Chapter 6
1. Why do the girls want five dollars? What are they willing to give Esperanza in exchange for the money? Why does Esperanza feel that five dollars is cheap?
To buy a kid a bike so they need someone to chip in because they already have $10. They are willing to take turns with the bike. Because she doesn't have any friends.
2. How does Cathy react to the sisters?
Cathy doesn't want her talking to them and she says they smell like a broom.
3. How are Lucy and Rachel better friends than Cathy?
They didn't laugh when she told them her name and they don't have any guidelines or limitations to being friends.
4. In spite of the poverty on Mango Street, Esperanza finds happiness and beauty. What lines or events show Esperanza’s ability to find happiness in every day activities?
When they're riding down her street on the crooked bike.
Chapter 7
1. How are Nenny and Esperanza alike? How are Rachel and Lucy alike?
They have the same sense of humor and laugh. They look alike and have the same fat popsicle lips like everyone in their family.
2. What did the houses represent to Esperanza? Did she know exactly why they represented this? Why or why not?
it looked like one of the houses she had seen in Mexico. No, but it seemed right to her.
3. Who agreed with her? What does this show?
Nenny agreed with her. That they miss Mexico
4. What member of your family do you most strongly resemble? With what member of your family do you share the most personality traits? Do you, like Esperanza, feel a strong connection with your family’s heritage? Why or why not?
I resemble my mom a lot, we look really similar and we sound similar too. I share the most personality traits with my dad. I don't feel strongly about my family heritage because I don't know much about it and I don't really care.
Chapter 8
1. How does the personality difference between the two sisters show up in the store?
When Nenny asks about the wooden box and Esperanza pretends not to hear.
2. Why does Esperanza pretend she doesn’t care about the music box?
Because she doesn't want her new friends to think she's stupid
3. What literary devices are used to describe the music from the music box.
"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", metaphors and similes
4. Describe a time in your life when you were embarrassed by your lack of understanding of a new technology or of an event.
When I got my first iPod my dad was showing me how to set it up and use it and i spaced out and then he was like "ok its super easy you got it?" and i answered with "What?"
Chapter 9
1. Who is Meme?
He is a guy who moved into Cathy's house after her and her family moved away and his real name is Juan
2. How are Meme and the dog alike?
They both have two names and they run the same.
3. What happened to Meme in the First Annual Tarzan Jumping Contest?
Meme won but he broke both of his arms
Chapter 10
1. Part of Esperanza’s personal philosophy seems to be to take every day as it comes, finding happiness where she can. What is your personal philosophy?
The grass is always greener on the other side, things will get better if you just give it some time
Chapter 11
1.Who is Marin?
Marin is Louie's cousin.
2.Why is she unable to leave her house?
She's a troublemaker so they won't let her leave.
3.How does she plan to change her situation?
She plans on moving to Puerto Rico with her boyfriend when they get older.
4. What are your dreams and goals for the future? How do you plan to make your dreams and goals real?
My dream/ goal for the future is to become an anesthesiologist and have a big house and a family. I plan to do good in school and go to med school.
Chapter 12
1. How do outsiders view Esperanza’s neighborhood?
Outsiders are terrified to go into Esperanza's neighborhood.
2. How do the people who live in Esperanza’s neighborhood view it?
They aren't terrified to live there and everyone knows each other.
3. How does Esperanza feel when she drives “into a neighborhood of another color?”
She feels scared and uncomfortable just like when other people go into hers.
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
April 26, 2017
Monday- crabby old lady
Tuesday- awkward person you have in all your classes but never talk to
Wednesday- rude and no manners
Thursday- bright eyed and bushy tailed girl
Friday- party girl
Saturday- fun, spunky dude
Sunday- kicked back, relaxed stoner dude
Tuesday- awkward person you have in all your classes but never talk to
Wednesday- rude and no manners
Thursday- bright eyed and bushy tailed girl
Friday- party girl
Saturday- fun, spunky dude
Sunday- kicked back, relaxed stoner dude
Monday, April 24, 2017
House on Mango Street Chapters 1-5
Chapter 1
1. Where did the narrator live before she moved to The House on Mango Street?
She lived on Loomis on the third floor and before that she lived on a street called Keeler
and before that she lived on Paulina.
2.How were her previous homes different?
Each time they moved there would be more of them. they didn't have to pay rent or share the yard
with people downstairs, or be careful to not make too much noise, and there's not a landlord banging on the ceiling with a broom.
3.In what kind of house would she like to live?
She would like to live in a house with stairs and running water and pipes that worked. a basement and at least 3 bathrooms. a white house with trees around it and a big yard with grass growing all around it.
Chapter 2
1. Who are the members of the narrator’s family? How is the hair of each member different?
Papa's hair is like a broom, all up in the air. her hair is lazy and doesn't cooperate with hairbands. Carlos' hair is thick and straight. Nenny's hair is slippery. Kiki's hair is like fur. and her mother's hair is like little rosettes.
2. What makes her mother’s hair special? What are the narrator’s feelings for her mother?
Her mother's hair is like little rosettes, like little candy circles all curly and pretty because she has it pinned all day. she says it makes her feel safe and warm and it smells like fresh bread. she loves her mom a lot apparently.
3. What is it about your home and your family that provides you with a sense of security? Can you identify with the narrator and her point of view?
i have a security system in my house so that makes me feel safe especially when my dad is on a business trip but i know my family will always be there for me no matter what and they will always love me just like the narrator and her family.
Chapter 3
1. What does the narrator say about the relationship between boys and girls? What evidence does she provide to support this idea?
she says that we live in our own universes. she says her brothers talk to her and Nenny outside the house but are never seen talking to girls outside the house
2. What does the narrator say about her sister? How does this impact their relationship?
Nenny is too young to be her friend and shes just her sister. it impacts their relationship because they will never be best friends, they will just be sisters.
3. About what does the narrator dream? What does this say about her?
she dreams to one day have a best friend she can tell all her secrets to. shes lonely.
4. What do you think the narrator of the novel means when she says “The boys and the girls live in separate worlds?” In what way does this quote apply to your life? Do you think that that the genders in your home are treated differently?
boys have a different mindset than girls have and their priorities are different. it applies to y=my life because im surrounded by guys all day everyday. and no the genders in my house are not treated differently, my stepmom actually rules the household.
Chapter 4
1. What does her name mean?
her name means hope in English and sadness in Spanish
2. After whom was she named? Why does she connect her name with the records her father plays on Sunday morning?
she was named after her great grandmother. maybe because the records her father plays on sundays are sad.
3. What point does Esperanza make about both the Chinese and the Mexicans? Does she seem to resent this?
they dont like their women to be strong. yes because she is strong.
4. How did her great grandmother get married?
her great grandfather threw a sack over her head and carried her off
5. What does what happened to Esperanza’s great grandmother tell you about women’s roles in Mexican society?
she never forgave her great grandfather and she looked out the window her whole life. she was basically forced into marriage and women had no rights.
6. Why does she want to baptize herself with a new name?
she wants a real name, a name that nobody sees.
Chapter 5
1. To whom does Cathy claim to be related? Is this true?
she claims to be related to the queen of France. no its not true.
2. How long will Cathy be Esperanza’s friend?
until that next tuesday.
3. Why does Cathy say her family has to move?
because the neighborhood is getting bad
4. How does Esperanza feel about Cathy’s family’s reason for leaving?
She has to keep moving further and further north until people like them stop moving in.
1. Where did the narrator live before she moved to The House on Mango Street?
She lived on Loomis on the third floor and before that she lived on a street called Keeler
and before that she lived on Paulina.
2.How were her previous homes different?
Each time they moved there would be more of them. they didn't have to pay rent or share the yard
with people downstairs, or be careful to not make too much noise, and there's not a landlord banging on the ceiling with a broom.
3.In what kind of house would she like to live?
She would like to live in a house with stairs and running water and pipes that worked. a basement and at least 3 bathrooms. a white house with trees around it and a big yard with grass growing all around it.
Chapter 2
1. Who are the members of the narrator’s family? How is the hair of each member different?
Papa's hair is like a broom, all up in the air. her hair is lazy and doesn't cooperate with hairbands. Carlos' hair is thick and straight. Nenny's hair is slippery. Kiki's hair is like fur. and her mother's hair is like little rosettes.
2. What makes her mother’s hair special? What are the narrator’s feelings for her mother?
Her mother's hair is like little rosettes, like little candy circles all curly and pretty because she has it pinned all day. she says it makes her feel safe and warm and it smells like fresh bread. she loves her mom a lot apparently.
3. What is it about your home and your family that provides you with a sense of security? Can you identify with the narrator and her point of view?
i have a security system in my house so that makes me feel safe especially when my dad is on a business trip but i know my family will always be there for me no matter what and they will always love me just like the narrator and her family.
Chapter 3
1. What does the narrator say about the relationship between boys and girls? What evidence does she provide to support this idea?
she says that we live in our own universes. she says her brothers talk to her and Nenny outside the house but are never seen talking to girls outside the house
2. What does the narrator say about her sister? How does this impact their relationship?
Nenny is too young to be her friend and shes just her sister. it impacts their relationship because they will never be best friends, they will just be sisters.
3. About what does the narrator dream? What does this say about her?
she dreams to one day have a best friend she can tell all her secrets to. shes lonely.
4. What do you think the narrator of the novel means when she says “The boys and the girls live in separate worlds?” In what way does this quote apply to your life? Do you think that that the genders in your home are treated differently?
boys have a different mindset than girls have and their priorities are different. it applies to y=my life because im surrounded by guys all day everyday. and no the genders in my house are not treated differently, my stepmom actually rules the household.
Chapter 4
1. What does her name mean?
her name means hope in English and sadness in Spanish
2. After whom was she named? Why does she connect her name with the records her father plays on Sunday morning?
she was named after her great grandmother. maybe because the records her father plays on sundays are sad.
3. What point does Esperanza make about both the Chinese and the Mexicans? Does she seem to resent this?
they dont like their women to be strong. yes because she is strong.
4. How did her great grandmother get married?
her great grandfather threw a sack over her head and carried her off
5. What does what happened to Esperanza’s great grandmother tell you about women’s roles in Mexican society?
she never forgave her great grandfather and she looked out the window her whole life. she was basically forced into marriage and women had no rights.
6. Why does she want to baptize herself with a new name?
she wants a real name, a name that nobody sees.
Chapter 5
1. To whom does Cathy claim to be related? Is this true?
she claims to be related to the queen of France. no its not true.
2. How long will Cathy be Esperanza’s friend?
until that next tuesday.
3. Why does Cathy say her family has to move?
because the neighborhood is getting bad
4. How does Esperanza feel about Cathy’s family’s reason for leaving?
She has to keep moving further and further north until people like them stop moving in.
The House on Mango Street- Author
- Sandra was the only girl out of 7 children and her father was a mexican immigrant and her mother worked in a factory so they were poor. when Sandra was in her youth she had trouble making friends and feeling like she belonged in a new school. she found a way to escape her lonely childhood, she found reading and she liked to read fairy tales. her mother helped her get a library card.
- the similarities i found between my life and Sandra's was that we both moved to a completely new state. i didn't have any friends nor did i know anybody so i just kept to myself for a while. but whats different from mine and sandra's life is our families and the money. my parents broke up when i was three so they never have had to struggle with money.
- sandra never gave up on her dream, she found her voice in middle school and continued to go through with it all throughout high school and college. she eventually made a book about everyone and everything she knows. i found her lesson in the third paragraph. it says "... Cisneros found her unique writing voice".
- i think Sandra is a really talented, strong women. she went through a lot and people had high expectations of her and she excelled at those and went above and beyond what everyone expected of her. she's written a handful of books that have gotten awards and such so she's obviously talented.
April 24, 2017
i think people complain about things they shouldn't especially our generation of teens/ young adults and little kids. my brother is 7 years old and he complains about doing his 4 question homework assignments twice a week. i do complain about a lot of things and i shouldn't be a hypocrite but i am. i complain about slow drivers and have serious rode rage. i complain about slow texters and my slow data but they're reasonable. some of the people i know complain about the smallest, dumbest things. rich people complain about not having their back massaged twice a week instead of 3. or some people complain about their family which is totally unreasonable and its like wtf??? don't take your family and friends for granted because there's a possibility something can happen and you never get them back. there's some amazing people out there and people definitely take them for granted.
Monday, April 17, 2017
April 17, 2017
childhood memory
my favorite childhood memory is when my great grandparents were alive, my whole family would go over to their house and have a family dinner night and we'd do that once or twice every week. there was this one time that i remember the most vividly is when my cousins and i were all playing outside and we were all 4 or 5 years old and my cousin Ryan picked up a live snail and ate it, shell and all. then he got put on a time out and after he got off we went back outside to play and he found a lizard and wanted to catch it but he grabbed it by the tail and ripped the tail off and stuck it in his mouth.
my favorite childhood memory is when my great grandparents were alive, my whole family would go over to their house and have a family dinner night and we'd do that once or twice every week. there was this one time that i remember the most vividly is when my cousins and i were all playing outside and we were all 4 or 5 years old and my cousin Ryan picked up a live snail and ate it, shell and all. then he got put on a time out and after he got off we went back outside to play and he found a lizard and wanted to catch it but he grabbed it by the tail and ripped the tail off and stuck it in his mouth.
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Poems
Acrostic Poems
Summer is close
Pictures are a must
Rainy days will happen
It’s getting warmer
Needless to say
Green is everywhere
Crunchy or chewy
Awesome until they break your teeth
Nice and sweet
Delicious
Yummy treat
Free Verse Poems
Leaves are carried by the wind
They get rustled and crunched
Winters almost here
Time to go make me some lunch
Caterpillars to cocoon
Cocoon to butterfly
Butterflies fly in sky
Colorful and alive
Ottava Rima Poem
When flowers bloom
Everything blossoms
Everything turns to gloom
And out come the possums
The bride and the groom
They run into a colostrum
And they go vroom vroom
Sonnet
Summer nights seemed to always be endless
The lightness never turned into darkness
The sun never seemed to fade away
The light was always there to guide you along the way
The light of life to let nature’s gifts grow
Emerge in the lushness of flowers
The blue reflection of the sky glows
The rapid waters on the world beauty’s display
From the gentle sway of the trees
Songs in the summer breeze
Another season comes too close
Looking for memories of the past
Not forgetting the fun filled days
Bliss of life and beauty to reminisce
Tetractys
My
Friend
Is very nice
She is sixteen
She loves to read, write and tell funny stories
My
Dog
Loves to hug
He also loves
To cuddle, eat ice, and chew on his bones
Cinquains
Watermelon
Red, green
It’s so juicy and sweet
A mess to eat
Yummy
Snowflakes
Lovely, white
Blows down on the dark night
Covering everything it touches
Blanket
Haiku
The sky is cloudy
It is going to rain soon
Let’s hope it lasts
The sunny, clear sky
The sun is so bright and warm
Summer is nearby
Tanka
I love my puppy
He is so big and loving
He loves to eat ice
He is grey and has big spots
He loves to cuddle and nap
Tyburns
Splashing
Flashing
Crashing
Bashing
With the splashing, flashing fish
And the crashing, bashing waves
Tiny
Whiny
Shiny
Spiny
The baby is tiny, whiny
And she’s shiny, spiny
Monday, April 10, 2017
April 10, 2017
if i were to choose to live in either a library, museum, or a zoo i'd probably choose to live in a library. i don't like reading that much unless the book really interests me and i'm really into it but libraries have thousands of books to choose from. libraries also have a lot of couches and chairs so i could make a big, comfy bed out of those. also there's thousands of books to read so you can literally learn about anything you ever wanted.
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
April 5, 2017
6am wakeup
7am breakfast
8am school
9am sleepy
10am tired
11am lunch
12pm content
1pm bored
2pm hungry
3pm residence
4pm nap
5pm rest
6pm education
7pm classwork
8pm wornout
9pm home
10pm bed
11pm sleep
12am sleep
1am sleep
2am sleep
3am sleep
4am sleep
5am sleep
6am repeat
7am breakfast
8am school
9am sleepy
10am tired
11am lunch
12pm content
1pm bored
2pm hungry
3pm residence
4pm nap
5pm rest
6pm education
7pm classwork
8pm wornout
9pm home
10pm bed
11pm sleep
12am sleep
1am sleep
2am sleep
3am sleep
4am sleep
5am sleep
6am repeat
Monday, April 3, 2017
Pet Peeve Poem
ignoring me
thats how its gonna be
why you gotta be like that
you think youre cool because you wear a hat
thats how its gonna be
why you gotta be like that
you think youre cool because you wear a hat
Poetry Exercise 1
- sadness, they're poor, something tragic happened
- laughs, happy, smiley, little boy, something good or funny happened
- separation, death
- old, fragile, weak, sad, wrinkly
- colourful, peaceful, balloons, happy
- vibrations, thunder comes with lightning, dark skies, rainy, gloomy
- weird, meaningful, heavy
- we shouldn't be together anymore, i'm unhappy, you don't make me happy, let's be friends instead, i've moved on
- chilled wind, blizzards, rain, snow, frosty
- sadness, salty
April 3, 2017
- when someone repeatedly clicks their pen
- "k"
- being left on read
- screaming kids
- people flaking on you
- slow walkers
- slow replyers
- people smacking their gum
- people eating with their mouth open
- the feeling of chalk
- wet socks
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