My Spanish III students are taking a course through Indiana University. We are studying comida, or food, along with the preterite, the imperfect, hacer with expressions, and the present perfect subjunctive. I have to teach certain grammar and vocabulary points; however, I have a lot of freedom in the course which is great because I love freedom and hate boring grammar exercises. I found this really cool song my Mexican rapper, McLuka. He raps about all the "weird" food they eat in Mexico like jumiles (stink bugs), buche (pig stomach) and tacos de perro (dog tacos??!!). We focused on 16 weird foods they ate. Many students were either really intrigued or really grossed out.
I described the 16 weird foods and students listened. They took notes and jotted down the main idea of what I was explaining in Spanish. Then, in groups of 4, each group had to translate a portion of his song. and we put the pieces of the puzzle, or lyrics together. After we read the lyrics, my students had to know. Do they REALLY eat dog tacos in Mexico? So, I decided that we ask McLuka. We asked McLuka to write us back in our padlet. . And to our suprise, HE WROTE US BACK! Here's what he wrote:
I described the 16 weird foods and students listened. They took notes and jotted down the main idea of what I was explaining in Spanish. Then, in groups of 4, each group had to translate a portion of his song. and we put the pieces of the puzzle, or lyrics together. After we read the lyrics, my students had to know. Do they REALLY eat dog tacos in Mexico? So, I decided that we ask McLuka. We asked McLuka to write us back in our padlet. . And to our suprise, HE WROTE US BACK! Here's what he wrote:
Ok, they really don't eat dog tacos, it's just a saying for cheap meat! Whew! My students were so excited they he wrote us back. One student commented, "How do you know all these people?" Ha, I don't know them. I just ask. After we listened to his song, some students said, "I didn't know that they listened to that type of music in Mexico" or "that was really cool!" So much better than a boring worksheet or textbook. Click the button below to see the Lupita's Taco Shop lesson!