Teacher Guide for Bart quiere un gatoBy Michael Coxon and Señor Jordan (Jeremy Jordan)Illustrations by Juan Carlos Pinilla MeloPublished by:TPRS Bookswww.TPRSbooks.com

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Book description:Bart realizes something is missing in his life. He embarks on a search for the perfect cat! Help him find it with twists and turns galore! YOU decide where the story goes... it’s YOUR story. But beware, for there could be danger lurking at any given turn! And once YOU finish, read the story again to find all of the different endings!Written with a unique word count of less than 70 words.

GlosarioA a to, atabandonan they abandonabandonar to abandonabsurdo absurdaccidentalmente accidentallyaccidente(s) accident(s)acción actionacepta he/she acceptsaceptar to acceptaceptas you acceptacepto I acceptacepté I acceptedacuario(s) aquarium(s) adicionalmente additionallyadiós bye¿Adónde? To where?adorable adorableagresivamente aggressivelyagua waterahora nowalarma alarmambulancia ambulanceamiga(s) [female] friend(s)amigo(s) friend(s)analiza he/she analyzesanimal(es) animal(s)anormal abnormalanuncio announcementapartamento apartmentapunta he/she pointsapuntan they point apuntó he/she pointedaquí here

armas firearms; weaponsarrestan they arrestarte artartículo articleasociación associationataca he/she attacksatacan they attackatacaste you attacked atacó he/she attackedataque attack [noun]atención attentionaterroriza he/she terrorizesatractiva attractive

atrapado trappedautoridad authorityavanzada advancedavenida avenueaventuras adventuresaños years

Bbanco bankbanda band; gangbarista barista; coffee shop workerbaño bathroombebé babybebés babiesbiblioteca librarybicicleta(s) bicycle(s); bike(s)bien good; finebiología biologyboxeador(es) boxer(s)boxeo boxingbuen/buena/bueno/buenos good

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busca he/she looks forbuscar to look for

Ccafé cafe; coffee shopcamina he/she walkscaminan they walkcaminar to walkcaminas you walkcarro(s) car(s)casa housecausa he/she causescausa: la causa the cause [noun]causan they causecausar to causecausó he/she/it causedcelebración celebrationcelular cellularcementerio cemeterycentro centerchica girlchico boychocolate chocolatecinco fivecircunstancias circumstances clase classclub clubcoincidencia coincidencecolapsa he/she collapsescolección collection combate combat (noun)combatir to combat; to fightcome he/she eatscomer to eatcomo like; as

¿Cómo? How?compañero(s) companionscompañías companiescompleta(s)/completo(s) completecompletamente completelycompletar to completecompra he/she buyscomprar to buycomprende he/she understandscomprendo I understandcomputadora computercomunidad communitycon withconclusión conclusionconcluye he/she concludesconexión connectionconfundido(s) confusedconmoción commotionconsciente consciousconsidera he/she considersconsiderando consideringconsiderar to consider contenidos contentscontenta(s) / contento(s) happy contigo with youcontinuar to continuecontinúa he/she continues continúa Continue! [Command]convence he/she convincesconversación conversationcorrecta / correcto correct crimen crimecriminal(es) criminal(s)crucial crucialcrueles cruel cruzar to cross

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cuando whencuatro fourcuesta it costscuestan they costcuriosamente curiouslycuriosidad curiositycurioso curiouscírculo circle

Dda he/she givesdan they givede of; fromdecide he/she decidesdeciden they decidedecidir to decidedecisión decisiondefender to defenddefiende he/she defendsdefinitivamente definitelydel of thedeliciosa deliciousdentista dentistdesaparece he/she dissappearsdestino destinydestruir to destroydeterminación determination

dice he/she saysdicen they say dientes teeth

diferente(s) different digo I saydirecciones directionsdirección directiondirectamente directlydisgusto disgustdistracción distraction

doctor doctordonde where¿Dónde? Where?dos twodoy I givedurante duringdía(s) day(s)dólares dollars

Eel theél he / himelefante elephantella she / herellas they / them [females]ellos they / themeléctrico electric / electricalemoción emotion / excitementen in, on, atencontrar to find; to encounterencuentra he/she finds; encountersenergía energyenfrente de in front of / facingenorme enormous entra he/she entersentran they enterentrar to enterentusiasmado enthusiasticera he/she waseras you wereeres you areerror error / mistakees he/she isescapa he/she escapesescapado: han escapado they have escapedescapar to escapeescaparse to escape

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escape escape [noun]escapó he/she escapedescucha he/she escapesescuchar to escapeescuchó he/she listenedeso thatespecial specialespecialmente speciallyesta thisestar to beeste thisestoy I amestá he/she isestán they areestás you areestés: es posible que estés it’s possible that you areestómago stomacheventualmente eventuallyevidente evidentevidentemente evidentlyex-miembro ex-memberexamina he/she examinesexcelente(s) excellentexcepción exceptionexclama he/she exclaimsexclaman they exclaimexhausto exhaustexistan they exist experimenta he/she experimentsexperto(s) expert(s)explica he/she explainsexplorar to exploreexpresiones expressionsextra extraextraordinario(s) extraordinaryextra(s) extraexótico(s) exotic

Ffamilia familyfamoso famousfantástica fantasticfascinantes fascinatingfavorito favoritefebrero Februaryferoz ferociousfigura figurefinal finalfinalmente finallyforman they formfrágil(es) fragile funeral funeralfuriosa(s) / furioso(s) furiousfuturo future

Ggata(s) cat(s) [female]gatito(s) little cat(s)gato(s) cat(s)gracias thanksgrande(s) biggrupo group

Hhabla he/she talkshablan they talkhablar to talkhablas you talkhable: que hable him to talk

hablo I talkhace he/she does; makeshacen they do / makehacer to do / make

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hacia towardhan: han escapado they have escapedhay there is; are héroe herohombre manhombres menhonesta honesthonorables honorable hora(s) hour(s)horrible horriblehospital hospitalhoy today

Iidea(s) idea(s)ideal idealidentidad identityignora he/she ignoresignorar to ignoreignorarme to ignore meignores: no me ignores Don’t ignore me!ilegal illegalimagina he/she imaginesimpacientemente impatiently importa it is important / is mattersimportan they are important; they matterimportante importantimpresionado impressedimpresionantes impressiveimágenes imagesincluye he/she includes inconsciencia unconsciousnessinconsciente unconsciousincreíbles incredibleinformación informationingredientes ingredientsinmediatamente immediately

inocente innocentinspecciona: lo inspecciona he/she inspects itinstante instantinteligente(s) intelligentintensamente intenselyintensidad intensityinteresado interestedinteresante interestingInternet internetinterrumpas: ¡no me interrumpas! Don’t interrupt me!interrumpe he/she interruptsinterrupción interruptioninvestiga he/she investigatesinvestigación investigationinvestigar to investigateinyectamos we injectedir to goirónicamente ironically

Jjacuzzi jacuzzi

Lla thelaboratorio laboratory / lablas thele to him; to herles to themlibertad liberty; freedomlista listlo it lo: lo inspecciona he/she inspects itlo: lo tengo I have itlocales local

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los thelíquido liquid

Mmacho(s) macho; manlymagnífico(s) magnificent mamá mommascota(s) pet(s)me me; to meme transformó she transformed memediano medium sizedmemoriza he/she memorizesmenciona he/she mentionsmencionan they mentionmencionó he/she mentionedmi(s) mymiembro membermillones millionsminutos minutesmira he/she looks at¡Mira! LOOK! [Command]mira he/she looks atmiran they look atmiserable miserablemisión missionmisterioso(s) mysteriousmoderno modernmomento momentomotocicleta motorcyclemoverme to move myselfmoverse to move himself/herselfmovimiento movement mucha(s) / mucho(s) many; a lot ofmucho a lotmuchísimo(s) a whole lot ofmúsculo(s) muscle(s)musculoso muscular

museo museummutante(s) mutant(s)muy verymás moremí: para mí for memúsica music

Nnecesita he/she needsnecesitan they neednecesitar to neednecesitas you neednecesito I neednerviosamente nervouslynervioso nervousninja ninjaniña(s) little girl(s)no nonormal(es) normalnormalmente normallynota he/she notesnueva / nuevo newnáuseas nauseousnúmero number

Oo orobediente obedientobserva he/she observesobsesionada(s) / obsesionado obsessed obsesión obsessionobviamente obviouslyobvio obvious ocho eightocurre it occursoferta offer [noun]

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oficina officeofrecen they offeropción optionopciones optionsopinión opinionoportunidad opportunityoptimista optimistic organización organizationorganizado organizedorigen originotra(s) / otro(s) other; another

Ppapel paperpapá dadpara forparanoia paranoiaparque park parte(s) part(s)pasa it passespasan they passpatético patheticpausa he/she pausespeculiar peculiarpensaba he/she thought; was thinking pensamos we thinkpensó he/she thoughtpequeño(s) smallperdón pardon; excuse meperfecta / perfecto perfectpermiso permissionpero butperro(s) dog(s)persona personpersonas peoplepiensa he/she thinkspiensan they think

piensas you thinkpienso I thinkpieza(s) piece(s)pipí peepeepiratas piratespiraña(s) pirana(s)pizza pizzaplan planplanta plantpolicía(s) police popular(es) popularpopó poopoopor for, through, aroundporque because¿Por qué? Why?posible possibleposiblemente possiblyposte postpotencial potentialprecioso(s) preciouspreferencia preferenceprefiere he/she prefersprefieren they preferpresent(es) presentprisionera / prisionero prisonerprisión prisonprivacidad privacyprobable probableprobablemente probablyproblema(s) problem(s)profesional professionalprofesora [female] teacherprotección protectionpuede he/she canpueden they canpuedes you canpuerta door

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página pagepánico panic

Qque that, than¿Qué? What?¡Qué __! How __! / What a __!queremos we wantquería he/she/I wantedquiere he/she wantsquieren they want; you all wantquieres you wantquiero I want¿Quién? Who?

Rrazona he/she reasonsrealidad realityrealmente reallyrecibo I receivereciente(s) recentrecomendaciones recommendationsrecomendaron they recommendedrecomiendan they recommendrecuperado recuperatedrecuperar to recuperaterefrescante refreshingrefrigerador refrigeratorrepite he/she repeatsresistir to resistresolver to resolve; to solve responde he/she respondsresponsables responsiblerestaurante restaurantridículo ridiculousrobar to rob; steal

robes: que robes you to stealrobo I rob; stealrobos robberies; theftsrudo ruderumores rumorsrápidamente fast; quicklyrudo ruderápido fast; quickly

Ssaco sack; bagse himself / herselfsección sectionsecreto secretselecciona he/she selectsseleccionar to selectselección selectionseparación separationseparar to separateseptiembre Septemberser to beseria / serio(s) serious seriamente seriouslyseñora older/married womansi ifsí yessilencio silencesimpática(s) / simpático(s) kindsincero sinceresituación situationsofá couch; sofasolo alonesólo onlysomos we areson they aresoy I amsu(s) his/her/theirsuficiente sufficient; enoughsufre he/she sufferssuperhéroe(s) superheroessúper super

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superior(es) superiorsándwich sandwich

Ttarde: más tarde latertatuaje(s) tatoo(s)te you; to youtelevisión television; tvteléfono telephone; phonetener to havetenga it might havetengo I haveterapia therapyterrible terribleterritorio territoryterror terror; horrortienda storetiene he/she hastienen they have; you all havetienes you havetipo(s) type(s)toda(s) / todo(s) all; everytoma he/she takes / Take! [Command]tomar to taketomaste you tooktomó he/she tooktortuga(s) turtle(s)total total totalmente totallytrabaja he/she workstrabajo I worktraidor traitortransforma he/she transformstransforman they transformtransformó he/she transformedtres threetráfico traffictu(s) yotú youtumba tomb técnicamente technically

Uun / una a; an; oneuniforme uniform uno oneunos someusa he/she usesusar to useusted you [formal]

Vva he/she goesvan they govarias variousvas you gove he/she seesven they seeveo I seever to seeveterinario vet; veterinarianviciosa(s) / vicioso(s) viciousvideo(s) video(s)violentamente violentlyviolenta(s) / violento(s) violentvisitar to visitvoces voices voy I go; I’m goingvíctima victim

Yy andyo I

Zzombi zombie

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