Chapters 11-15
What theme is presented in Chapter 11? How?
What are the four components that belong in your introduction?
1. Who/What
2. Context/Background info
3. Central Idea
4. Big Claim
What are the five components of a body paragraph?
1. Mini-claim
2. Evidence 1
3. Reasoning 1
4. Evidence 2
5. Reasoning 2
Correct this sentence: odilia and her sisters find a dead man in the rio grande.
Odilia and her sisters find a dead man in the Rio Grande.
What do you need to earn 5 points for Writing Quality in each paragraph?
Well-organized, complete sentences, correct grammar, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and transitions.
What theme is presented in Chapter 12?
"Anything is possible when people work together." It is shown when the girls sing Mama's lullaby to defeat the Nagual.
What needs to be included in your who/what sentence? What needs to be included in your context?
Who/What:
1. Title
2. Author
3. Genre
Context:
1. Description of the genre
Evidence:
What is the purpose of including evidence in your body paragraphs? Why do you need it?
The purpose of including evidence is to prove the claim. It is needed because it is a concrete example of what the writer is trying to prove.
Correct this sentence: the five sisters odilia juanita lety irene and pilar go on a journey to mexico.
The five sisters, Odilia, Juanita, Velia, Delia, and Pita, go on a journey to Mexico.
Why would someone earn 2 points for their mini-claim in either body paragraph?
Claim is vague or somewhat off-topic.
What theme is presented in Chapter 13?
"Anything is possible when people work together." This is shown when the girls work together to attack and kill the lechuzas.
What are the four components that you need to have in your conclusion paragraph?
1. Restated Big Claim
2. Summary of Main Points
3. Significance/Big Picture
4. Closing Sentence
What should the first sentence of your reasoning do? What should the second sentence of your reasoning do?
First sentence: Explains what the evidence means.
Second sentence: Explains why the evidence matters.
Correct this sentence: odilia is the oldest sister she often feels responsible for her siblings.
Odilia is the oldest sister, and she often feels responsible for her siblings.
What do you need to earn the full 2 points for context?
Provides background information of the genre.
What theme is presented in Chapter 14?
"Things are not always as they appear." This is shown when Chencho betrays the girls trust and turns into the chupacabras.
"Anything is possible when people work together." This is shown when the girls work together to fight off Chencho.
Should your restated claim also include a summary of body paragraph 1 and body paragraph 2? Why or why not?
NO! Your restated claim should not include any specific details stated in your body paragraphs because your summary of main points will address it.
Does the evidence support the claim? Why or why not?
The theme "things are not always as they appear" is evident in Chapter 12 when the girls face the Nagual. On page 191 it says, "I reached over to block Pita's sight with my hands, but she pushed me away and stood staring at the gore before without so much as a single tear in her eye." This shows that things are not always as they appear because Pita is not scared anymore.
No, the evidence does not support the claim. It does not show a distinct moment where the girls are deceived by the way something looks.
Correct this sentence: the sisters encounter dangerous creatures, they must work together to survive.
The sisters encounter dangerous creatures, so they must work together to survive.
If you paraphrase (put in your own words) evidence from the text, can you still earn full points for the evidence?
NO! The expectation is that the evidence is cited directly from the text with quotation marks, exact wording, and page numbers.
What theme is presented in Chapter 15?
"Anything is possible when people work together." This is shown when the girls work together to get Pita to Abuelita's house after being attacked by the chupacabras.
Write a claim answering the essay question: What themes are evident in the text? How do they develop over time?
The themes ________________ and _______________________ are evident in the text and develop when the girls meet new ____________ and face new ________________.
Correct the reasoning:
The theme "anything is possible when people work together," is evident in Chapter 12 when the girls defeat the Nagual. In the text on page 189 it says, "He sat up and began to retreat, crawling on hands and knees to the far end of the cave to get away from us, and so we kept singing." This shows that the nagual was crawling away from the girls.
This shows that the power of the sisters working together caused the Nagual such intense distress that he felt like he needed to escape from them. Before they started working together to defeat him, it was almost certain they would die, but because anything is possible when people work together, the girls were able to survive and take down the Nagual.
Correct all the errors in this sentence from The Summer of the Mariposas:
odilia and her sisters was traveling to mexico they wanted to return the dead mans body to his family but the journey were dangerous they encountered strange creatures and faced many challenges, odilia felt responsible for her sisters she knew they had to stay together if they wanted to make it home safely
Odilia and her sisters were traveling to Mexico. They wanted to return the dead man’s body to his family, but the journey was dangerous. They encountered strange creatures and faced many challenges. Odilia felt responsible for her sisters, and she knew they had to stay together if they wanted to make it home safely.
What is the difference between the summary of main points and the significance/big picture in the conclusion paragraph?
Summary of main points: summarizes the themes and their development.
Significance/Big Picture: explains why the themes are important in the story.