LANGUAGE WORDS

“Pepita Talks Twice”

 

Write the name of the country where the language is spoken next to each word.  Then list other languages and their corresponding countries.

 

Spanish:  ___________________________________________________

 

Japanese:  ___________________________________________________

 

Italian:  _____________________________________________________

 

English:  ___________________________________________________

 

Other Languages and Countries

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“Pepita Talks Twice” vocabulary:  Create your own sentence for each word.

 

Language:  spoken or written human speech

 

Spanish:  a language

 

Enchilada:  tortilla rolled around a filling, then covered with spicy sauce

 

Salsa:  a spicy sauce usually made of tomatoes, onions, and peppers

 

Tortilla:  a round, flat, Mexican bread

 

Tamales:  fried chopped meat and crushed peppers rolled in cornmeal dough and steamed

 

Taco:  tortillas folded around a filling such as ground meat or cheese

 

NIGHT NOISES WORDS

“Poppa’s New Pants”

 

Write the definition next to each word.  Then add other night noises words to your list.  Next to each word, write a person, animal, or thing that would make such a noise.

 

WORD

DEFINITION

MAKES THE NOISE

Snoring

 

 

 

 

Scraped

 

 

 

 

Wheezed

 

 

 

 

Creaked

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Poppa’s New Pants” vocabulary:  Create your own sentence for each word.

 

Draped:  hung loosely in folds

 

Fabric:  cloth

 

Hem:  to fold back and sew down the edges

 

Mended:  repaired by sewing

 

Pattern:  a repeated design or decoration

 

Plaid:  a pattern of stripes that cross each other

 

Rustling:  quick, soft, fluttering sound

 

 

RESTAURANT WORDS

“Ramona Quimby, Age 8”

 

Write the definition next to each word.  Then draw a picture of each word.

 

WORD

DEFINITION

PICTURE

Booth

 

 

 

 

Objects

 

 

 

 

Menu

 

 

 

 

Waitress

 

 

 

 

People

 

 

 

 

Customer

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Ramona Quimby, Age 8” vocabulary:  Create your own sentence for each word.

 

Ceaseless:  not stopping

 

Companionable:  friendly

 

Discouraged:  having no hope or happiness

 

Dismal:  gloomy

 

Dreary:  gloomy

 

Exhausted:  very tired

 

Pelting:  beating against

 

Sullenly:  angrily; not happily; gloomily