FRIDAY
11-1-2013
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
MANGO PARTY potluck will
be held on Wednesday
NOVEMBER 6th.
SURVEY OF LITERATURE &
AGENDA
COMPOSITION
1.Verbal Card Quiz
Elelnita, Cards, Pam, Water
and
Geraldo No Last Name
2. Vignette Presentation Assignment
4. Exit Card: Why does Esperanza use the word “they”
repeatedly on page 66? What possibilities for the meaning of
“they” might there be? Why does Esperanza know what
Geraldo’s life was like even though she didn’t know him,
personally?
Elenita, Cards, Palm, Water
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Where does this scene take place?
Who do you think Ernie is in Elenita’s family?
What does Elenita’s living room look like?
Why does Elenita tell Ernie to take the baby to the living room?
What does Elenita do for a living?
What can we conclude by noting that she uses tarot cards and references
the Virgin Mary?
7. Rubbing a cold egg on your face to get rid of a headache….burning a candle
for seven days and then spitting…. These are examples of Elenita’s…?
8. The question Esperanza went to ask Elenita about is never said, but it is
inferred. What do you think her primary question was?
9. “Now she can tell I’m sad. Oh, baby I’ll look again if you want me to.”
Shows Elenita can read something else other than tarot cards. What is it?
10. What do you think Elenita could mean by “a home in the heart”?
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Where does this vignette mostly take place?
What was Geraldo wearing?
How did he die?
Where did Marin meet him?
What type of care did Geraldo receive at the hospital?
Where is Geraldo’s family?
Marin appears to Esperanza to be sad about Geraldo’s death. She only met him
and danced with him that night. Why might Marin be sad about his death?
8. Toward the end of the vignette, the narrator writes “What does it matter? They
never saw the kitchenettes. They never knew about the two room flats and
sleeping rooms he rented, the weekly money orders sent home, the currency
exchange. How could they?” (66) Who might the “they” be? If Esperanza
didn’t actually see or know these things, how can she be so concrete about
them?
9. “Gerado—he went North….we never heard from him again.” Who is the
assumed speaker in this sentence that concludes the vignette? What are the
two possible meanings of “north”?
10. What do you think Elenita could mean by “a home in the heart”?
Geraldo, No Last Name
Vignette Assignment
For Homework:
-Read , type, bring 3 copies, draw a diagram that
makes thematic connections to other vignettes (A)
-Read and define words, identify literary devices,
tone. (B)
In class Monday
-Annotate (A & B)
-Practice
-Tuesday: Present
-Wednesday: Present
1.
Homework
Due
Monday
ALL STUDENTS:
Read pages 6788.
2. Partner A: Scan
or type and bring
three copies,
create the
template for the
chart (see slide
example from
class).
Earl of Tennessee
Andrew, Ayn
Sire & Four Skinny Trees
Michelle, Michael, PJ
No Speak English
Avery, Owen
Rafaela
Katherine, Max
Sally
Anna, Louis
Minerva Who Writes Poems Mikiyah, Ron
Bums in the Attic
Bella, Eugene
Beautiful and Cruel
Vandita, Emily
Smart Cookie
Stephanie, Dylan
3. Partner B: Carefully study your assigned vignette.
Create a list of the literary terms (with quotes), new
words (with definitions), and tone words (attitude toward
the subject the author writes about).
Homework for Partner A:
Create a Diagram like this one:
Homework for Partner A
Type and print three copies
OR
Photocopy three copies
of your assigned vignette.
Homework for Partner B
Literary devices
Tone: _______________
Vocabulary Needing Defining
Term:
List words from the text
that indicate the attitude or
feeling you ascribed to this
vignette
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Word:
Quote:
Definition
In class Monday,
you and your
partner will
create three
pages for your
presentation.
This is an
example of page
3.
In class Monday,
you and your
partner will create
three pages for your
presentation.
This is a sample of
page 2.