The Upside Down Boy (text and graphic features)

​Content Objective: The student will identify and explain an author’s use of figurative language.

Language Objective: The student will explain an author’s use of figurative language to achieve a specific purpose.

Multiple Choice

What do you notice about the words in italics?

• The words are in English.

• The words are important.

• The words are in Spanish.

• It tells me what the word means.

Multiple Choice

Where have you seen italic words in Spanish before?

• Dear Primo

• Scaredy Squirrel

• Marisol McDonald doesn't Match

• Adventures with Words

Multiple Select

Select two examples of words in Spanish and English on pages 162 and 163?

• "Buenos dias,

  Juanito."

• "Don't worry, chico."

• Campesinos sang, "buenos dias."

• My burrito de papas, my potato burrito in a brown bag.

• "Donde estoy?" Where am I?

Open Ended

Why do you think the author included the spanish words?