A Cultural Close Reading Packet on Las Posadas
This instructive close reading package explores the elaborate customs of Las Posadas, a Mexican Christmas parade that is observed globally. It can be used to examine a variety of cultural practices during the academic year or over the holiday season. It is an entertaining resource for cultural studies, world religions, and seasonal traditions. The packet’s primary contents cover the history and significance of Las Posadas (a Mexican tradition), the components of the Christmas procession (a Christmas Procession), the aspects of the celebration that are shared with the community (a Community Celebration), and comparisons with related customs around the world (Around the World). To help students better comprehend cultural variety, religious customs, and community celebrations, this packet includes exercises, discussion questions, and descriptive texts with visuals of celebrations. It is especially pertinent for Mexican culture lectures and conversations about regional and cultural variations in worldwide holiday customs during the Christmas season.
These close reading comprehension passages are the perfect no-prep, standards-based, and high interest way to strengthen your students’ close reading skills!
Short on time to teach? This print and go packet truly is for you! It has everything you need for a complete, successful informational text reading unit.
This Close reading set features:
Las Posadas
St. Lucia’s Day
Mexican Tradition
Christmas Procession
Community Celebration
Around the world
As they complete the close reading process, students will build comprehension by answering text-dependent questions.
Skills align with both the RI (Reading Informational Texts) and RL (Reading Literature) Common Core Standards
These passages can be used in the morning, at centers, as part of homework, with small groups, for extra learning with smart students, to help struggling students, or to get ready for tests.
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