Maria y el Restaurante
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)
¡Ayudame! - help me! Restaurante - Restaurant Tengo hambre - I'm hungry (I have hunger) Necesito - I need Necesitas - you need Mesero - waiter Siete - seven Va - s/he goes Ahora - now Llorar - to cry Lloró - s/he cried Llora - s/he cries Días - days Fuerte - strong Por - for Diez mil y uno - Ten thousand and one Le da – she gives him Come - s/he eats Todo(a) - all or everything Cuántos? - how many? Muchos(as) - Many (or lots) Me llamo _____. Myself I call ______. – or My name is |
Helper words – not all on board – but in the written story:
Puedo - I am able (or... I can) Necesito - I need 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 Me gusta – I like (it pleases me) Te gusta – You like (it pleases you) Le gusta – S/he likes (it pleases him/her) Me gustan – I like (they please me) Te gustan – You like (they please you) Le gustan – S/he likes (they please him/her) Mucho gusto - nice to meet you |
Maria y el Restaurante
Hay una chica. Hay un restaurante. La chica se llama Maria. El restaurante es un restaurante Mexicano. La chica va al restaurante. El mesero está en el restaurante. El mesero se llama Frank.
El mesero le dice “Hola. Me llamo Frank.”
Maria le dice “Hola. Me llamo Maria. Mucho gusto. ¡Ayúdame! ¡Por favor! Tengo hambre. Necesito comer.”
El mesero le dice “Oh. Okay. ¿Necesitas queso? Tengo queso.”
Maria le dice “¿Queso? ¡No me gusta queso! No necesito queso. ¡Ayúdame! Tengo hambre. Necesito comer.”
Frank el mesero le dice “Oh, okay. ¿Necesitas comer lechuga? Tengo lechuga.”
Maria le dice “¿Lechuga? ¡No me gusta lechuga! No necesito lechuga. ¡Ayúdame! Tengo hambre. ¡Necesito comer!
Frank le dice “Oh. Okay. ¿Necesitas comer pollo? Tengo pollo. Me gusta pollo. ¿Te gusta pollo?”
La chica le dice “¿Pollo? ¡Oh no! No necesito pollo. No me gusta pollo. Por favor – ayúdame. ¡Necesito comer!
Frank el mesero le dice “Oh. Okay. ¿Necesitas comer helado? Tengo helado. ¿Te gusta helado?”
“¡Aayyyy!” grita Maria. “No necesito comer helado. No me gusta helado. Tengo hambre. Necesito comer. ¡Ayúdame por favor! ¡Por favor! Yo necesito comer el Empire State Building!”
“Oh…” le dice Frank el mesero. “¿Necesitas comer el Empire State Building?”
“¡Sí!” le dice Maria “Necesito comer el Empire State Building.”
“No tengo el Empire State Building” le dice Frank el mesero. “Pero… tengo el Golden Gate Bridge. ¿Necesitas comer el Golden Gate Bridge?”
“¡Sí – gracias!” le dice Maria. Maria llora por siete días porque está muy feliz. Maria come el Golden Gate Bridge.”
El Fin
Funny sentences from the board:
El mesero le dio helado a la gata importante.
La zanahoria es un problema.
¿Necesitas el experto lavar el restaurante?
1. ¿Qué tipo de restaurante?
2. ¿Cómo se llama la chica?
3. ¿Cómo se llama el mesero?
4. ¿El mesero tiene un gato o tiene queso?
5. ¿El mesero tiene una zanahoria o tiene platos?
6. ¿El mesero le gusta tocino o le gusta pollo?
7. ¿Qué necesita comer Maria?
8. ¿Qué come Maria?
Maria and the Restaurant
There is a girl. There is a restaurant. The girl calls herself Maria. The restaurant is a Mexican restaurant. The girl goes to the restaurant. The waiter is in the restaurant. The waiter calls himself Frank.
The waiter says “Hi. I call myself Frank.”
Maria says “Hi. I call myself Maria. Nice to meet you. Help me! Please! I have hunger(or I’m hungry). I need to eat.
The waiter says “Oh. Okay. You need cheese? I have cheese.”
Maria says “Cheese? I don’t like cheese! I don’t need cheese. Help me! I’m hungry. I need to eat.”
Frank the waiter says “Oh. Okay. You need to eat lettuce? I have lettuce.”
Maria says “Lettuce? I don’t like lettuce! I don’t need lettuce. Help me! I’m hungry. I need to eat!
Frank says “Oh. Okay. You need to eat chicken? I have chicken. I like chicken. Do you like chicken?”
The girl says “Chicken? Oh no! I don’t need chicken. I don’t like chicken. Please – help me. I need to eat!”
Frank the waiter says “Oh. Okay. You need to eat ice cream? I have ice cream. Do you like ice cream?
“Aayyyy!” screams Maria. “I don’t need to eat ice cream. I don’t like ice cream. I’m hungry. I need to eat. Help me please! Please! I need to eat the Empire State Building!”
“Oh…” says Frank the waiter. “You need to eat the Empire State Building?”
“Yes!” says Maria. “I need to eat the Empire State Building.”
“I don’t have the Empire State Building” says Frank the water. “But… I have the Golden Gate Bridge. You need to eat the Golden Gate Bridge?”
“Yes! Thank you!” Says Maria. Maria cries for seven days because she is very happy. Maria eats the Golden Gate Bridge.
The End
Funny sentences from the board:
The waiter gave the ice cream to the important cat.
The carrot is a problem.
You need the expert to wash the restaurant?
1. What type of restaurant? Mexican
2. What’s the girl’s name? Maria
3. What’s the waiter’s name? Frank
4. The waiter has a gat or has cheese? Cheese
5. The watier has a carrot or has a plates? A carrot
6. The wather likes bacon or he likes chicken? Chicken
7. What does Maria need to eat? The Empire State Building
8. What does Maria eat? The Golden Gate Bridge
Hay una chica. Hay un restaurante. La chica se llama Maria. El restaurante es un restaurante Mexicano. La chica va al restaurante. El mesero está en el restaurante. El mesero se llama Frank.
El mesero le dice “Hola. Me llamo Frank.”
Maria le dice “Hola. Me llamo Maria. Mucho gusto. ¡Ayúdame! ¡Por favor! Tengo hambre. Necesito comer.”
El mesero le dice “Oh. Okay. ¿Necesitas queso? Tengo queso.”
Maria le dice “¿Queso? ¡No me gusta queso! No necesito queso. ¡Ayúdame! Tengo hambre. Necesito comer.”
Frank el mesero le dice “Oh, okay. ¿Necesitas comer lechuga? Tengo lechuga.”
Maria le dice “¿Lechuga? ¡No me gusta lechuga! No necesito lechuga. ¡Ayúdame! Tengo hambre. ¡Necesito comer!
Frank le dice “Oh. Okay. ¿Necesitas comer pollo? Tengo pollo. Me gusta pollo. ¿Te gusta pollo?”
La chica le dice “¿Pollo? ¡Oh no! No necesito pollo. No me gusta pollo. Por favor – ayúdame. ¡Necesito comer!
Frank el mesero le dice “Oh. Okay. ¿Necesitas comer helado? Tengo helado. ¿Te gusta helado?”
“¡Aayyyy!” grita Maria. “No necesito comer helado. No me gusta helado. Tengo hambre. Necesito comer. ¡Ayúdame por favor! ¡Por favor! Yo necesito comer el Empire State Building!”
“Oh…” le dice Frank el mesero. “¿Necesitas comer el Empire State Building?”
“¡Sí!” le dice Maria “Necesito comer el Empire State Building.”
“No tengo el Empire State Building” le dice Frank el mesero. “Pero… tengo el Golden Gate Bridge. ¿Necesitas comer el Golden Gate Bridge?”
“¡Sí – gracias!” le dice Maria. Maria llora por siete días porque está muy feliz. Maria come el Golden Gate Bridge.”
El Fin
Funny sentences from the board:
El mesero le dio helado a la gata importante.
La zanahoria es un problema.
¿Necesitas el experto lavar el restaurante?
1. ¿Qué tipo de restaurante?
2. ¿Cómo se llama la chica?
3. ¿Cómo se llama el mesero?
4. ¿El mesero tiene un gato o tiene queso?
5. ¿El mesero tiene una zanahoria o tiene platos?
6. ¿El mesero le gusta tocino o le gusta pollo?
7. ¿Qué necesita comer Maria?
8. ¿Qué come Maria?
Maria and the Restaurant
There is a girl. There is a restaurant. The girl calls herself Maria. The restaurant is a Mexican restaurant. The girl goes to the restaurant. The waiter is in the restaurant. The waiter calls himself Frank.
The waiter says “Hi. I call myself Frank.”
Maria says “Hi. I call myself Maria. Nice to meet you. Help me! Please! I have hunger(or I’m hungry). I need to eat.
The waiter says “Oh. Okay. You need cheese? I have cheese.”
Maria says “Cheese? I don’t like cheese! I don’t need cheese. Help me! I’m hungry. I need to eat.”
Frank the waiter says “Oh. Okay. You need to eat lettuce? I have lettuce.”
Maria says “Lettuce? I don’t like lettuce! I don’t need lettuce. Help me! I’m hungry. I need to eat!
Frank says “Oh. Okay. You need to eat chicken? I have chicken. I like chicken. Do you like chicken?”
The girl says “Chicken? Oh no! I don’t need chicken. I don’t like chicken. Please – help me. I need to eat!”
Frank the waiter says “Oh. Okay. You need to eat ice cream? I have ice cream. Do you like ice cream?
“Aayyyy!” screams Maria. “I don’t need to eat ice cream. I don’t like ice cream. I’m hungry. I need to eat. Help me please! Please! I need to eat the Empire State Building!”
“Oh…” says Frank the waiter. “You need to eat the Empire State Building?”
“Yes!” says Maria. “I need to eat the Empire State Building.”
“I don’t have the Empire State Building” says Frank the water. “But… I have the Golden Gate Bridge. You need to eat the Golden Gate Bridge?”
“Yes! Thank you!” Says Maria. Maria cries for seven days because she is very happy. Maria eats the Golden Gate Bridge.
The End
Funny sentences from the board:
The waiter gave the ice cream to the important cat.
The carrot is a problem.
You need the expert to wash the restaurant?
1. What type of restaurant? Mexican
2. What’s the girl’s name? Maria
3. What’s the waiter’s name? Frank
4. The waiter has a gat or has cheese? Cheese
5. The watier has a carrot or has a plates? A carrot
6. The wather likes bacon or he likes chicken? Chicken
7. What does Maria need to eat? The Empire State Building
8. What does Maria eat? The Golden Gate Bridge