How Tia Lola ended up starting over, by Julia Alvarez

Alvarez, Julia. How Tia Lola ended up starting over. New York: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2013.
Lexile Level: 830L

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Learning Activity:

While reading: Tia Lola is from the Dominican Republic, and she shares many common phrases in Spanish when she is talking with her nieces and nephews. Create a glossary with the Spanish words and phrases that Tia Lola uses. Look up the words in an English-Spanish dictionary.

Post-reading activity: Opening a Bed and Breakfast is a lot of work. Help Tia Lola and the children come up with a menu. You will be serving your guests breakfast every day.

Extended activity: Translate your menu into Spanish! Use an English-Spanish dictionary to learn the names of the foods on your menu.

The following relate to the “while reading” activity above. The other two activities are enrichment activities that afford additional learning opportunities not listed here.

Learning Standard	CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.4.C Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.
Learning Goal	Students will use a dictionary to learn the Spanish words and phrases in the book.
Learning Outcome	Students will create a glossary with the definitions of the Spanish words and phrases found in the book.
Learning Objective	Students will locate Spanish words and phrases from How Tia Lola Ended Up Starting over and create a glossary of those terms.