La Balada De Los Dos Guillenn

The artifact that has been chosen to reflect standard 2.3 is an engaged lesson plan project that was completed in ITEC-7400, 21stCentury Teaching and Learning. The task for this assignment was to develop a lesson integrating digital tools and resources to engage students in authentic learning experiences. This lesson was design for 11th and 12th grade high school Spanish students. The engaged lesson plan asks students to base their experience on the poem “La Balada de los Dos Abuelos” by Nicholás Guillén a very well-known Cuban writer. Students take the role of teachers, authors, critics and researchers. Students analyze Nicolás Guillén’s background and how it is represente in his poem. The message of the poem is then discussed and applied to their lives. Students explore their own heritage and share it with the class and their family.
Research is done using class computers, students’ own electronic devices, and home computers. Presentational projects are put together using school computer labs or at home using collaborative websites. The lesson plan engages students by following levels of Bloom’s taxonomy: Remembering: students research and talk about the history of the Caribbean and their own heritage. Understanding: Students define heritage and analyze Guillen’s poem by discussing the imagery and poetic techniques like the onomatopoetic language that is so typical of Guillen’s poesía negra. Applying: Students apply the concept of culture and heritage to their own lives. Analyzing: Students compare and contrast the cultures that have made up the Cuban heritage. They examine Guillen’s feelings about his background and they examine their own feelings