My Papi Has a Motorcycle Read-Aloud Activities and Book Companion

Looking for a captivating read-aloud for Hispanic Heritage Month? My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero is an excellent choice! This charming story celebrates family, community, and the rich cultural heritage of a Latino neighborhood through the eyes of a young girl and her father.

This resource includes 41 print-and-go reading activities, perfect for tailoring learning to your students' needs. Activities cover story elements, theme analysis, character exploration, predictions, inferences, connections, and critical thinking questions.

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Judging by the Cover: Students examine the cover and answer related questions.

Making Predictions: Students predict the text's content before reading.

Story Elements: Students fill in boxes with words and pictures representing story elements.

Sequencing: Students illustrate and retell the important parts of the story.

Retell the Story: Students summarize the beginning, middle, and end with text and illustrations.

Recalling Events in Chronological Order: Students describe and illustrate four major events in chronological order.

Summary: Students complete a graphic organizer to write a summary of the story.

Story Event Sort: Students describe events from the story, explain feelings, and categorize them.

Making Connections: Students connect personal experiences to events in the story.

Making Inferences: Students use clues to make inferences while reading.

Notice & Note: Students document inferences, cause-and-effect examples, and instances of descriptive language.

Character Feelings: Students describe how characters' feelings change throughout the story.

Character Traits (Daisy; Papi): Students choose two traits for each character and support them with examples.

Character Inside & Out (Daisy; Papi): Students detail what each character says, thinks, does, and feels.

Character Development: Students select and support traits that describe character growth throughout the story.

Character Change: Students explain how the characters change from beginning to end and the events that cause these changes.

Character Perspective: Students compare Daisy’s and Papi’s perspectives of the motorcycle ride.

Sketch a Scene From the Story: Students draw a significant scene and describe its importance to the plot.

Setting the Scene: Students identify and explain three different settings in the story.

Before & After: Students describe Daisy's feelings before and after the motorcycle ride and illustrate both.

Thinking About the Text: Students answer story-related questions and include text evidence (ANSWER KEY INCLUDED).

Thinking Beyond the Text: Students respond to deeper questions about the story with text examples (ANSWER KEY INCLUDED).

Figuring Out Figurative Language: Students identify comparisons in phrases and explain their significance (ANSWER KEY INCLUDED).

Theme: Students determine the story's theme and support it with text evidence.

Author's Message: Students outline four key events in chronological order and discuss the author's message.

3-2-1: Students describe three memories Daisy shares, identify two places she and Papi pass, and share one lesson Daisy learns (ANSWER KEY INCLUDED).

Compare and Contrast: Students compare Daisy’s community to their own.

Identifying Imagery: Students identify sensory imagery in the text (ANSWER KEY INCLUDED).

Brag Board: Students create a collage showcasing their family's skills and talents.

Diary Entry: Students write a diary entry from the perspective of a character in the story.

Community Map: Students create a community map using provided questions to identify important places.

Design a Helmet: Students design a helmet representing something unique about their family or community and explain their choices.

Community Mural: Students create a mural highlighting key aspects of their community.

Cruising My Community: Students draw and number the places they would visit while riding around their community.

Caught on Social Media: Students create a social media post as a character from the story, including a caption and hashtag.

Wait... There's More!: Students write about what happens next in the story.

Design a Book Cover: Students design a new book cover and explain their design choices.

Crossword Puzzle: Students fill in a crossword puzzle using given clues (ANSWER KEY INCLUDED).

Word Search Puzzle: Students find hidden words in a word search puzzle using clues (ANSWER KEY INCLUDED).

Book Review: Students rate and review the book.

This resource is for extension read-aloud activities only. The book is not included.