1. Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida By victor Martinez
Bell Work
Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida
By victor Martinez

2. Chapter 1 – Bell Work
Write a 3-5 sentence summary of what you read about in chapter 1 of parrot in the oven: Mi vida.

3. Chapter 2 Prep – Bell Work
Create vocabulary maps for the words found in chapter 2:
Indignant (pg. 32)
Haranguing (pg. 40)

4. Bell Work
Chapter 2 review
chapter 3 prep
Update Your “How Writing Strategies Create Characters” Chart with information from chapters 1-2.
Create vocabulary maps for the words found in chapter 3:
Boring (pg. 50)
Reservoir (pg. 50)

5. Bell Work Create vocabulary maps for the words found in chapter 4:
Chapter 3 Review
Chapter 4 Prep
Write a response for the following journal prompt on your Evernote account: Manny’s History teacher, Mr. Hart, generously offers to help Manny. Has anyone unexpectedly offered to help you in some way? Did you accept the offer? Why or why not?
Create vocabulary maps for the words found in chapter 4:
nonchalant (pg. 53)
confiscate (pg. 65)

6. Bell Work Create vocabulary maps for the words found in chapter 5:
Chapter 4 review
Chapter 5 Prep
In Chapter Four: "The Bullet," we discover the meaning of the book's title.
Is el perico an accurate description of Manny?
Is it ironic that Manny's father calls him this?
In what ways is Manny trusting or not trusting?
How does Manny become wiser in the course of the novel?
What light does the title's significance shed on Manny's relationship with his father and on his father's personality?
Create vocabulary maps for the words found in chapter 5:
hoisted (pg. 70)
feigning (pg. 76)

7. Chapter 5 review – Bell Work
Update Your “How Writing Strategies Create Characters” Chart with information from chapters 3-5.
Whom do you see as the head of the Hernandez household? In discussing this, consider episodes described in Chapters 4 and 5, when Mrs. Hernandez allows her abusive husband to be taken to jail but anxiously awaits his return.
Is there a bread-winner in this family?
Does the Hispanic culture have an influence on who assumes the role of the family figurehead?
How does this affect Manny and his relationship with each of his parents?
Keeping in mind all the situations in the year that the novel spans, who is the family's decision-maker?

8. Chapter 6 Prep – Bell Work
Create vocabulary maps for the words found in chapter 6:
flanges (pg. 84)
haughtily (pg. 90)

9. Bell Work Create vocabulary maps for the words found in chapter 7:
Chapter 6 review
Chapter 7 Prep
Write a response for the following journal prompt on your Evernote account: Magda gets into an argument with Mom because she feels that Mom is trying to tell her what to do with her life. What is something you and your family disagree about? Why?
Create vocabulary maps for the words found in chapter 7:
mangling (pg. 103)

10. Chapter 7 review – Bell Work
Update Your “How Writing Strategies Create Characters” Chart with information from chapter 7.

11. Chapter 8 Prep – Bell Work
Create vocabulary maps for the words found in chapter 8:
smidgen (pg. 129)
cajole (pg. 136)

12. Bell Work Create vocabulary maps for the words found in chapter 9:
Chapter 8 review
Chapter 9 Prep
Are you surprised by Mr. Hernandez's compassion at the conclusion of the "Family Affair" chapter, which details Magda's miscarriage? Why or why not?
Do you think that Mrs. Hernandez and Manny's worry was necessary?
Create vocabulary maps for the words found in chapter 9:
predicament (pg. 147)
listlessly (pg. 150)

13. Chapter 9 review – Bell Work
Update Your “How Writing Strategies Create Characters” Chart with information from chapters 8-9.
Write a response for the following journal prompt on your Evernote account: Manny feels both nervous and excited about going to Dorothy’s party. Has there ever been a time when you felt both nervous and excited about something you were going to do?

14. Chapter 10 Prep – Bell Work
Create vocabulary maps for the words found in chapter 10:
twined (pg. 160)
mustiness (pg. 167)

15. Bell Work Chapter 10 review Chapter 11 Prep
Overflowing with figurative language, Parrot in the Oven is "a whirlwind of surprising similes and inventive turns of phrase".
How does Martinez's rich language make Manny's story more poignant?
Did the language enrich your reading of this novel?
What are some of the most memorable metaphors and images in the novel?
Do you notice any recurring metaphors?
Create vocabulary maps for the words found in chapter 11:
squelched (pg. 173)
halfheartedly (pg. 179)

16. Chapter 11 review – Bell Work
Update Your “How Writing Strategies Create Characters” Chart with information from chapters
Write a response for the following journal prompt on your Evernote account: When Manny sees his sisters asleep on the couch, he says that he’ll never see anything so wondrous as that. Describe an experience that has made you appreciate someone more.