Mangiamo 6-Pack

This Italian family has passed down their foods, flavors, and recipes for generations! Learn how foods can connect people and bring them together. This 6-Pack of nonfiction text cards is part of Culturally Authentic and Responsive Texts, a collection curated by Dr. Sharroky Hollie. Each text in this collection builds literacy while engaging seventh grade students in meaningful cultural connections.

Mangiamo explores how communities are formed culturally and linguistically, especially when it comes to food. This engaging nonfiction text allows students to see their lives reflected in the materials they are studying, while the accompanying lesson and activities help strengthen literacy skills.

• Focuses on the theme Community Matters
• Challenges students to consider how food can help us feel like we are home
• Improves content-area literacy and vocabulary by defining unfamiliar words
• Includes discussion questions, a writing prompt, and a creative activity

This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a content-area focused lesson plan.