LESSON 4: what's going on.
Journal Two: Friendship, Neighborhood, Home
Describe in detail a neighbor who is special in some way OR a friend you had when you were younger. Tell what the person looked like and, using figurative language, show what made that person unique.
Describe in detail a neighbor who is special in some way OR a friend you had when you were younger. Tell what the person looked like and, using figurative language, show what made that person unique.
Painting a Picture
Assignment: Choose three different examples of figurative language from the reading last night.
Explain what the author is trying to say LITERALLY, how this example "paints a picture" for the reader, and what SENSORY DETAIL(s) (taste, touch, sight, smell, sound) are used to enhance the reader's experience. Finally, come up with your OWN example of a different way in which the author could have described the topic, using figurative language.
Figurative Language Examples:
1. Cats asleep like little donuts (13)
2. Don't talk to them, says Cathy. Can't you see they smell like a broom? (14)
3. Rachel is skinny enough to get up on the handlebars which makes the bike all wobbly as if the wheels are spaghetti (16)
4. Not the shy ice cream bells' giggle of Rachel and Lucy's family, but all of a sudden and surprised like a pile of dishes breaking. (17)
5. ...just a wood box that's old and got a big brass record in it with holes. Then he starts it up and all sorts of things start happening. It's like all of a sudden he let go a million moths all over the dusty furniture and swan-neck shadows and in our bones" (20)
6. (referring to music box) It's like drops of water.
7. (referring to music box) Or like marimbas (musical instrument) only with a funny little plucked sound to it like if you were running your fingers across the teeth of a metal comb. (20)
7. The dog is big, like a man dressed in a dog suit, and runs the same way its owner does, clumsy and wild and with the limbs flopping all over the place like untied shoes (21)
8.Cathy's father built the house Meme Moved into...out front there are twenty one steps, all lopsided and jutting like crooked teeth (21-22)
Assignment: Choose three different examples of figurative language from the reading last night.
Explain what the author is trying to say LITERALLY, how this example "paints a picture" for the reader, and what SENSORY DETAIL(s) (taste, touch, sight, smell, sound) are used to enhance the reader's experience. Finally, come up with your OWN example of a different way in which the author could have described the topic, using figurative language.
Figurative Language Examples:
1. Cats asleep like little donuts (13)
2. Don't talk to them, says Cathy. Can't you see they smell like a broom? (14)
3. Rachel is skinny enough to get up on the handlebars which makes the bike all wobbly as if the wheels are spaghetti (16)
4. Not the shy ice cream bells' giggle of Rachel and Lucy's family, but all of a sudden and surprised like a pile of dishes breaking. (17)
5. ...just a wood box that's old and got a big brass record in it with holes. Then he starts it up and all sorts of things start happening. It's like all of a sudden he let go a million moths all over the dusty furniture and swan-neck shadows and in our bones" (20)
6. (referring to music box) It's like drops of water.
7. (referring to music box) Or like marimbas (musical instrument) only with a funny little plucked sound to it like if you were running your fingers across the teeth of a metal comb. (20)
7. The dog is big, like a man dressed in a dog suit, and runs the same way its owner does, clumsy and wild and with the limbs flopping all over the place like untied shoes (21)
8.Cathy's father built the house Meme Moved into...out front there are twenty one steps, all lopsided and jutting like crooked teeth (21-22)
Small group discussion/Dialectic Journal Template
1. "Cathy Queen of Cats"
Why is Cathy’s family about to move, and what does this mean to Esperanza?
2. "Our Good Day"
At this stage of her life, what are Esperanza’s friendships based on, and what do her friends mean to her? Does she fit in with an older or younger crowd, and how does she feel about her place in the social hierarchy?
3. "Laughter"
What common traits does Esperanza share with Nenny, and how does she distinguish herself from Nenny?
4. "Gil’s Furniture Bought & Sold"
What makes Esperanza want the music box, and why is she ashamed of wanting it? How does her reaction to the box differ from Nenny’s reaction, and what does this difference tell the reader about the difference between the two girls? As in "Hairs" and "Laughter," how does Esperanza separate herself from her family?
5. "Meme Ortiz"
How do the residents of Mango Street interact with one another?
1. "Cathy Queen of Cats"
Why is Cathy’s family about to move, and what does this mean to Esperanza?
2. "Our Good Day"
At this stage of her life, what are Esperanza’s friendships based on, and what do her friends mean to her? Does she fit in with an older or younger crowd, and how does she feel about her place in the social hierarchy?
3. "Laughter"
What common traits does Esperanza share with Nenny, and how does she distinguish herself from Nenny?
4. "Gil’s Furniture Bought & Sold"
What makes Esperanza want the music box, and why is she ashamed of wanting it? How does her reaction to the box differ from Nenny’s reaction, and what does this difference tell the reader about the difference between the two girls? As in "Hairs" and "Laughter," how does Esperanza separate herself from her family?
5. "Meme Ortiz"
How do the residents of Mango Street interact with one another?
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HOMEWORK: Read: Louie
His Cousin & His Other Cousin, Marin, Those Who Don’t, There was an Old
Woman she Had So Many Children She Didn’t Know What To Do, Alicia Who Sees Mice (23-32)
* After reading each vignette, answer the appropriate questions in the reading packet.
* After reading each vignette, answer the appropriate questions in the reading packet.