The First Tortilla

My students and I have been reading some stories in their American English textbooks that have to do with Mexican culture and therefore mention tortillas. 


They first learned about tortillas when they read, "Mama's Birthday Present," the story of a little boy who plans a birthday party for his mom and is able to get her a piñata, a musical performance, and fresh tortillas made by one of their family friends. 


This week, they just finished reading, "The First Tortilla," the story of a little girl who saves her village from drought and starvation by asking the mountain spirit for rain.Because of the fact that none of them had ever seen or tasted a corn tortilla, which is what this story is about, I searched high and low until I was finally able to get my hands on some of these and bring them to the kids. We didn't have a real stove at the school, so I had to make do with a little oven. They didn't turn out quite the same as if I had used a stove top, but I guess it was good enough. 

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