Como Agua Para Chocolate

A complete Spanish lesson plan for Como Agua Para Chocolate — ready to open and teach.

Tita can never marry because her mother needs her at home. Her love goes into the food she cooks, and the food does things food isn't supposed to do. Arau's adaptation of Laura Esquivel's novel is the gateway text for magical realism in Spanish.

Good films have natural moments — a powerful scene, a cultural encounter, a shift in the story — where the language and meaning come together. This plan identifies those moments in Como Agua Para Chocolate and builds a lesson around each one. For every scene, you get vocabulary and cultural notes, comprehension activities, and communicative tasks your students can work through in class or independently. A pre-film warm-up gets them ready before the first screening.

Everything is included: the teacher's guide, student worksheets in Spanish, and an answer key.

Classic catalog plan — may not include every activity found in our newest releases.