Juan Verdades

Discussion Questions:

1.  What is bet does Don Arturo make?  What are the terms of the bet?

2.  Why does Arturo want to move into Ignacio's house?

3.  What are Juan's feelings after he has giving the apples to Aracelli?

4.  Why do you think Aracelli asked for the apples?

5.  What is the lesson learned in this folktale?

6.  What is Juan trying to do by talking to a tree?

7.  Why does Juan finally decide to give Aracelli the apples?

8.  How does Juan eventually get the ranch and not Arturo or Ignacio?

Vocab:

 magnificent Something magnificent is very beautiful and impressive.

insisted If you insisted on something, you said it very firmly and you refused to change your mind.

declared Something that has been declared has been announced in a clear way.

confidently When you do something confidently, you are sure about what you are doing.

distressed Someone who is distressed feels very sad and helpless.

gloated If someone gloated, ho or she bragged about something in a mean way.

anxiously If you waited anxiously for something, you worried about how it would turn out.