¿Estás emocionado o tienes miedo?
Posted by Katie BrennaFifth graders are in the midst of learning about Los Voladores de Papantla, a group of men that perform an indigenous dance in Mexico. We have learned that there is a lot of symbolism built into this ritual. In fact, we did the math and there are four participants that fly around a very high post a collective total of 52 times to represent the weeks in a year. The footage of these flyers evoked a lot of emotion in us! So much in fact, that we took this as an opportunity to broaden our understanding and ability to express our emotions in the target language. We discussed how we would feel before, during and after participating in such a high stakes activity. We then examined our emotions surrounding other life scenarios: the taking of a test, for example, or the watching of our favorite movie. As a follow-up activity, student actors mimed many different emotions and sensations as their classmates guessed how they were feeling. I captured the raw emotion in photographs and students were then gifted a complete set of photos from the activity. Next, they were charged with creating a collaborative poster. The finished product helps us to tune into our emotions everyday and to be honest, the photos make us laugh too!
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