PARA

__Purpose__: This is an activity you can use to activate prior knowledge before entering into discussion about Lazarillo de Tormes. It is easily adaptable for different proficiency levels.

__Goal of the game__: Be the first team to write a word under each column that starts with the letter the facilitator announces.

After explaining how to play: 1) Break the class up into teams. 2) Each team needs to copy the chart below on __one__ piece of paper. 3) You say the letter and teams begin filling in the chart. 4) First team finished has to put the pen down and every team member has to put his/her hand up and yell, “¡PARA!” Then, all teams have to put their pens down while we check the answers out loud. If there is a mistake (for example, they wrote the name of a city that’s in Portugal, not in Spain), then the other teams can keep working on the table but the team who yelled PARA is eliminated.

Example: For the letter C __Suggestions__: 1) Play music so groups can’t hear the other teams' answers. 2) Break students up into groups by using a quote from the book. For example: 5 groups – “La honra cría las artes”; 6 groups – “a la casa triste y desdichada”; 3 groups – “Lazarillo de Tormes” 3) After you check the winning team’s answers, you can ask the other teams for other words they came up with.

__After the activity__: You can then use what you’ve written on the board as a jumping off point for a discussion about character analysis/development, //un repaso de los// //acontecimientos//, amplifying vocabulary, etc.