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1. Name ______________________________ Pepita Talks Twice By Ofelia Dumas Lachtman Illustrated by William Low Prediction ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Author’s Purpose inform persuade entertain

2. Pepita Talks Twice • Focus Skills: • To identify setting, characters and plot in a story • To read and understand a fiction selection • To write statements and questions correctly • Word structure: root word plus inflection s and es • Use a dictionary • Genre • Realistic Fiction- tells about characters and events that are like people and events in real life • Summary • Pepita stops speaking Spanish because she is tired of being the neighborhood translator. However, when her dog does not respond to the English name she gives him and a disaster nearly occurs, Pepita realizes that speaking two languages is best. • Reading Strategy • Make and Confirm Predictions • Guessing what will happen next in a story helps to make it more enjoyable. Paying attention to the narrative elements will help to make and confirm predictions.

3. Questions • *What special skill does Pepita have? • ______________________________________________________________________________________________ • What do people often ask Pepita to do? • ______________________________________________________________________________________________ • How does Pepita feel about this on most days? • ______________________________________________________________________________________________ • How does she feel about it today? • _______________________________________________ • Why? • ______________________________________________________________________________________________ • *What happens on Pepita’s way home? • ______________________________________________________________________________________________

4. How does Pepita feel when she gets home? Why? • ______________________________________________________________________________________________ • Who is the most important character in this story? What is her problem? • ______________________________________________________________________________________________ • *What does Pepita decide to do to solve her problem? • ______________________________________________________________________________________________ • How does her family feel about this? How do you know? • ______________________________________________________________________________________________ • *What does Lobo mean in English • ______________________________________________________________________________________________ • 11. Why doesn’t Lobo obey when Pepita tells him to go home? • ______________________________________________________________________________________________

5. What does Pepita mean by talking twice? • ______________________________________________________________________________________________ • *Why does Pepita feel like she wants to run away and hide? • ______________________________________________________________________________________________ • 14. Do you think Pepita would have helped Carmen if she hadn’t made the decision to speak only English? What makes you think so? • ______________________________________________________________________________________________ • What things didn’t Pepita think about when she made her decision? • ______________________________________________________________________________________________ • *Do you think Pepita’s decision is a good one? Why or why not? • ______________________________________________________________________________________________ • *What new problem does Pepita have when Papa learns about her decision? • ______________________________________________________________________________________________

6. 18. Why do you think Pepita is being so stubborn? ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 19. *What terrible thing almost happens? Why? ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 20. Why does Pepita say, “It’s great to speak two languages” at the end of the story? ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 21. Do you think Pepita has solved her problem? Explain. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. Narrative Elements Characters: people in the story Pepita, Juan (brother), Lobo (dog) Setting: where the story takes place the town where Pepita lives Problem Pepita is tired of being asked to speak in both Spanish and English all the time • Plot: the events that happen in the story • Pepita was upset because her brother taught Lobo a trick first while she was speaking in English to other people • Pepita decides not to speak Spanish anymore • Lobo follows Pepita out of the gate • Pepita asks Mr. Jones to walk Lobo (wolf) back home • Miss Garcia asks Pepita to help Carmen • Pepita continues to call Lobo “Wolf” • Pepita’s neighbors ask Pepita to sing with them • Abuelita is coming to tell Pepita a Spanish story • Father tells Pepita she needs a new name • Lobo (Wolf) runs in the street to get a ball • Pepita calls the dog Lobo and he turned back from the street • Pepita decides to talk two languages

8. Theme- what was learned from the story Pepita learns how important it can be to speak two languages. Spanish words from Pepita Talks Twice Lobo wolf Ven a ca come here Abuelita grandmother Que pasa what’s going on? Mexican foods Tacos Tortillas Enchiladas Tamales Salsa Sentences Pepita Repeats “It is not wonderful when you have to speak twice.” “I’ll find a way.”

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