By Julia Alvarez
Name:-----------------------Class 5/
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G-Choose the correct answers:
Dear Parents:
1- At the beginning of the story,
Miguel:
- felt happy Tia Lola lived with
them.
-didn’t like the way she usually
acted .
2- Miguel’s father is :
-a teacher.
-a painter.
Please make sure that your
son/daughter can read the words
mentioned in each page before
reading.
Example:
If your child is going to read p.1 to
3- At the end, Tia Lola:
- felt welcomed.
-was angry with Miguel.
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p.3, he/she has to read the main
vocabulary in each page before
reading the story.
E-Answer the following questions:
1. Why did the children stay at
home?
Because a snowstorm closed
•Page 1
sensitive: showing understanding
Miguel’s school.
•Page 2
2. What did Tia Lola prepared for
the children?
homesick: wanting to return home
She prepared a special pizza
3. What did Miguel write on the
snow?
Miguel wrote the word “welcome”.
F-Use the word in a sentence:
welcomed:.................................................
.....................................................................
.
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•Page3
included: being a part of a group
•Page 4
prepared: made ready
C-Match each word with its
meaning:
•sensitive:
- wanting to
return home
•homesick:
-showing understanding
Miguel’s family moved
from New York City to
Vermont. His Aunt, Tia Lola,
came to live with them and
•prepared:
- being part of a
group
•included:
- made ready
to help his mother.
But Miguel didn’t like the
way his aunt usually acted.
D-Use the word in a good
Her feelings were very
sentence:
sensitive.
prepared:.................................................
................................................................
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A-Choose the correct words from
the box to complete the following
sentences:
homesick – prepared – included sensitive
1- My mother is so sensitive to my
feelings.
2- You will be homesick if you move
to another city.
That night, a snowstorm
closed Miguel’s school. He
and his sister will stay home
with Tia Lola that day.
Miguel’s mother said
that Tia Lola was homesick
and didn’t feel welcomed.
3- I prepared a party for my sister.
Miguel felt the same at
4- Three stories will be included in
the CD.
school, too. So he knew what
B-Use this word in a sentence:
sensitive:.................................................
....................................................................
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it felt like. He decided to do
something. He learned the
Spanish word for welcome.
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He asked Juanita, his
sister, to help him. She loved
to be included in her
brother’s great ideas. Then
he went outside and started
to make marks in the snow.
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3
While he was working,
When they finished
eating, Miguel told Tia Lola
that he had a surprise for
her in the backyard. Miguel
took her upstairs to a
window.
She looked outside and
saw the large letters that
Miguel made in the snow. Tia
Lola was very happy.
Miguel remembered his
father. His father is a
painter. Painting makes his
father happy. So Miguel
thought that the art he was
doing would make Tia Lola
happy.
He finished and went
inside. Tia Lola prepared a
special pizza with lots of
cheese. Miguel named the
pizza “Pizza Tia Lola”.
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