It was my greatgrandmothers name and now it is mine She was a horse woman too born like me in the Chinese year of the horsewhich is supposed to be bad luck if youre born femalebut I think this is a Chinese lie because the Chinese like the Mexicans dont like their women strong ID: 481390
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In English my name means hope. In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting. It is like the number nine. A muddy color. It is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings when he is shaving, songs like sobbing.It was my great-grandmother's name and now it is mine. She was a horse woman too, born like me in the Chinese year of the horse--which is supposed to be bad luck if you're born female-but I think this is a Chinese lie because the Chinese, like the Mexicans, don't like their women strong.
Bellringer Oct. 27
Complete the handout. It will be a grade. Slide2
As you read, notice the ORDER of details Cisneros uses. Think about how the impact on you would be different if she re-ordered her story.As you read, notice the CONTRAST of details she uses. Think about why she contrasts these specific images, tones, details.As you read, notice how she uses words to make it seem like she is a real, unique person. Think about the specific words which really show her personality.
We are picking up reading “Only Daughter” today. Slide3
But that aloneness, that loneliness, was good for a would-be writer— it allowed me time to think and think, to imagine, to read and prepare myself.Grammar check Slide4
My father represents, then, the public majority. A public who is disinterested in reading, and yet one whom I am writing about and for, and privately trying to woo.Grammar checkSlide5
Grammar misunderstandingHow Spanish creates plurals and how English creates plurals differs due to the gender use in Spanish.It is acceptable to say Siete
Hijos
in Spanish and mean both boys and girls – a Spanish speaker would understand you mean seven children.
In English though, seven sons means seven boys. No girls. Someone who is learning English by it.
as a second language could make this mistake and not mean anything Slide6
Have out your novels. On the attendance form, indicate in the margin by your number whether you have “PAPER” or “ELECTRONIC” for your copy of the book. Know that the page numbers could differ between the paperback and the electronic book. That would only be confusing during our discussions. TASK AND DUE DATES.
Moving OnSlide7
How will you plan to meet each of the weekly deadlines with your notes and your reading? (PSST – waiting until the night before is silly and NO, I’m not sending out a remind for each week. You have to take the responsibility to plan accordingly. Exit Ticket