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ISABEL AND THE HUNGRY COYOTEISABEL Y EL COYOTE HAMBRIENTO

Activity #1 Write Your Own Fairy TaleSubjects Language Arts, Geography, Art

DescriptionIn this activity, children work individually to learn the art of writing their own stories. Children write a version of their favorite fairy tale using the original story as a template. The setting of the American southwest desert provides opportunities for map work/geography lessons plus indigenous plant and animal identification.

Objectives• Improve writing skills and the ability to think creatively

• Learn to correctly identify locations on a map

• Learn to identify animal species and locate animal habitats

• Learn to identify desert plant species

• Improve interpersonal communication

Key Wordswriting skills, story writing, story concepts and concepting, American southwest region, deserts, desert plants, desert animals, terrariums, coloring pages

Grade Level(s) 3—4

Materials Needed• Writing materials

• Map/Globe

• Arts and crafts supplies, glue, and clean dry sand

• Glass container and plants for terrarium

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ISABEL AND THE HUNGRY COYOTEISABEL Y EL COYOTE HAMBRIENTO

Activity #1 Write Your Own Fairy Tale (Continued)Directions

1. Read several fairy tales with the original story line intact. Have children select a favorite fairy tale and create their own version of the story. They can rename characters, choose an alternate setting, change the ending of the story, etc.

2. Younger kids may want to act out the story.

3. Have children read their stories aloud to the class.

4. Have children write a continuation of Isabel and the Hungry Coyote / Isabel y el coyote hambriento. What would Isabel do when/if Coyote came back? Does anything happen to Coyote after he eats the tamales and chili sauce? Does he learn a lesson? What does Isabel learn?

5. A multitude of desert plants and animals are portrayed in Isabel and the Hungry Coyote / Isabel y el coyote hambriento. Name each plant and animal and find the habitat in which they live on a map or globe. Where are all the deserts in the world? Locate them on a map or globe.

6. Color the picture provided at the end of the Activities packet. Draw your favorite Isabel and the Hungry Coyote / Isabel y el coyote hambriento animal and color or paint with appropriate colors. Create a desert scene using glue and sand to make the background.

7. Plant a terrarium of desert plants for the classroom.

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ISABEL AND THE HUNGRY COYOTE

ISABEL Y EL COYOTE HAMBRIENTO Activity #2 Comprehension Quiz

Story QuizThis strategy helps children understand story structure. Did Isabel do the following? Put a 1, 2,or 3 in each blank.

1=Yes 2=Some 3=No

Isabel is weak ____

Lives at home ____

Leaves home ____

Goes to a scary place ____

Meets someone or something dangerous ____

Is threatened ____

Is in danger of being eaten ____

Gets away from danger ____

Wants to go home ____

Changes in some way ____

Returns home ____

Is welcomed ____

Subjects Language Arts (Story Structure)

DescriptionChildren work individually to increase both reading and story structure comprehension. Activity is comprised of quiz on story structuring and story components in a multiple–choice format.

Objectives• Improve comprehension skills and the ability to think

creatively

• Correctly identify parts of a story

Key Wordsstory components, story structure, reading comprehension

Grade Level(s) 2—4

Materials Needed• Writing materials

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ISABEL Y EL COYOTE HAMBRIENTO Activity #3 Bilingual Puppet Play

Coyote:(clutching belly / swooning and stumbling around as if from hunger)Oh, I am going to die if I don’t get something to eat. ¡Ay, me muero de hambre!Isabel, dressed in her red hooded jacket or coat and carrying a covered basket filled with red chile peppers & tamales, comes on stage, singing happily to herself, stopping to pick flowers.

Isabel: (singing) La la la la la. La la la la la la.Coyote stops and stares at Isabel

Coyote: Yum yum. (laughing softly to himself). ¡Qué rica! What a delicious cooking morsel. I think I know what’s for lunch today. (chuckles softly) Ya encontré mi comida.Coyote then slowly and stealthily creeps closer to Isabel, who continues to hum softly to herself, picking flowers. As he gets close to the girl and prepares to pounce, his stomach rumbles and gurgles (sound effect). Isabel whirls around at the noise.

Isabel: ¡Señor Coyote! (in a stern tone) ¿Qué desea? What do you want?

Coyote: (bows head or body respectfully)Ah, ah...nada más quería darte los buenos días. I just wanted to say Good Morning.

Isabel: Pues, buenos días. Good morning to you, too. My name is Isabel.

Coyote: Mucho gusto, Isabel. What a beautiful red hood you are wearing. ¡Qué caperucita más bonita tienes!(Coyote edges a little closer to Isabel)

Isabel: Gracias, señor Coyote. This caperucita keeps the sun from my face. (Isabel points to/touches her red hood as she speaks, and takes a step back in response to Coyote’s step forward)

Coyote: Ah, sí. ¿Y adónde vas esta mañana? And where might you be going this morning? (Coyote again inches a little closer to Isabel)

Isabel: Ah, voy a visitar a mi abuelita. I’m going to visit my grandmother. (Isabel moves back again in response to Coyote’s forward movement)

Coyote: And where does your abuelita live?

Characters CoyoteIsabelGrandmother (Abuela)

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ISABEL Y EL COYOTE HAMBRIENTO Activity #3 Bilingual Puppet Play (continued)

Isabel: Vive cerca del arroyo. She lives near the stream in that casa over there.(Isabel points to an adobe house in the distance)

Coyote looks in the direction Isabel is pointing and then back at Isabel before speaking in an aside to the audience.

Coyote: Esta niña would make a fine lunch...sí, esta niña sería una comida riquísima

(Coyote begins to nod to himself in a self–satisfied fashion) But, if I wait just a little—si me espero un ratitito—¡puedo almorzarla y su abuela también! Yes, oh, yes, if I am just a little bit patient, I can have both the little girl and her grandmother for lunch!

(Coyote sniffs the air) Mmmm...¿Qué hay en la canasta? What do have in your basket this morning?

Isabel: Unos tamales con chiles picantes. Would you like to try one of my tamales with a hot pepper?

Coyote: (in a horrified, almost angry tone) ¡Ay, no! Nunca como tamales con salsa picante. I never eat tamales with hot peppers...the chiles—pues, son como un fuego—Chile peppers are like fire in my mouth. ¡Me pican la lengua!(blows out as though his mouth is on fire)

And you know what a delicate tongue I have...tengo una lengua muy delicada... I’m not just any coyote, you know. (points snout up in the air in a superior fashion. Looks down the road at Isabel’s grandmother’s house)

Pues, tengo que irme. I must be off. ¡Adiós!

Isabel: Adiós, señor Coyote.Isabel goes off down the “path” and exits puppet stage. At the same time, Coyote runs off down the road to the grandmother’s house, where he finds the door open. He creeps slowly and silently into the quiet house. He looks around, but does not see Isabel’s grandmother. Suddenly he hears a noise outside (Isabel opening the gate latch—sound effect—latch opening). He quickly throws on the grandmother’s nightgown and jumps into her bed, pulling the covers up over his chin.

Isabel: (Isabel looks around) Buenos días, Abuelita. ¿Estás en casa?

Coyote: (trying to sound like the grandmother)Sí, sí, aquí estoy, mi corazón. Here I am, dear, in my bed. I haven’t been feeling too well.(Isabel enters the house and approaches her grandmother’s bed)

It is so good to see you, my dear! ¡Qué gusto de verte, mi amor! Come closer...acércate.

Isabel: (Isabel stops suddenly when she sees her “grandmother’s” strange appearance) ‘Uelita, ¡qué ojos más grandes tienes!

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ISABEL Y EL COYOTE HAMBRIENTO Activity #3 Bilingual Puppet Play (continued)

Coyote: Ah yes, my eyes are huge; it is true...sí, bien grandes. All the better to see you, querida.

Isabel: Pero ‘Uelita, ¡qué orejas más grandes tienes!

Coyote: Ah yes, my ears are big, my dear. All the better to hear you, mija. Así te oigo mejor.

Isabel: But Grandmother, what big arms you have!

Coyote: O sí, mis brazos son grandes para darte un abrazo, mija...yes, my arms are big and strong, querida...all the better to hug you!

Isabel: Ay, Abuelita, ¡que boca más grande tienes!

Coyote: (snarling) Yes, you are right, my dear...My mouth is so big so that I can eat you quickly, mija! ¡Tengo una boca grande para almorzarte!Coyote lets out a terrible growl as he leaps from the bed. He grabs Isabel with his powerful forearms and opens his mouth to swallow her. Isabel trembles and struggles to free herself, but Coyote is very strong. As Coyote opens his mouth even wider, Isabel flings the chiles in her basket into his mouth. As Coyote bites down on the chiles, he howls:

¡Aiiieeee! ¡Chiles! Red hot chiles! Ay, ¡que picantes! ¡Aiiieeee! ¡Fuego! ¡Fuego! My mouth is on fire! My boca is burning! ¡Aiiieeee!

Coyote drops Isabel and races out of the house. He runs off stage howling all the way. Isabel listens as his howls fade away.

Then a door opens (sound of door opening), and from offstage, a voice is heard:

Abuela: Buenos días, mi amor. ¡Qué gusto de verte!

Isabel: (running to her grandmother and giving her a hug) ¡O, ‘Uelita! It is so good to see you, too!

Abuela: I was taking my siesta in the backyard when I heard a terrible howl...oi un aullido horrible cuando dormía la siesta.

Isabel: Fue Coyote. Yes, that old Coyote wanted to have me for his lunch, but I fed him the chiles I had brought for you. (grinning) Yo le di de comer los chiles.

Abuela: Ay, qué niña más valiente...y mañosa. Yes, mija, you are both brave and clever. And now, let us go enjoy some of your delicious tamales for lunch!

¡Vamos a comer!

Isabel and Grandmother exit the stage together

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ISABEL Y EL COYOTE HAMBRIENTO Prickly Pear Salad Recipe

Isabel and her abuela love to cook. They make this tasty salad whenever the cacti are in bloom near their casa in the southwestern desert. Try it at your house for a tasty addition to your favorite salad.

DIRECTIONS 1. Gather some Prickly Pear Cactus.

2. Cut the “tuna” (the red, radish—looking bloom on top of the cactus) from the cactus.

3. Wash and slice the bloom into bite–size bits.

4. Add them to a salad.

5. Eat and enjoy!

INGREDIENTS • Prickly Pear Cactus

• Salad

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