What's in a Name?
Respect Your Squad
It's Raining Cats and Dogs!
Scavenger Hunt
Complete the Sentence
100
This name, which belongs to the narrator of the text, means "hope."
What is Esperanza?
100
When a signal is given, it should take no more than this number of seconds for the class to quiet down and direct their attention toward Ms. Smith.
What is 3-5?
100
This adjective describes the color that the narrator has attributed to her name.
What is muddy?
100
You can find your bell-ringer and return your bell-ringer in these two locations. Name both!
What are the OutBox and the InBox?
100
"I have inherited her ____________, but I do not want to inherit her place by the ______________."
What is name; window
200
This name belongs to the Mexican-American author of The House on Mango Street.
What is Sandra Cisneros?
200
Ms. Smith enforces a strict "No Snitch Zone." However, there is a significant difference between snitching on someone in the middle of class for talking out of turn, and informing Ms. Smith, in private, of a serious concern or conflict you have with another student. With your team, think of at least one example of an instance in which it's okay to talk to Ms. Smith about the actions of another student.
What is anything that threatens your physical safety, your general wellbeing, or your ability to succeed in class.
200
This metaphor is used to represent the freedom that the narrator's great-grandmother used to have, before she got married.
What is a "wild horse"?
200
When you return from an absence, it is your responsibility to retrieve your work from this location.
What is the rainbow box?
200
In Spanish, "Esperanza" means _________, and "esperar" means ________________.
What is hope; to wait
300
These TWO names belong to the sister of the narrator.
What are Magdalena and Nenny?
300
Name two ways we can show respect to our fellow squad members, when they are speaking or reading in front of the class?
Any two of the following: eyes on them, ears open, mouth closed, body turned toward them if necessary.
300
These two words, used in a simile, represent the great-grandmother's loss of freedom.
What is a fancy chandelier?
300
Not bringing your notebook to class means you are not prepared, and you will therefore lose participation points. However, you will still be required to participate in class by retrieving paper from this location.
What is the Community Paper Bin?
300
"I would like to ____________ myself under a new name, a name more like the real me, the one nobody sees."
What is baptize?
400
The narrator states that these THREE names would be a better representation of her identity than the name Esperanza.
What are Maritza, Lisandra, and Zeze the X.
400
Because our class has focused so much on the importance of respecting others' names, it's especially important that we eliminate this type of language from our classroom and school culture. To be clear, I am looking for a TYPE of word, not SPECIFIC words.
Any language that is hateful, or has the potential to offend, hurt, or disrespect yourself, your peers, or your teacher.
400
Esperanza states that when people at school say her name, it sounds like this metal is scraping the roofs of their mouths.
What is tin?
400
If you choose to leave your notebook with me, I will put it in this location at the beginning of class. Unless I instruct you to take it home for homework, you will return your notebook to this same location at the end of class.
What is the little black table?
400
"She was a horse woman too, born like me in the Chinese year of the ________________"
What is horse?
500
This word is a name that refers to a smaller piece of a larger work.
What is a vignette?
500
Give kudos to a classmate at another table, to recognize a contribution they've made to class.
:D
500
The narrator states that women "sit their sadness" on this body part.
What is an elbow?
500
Ms. Smith is committed to respecting you and your personal property, and she will do everything in her power to make sure school always feels like a safe place. In return, she asks that you do not go behind or take anything from this location, unless given specific instructions to do so.
What is Smitty's desk?
500
Beyoncé, in her infinite flawlessness, epically drops a _____________ on the floor at the beginning of the music video for "Partition." #flawless #AllHailQueenBey
What is a napkin? #flawless
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