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La leyenda de La Llorona

¿Qué sabemos?

¿Qué queremos saber?

¿Qué aprendimos?

Open Ended

What do you know about Coatlicue?

​Coatlicue

Multiple Select

¡Pop Quiz!

¿Quién es La Llorona?

Who or what is La Llorona?

• A Mexican woman who drowned her children and now weeps for them.

• An Aztec Goddess weeping for her children.

• An escaped demon wandering the vastness of Spain.

• The bride of the Spanish king (who murdered him).

Su origin

Popular versions now usually include La Llorona drowning her children in a river after being abandoned by their father. In some versions, she murders them out of pity when they run out of food and no longer have a home. Other versions, she murders them for revenge. The story has been popularized over time.

Many versions

The story of La Llorona has been traced back to the Aztec Goddess, Coatlicue. She is said to be weeping for her children on the eve of the Spanish conquest (when her children were murdered by the Spaniards). Her story is sometimes connected to that of "La Malinche".

In the time of the Aztec

Multiple Choice

¿Cómo es La Llorona?

What is La Llorona like?
You will answer using a conjugation of ser and at least one adjective for this (La Llorona is a woman. )

• Ella es espantosa.

• Ella es simpático.

• Ella es contento.

• Ella es perezoso.

Cuenta la leyenda: La Llorona

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8ss4am5T3k

Open Ended

Make 1 comparison of equality and 1 comparison of inequality between La Llorona and yourself (or anything you want, as long as it's grammatically correct).

Ánima studios

La Leyenda de La Llorona is the second movie in a series of "La Leyenda de" movies. The company that has made La Leyenda de La Llorona has made a series of animated movies about different legends and stories of Latin America. They include a lot of cultural and historical references in their movies. (Their first movie La Leyenda de La Nahuala is on Netflix!)

Multiple Select

¡Pop Quiz! What do you think are some of the "culturally significant" things in the movies?

• Un alebrije

• Calaverita (skull) children

• A Nahuatl princess

• La isla de Muñecas (Doll Island)

​Alebrijes are colorful, animal like guides of the spiritual world

Alebrijes

Sugar skulls are popularly used for Día de los muertos

Calaveritas

Xochitl, a character in the La Leyenda movies, is an Aztec princess. The language of the Aztecs was Nahuatl which can be heard in various parts of the series.

Nahuatl

The story of La Isla de las muñecas is that a girl drowned in a river and her doll was found later-her body was not. The man who lived on the island then covered it with dolls. You can visit the island and put a doll there yourself.

La isla de las muñecas

Multiple Choice

¿Cómo es Alebrije?

(Comparaciones)

• Él es más colorido que las calaveritas.

• Él es más bonita que Xochitl.

• Él es menos alta que La Llorona.

• Él es tan gorda cómo el viejo.

Leo San Juan- born in 1978 in "New Spain". His parents both died and he and his brother are being raised by their abuela. He is close to the town priest who sends him on the missions with his ghost pals- Teodora, Alebrije, Don Andrés and Xochitl.

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Leo San Juan

Open Ended

¿Qué va a pasar en la película, "La Leyenda de La Llorona?

(You will use the simple future formulas to answer this question. You are only making a prediction and showing your capabilities with the simple future.)

Open Ended

¿Qué están haciendo los chicos en la película?

(Answering with the present progressive here! Again, you are making a prediction with really simple language!)

¡Vamos a ver la película!

• You will have until the end of the movie to finish you final.

• If you are suspected of cheating, it will be an automatic 0 for the final exam grade.

• Please do not talk until all exams are collected.

• ¡Gracias! Thank you!

¡Buena suerte!

You will complete your midterm exam while watching the movie. Pay close attention to what is being said verbally and through the subtitles as well as what is being portrayed on the screen.

Now, we're going to watch the movie!