Vocational School and Sister Teaches Language
A. Answer the following questions. These answers can be found in the video.
1. There are three people in his family. He is 15 and in high school, his of his sister is in collage, His other sister teaches language and his mother is a widow. They speak their native Indian language and Spanish.
2. The market is important in their city it is one of the only ways to get produce and food in their city. It is also important because it is bringing in people from far away places.
3. Weaving is and important craft in Guatemala because it is how they make purses, belts, and shirts and blouses
4. Cesar attends a vocational school where he learns job skills.
5. Usually after school Cesar rides his bike to his uncles place to help him make purses.
6. He and his family eat tortillas and black beans a lot.
7. To prepare for the festival in their city by making lots and lots of decorative eggs for the festival.
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.
They have a dry season and a wet season it usually stops raining aroung October and does not start again till around April or May. In their country side area they have just started getting electricity and they only get two light fixtures and one switch to turn them on and off at the same time. They celebrate Easter with a festival and they prepare for this festival by making lots of decorative eggs. His personal goals are to go to a trade school to become an electrician after he graduates. He and his family have a busy life with school chores and work because they have to do a lot of the work by hand. They do not have a lot of the appliances that we have to help them.
After completing both sections, submit your work to your instructor by using the Drop Box on page 4.
1. There are three people in his family. He is 15 and in high school, his of his sister is in collage, His other sister teaches language and his mother is a widow. They speak their native Indian language and Spanish.
2. The market is important in their city it is one of the only ways to get produce and food in their city. It is also important because it is bringing in people from far away places.
3. Weaving is and important craft in Guatemala because it is how they make purses, belts, and shirts and blouses
4. Cesar attends a vocational school where he learns job skills.
5. Usually after school Cesar rides his bike to his uncles place to help him make purses.
6. He and his family eat tortillas and black beans a lot.
7. To prepare for the festival in their city by making lots and lots of decorative eggs for the festival.
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.
They have a dry season and a wet season it usually stops raining aroung October and does not start again till around April or May. In their country side area they have just started getting electricity and they only get two light fixtures and one switch to turn them on and off at the same time. They celebrate Easter with a festival and they prepare for this festival by making lots of decorative eggs. His personal goals are to go to a trade school to become an electrician after he graduates. He and his family have a busy life with school chores and work because they have to do a lot of the work by hand. They do not have a lot of the appliances that we have to help them.
After completing both sections, submit your work to your instructor by using the Drop Box on page 4.