Between testing, Chromebook collection, and the general unwillingness of middle school students to do anything at the end of the year I knew I needed a good project to see us through to the last day. I decided a quick mini unit on alebrijes would be perfect.
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First we learned what alebrijes are with a few videos spread over several class periods. The longer one does a good job of explaining the difference between cartonería y copal alebrijes.
Then we practiced saying what our favorite animals were and describing them.
We spun a wheel and drew two animals together on our whiteboards as practice for later. Click the picture to take you to the wheel.
And we played Lotería. Click the picture for the link.
We also read a short reading and designed our own alebrijes from this website. (p. 3 & 11 but there's more great activities if you have the time!)
Finally it was time to make our versions! We weren't doing paper mache BUT with some ideas from this website and this video I figured out how we could make them 3D and give the kids a way to be creative. Here are my two examples I made. Stay tuned for student versions!
