Cesar
Guatemala - Práctica
A. Answer the following questions. These answers can be found in the video.
1. Describe the life of Cesar and his family. Be sure to include: • • how many there are in his family • • what each of them do for a living • • what languages they speak
Cesar and his family speak spanish, but their native language is Chichi. Cesar has two sisters, Anna and Analina. They help in the house and in the family store. Analina is a teacher and teaches spanish. His mom works at the pharmacy, and his dad passed away. His Grandmother grows food. Cesar is still in school.
2. Why is the market so important in their city?
Every families wealth depends on how they do at the market.
3. What is the major craft of Guatemala?
Embroidery and weaving cloth.
4. What type of school does Cesar attend? What are the courses offered there?
He goes to a vocational school. They teach job applications, like automotive, farming, and sewing. 5. How does Cesar generally spend his time outside of school?
He plays basketball, he sits by the river, he works on purses at his uncles, and he helps in the store. 6. What foods do he and his family eat a lot of?
Black beans and tortillas.
7. Describe what they do to prepare for Carnival in their city?
They make decorative eggs and sell them.
B. Write a short composition in English comparing and contrasting the lifestyle of people where you live and that of the people of Chichicastenango. Support your answers with facts from the video. Be sure to include:
• the climate
• electricity
• celebrations (Easter)
• goals (both personal and as a city)
• lifestyle in general
They use a lot less electricity while I depend on electricity for everything. On Easter, they decorate real eggs while we mostly buy plastic ones.
After completing both sections, submit your work to your instructor by using the Drop Box on page
A. Answer the following questions. These answers can be found in the video.
1. Describe the life of Cesar and his family. Be sure to include: • • how many there are in his family • • what each of them do for a living • • what languages they speak
Cesar and his family speak spanish, but their native language is Chichi. Cesar has two sisters, Anna and Analina. They help in the house and in the family store. Analina is a teacher and teaches spanish. His mom works at the pharmacy, and his dad passed away. His Grandmother grows food. Cesar is still in school.
2. Why is the market so important in their city?
Every families wealth depends on how they do at the market.
3. What is the major craft of Guatemala?
Embroidery and weaving cloth.
4. What type of school does Cesar attend? What are the courses offered there?
He goes to a vocational school. They teach job applications, like automotive, farming, and sewing. 5. How does Cesar generally spend his time outside of school?
He plays basketball, he sits by the river, he works on purses at his uncles, and he helps in the store. 6. What foods do he and his family eat a lot of?
Black beans and tortillas.
7. Describe what they do to prepare for Carnival in their city?
They make decorative eggs and sell them.
B. Write a short composition in English comparing and contrasting the lifestyle of people where you live and that of the people of Chichicastenango. Support your answers with facts from the video. Be sure to include:
• the climate
• electricity
• celebrations (Easter)
• goals (both personal and as a city)
• lifestyle in general
They use a lot less electricity while I depend on electricity for everything. On Easter, they decorate real eggs while we mostly buy plastic ones.
After completing both sections, submit your work to your instructor by using the Drop Box on page