1. Do Now: Take out a new page of notes & HOMS

2. September 15, 2017
Objective: to familiarize ourselves with MLA format and solidify chapters 1-6
Opening: MLA citation
Work Period: Free Write (G & A), Check HW
Closing: Review answers, notes

3. “What’s in a Name?” Project due
Homework
“What’s in a Name?” Project due
Tuesday 9/19

4. MLA Citations Book: Website:
If you did not create the information yourself, you must give credit to who did!
Book:
Last name, first name. Title of Book. Publisher, Publication date.
Website:
Last name, first name. “Title of Article.” Name of Website. Accessed 14
September 2017.
HOMS, Onions ex

5. Book & Website Example
Cisneros, Sandra. The House on Mango Street. Vintage Books, 1984.
Klein, Joanna. “Why Onions Make You Cry.” The New York Times.
Accessed 15 September 2017.

6. Up Next... G - Free Write, “Queen of “Cats” HW, “Good Day”
A - Free Write, “Good Day” HW
C - “Good Day” HW

7. Free Write (G & A) “People Like Us”
Think about people you enjoy spending time with: family, friends. If you were to talk about yourselves as a collective group, how would you describe it? Consider things you enjoy doing, how you present yourselves, etc.

8. “Cathy Queen of Cats”
Esperanza says, “In the meantime they’ll just have to move a little farther north from Mango Street, a little farther away every time people like us keep moving in.” Who are “people like us?”
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Do you predict Esperanza is going to pursue a friendship with Cathy? Why or why not?
What kind of effect could a relationship with Cathy have on Esperanza
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9. _____________________________________________________________________
“Our Good Day”
How do the titles of these two chapters alone reveal different tones?
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Esperanza says, “Cathy is tugging at my arm and I know whatever I do next will make her mad forever.” What does Esperanza’s decision reveal about her character?
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Compare the relationship between Esperanza & Cathy with the relationship between Esperanza, Rachel, and Lucy. Consider their upbringings, what they talk about, and what they do. “Star” the one that is healthier (create a T-Chart).