Foul Shots By Rogelio R. Gomez.

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Foul Shots By Rogelio R. Gomez

Warm Up Activity Think of your past. Is there an incident that you wish you could have stood up for yourself or been more assertive towards the person who looked down on you? Explain. How do we view ourselves? Is it influenced by other’s opinion of us or what associations we have? Explain.

Making Predictions Based on the title and our discussions, what do you think the story is going to be about?

Annotations Summarize Predict Ask questions Make comments

Discussion Questions Based on the story, what does it mean to be American? How does stereotyping affect each group? Compare the “tv mothers.” The TV mother in the story and a TV mother today. Draw a plot diagram and explain the conflict.