Light Lives

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Name
1 Main Question Glossary

Debby lived in a new home. How did cooked (cocinó)
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Debby’s life change? made food
over (sobre) above
moved to (se mudó)
When Debby Tewa was your age, her went to live in
family did not have electricity. Debby
used a candle to read. Her family
cooked over a fire.
Debby lived in Arizona. She moved
to a new home when she was ten.
Her new
Her new home
home had
had electricity!
electricity!
She could turn on a lamp.
She could use a phone.
She liked it!
Debby Tewa
Debby Tewa
1
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COLLABORATE Additional Questions Word Bank

moved
1 Why did Debby use a candle to read? phone
over
Her family did not have turn on
electricity
for lights.
2 How did Debby’s family cook food?

Her family cooked food
a fire.
3 What happened when she was ten?
Her family to a new house.
4 What new things did she do?
Debby was able to a
lamp for light. She used a .
Main Question 1 Revisited

Debby lived in a new home. How did Debby’s life change?
2

Debby learned about the Sun’s power. solar power (energía
How do people use the Sun’s power? solar) energy from the
Sun
turn the sunlight into
As Debby got older, she wanted to (convertir la energía del
sol en) change the light
learn more about the Sun’s power. The of the Sun into
Sun makes solar power. TheThe sunlight
sunlight
h
hits solar panels on a building’s
roof. The panels turn the sunlight

into electricity.
The solar panels turn

sunlight into electricity.

electricity
1 What does sunlight do to solar panels hits
on the roof of a building? sunlight
Sunlight the solar panels.
2 What do the solar panels do?
The solar panels turn
into .
Debby Tewa
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Debby learned about the Sun’s power. How do people use the
Sun’s power?

Debby had an idea, or a thought. What excited
did she want to do? (entusiasmado)
became very happy
got a new job
Debby thought about solar power. (consiguió un trabajo)
started a new job
Then she had an idea! She was
excited. She wanted to help people
get electricity, so she got a new job.
Her new company helped people get
solar power.

electricity
1 How did Debby want to help people? solar power
She wanted people to get

2 What did Debby’s new company do?
Her new company helped people get

Debby had an idea, or a thought. What did she want to do?

Debby helps people in Arizona. What is works well (funciona
bien) is successful
special about Arizona?
decided (decidió)
chose
Some people in small towns in
Arizona did not have electricity.
Solar power works well in Arizona
because there is a lot of sunshine
there. Debby decided to help these
people get solar power.
Ellen McKnight/Alamy
Many homes now have solar panels.
5

sunshine
1 Who needed electricity? small towns
Some people in
in Arizona needed electricity.
2 Why does solar power work well

in Arizona?
There is a lot of
in Arizona.

Debby helps people in Arizona. What is special about Arizona?


Debby helps people get solar power. borrow (pedir
How does she help? prestado) get
buy (comprar) have
their own
When people want to use solar pay the money back
(pagar el dinero) give
power, Debby helps them borrow back, or return, the
money from a bank. They use the money
money to buy solar panels. After people

borrow money, they have to pay the

money back later. And they do not have
to pay to use the Sun!

borrow
1 What does Debby help people do? buy
banks
She helps people
money from .
2 What do people do with the money?
People solar panels.
7

Debby helps people get solar power. How does she help?

Debby travels for work. Why does she travels (viaja) makes
do this? trips
outside of (fuera de)
away from
Debby travels outside of cities. She
goes to the countryside. There, she
helps Hopi and Navajo people get
solar power.
Debby teaches families how solar
power can help them. She also
goes to schools. She teaches Hopi
children about solar power.
Debby helps many Hopi people.

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Hopi and Navajo
1 Where does Debby travel for work? solar power
teaches
She goes to the . countryside
2 Who does she help?
She helps

people get solar power.
3 What does Debby teach families?
She teaches families how
can help them.
4 Why does Debby go to schools?
She Hopi
children about solar power.

Debby travels for work. Why does she do this?
9

Debby says she is “lighting up people’s alone (sola) with no
lives.” What does she mean? one else
lonely (se siente sola)
sad because she is
Debby drives alone to many places. alone
heat their homes
She gets lonely. Then she thinks about (calentar sus casa)
when she used electricity for the first make their homes
warm
time. Now families can heat their lighting up people’s
homes and turn on a light! Debby says lives (dando luz a la
vida de las personas)

she is “lighting up people’s lives.” helping people get
light

heat
1 Why does Debby feel lonely? electricity
light
Debby drives to many places. alone
2 What does Debby think about to

make her feel better?
She thinks about when she first used
3 What can families do now?
Families can their
homes and turn on a .


Debby says she is “lighting up people’s lives.” What does
she mean?
Comprehension Skill
Author’s Purpose Why did the author

write about Debby Tewa?
Authors have a reason, or purpose, for

writing. Authors write to tell information,
explain, or describe.
COLLABORATE Practice Word Bank

heat
1 The author explains that solar home
panels
turn electricity
job
into electricity.
light
solar power
2 The author describes Debby’s new borrow
sunlight
. Now Debby helps
families money to
buy solar panels.
11
3 Extension: The author wants me to
learn how Debby helps families use
to
and their homes.
Comprehension Skill Revisited

Why did the author write about Debby Tewa?
Reread Look for a clue to the

COLLABORATE author’s purpose as you reread
the text. Use the graphic
organizer to write the clue and
the author’s purpose.
Graphic organizer is on the next page
Summarize
Talk with a partner to summarize
COLLABORATE important events and details in
“Lighting Lives.”

Reread purpose.
Title Name
Clue Clue
Debby Tewa got the idea to
help people who did not have
electricity in their homes.
Author’s Purpose
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4 glossary words.
Title Name
Word/ Your Definition Page Your Sentence or Example

Translation Number

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SHARED READ NARRATIVE NONFICTION

1 Main Question Glossary

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COLLABORATE Additional Questions Word Bank

2 How did Debby’s family cook food?

Her family cooked food

3 What happened when she was ten?

Her family to a new house.

4 What new things did she do?

Debby was able to a

lamp for light. She used a .

Main Question 1 Revisited

2 Main Question Glossary

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The solar panels turn

COLLABORATE Additional Questions Word Bank

Sunlight the solar panels.

2 What do the solar panels do?

The solar panels turn

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Main Question 2 Revisited

3 Main Question Glossary

COLLABORATE Additional Questions Word Bank

She wanted people to get

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2 What did Debby’s new company do?

Her new company helped people get

Main Question 3 Revisited

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Many homes now have solar panels.

COLLABORATE Additional Questions Word Bank

in Arizona needed electricity.

2 Why does solar power work well

Main Question 4 Revisited

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5 Main Question Glossary

money to buy solar panels. After people

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COLLABORATE Additional Questions Word Bank

2 What do people do with the money?

People solar panels.

Main Question 5 Revisited

6 Main Question Glossary

Debby helps many Hopi people.

COLLABORATE Additional Questions Word Bank

2 Who does she help?

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3 What does Debby teach families?

She teaches families how

can help them.

4 Why does Debby go to schools?

children about solar power.

Main Question 6 Revisited

7 Main Question Glossary

vida de las personas)

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2 What does Debby think about to

She thinks about when she first used

3 What can families do now?

Families can their

homes and turn on a .

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Main Question 7 Revisited

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