La Corrida de Toros

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La Corrida de Toros
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Vocabulary Terms

• Estoque
• Picador
• Vara
• Peto
• Banderillero
• Tercio de picas
• Tercio de banderillas
• Tercio de muerte

• La Fiesta Brava
• Clarín
• Olé!
• Tienta
• Matador
• Montera
• Traje de luces
• Capote
• Muleta

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Definitions for Matching

1. another name for bullfighting
2. small red cape
3. a large pink and gold cape
4. a long blade-tipped lance
5. a sword used by the matador to kill the bull
6. a hat worn by the matador
7. protective 100 lb. covering for horses
8. the trumpet that signals the rounds of the fight
9. a suit of lights worn by the matador
10. testing that takes place in a miniature bullring

1. the round of barbed sticks
2. the round of death
3. the round of pokes or jabs
4. person who uses a vara
5. the person who uses banderillas
6. the person who kills the bull
7. what spectators shout in approval

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Possible Short Answer Questions

• What does the bull symbolize?
• What does the matador symbolize?
• How old is the bull when it is tested?
• How old is the bull when it enters the ring?
• What does it mean when the matador drops his hat?
• Why does the matadors suit have to be
  skin-tight?
• Why does the crowd sometimes shout Sí! during
  the last round?
• The fight ends with the death of the bull.
  Whats done with the bull after its all over?

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Possible Essay Questions

• Testing of the bull
• What happens at a testing?
• How do the breeders rate/judge/score a bull?
• What traits or characteristics do breeders look
  for?
• What happens if bull is acceptable or if he has
  faults?
• The rounds of a fight
• What happens in each round?
• Who participates in each round?
• What does each person do?
• What instruments does each person have/use?
• What happens to the bull in each round?
• What are some of the most dangerous moments in a
  fight?

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Possible Essay Questions

• Comparable activities in our own culture
• What activities do we do that are in some ways
  similar?
• What opinions exist (in both cultures) toward
  these activities?

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La Corrida de Toros
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Running of the Bulls in Pamplona 1
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Running of the Bulls in Pamplona 2
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Running of the Bulls in Pamplona 3
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Running of the Bulls in Pamplona 4
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Las Ventas La Plaza de Toros Madrid, Spain
Exterior 1
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La Plaza de Toros Mijas, Spain
Exterior
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La Plaza de Toros Mijas, Spain
Interior --
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La Plaza de Toros Mijas, Spain
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The next slideshave pictures / terms to do a
vocabulary review(after the film).
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Vocabulary Terms
LA FIESTA BRAVA
another name for bullfighting
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Vocabulary Terms
CLARÍN
trumpet that signals each round of the fight
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Vocabulary Terms
OLÉ!
what spectators in the crowd shout in approval
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Vocabulary Terms
TIENTA
testing of young bulls can be in a miniature
bullring
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Vocabulary Terms
MATADOR
the person who kills the bull
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Vocabulary Terms
MONTERA
a hat worn by the matador
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Vocabulary Terms
TRAJE DE LUCES
suit of lights worn by matador
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Vocabulary Terms
CAPOTE
a large pink and gold cape
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Vocabulary Terms
MULETA
the small red cape
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Vocabulary Terms
ESTOQUE
the curved sword used by the matador to kill
the bull
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Vocabulary Terms
PICADOR
person who uses a vara
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Vocabulary Terms
VARA
a long blade-tipped lance
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Vocabulary Terms
PETO
protective 100 lb. covering for horses
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Vocabulary Terms
BANDERILLERO
the person who uses banderillas
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Vocabulary Terms
TERCIO DE PICAS
the round of pokes or jabs
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Vocabulary Terms
TERCIA DE BANDERILLAS
the round of barbed sticks
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Vocabulary Terms
TERCIO DE MUERTE
the round of death
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SHORT ANSWER
What does the bull symbolize?
death
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SHORT ANSWER
What does the matador symbolize?
human courage
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SHORT ANSWER
How old is a bull when its tested?
about 2 years old
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SHORT ANSWER
How old is a bull when it enters the ring?
about 4 years old
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SHORT ANSWER
What does it mean when the matador drops his hat?
Hes signaling the beginning of the last round.
He can also dedicate the fight to someone in the
crowd.
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SHORT ANSWER
Why does the matadors suit have to be skin-tight?
So the bulls horns dont get caught on it.
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SHORT ANSWER
Why does the crowd sometimes shout Sí! during
the last round?
to tell matador bull is lined up (square) for the
kill
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SHORT ANSWER
Whats done with the bull after the fight is all
over?
meat is processed and sold and/or donated to
charity
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Sources

• Las Ventas Plaza de Toros in Madrid, Spain
• http//www.sisbi.uba.ar/institucional/proyectos/lo
  cales/pasantia_fomec_719/trabajos_julio/Image7.gif
  
• Matador Facing Bull in Traje de Luces
• http//www.andalucia-travelguide.com/about-andaluc
  ia/bullfighting/
• Bullring in Mijas, Spain -- exterior
• http//images.travelpod.com/users/triumphrob/1.125
  1105757.the-bull-ring.jpg
• Bullring in Mijas, Spain interior
• http//www.flickr.com/photos/austinosuide/28353695
  15/
• Bullring in Mijas, Spain matador
• http//www.corbisimages.com/Enlargement/WS001534.
  html
• Iberian Bull
• http//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e7/El_P
  ilar_Bull_by_Alexander_Fiske-Harrison,_Seville_Fer
  ia_09.jpg
• Running of the Bulls in Pamplona 1
• http//www.latimes.com/media/photo/2010-07/5480103
  1.jpg
• Running of the Bulls in Pamplona 2
• http//hardtimesnews.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/p
  amplona3.jpg
• Running of the Bulls in Pamplona 3
• http//assets.nydailynews.com/img/2009/07/08/alg_r
  unning_of_bulls.jpg
• Running of the Bulls in Pamplona 4

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Sources

• La Tienta (definition)
• http//www.dancingwithbulls.com/resources/tientaWa
  it.jpg.opt550x371o0,0s550x371.jpg
• El Clarín (definition)
• http//www.3dediana.com.mx/clarin_de_banda_de_guer
  ra.html
• El Matador (definition)
• http//www.unp.co.in/f143/spanish-bullfighting-mom
  ents-45141/
• Montera (definition)
• http//photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id4423981
• Traje de luces (definition)
• http//www.finds.org.uk/flickr/photos/tagged/as/b
  ullfighters
• Capote (definition)
• http//www.miguelangelperera.es/ver_album.php?id4
  29
• Muleta Estoque (definitions)
• http//www.flickr.com/photos/naturales71/35677606
  07/
• Picador Peto (definition)
• http//farm2.static.flickr.com/1069/1264725398_40
  131138c0.jpg
• Vara (definition)
• http//www.flickr.com/photos/gabebuc/3567359263/
• Tercio de Muerte