Warm-Up Correct these sentences-12 errors: (apostrophe, colon, periods, comma, words often confused, homophone) derricks father carried the dog home at 930 AM and then he began to bathe it naomi please get off of that table and set hear by the window *Don’t forget your homework is due Friday!

Literary Narrative Using your cross finish your introduction Make sure your foldable has your name on it, put the prompt inside and TURN IT IN!

My Mother Pieced Quilts The speaker uses images of quilts and quilting to show connections both to her mother and to her heritage as a Mexican American We’re going to read the poem aloud Put a * to signal striking or interesting images A ? To signal a line that is puzzling or to note a question in the margin A ! To indicate a personal connection to the poem

My Mother Pieced Quilts Read the poem again to yourself draw an illustration for one stanza which you will then share with a partner partner discussion: Why is this memory significant to the speaker? How does the poet use imagery to convey the significance of the memory?

My Mother Pieced Quilts Identify: Topic of the poem Purpose of the poem Occasion

My Mother Pieced Quilts You need yellow, green & orange highlighters Reread the poem Identify the following in the stanza you are assigned: Nouns—yellow Verbs—green Adjectives—orange

My Mother Pieced Quilts Choose three of the words you highlighted Using these words give 3 synonyms for each (you may use a thesaurus) With a partner explain why you think Acosta chose the particular word she did rather than one of the synonyms Explain how the poem would be affected if Acosta had used one of the synonyms

My Mother Pieced Quilts Pick the most significant word in the poem regardless of its part of speech, and discuss why you think this one word is so important Answer questions 3-4 on page 9 with your partner

Vocabulary section of your notebook Academic Vocabulary Vocabulary section of your notebook Divide it in half Left side=word Right side=definition

Your own quilt piece Brainstorm a list of significant experiences from your childhood that SYMBOLIZE who you are as a person Choose one to develop Be sure the one you choose captures the essence of your character It needs to be neat and colorful These will be hung on the wall to create a Class Quilt!