Like Water for
Chocolate Chapters
3&4
English 84
Spring 2012
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Journal Responses
• For Part 3, remember the following:
• There should be two paragraphs. The first one
explains what happens before and after the
quote.
• The second paragraph shows the significance
of the passage.
Example of a Strong
Response
This passage is when Tita goes to congratulate
Pedro and her sister after the marriage
ceremony. When she gives Pedro a hug, he
holds her tight and whispers that in her ear. It
make Tita full of joy but upset Mama Elena.
She tells Tita she is no fool after that and is not
allowed around Pedro after the wedding.
Strong Response
(Cont’d)
The way Pedro holds Tita makes her feel
good and happy again. It does not say how
Rosaura feels, but everyone else in the room
notices he whispered in her ear. This shows
how strict Mama Elena is, she was very upset
about Pedro telling her anything and says she
has played those games before and for Tita
not to lie to her about what Pedro said. If
Mama Elena has played those games before,
does it
Response (cont’d)
mean that she was once in love with someone
else other than her father or maybe they had the
same struggles as Tita and Pedro that Mama
Elena is just trying to protect her from.
This passage shows that Tita’s view on this
marriage could change. When Pedro tells her the
real reason why he accepts the hand in marriage,
it does not upset Tita. Maybe she could forgive
Pedro and be happy with him marrying her sister
as long as they could still be around each other.
Response (cont’d)
• Maybe Pedro’s feeling will change, and he will
fall in love with Rosaura and forget about Tita
and her love.
Revising Responses
• You may revise the response you wrote in
chapters 1-4.
• I will return chapters 3 & 4 (hopefully)
Wednesday.
• Revisions are due next Wednesday, March 5.
Attach the old journal responses with the new
ones. You may do any or all of chapters 1-4.
Things to revise for:
• Write in the present tense. It’s a writing
convention used to talk about literature and
reading passages. It’s called the literary
present.
• When Pedro asked asks for Tita’s hand in
marriage, Mama Elena refused refuse.
Revise for the following:
• Avoid using “you”:
In formal writing, especially about literature,
avoid it.
You get the feeling that Mama Elena is a tyrant.
• Avoid “I” or “me.”
It seems to me that Pedro is selfish.
How I grade the
response journals:
• Parts 1 & 2 were 5 points each.
• Part 3 was 10 points.
• If you wrote two paragraphs, and the first one
explains the context and the second one
explains the significance, you received 7 out of
10 when you wrote only a minimum of 5
sentences.
Response Journals
• If you went beyond that, you received a higher
grade.
• If you wrote only five sentences, but didn’t
analyze in the second paragraph or explain the
context in the first paragraph, you received a
score below 7.
Chapter 3
1. How does Tita take Nacha's death?
2. What gets into the recipe that causes it to act as
an aphrodisiac?
3. Discuss Tita and Pedro's newfound form of
communication. (Include page number.)
4. Why had Pedro never seen Rosaura naked?
5. What do the following words mean: aphrodisiac
(p. 51), tribute (p. 59) and generate (p. 60)?
Choose one question.
• I am going to go down a row.
• One person will choose a question to read to
the class.
• The next person can either answer the
question or ask another question.
Chapter 4
1. When Pedro sees Tita on her knees bent over the grinding stone (the
“erotic” position), he looks at her in a way that “changes their
relationship forever” (67). Explain.
2. Tita was upset because at one point, Pedro had “inexplicably stopped
raving about her cooking”; what was the real reason he had stopped
complimenting her cooking?
3. How do Tita’s feelings towards her nephew differ from how she expected
she would feel towards him?
4. How does the mole sauce (that Tita was preparing when Pedro gave her
“the look”) affect the guests who eat it at the baptism?
5. What do the following words mean: warranted (p.65), chaste (p. 67),
impervious (p.74), and euphoric (p.79)?
Choose one question.
• I am going to go down a row.
• One person will choose a question to read to
the class.
• The next person can either answer the
question or ask another question.
Close Reading
• Annotate the passage assigned to your group.
Find 3-4 items in the passage that is significant.
• Explain the significance under the “What does
it mean?” column. Jot down phrases.
• Choose the person with the longest hair to
explain what you discussed.
• The rest of class jots down what he or she
says.
Let’s do one together.
A Few Reminders about
Lab Activities
• Do only the assigned lab work for the day or
any future assignments if you are done with
the lab work for the day.
• Please do not do homework for another
course.
• Visit websites that relate to English 84
assignments. Please do not visit inappropriate
websites or social networking sites.
More Reminders
• If you need to send an important text or make
a phone call, please let me know before class
and do it outside. Let me know if you are
going outside, and keep it short. If this
privilege is abused, you will receive an absence
for the day.
• Refrain from using MP3 players, Bluetooth or
other similar electronic devices.
Consequence
If you violate one of the rules above, you will be
given a verbal warning. If it happens again,
you will be given an absence for the day. If the
behavior continues, Form A will be given,
which requires a meeting with the dean. If the
behavior still continues, Form B is given, which
is a suspension.
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How Lab Assignments
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1. The lab is a significant component of this course.
You will attend the computer lab one hour weekly
for demonstrations and independent work. This
extended practice enables you to deepen your
understanding of the course content.
2. Check the lab page of our course website, entitled
“Lab Activities,” for detailed information. I will
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assignments, samples and online exercises to help
you complete your work.
Due Dates
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to complete on your own time. It is due at 8:15 p.m. on the
following Monday. For example, if a lab assignment is given on
Monday, March 5, then it is due on Monday, March 12, at 8:15
p.m.
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week after it is assigned. For example, if you are absent on
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Monday, March 12, at 8:15 p.m.
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May 30. Please see the section below entitled “Make-Up Day for
Weekly Assignments” for more details.
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week.
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assignment.