El Gato Sin Dientes
Directions: Translate this story - read it back to your parents in English. Our written stories will always be in the present tense, and the classroom stories always in the past tense. Use the words on the board to help and on the helper words I've provided - but only if you need to! After you read the story, answer the questions below.
Optional Extra-hard Super Review: Students - after you can translate from Spanish to English - try reading the English answer story and translate it into Spanish. This is only if you REALLY want to get it - but you'll get 2 boletos.
Parents: Scroll down to view the full translated story and answers to the questions. If you'd like, you can copy and paste the answers onto Word, then print them out so you can read them while your child is translating. Feel free to print out the Spanish story as well (see document download below), so you don't have to use the computer every time you review.
Directions: Translate this story - read it back to your parents in English. Our written stories will always be in the present tense, and the classroom stories always in the past tense. Use the words on the board to help and on the helper words I've provided - but only if you need to! After you read the story, answer the questions below.
Optional Extra-hard Super Review: Students - after you can translate from Spanish to English - try reading the English answer story and translate it into Spanish. This is only if you REALLY want to get it - but you'll get 2 boletos.
Parents: Scroll down to view the full translated story and answers to the questions. If you'd like, you can copy and paste the answers onto Word, then print them out so you can read them while your child is translating. Feel free to print out the Spanish story as well (see document download below), so you don't have to use the computer every time you review.
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Palabras nuevas (New words)
Sin dientes – without teeth Información – information Expert – expert Sobre – about Inteligente – intelligent Diferente – different Problema – problem Normal – normal Le da – she gives him Había estudiado – s/he had studied Me gusta – it pleases me Le gusta - it pleases him/her Le gustan – they please him/her ¿Cómo te llamas? How yourself you call? – or What’s your name? Me llamo _____. Myself I call ______. – or My name is |
Helper words – not all on board – but in the written story:
Hay - there is / there are se llama - s/he calls him/herself Está – s/he is (FEELINGS OR LOCATION) Es – s/he is (WHO THEY ARE) Le dice – s/he tells him or her Él – he Su – his / her |
El Gato Sin Dientes
Hay un chico. El chico se llama George Washington. El chico tiene un gato. Su gato es normal. Su gato no es diferente. George Washington no le gusta su gato normal. No le gustan gatos normales. ¡Oh no oh no! George Washington no quiere un gato normal, quiere un gato diferente. El chico quiere tener un gato sin dientes.
El chico anda a Turkey Scratch, Arkansas. Una experta de gatos está en Turkey Scratch. La experta es muy muy muy inteligente. La experta es muy muy muy inteligente porque había estudiada. La experta había estudiada en Oxford, en Wal-Mart. La experta es una elefante. La experta se llama Berta.
- George Washington le dice a Berta “Hola. ¿Cómo te llamas?”
- Berta le dice a George Washington “Hola. Me llamo Berta. ¿Cómo te llamas?”
- El chico le dice a Berta “Me llamo George Washington. Mucho gusto.”
- Berta le dice “Mucho gusto.”
- George le dice “No me gustan gatos normales. No me gusta mi gato, porque mi gato es normal.”
- Berta le dice “¿No te gusta tu gato porque tu gato es normal? ¡Oh no oh no!”
- George le dice “¿Tienes un gato diferente? Quiero un gato sin dientes. ¿Tienes un gato sin dientes?”
Berta no tiene un gato sin dientes. Berta le da información sobre gatos, pero no le da un gato sin dientes. ¡Oh no oh no!
Para ser continuado… To be continued…
1. ¿Cómo se llama el chico?
2. ¿Qué tipo de gato tiene el chico? (Tipo = type)
3. ¿El chico le gusta su gato? ¿Porqué?
4. ¿Qué quiere el chico?
5. ¿Dónde anda el chico?
6. ¿Por qué la experta es muy muy muy inteligente?
7. ¿Qué tipo de animal es la experta? (Tipo = type, animal = animal)
8. ¿Cómo se llama la experta?
9. ¿La experta le da un gato diferente a George?
10. ¿Qué le da a George?
Parents Answer Sheet------Top Secret--------No Peeking----
The Cat Without Teeth
There is a boy . The boy calls himself George Washington. The boy has a cat. His cat is normal. His cat is not different. George Washington does not like his normal cat . He does not like normal cats . Oh no oh no! George Washington does not want a normal cat , he wants a different cat . The boy wants to have a cat with no teeth .
The boy goes to Turkey Scratch, Arkansas. An expert of cats is in Turkey Scratch. The expert is very very very smart . The expert is very very very smart because she had studied. The expert had studied in Oxford , at Wal - Mart. The expert is an elephant. The expert calls herself Berta .
- George Washington says to Berta " Hello. What's your name ? "
- Berta says to George Washington " Hello. My name is Berta . What's your name ? "
- The boy says to Berta " My name is George Washington. Nice to meet you . "
- Berta says “Nice to meet you.”
- George says " I do not like normal cats . I do not like my cat because my cat is normal. "
- Berta says " You do not like your cat because your cat is normal ? Oh no oh no! "
- George says "You have a different cat ? I want a cat without teeth. Do you have a cat without teeth? "
Berta does not have a cat without teeth. Berta gives him information about cats, but does not give him a cat without teeth. Oh no oh no!
What does the boy call himself? (Or… what is the boy’s name?) George Washington
1. What type of cat does the boy have? A normal cat.
2. The boy likes his cat? (or...Does the boy like his cat? Or… does the cat please the boy?) No. Because he doesn’t like normal cats.
3. What does the boy want? A cat without teeth.
4. To where does the boy walk? Turkey Scratch, Arkansas
5. Why is the expert very very very inteligent? She had studied.
6. What type of animal is the expert? Elephant
7. What does the expert call herself? Berta
8. Does the expert give a different cat to George?
9. What does she give George?