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NotesSpanish B HLTopic 7.2From the extract to themes & culture
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7.2.22 min read

From the extract to themes & culture (Spanish B HL)

IB Spanish B · Unit 7

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Contents

  1. 1From the extract to the world
  2. 2A short model
Zoom out: After presenting the extract, widen your view step by step. The last step leads into Part 3.

Link it up: 4 steps

1

Name one idea

El tema central del extracto es la memoria. One or two ideas, never six.

2

Link to the whole book

Este momento es clave en la obra porque…

3

Link to the Spanish-speaking world

One fact you are sure of: la obra refleja la emigración española a América

4

Open a door to Part 3

End with a wider question: me hace pensar en…

Idea → book → world → question

Text first, world second: Interpret the extract before you widen. A cultural link only helps B1 if it grows out of the text.

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The second half of «Los limoneros»: The student has presented the scene from 7.2.1. Now they interpret it and zoom out.

Interpreting and linking the scene

Idea → book → world → question

  1. «En mi opinión, el tema central es la memoria. La respuesta «alguien que también se fue» une a Ramón con los hijos de Julia, que se marcharon a la ciudad.»
  2. «Este momento es clave: a partir de aquí, Inés ve la casa como una historia que hay que salvar.»
  3. «La obra refleja una realidad española: en el siglo XX muchos españoles emigraron a América, y hoy muchos pueblos se quedan vacíos.»
  4. «Por eso me hace pensar en qué guardamos hoy de nuestra familia, cuando casi nadie escribe cartas.»

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Extracto literario (texto original de práctica). Obra: «La troca de mi padre», novela. De qué trata la obra: un adolescente de Los Ángeles se avergüenza del camión de tacos de su padre hasta que descubre la historia que hay detrás de cada receta. Cada viernes, cuando sonaba el timbre de salida, la troca de mi padre ya estaba aparcada enfrente del instituto, con su letrero pintado a mano: «Tacos Don Chuy, sabor de Jalisco». Yo salía por la puerta de atrás para que nadie me viera. Un viernes, Jessica, la chica más popular de la clase, se puso en la fila. Pidió tres de pastor. Yo quería desaparecer. —¿Este es tu papá? —me preguntó, con la boca llena—. ¡Está buenísimo! ¿Por qué nunca dices nada? Mi padre me miró desde la plancha, con el delantal manchado de salsa. No dijo nada, pero vi que esperaba mi respuesta. —Sí —dije por fin—. Es mi papá. Y la receta es de mi abuela.

Read the extract from «La troca de mi padre» (in the context).

Write ONE sentence in Spanish that links the extract to a course theme and briefly explains why.
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