Jayson Ramirez

Jayson Ramirez
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What is a Proverb?
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-Popular sayings that give advice on
how to live your life
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cultural values and physical
environment
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1) Passed down orally through time
2) Use words in a way that makes them
memorable
 rhyme
 repetition
 strong images
3) Uses Metaphors
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Birds of a feather flock together
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A stitch in time saves nine
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Don’t put all of your eggs in one
basket
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1) The sleeping lobster is carried away in the
stream- Peru
2) A monkey never thinks her baby is uglyHaiti
3) The mouth which eats does not talk- Middle
East
4) Measure a thousand times and cut onceTurkey
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Discuss possible meaning of assigned
proverbs from the world proverbs handout
Discuss life experiences that reflect lessons
in assigned proverbs
As a group come up with a modern day
proverb
-Nonverbally communicate assigned Proverb
-Start off by communicating number of words
(estimating)
- Number of syllables- Place fingers on arm to represent
- Short word- Thumb & Index together
- Warmer- hand to face, like sweating
- Colder- shivering
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Class will be divide in half- 2 groups
Each group assigns presenter and selects a random
cultural parable
Before beginning, presenter will tell the group the
proverb’s country of origin
At end, each group will share the proverb(s) they
selected, the country of origin, and what they
thought it meant
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T or F - Proverbs are generally passed down
through written form?
Proverbs are popular sayings that reflect advice
on how to ____________.
Proverbs strongly reflect ____________ values.
A metaphor compares two ____________
things by saying one thing is the other.