Santiago el Sapo Lesson Plan (click to open in new tab)
Santiago el Sapo Worksheet (click to open in new tab)
The Santiago lesson is a custom lesson that I created around the current unit’s vocabulary: tiene hambre, está triste y llora, come, juega un deporte, quiere jugar, tú eres. The additional vocabulary used the students had seen, was defined on the slides, or was provided in a glossary. I included a brief detour to discuss the similarity between the spring peeper frogs that we have in our local area (and which were just then emerging from their winter slumber and starting to sing), and the the coquí frog of Puerto Rico. I included photos of each frog, which are nearly identical, and played audio files of their songs. I also included a slide that talked the endangered Puerto Rican crested toad or “sapo concho” which was used as a mascot on Bad Bunny’s latest album and has become a symbol of Puerto Rican perseverance. This lesson was delivered shortly after Bad Bunny played the Super Bowl half-time show.
A week or two after presenting this lesson, a student came into class excited to show me video of the spring peepers that he had seen in a ditch alongside the road.
