1. “Pop” Quiz: Journals 1-3
Block Average: 9.95/12= 82.96% Split Average: 9.65/12=80.30%

2. Pull out your symbolism drawing HW
What is life like for these women?
Esperanza in “Four Skinny Trees”:
Mamacita in “No Speak English”:
Rafaela in “Rafaela Who Drinks Coconut & Papaya Juice on Tuesdays”
Minerva in “Minerva Writes Poems”
Esperanza’s great-grandmother in “My Name”:
What do you think a woman sitting by a window symbolizes? How would you explain this?
How does this relate to an effect, purpose or theme statement?
The House On Mango Street is dedicated to “A las Mujeres/To the Women.” Why did Sandra Cisneros do this?

3. On the back of your drawing write a thesis answering the following question:
What do women sitting by windows symbolize in The House on Mango Street? How does this create or develop a theme or the author’s purpose?

4. Journal #6: MLA, Outlines, Writing
Learning Targets:
Students will be able to create an MLA Outline as a step to prewriting.
Students will be able to write a paragraph outline about literary analysis.
Students will be able to follow MLA rules and directions.
Students will be able to write analysis.

5. Outlines
For your first big writing assignment, you will be you will be creating an outline. There are rules to follow!
Many teachers assign graded outlines.
For the rest of your high school career in the Humanities department, composing an outline will be one of the first and most important steps you must complete when writing major essays. Think of this assignment as us officially teaching you the future expectations for those papers (and an understanding that you are doing this properly and well now).

6. Thesis Statement: ____________
First Last Name
Teacher Name
Class Name and Period
Due Date Written Out
Title: ________
Thesis Statement: ____________
Body Thesis (Topic) Sentence #1: ____________
Evidence (BTS #1) #1: ____________
Analysis Sentence (Ev. #1) #1: ____________
Analysis Sentence (Ev. #1) #2: ____________
Analysis Sentence (Ev. #1) #3: ____________
Evidence (BTS #1) #2: ____________
Analysis Sentence (Ev. #2) #1: ____________
Analysis Sentence (Ev. #2) #2: ____________
Analysis Sentence (Ev. #2) #3: ____________
Body Thesis (Topic) Sentence #2:

7. MLA Heading and Title Order of symbols:
First Last Name
Teacher Name
Class Name and Period
Due Date Written Out
Title: ________
Thesis Statement: ____________
Body Thesis (Topic) Sentence #1: ____________
Evidence (BTS #1) #1: ____________
Analysis Sentence (Ev. #1) #1: ____________
Analysis Sentence (Ev. #1) #2: ____________
Analysis Sentence (Ev. #1) #3: ____________
Evidence (BTS #1) #2: ____________
Analysis Sentence (Ev. #2) #1: ____________
Analysis Sentence (Ev. #2) #2: ____________
Analysis Sentence (Ev. #2) #3: ____________
Body Thesis (Topic) Sentence #2:
Evidence (BTS #2) #1: ____________
Evidence (BTS #2) #2: ____________
Body Thesis (Topic) Sentence #3:
MLA Heading and Title
Order of symbols:
Bullets
Roman Numeral
Uppercase Letters
Lowercase Letters

8. Thesis Statement comes first.
First Last Name
Teacher Name
Class Name and Period
Due Date Written Out
Title: ________
Thesis Statement: ____________
Body Thesis (Topic) Sentence #1: ____________
Evidence (BTS #1) #1: ____________
Analysis Sentence (Ev. #1) #1: ____________
Analysis Sentence (Ev. #1) #2: ____________
Analysis Sentence (Ev. #1) #3: ____________
Evidence (BTS #1) #2: ____________
Analysis Sentence (Ev. #2) #1: ____________
Analysis Sentence (Ev. #2) #2: ____________
Analysis Sentence (Ev. #2) #3: ____________
Body Thesis (Topic) Sentence #2:
Evidence (BTS #2) #1: ____________
Evidence (BTS #2) #2: ____________
Body Thesis (Topic) Sentence #3:
Thesis Statement comes first.
Body Thesis/Topic Sentences Come Next.
At least 2 pieces of evidence per paragraph.

9. At SHS we expect 2-3 sentences of analysis for each piece of evidence.
First Last Name
Teacher Name
Class Name and Period
Due Date Written Out
Title: ________
Thesis Statement: ____________
Body Thesis (Topic) Sentence #1: ____________
Evidence (BTS #1) #1: ____________
Analysis Sentence (Ev. #1) #1: ____________
Analysis Sentence (Ev. #1) #2: ____________
Analysis Sentence (Ev. #1) #3: ____________
Evidence (BTS #1) #2: ____________
Analysis Sentence (Ev. #2) #1: ____________
Analysis Sentence (Ev. #2) #2: ____________
Analysis Sentence (Ev. #2) #3: ____________
Body Thesis (Topic) Sentence #2:
Evidence (BTS #2) #1: ____________
Evidence (BTS #2) #2: ____________
Body Thesis (Topic) Sentence #3:
In outlines evidence doesn’t need to be integrated*, though it does need in text citations. *Integrated means attached to your own writing, which is a requirement for rough and final drafts
At SHS we expect 2-3 sentences of analysis for each piece of evidence.

10. Use the thesis you just wrote!
Practice: in your journal create an outline about the symbolism of women sitting by windows.
Use the thesis you just wrote!
For your body topic sentences pick 3 different vignettes and list them!
Find and use evidence from the vignettes.
Write analysis*
*What is analysis?? What kind of ideas or writing make good analysis?

11. ANALYSIS IS FROM YOUR BRAIN– not things explicitly said in the text.
Basic Analysis:
ONLY IF UNCLEAR: explain what it means in context to narrative.
Elaboration
Interpret evidence’s deeper meaning
From literal/narrative to figurative or analytical meanings
Explain your citation’s relation to the claim
How is your evidence an example of your arguable claim?
Justify its value and relevance to your point
Make a ‘leap’ in explaining:
Connections
Conclusions
cause and effect
literary term
Explain the connection of evidence to thesis’ “so what”
ANALYSIS IS FROM YOUR BRAIN– not things explicitly said in the text.

12. Practice: in your journal create an outline about the symbolism of women sitting by windows.
Use the thesis you just wrote!
For your body topic sentences pick a vignette.
Find and use evidence from the vignettes.
Write analysis
For this practice, do 1 thesis, 2 BTS, 4 evidence, and 8 analysis total.

13. Take 5-10 minutes to finish your outline
Take 5-10 minutes to finish your outline. We’ll do a graded one in the next week or two!

14. Thoughtbox: When Astronaut Scott Kelly returned from over 1 year in space, the longest trip ever, he was given a beer and apple pie from Jill Biden. What would you want after a year in space?
other appropriate questions or comments will be read/answered and are good 
ASK MR. SMITH IS ALWAYS AN OPTION
PG13
do not use student’s names
its supposed to be fun
the thought-box is meant to be anonymous
This is your chance to democratically participate by having your voice heard?

15. Read the following vignettes:
The Family of Little Feet (39-42)
Chanclas (46-8)
Hips (49-52)
The First Job (53-5)
Sire (72-3)

16. “The Family of Little Feet” (39-42).
“The mother’s feet, plump and polite, descended like white pigeons from the sea of pillow, across the linoleum roses, down the wooden stairs, over the chalk hopscotch squares, 5, 6, 7, blue sky.” (Cisneros, 40). What is interesting about this sentence?
Identify 2 similes, 1 metaphor, and 1 example of personification.
Why does the man tell them the shoes are “dangerous”? (41).
Why are the girls “tired of being beautiful”? (42).

17. “Chanclas” (46-8).
Why does Esperanza focus on her shoes and feet? Do they keep her from having a good time?
What do shoes or feet represent?

18. “Hips” (49-52).
Why and how does this vignette use the italicized rhyming? What’s the effect? What is the content of the rhyme?
Does Esperanza want hips? Why?
Why are hips significant? What difference between Nenny and Esperanza is highlighted?

19. “The First Job” (53-5). How does Esperanza get the job?
How old is she?
What happens to Esperanza at her job?
What is her reaction? Yours?
Why does the vignette end where it does? What is implied? What is left unwritten?

20. “Sire” (72-3).
Who is Sire? What do we know about him? What does Esperanza feel about him?
Why does Esperanza have “to prove to me I wasn’t scared of nobody’s eyes, not even his”? (72). What is scary about Sire’s eyes?
What does Esperanza imply about Lois? (73). What about Lois interests Esperanza?

21. The House on Mango Street
One of the major theme concepts of HOMS is sex. Not necessarily the physical action, but the way that women on Mango Street are treated sexually, as well as Esperanza’s trip through puberty and development as a woman.
In “The Family of Little Feet” the girls find themselves the target of all sorts unwanted sexual attention after putting on heels.
In “The First Job” Esperanza is forcibly kissed by a coworker.
In “Sire” an older boy leers at Esperanza Homework 

22. “The Family of Little Feet” (39)
Friday Homework:
Vignette
Evidence
Explanation
“The Family of Little Feet” (39)
“Chanclas” (46)
“The First Job” (53)
“Sire” (72) OR “Hips” (49)
Theme Concept
Sex/Sexuality
Theme Statement