Astronomy / A Pop Music Festival; 2 thematic units about Chile - Intermediate

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Unit 1. El cielo del sur

When you look up to the sky, do you really see a Big Dipper or do you join the stars in such a way that you visualize a dipper? When Magellan looked at the sky, he saw a cross and called it the Southern Cross. But when the indigenous people of Chile saw the same stars, they saw the head of a bird. Compare the two interpretations. Relate them to the power telescopes and the scientific discoveries in the Atacama Desert. This unit helps students understand multiple realities.

Unit includes.

Subject matter: astronomy

Vocabulary: the sky, myth and legend

Grammar: pronouns

Oral practice: the Zodiac, astronomy, astrology

Homework: flags and constellations, the Zodiac

Internet: key words list to facilitate a search and further research

Model tests and teacher’s guide

Answer key

Unit 2. El Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar

Popular music is of great interest to many students and teachers. Read about Latin America’s biggest song contest in the Chilean coastal city of Viña del Mar. Compare this music festival to North American award ceremonies and discover ´the monster.´

Unit includes.

Subject matter: popular music, Isabel Allende

Vocabulary: music, story, novel

Grammar: future

Oral practice: traveling to a festival

Homework: festivals, phobias

Internet: key words list to facilitate a search and further research

Model tests and teacher’s guide

Answer key

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