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International Güegüense Books

The Gueguense represents the behavior of many Nicaraguan todayThe Gueguense represents the behavior of many Nicaraguan today

Güegüense started more the 400 years ago in Nicaragua

Some students are familiar with the play in Spanish

ADVANTAGES IN USING THIS SCRIPT OF THIS PLAY

Students play different parts of the play.

Students have fun while performing

Students may have the outfit, or make or buy the masks.

The dialogue is very rich and it lends itself to a lot of discussion

Talking about the characters make students think

Language learners may use this book as a reader

Pre-Columbian PeriodIndian OrganizationColonizationAtlantic CoastLeón versus GranadaIndependence of NicaraguaForeign Intervention30-year Conservative GovernmentLiberal RevolutionUS interventionSomoza´s RuleRise of FSLNSandinista RevolutionConflict with the Church, etc.

Students may report on the following sections

The teacher can ask questions about the sections read by students.

Puente de la TorrePuente de la TorreLondres, InglaterraLondres, Inglaterra

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Students can turn sentences into questions

Early InhabitantsLake EcologyFoundation of GranadaPirate AttacksInteresting Route (Canal)William WalkerCivil WarRailroadConservative Governments20th CenturyPresidents from GranadaHistoric PlacesInternational Poetry Festival, etc.

Group 1 or 2 can ask questions about the content of the book.

Map of Nicaragua

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Life of Sandino, his philosophy, jungle war, assassination of Sandino, his manifesto, Latin American union (exordium), messianic vision, report of accounts by US forces, etc.

Students can turn sentences into questions

Students can also read aloud in class.

Students can contribute additional information they might have.

Slander

• Slander Group 1• Mud drops may fall• on solid diamond

• Because of such drops.

• Yet, its nature will be there

• Its value will be kept

• Slander Group 2• -

• Its glitter may be lost

• All covered in mud

• No matter how much mud

• Just as a pure diamond.

To Margarita DebayleThe Princess and the Star

• Margarita, how beautiful the sea is:

• Still and blue.• The orange blossom in the

breezes• Drifting through.• The skylark in its glory• Has your accent too:• Here, Margarita, is a story• made for you.

• There once was a mighty king,• With a palace of diamonds bright• and a shopfront made of light.• He had a herd of elephants,• A costly tower of malachite,• And a robe of rarest hue• Also a fairy princess who was

light• Of thought and beautiful as you.

The princess and the star

• But one evening the princess • Saw high in the heavens a star • She was mischievous, thus• Resolving to gather that star.

• It would form the centerpiece• Of a brooch hung with verse,

pearl,• feathers, flowers: a caprice• Of course of a little girl.

• Also, dainty princesses, darling• Like you were made,• To cut and pick irises,• roses, asters, as you do.• • But, alas, our little one went far• Across the sea, beneath the sky• And all to cut the one white star• That saw her wondering and sigh.

Life and Works of Rubén Darío to understand his poems

Metempsychosis• Roman soldier who was

eaten by dogs, because he slept with Cleopatra.

• I was a soldier who slept• On the bed of Cleopatra• The Queen, her whiteness• Her sexy sparkling eyes,• That was all.

• Oh, what a look! Oh, her white skin and bed

• She was radiantly white!• Oh, magnificent marvelous

rose! That was all…• I was taken to Egypt• A chain was tied to my neck• Then I was eaten by dogs• My name was Rufo Galo,• That was all.

Gran CanalGran CanalVenecia, ItaliaVenecia, Italia

Atacama, ChileAtacama, Chile

My Specialized Bilingual Dictionaries.

Nueva ZelandaNueva Zelanda

Muro de las LamentacionesMuro de las LamentacionesJerusalén, IsraelJerusalén, Israel

Law before giving away sovereignty of Nicaragua

ArgeliaArgelia

Delhi, IndiaDelhi, India

Great Bilingual Book for Children

• Spinning whip (La perinola)

• The Feathered Serpent of Asososca

• La Mocuana Witch

• Legend of Turrialba Volcano • The Bride of Tola (La novia de Tola)

• The devil´s mother-in-law

• The Goblin (El Duende)

• Miskut (Play of the Miskito Indians)

• The Weeping Woman The Olive Flower (La flor del olivar)

• The Ugly Witch (La Cegua)

• • Tall Woman Doll & Big-headed Dwarf

• Agüizotes

• Princess Oyanka

• The Death Cart (Carretanagua)

• The Headless Priest

• La Taconuda Ghost, etc.

Fuente de CibelesFuente de CibelesMadrid, EspañaMadrid, España

My next year´s book: Birds of Nicaragua

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