Do Now: Check out the quotes on the 8th Grade board. Decide on your favorite and write it on the last page of your writer’s notebook.

Discuss with your tablemates: Which quote did you pick? Why did you choose that one?

Stars Please go to the quote you liked best, a put a star sticker around it

What Will This Year Be About? Based on the quotes on the board (and all of these are from authors and texts we’re studying this year), what will we be learning about this year?

Clear your desk of anything but a pencil, and complete practice quiz Do Now: Clear your desk of anything but a pencil, and complete practice quiz

Quiz When you are finished your quiz, turn it over and draw on the back or read your independent reading book

The House on Mango Street The Power of Language The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

Consider the excerpt from yesterday Talk with your group: Consider the excerpt from yesterday What was it about? What did it tell you about the book? What did it tell you about the author?

Take out your Six-Word Summary Share with your table group: what chapter did you read? Read your summary to them Discuss what kind of character this girl is, what kind of life she has, and what kind of environment she’s living in

The House on Mango Street

“Hairs” Follow along as I read aloud

Read “Boys & Girls” and “My Name” Silently Then answer one of the following in your journal: Why does the narrator explain her mother’s hair so much? What does it tell you about the narrator and her mom? When the narrator talks about the differences between brothers and sisters, reflect on why you think those differences exist. Tell a story of a time you’ve noticed this in your life. Think about “My Name” and reflect on your own name—what does it sound like in different voices? Your parents’, your friends’, your coaches’, your teachers’? How does a name change depending on who speaks it?

Share Out! Why does the narrator explain her mother’s hair so much? What does it tell you about the narrator and her mom? When the narrator talks about the differences between brothers and sisters, reflect on why you think those differences exist. Tell a story of a time you’ve noticed this in your life. Think about “My Name” and reflect on your own name—what does it sound like in different voices? Your parents’, your friends’, your coaches’, your teachers’? How does a name change depending on who speaks it?

Reflect with your group members: How is this book similar to those you have read in school before? How is it different?

Vignette a brief evocative (haunting/deep) description, account, or episode

Cisneros’s Writing How would you describe it? What could you compare it to? What is the point of writing this way?

Homework Read pages 12-22. Chapter titles: “Cathy Queen of Cats”, “Our Good Day”, “Laughter”, “Gil’s Furniture Bought & Sold”, “Meme Ortiz” Pick your favorite sentence from each chapter, and write it down on a piece of scrap paper. Be prepared to explain why you liked that sentence best. For example, in “Boys & Girls”, my favorite line is, “Until then I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor” because I think it is a beautiful line.