Maxine Clair Rattlebone

 Go to library ands pick up Rattlebone.

 Read about Maxine Clair:


http://www.washburn.edu/reference/cks/mapping/clair/index.html

Finish The House on Mango Street projects.  Make a cover page, a title page, and organize your vignettes in a meaningful sequence from first to last.

Add visuals as appropriate.

One vignette per page (double space, buttry to use a 12 pt.font).  You can center your writing on the page and make a large title.

Work on iMovie

Using specific details in writing/ Work on vignettes/Retest on Mango Street on Tuesday

Specific details create word pictures that can make your writing easier to understand and more interesting to read. This exercise will give you practice in revising sentences to make them more concrete and specific.

Instructions:
Revise the following sentences to make them more concrete and specific.

Example:
The sun came up.
At 6:27 on March third, the sun rose in a cloudless sky and flooded the earth with liquid gold.

1. The food in the cafeteria was unappealing.


2. We painted part of the garage.


3. She sat by herself in the coffee shop.


4. The kitchen was a mess.


5. Marie looked sad.


6. I waved to my pet.


7. The car sped away.


8. The waiter seemed to be impatient and annoyed.


9. He was hurt in a boating accident.


10. I felt tired after practice.


11. She enjoys listening to music.


12. There was a strange smell in the attic.


13. The movie was stupid and boring.


14. She ate lunch at a restaurant with her sister.


15. It was noisy in the room.

Go over your vignettes and add specific details to make the writing more interesting.

HMWK:
RETEST on Mango Street---Read the book!  Make note of characters and events in the story.
How does Esperanza grow and change during the course of the book?  (possible essay style question?)

Apostrophes/Quiz on Mango Street

Grammar Review:  The Use of the Apostrophe

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apostrophe

Practice with this interactive quiz:
https://journalism.ku.edu/interactive-quiz-apostrophes

House on Mango Street quiz

Work on vignettes and imovie poem

House on Mango Street--Finish book/Test on Wed.

Grammar and Spelling Warm-up:

Visit and explore theoatmeal.com:

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling

http://theoatmeal.com/tag/grammar 

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/grammargames/pandapopPartsofSpeech.htm

Extra Credit Project for Coffeehouse:

Create an imovie poem using one of your own poems or an interpretation of another  poem.  Visit
poetry180 for ideas.
www.loc.gov/poetry/180/


Work on vignettes. Keep up the good work on writing these short pieces.

HMWK:  For next Wednesday (no school on Monday), finish reading The House on Mango Street.
There will be a real test on the book, so study for it.  Know characters, themes, and motifs.  Use online study guides to help you study for the test.

House on Mango Quiz (online)

Here is a quick reading quiz on the first half of the book.  Follow the instructions carefully.



Go to:

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=house-on-mango-street_2

Continue to work on your vignettes!

House on Mango Street Project

Read and review the vignettes on pages 62-85.  Divide up the work among the group, making each group member responsible for 3  or 4 stories.

With your reading group partners, go over the following discussion questions for the stories and post your responses on the blog.


23. "Elenita, Cards, Palm, Water"
Does the superstition expressed in this story conflict or coexist with any religious beliefs Esperanza may hold? With what tone does Esperanza describe her visit to Elenita?
24. "Geraldo No Last Name"
What is the significance of this being the last story in the book in which Marin is mentioned?
25. "Edna’s Ruthie"
What does Esperanza learn from Ruthie’s experience that helps her formulate goals?
26. "The Earl of Tennessee"
What does Esperanza learn from Earl that might help her formulate goals?
27. "Sire"
How has Esperanza’s awareness of her own sexuality evolved from "Hips" to this story? How have her imagination and her desires moved away from her negative sexual experience in "My First Job"?
28. "Four Skinny Trees"
What do the trees symbolize? What does Esperanza impose of her own character on the trees, and what does she take from the trees? How do the trees compare to the clouds in "Darius & the Clouds"?
29. "No Speak English"
What does Esperanza tell us about her community’s attitude towards non-Mexican Americans? What about the image that the non-Latinos have of the Latinos? How do these views help or hinder Esperanza in the formulation of her own personal identity?
30. "Rafaela Who Drinks Coconut..."
What conflicting needs or desires of Esperanza’s does her description of Rafaela’s situation convey?
32. "Sally"
Compare the portrait of Sally to that of Marin in "Marin." How is Esperanza’s relationship with Sally different?
33. "Minerva Writes Poems"
With what tone is Esperanza’s plaintive "There is nothing I can do" conveyed? [p. 85]

Continue to work on your vignettes