pOst # 3 On 'When i was puerto rican'

5 cOmments
-Esmeralda liked her teacher Miss Jimenez
-Esmeralda always does what her mother ask of her
-The time is during the voteing month
-Americans came to P.R to teach the mothers on health and nutrition
-Esmeralda doesnt want to be an americano
4 questions
-Why doesnt Esmeralda want to become american?
-Why is gringo inpolite?
-Does she liked the food?
-Why did she throw up the food ?
3 vocabulary
nicked-To cut a nick or notch in.
phonetically-pertaining to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols
exasperated- to irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely
2 literary terms
'her legs were shaped like chiken drumsticks' simile
' i liked thinking of our island as a women whose body was a garden of flowers' personafication
1 overview sentence
This chapter is about how the Americans come to P.R to teach them about good health and nutrition