Exercises · Goal 13 · Climate Action
His Name is Murphy!: exercises
Two short exercises on the book. Do them on screen or print them.
Fill the gaps
Choose the missing word for each gap. The words are in the box.
Words to use
- Abril
- activist
- Aztec
- beetle
- Clara
- evaporate
- nomads
- Tonauac
When her father stretches out the last vowel of her name, knows she is in trouble. She has left Murphy, the they caught together on a trip to the countryside, out in full sunlight in his insectarium. Beetles like the sun, she objects, but her father explains what will happen if the water evaporates and the plants dry out. Abril is only half listening: she is off to meet her best friend . Alongside her story runs another. Xiuhtezcatl, whose name means turquoise mirror in Nahuatl, the language of his ancestors, grows up hearing their legends and his mother's soft songs. When , the oldest and wisest man, asks the children what troubles them, the others say grades, boys and parents. Xiuhtezcatl says the world and the future. In secret meetings, Tonauac tells him stories of a flooded island and a people facing drought, and prepares him for a fight. What fight can a boy who feels like nobody take on? The story is inspired by the young and hip-hop musician Xiuhtezcatl Martínez.
Connect the dots
Join each word to its meaning. Tap a word, then tap its meaning.