Latin American Stories





The Wax Man
Written by: Olga Loya
Illistrated by: Ortiz Godfrey
About the Author!
    Olga Loya is not only an author, although she published many books appealing to all ages. She is most well known for her bilingual story telling. She claims that she learned the stories that she tells and writes from her Mexican Grandparents.


What do you see?
1. What do you think the man is doing?
2. How do you think the fence got broken?
3. What do you the think chickens doing?
   About the Book!
     This story is about a fox that is a real trouble maker. He is causing problems at the Vista Ranch, every night, and finally the farmers decided to do something about it.  One night when he tried to sneak into the ranch like he always does, he finds himself in for a big surprise. When he tries to get his friend the coyote to help him, the two of them find themselves in a "sticky situation".

Global Diversity Through Literature and Technology


Name:                                     Melissa Pohlman
School/Mentor Teacher:       Berrien County Primary, Ms. Bailey
Grade Level:                          1st Grade
Subject Areas:                        Technology Integration, Social Studies
Date Taught:                          March 22, 2007
Total Duration of Lesson:      55 minutes

Primary Learning Outcomes (PLO)
The primary learning outcomes to be achieved with this lesson include:
A. Student will be able to use the mouse while operating the computer
B.  Student will be able to respond to questions about  diverse cultures.
C.  Student will listen to a children’s story to learn about another culture
D.  Student will work cooperatively in small group to make a story picture account of events in the story.

Related GPS Standards
A. Grade: K
Technology Integration
Strand: Basic Skills
5 Topic: Basic Skills
Standard: Operates basic technology tools and applications.

B,C, D Grade: K
Social Studies Georgia Performance Standard
Geographic Understandings
SSKG1: The student will describe American culture by explaining diverse community and family celebrations and customs (this also includes the cultures represented by children from other countries represented in children’s literature and those who are enrolled in our schools.
 
Materials and Equipment:
1. Computer with Internet connection
2. My Global Diversity Web Page  http://www.valdosta.edu/~mjpohlman/global.
3.  Map or globe

4. Crayons
5. Paper for individual drawings or other art supplies that are relevant to the story (list them)

6. Book The Wax Man.

Teacher will also need
1. Pencil and paper (to make notes for assessment and reflections
2. Copy of lesson rubric 1 for each group member.  (see rubric below)

Technology Connection
Technologies that will be used in this lesson include: computer with Internet connection, a picture developed using a computer drawing program, and a designed website that includes a computer painted picture related to the Book The Wax Man

 

Procedure:


Part I Step One: Introduction
1. Spark the student’s interest by telling them they are going to be learning a little bit about a different part of the world. Explain to them that people in this new part of the world have a completely different way of life, and that their own lives would probably be very different if they had grown up somewhere else from where they did.
2. Show the children the globe or the map. Ask them questions such as:

What is this called?
What colors do you see on it?
What does the blue represent?  Tell them that the big blue areas are oceans  and the small     ones are lakes, or rivers, etc.
What do these many colors represent?
Can anyone point to our country?

Can you point to Georgia?

Do you know what City you live in?
We are going to learn about some animals who live in South America.
Does anyone know where South America is?
Point to South America on the map and then ask a child to point to Georgia. 
Do you South America is close or far from Georgia?
Do you have to go over water to get from here to there?

(Estimated time 10 minutes)

Step Two: Teaching the Primary Learning Outcomes:

 Language Experience Activity:
1. Go to the computer and your Lesson 1 Global Diversity Activity website at http://www.valdosta.edu/~mjpohlman/global. Students should be grouped around the computer with you so they can see the screen, and have access to using the mouse
2.  Let children take turns pointing to things in your picture.  They can also try to point to certain words on the screen.
3   Read each question under the Paint drawing  Ask them to respond to your questions.
4   Have a large piece of chart paper or separate sheets with each question, already prepared with the questions listed with spaces to write the children's responses underneath.
5. As each child responds to the questions, write exactly what he/she is saying when they make their responses.
Write students’ names next to each response.
List your 3 questions here
a. What do you think the man in doing?
b How do you think the fence got broken?

c. What do you think the fox is doing?


Part 2:
1.  Read the paragraph under the questions to the children, and then show them the book.
2.   Do a brief picture walk and talk about the book
2.  Tell them the title of the book is The Wax Man, and it is written by Olga Loya.
3.  Read the story to the children.
(10-15 minutes)

Closure:
1. After you read the story, review their responses made prior to reading them the story and compare their responses with the actual events in the story. 
2. Ask them to tell you some things they learned from the story.
3.  Give the students markers or crayons, and let them color and add words or pictures that they learned about in the story on the chart paper.
(Estimated time 15 minutes)