Early intermediate level students can work in larger groups to add
perspectives to the interpretation of a text and to allow for more
teacher time per group, Advanced level students can find their own
writing excerpts or read a more extensive selection and create their
own questions upon which to reflect.