1. By Gary Soto

2. Honesty What does it mean? Who or what has this quality? How does one learn this?

3. Dishonesty What does it mean? Who or what has this quality? How does one learn this?

4. 1. Two of the words are adjectives that describe people. One is positive. The other is negative. What are they? Because the teacher was ____________ that Robert was not a ____________ boy, she believed him when he said he had not broken the window. deceitful privacy mimicked fidgetedwrongdoingconfident

5. 2. Two of the words are abstract nouns. One names a state or condition. The other names an action. What are they? Maria was furious with her mother. She didn’t think it was a ___________ for her to simply want the ____________ of her own room. deceitful privacy mimicked fidgetedwrongdoingconfident

6. 3. Two of the words are verbs. One, you probably do when you’re nervous. The other you might do when you admire someone. What are they? Fausto _____________ in his seat at the talent show. He sure hoped he ____________ his idol well enough that everyone would recognize who he was trying to be. deceitful privacy mimicked fidgetedwrongdoingconfident

8. How do you predict the conversation will go between Fausto and his mother? Read pages 136-137 to find out.

9.  Certain details in the story are clues and making connections between the clues allows readers to predict outcomes as they read. For example:  Wondering how he could get enough money to get a guitar  This dog looked like h e belonged to rich people.  We can predict that Fausto may use the opportunity of meeting rich people to get money for a guitar.

10.  What outcomes are you able to predict based on these details:  It took three hours to find one little job.  He only earned a quarter and an orange. These details help us to predict that Fausto needs another way to earn money.

11.  What does Fausto want most of all?  Do you think Fausto is being dishonest? Why or why not?  What do you think the dog owners think of Fausto? How do they treat him?

12.  Writers often give readers time clues to help readers see how much times goes by. Keeping track of the passage of time is important to understanding the sequence of events in a story. For example, Soto gives at least three time clues on page 141:  His mother called him to dinner.  The next day…  Eight o’clock Mass

13.  Use the authors clues about time to determine tow exact points in the story where new days begin.

14.  Why did Fausto give the money to the church?  How will Fausto learn to play the guitar?  How do you think Fausto might have felt if he hadn’t gotten the guitar after all?

15.  Choose one or more of the following from pages 144-145:  Clusters Around Characters  How Can I Get…?  What Did Fausto Find? Then answer the following questions… 1. Why is getting his grandfather’s guitar so important to Fausto? 2. What is the most important decision Fausto made in this selection?

16.  Does Gary Soto want his readers to predict that Fausto will learn to play the guitar? Fill in the chart with clues from each category… Prediction: Fausto will learn to play the guitar. Character Clues Story CluesPersonal Experience

17.  Fausto was a Mexican American teenager.  Fausto wanted a guitar.  Fausto, a Mexican American teenager, wanted a guitar.

18.  Fausto is a teenager.  He lives in Fresno, California.  ____________________________________ ____________________________________

19.  Fausto’s father is a warehouseman.  He does not earn a lot of money.  ____________________________________ ____________________________________

20.  Lawrence is Fausto’s older brother.  Lawrence likes to read.  ____________________________________ ____________________________________

21.  Handout: LAB pages 56 & 58

22. What purpose do the apostrophes serve in this sentence? Fausto’s riding his sister’s bike. Fausto’s --- Fausto is sister’s --- the bike belonging to his sister.

23.  Couldn’t___________________  ‘bout___________________  Can’t___________________  We’ll___________________  Fausto’s ___________________  Dog’s ___________________  He’d ___________________  What’s___________________  There’s ___________________

24.  Transparency 2-6  Handout: LAB pages 59 & 63