Reading 1
What kind of plot is used in Abuela Invents the Zero? Linear or non-linear?
Pay no attention to someone or something
What is ignore?
Sonya stood at the door for a long time, trying to gather the courage to join the party.
What can we infer about Sonya?
She is shy
The two types of characterization
What are direct and indirect?
Why does Connie not help her grandmother?
She is too embarrassed and self-conscious to help her
What is Connie's attitude towards her grandmother?
Connie feels annoyed by her grandmother
The way someone behaves
What is conduct?
Joe walked up to the new boy in class and said, "Welcome. I hope you like it here."
What can we infer about Joe?
He is friendly/kind
The 5 types of indirect characterization
What are thoughts, speech, actions, relationships, and looks?
How does Connie feel in this situation?
"I keep my head down like I'm praying so as not to be seen."
Embarrassed
What is Connie's impression of her grandmother?
She thinks she looks ridiculous / embarassing
"I would have," he said, "but my phone was stolen."
What is dialogue?
Who is Candy?
Gloria was driving around the neighborhood and every block she'd stop the car, hold her head out of the door, whistle, and call out "Candy! Candy! Come here girl!" Then she'd start the car again and slowly drive, looking around from left to right. Curtis sat in the passenger seat. "How many times have I told you to make sure that you shut and lock the door?" Gloria reprimanded Curtis. Curtis sighed. He felt bad.
A dog
Narrator telling
What is direct characterization?
What technique is used in this sentence?
"But I guess she deserves some kind of award for having had ten kids and survived to tell about it."
What is sarcasm?
How does Connie's father convince her to take her grandmother to church?
He refuses to let her borrow his car unless she takes her
"Gee, thanks for all the homework," the students said to the teacher.
What is sarcasm?
What happened to Candy?
Gloria was driving around the neighborhood and every block she'd stop the car, hold her head out of the door, whistle, and call out "Candy! Candy! Come here girl!" Then she'd start the car again and slowly drive, looking around from left to right. Curtis sat in the passenger seat. "How many times have I told you to make sure that you shut and lock the door?" Gloria reprimanded Curtis. Curtis sighed. He felt bad.
She escaped from the house
"Even the smallest change to her routine would send Violet into a spiral of despair and panic."
Violet is apprehensive / anxious / a worrier.
What does this tell us about Connie's character?
"I try to walk far behind them in public so that no one will think we're together."
Self-centered, insecure
How does Connie feel at the end of the story?
She feels guilty
An unwillingness to do something
What is reluctance?
Why does Curtis feel bad?
Gloria was driving around the neighborhood and every block she'd stop the car, hold her head out of the door, whistle, and call out "Candy! Candy! Come here girl!" Then she'd start the car again and slowly drive, looking around from left to right. Curtis sat in the passenger seat. "How many times have I told you to make sure that you shut and lock the door?" Gloria reprimanded Curtis. Curtis sighed. He felt bad.
He accidentally let Candy escape
Turn this sentence into a sentence with indirect characterization:
"Brett was the smartest boy in the class."
Example:
While other students were still learning to add and subtract, Brett had already mastered advanced differentials.
"I can't bring myself to tell my mother that I think I understand how I made Abuela feel. I might be sent into the old lady's room to apologize, and it's not easy to admit you've been a jerk."
She's stubborn. She knows she did something wrong but does not want to apologize for it.