Thursday, October 23, 2008

pOst # 5 on book

5 comments
-Her mom gets a job to support them
-This chpater is basically about indepedance
-This chapter starts off with the family prepareing themselfs for a hurricane
-In this chapter Esmeralda does soemthing her mom wouldnt approve of
-Her brother got into an accident with a bike
4 questions
-Why did everyone in the neighborhood not aprove of Esmeraldas mom getting a job?
-Why did Esmeralda and her friend Tato show there preivate parts to each other? (they are to young)
-How old is she in this chapter?
-Did she really know how babies are made?
3 vocabulary
socles-A plain square block higher than a plinth, serving as a pedestal for sculpture, a vase, or a column.
variscose- pertaining to or affected with varices, which often affect the superficial portions of the lower limbs.
striated-marked with striae; furrowed; striped; streaked.
2 literary terms
-'our neighbors houses looming like ghosts in light fog' over exageration ( i forgot the literary term that means that)
'Fine if you want to ride on that stupid bike then go ahead, but when mami gets home...' forshadowing
1 overview sentence
This chapter is about how her mother gets a job and how Esmeralda finds out shes going to be seƱorita.

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