Assignment: "Bilingual / Bilingüe" - Poem and Questions

Intermediate ELL-A ~Ms. Marie~
2024-10-15T05:19:26Z

Due: Oct 15, 2024 by 11:59pm

Read the poem, "Bilingual / Bilingüe," by Alma Flor Ada, and then answer the questions that follow.

"Bilingual / Bilingüe"

Because I speak Spanish
I can listen to my grandmother’s stories
and say familia, madre, amor
Because I speak English
I can learn from my teacher
and say I love school.
Because I am bilingual I can read libros and books,
I have amigos and friends,
enjoy canciones and songs,
juegos and games
and have twice as much fun.
And someday,
because I speak two languages,
I will be able to do twice as much
to help twice as many people
and be twice as good in what I do.

Porque hablo español
puedo escuchar los cuentos de abuelita
y decir familia, madre, amor.
Porque hablo inglés
puedo aprender de mi maestra
y decir I love school.
Porque soy bilingüe
puedo leer libros y books,
tengo amigos y friends,
disfruto canciones y songs,
juegos y games
y me divierto el doble!
Y algún día,
porque hablo dos idiomas,
podré hacer doble esfuerzo
para ayudar al doble de personas
y lo haré todo el doble de bien.

Questions

1. What is the topic of the poem?

2. What is the main idea of the poem? What does the author want you to understand?

3. Why does the author write the poem in both English and Spanish?

4. Why are languages important?

5. How do you feel about being able to speak more than one language? Why?

6. Write three descriptive adjectives in English that describe you. Then, write three descriptive adjectives in you first language that describe you.

7. The author thinks that being bilingual makes them special. Besides the languages you speak, what else makes you special? Which things that make you special come from your family?

Read the poem, "Bilingual / Bilingüe," by Alma Flor Ada, and then answer the questions that follow.

"Bilingual / Bilingüe"

Because I speak Spanish
I can listen to my grandmother’s stories
and say familia, madre, amor
Because I speak English
I can learn from my teacher
and say I love school.
Because I am bilingual I can read libros and books,
I have amigos and friends,
enjoy canciones and songs,
juegos and games
and have twice as much fun.
And someday,
because I speak two languages,
I will be able to do twice as much
to help twice as many people
and be twice as good in what I do.

Porque hablo español
puedo escuchar los cuentos de abuelita
y decir familia, madre, amor.
Porque hablo inglés
puedo aprender de mi maestra
y decir I love school.
Porque soy bilingüe
puedo leer libros y books,
tengo amigos y friends,
disfruto canciones y songs,
juegos y games
y me divierto el doble!
Y algún día,
porque hablo dos idiomas,
podré hacer doble esfuerzo
para ayudar al doble de personas
y lo haré todo el doble de bien.

Questions

1. What is the topic of the poem?

2. What is the main idea of the poem? What does the author want you to understand?

3. Why does the author write the poem in both English and Spanish?

4. Why are languages important?

5. How do you feel about being able to speak more than one language? Why?

6. Write three descriptive adjectives in English that describe you. Then, write three descriptive adjectives in you first language that describe you.

7. The author thinks that being bilingual makes them special. Besides the languages you speak, what else makes you special? Which things that make you special come from your family?