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Genevieve goes back to school for the first time after the accident. When she arrives, people come towards her and say how sorry they are or tell something to try to make her feel better when it doesn't.
I can't relate to this because I never got these kind of words from other people trying to make me feel better. Like "sorry for your lost" or "I miss them too".

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Genevieve is going through hard times and is having a lot of pressure. She is at Utah with her dad and her step mom. Her stepmom introduces Genevieve to other people and she gets to know them a lot.
I don't relate to this because I never really got to know people when I visited my grandparents for a month. While I was on summer break, other kids at Korea were still in school. So I couldn't meet new people. I only got to know some of my moms friends. I also can't relate to this because I didn't go to a place to just get my mind off something.

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Halley, Elliot, and Genevieve were planning for a Fourth of July  party. But Genevieve was starting to look back at the past when she was with her boyfriend. Halley played a song on her phone which was by her boyfriend that was made for her. She wasn't feeling well, so she ran off, leaving Halley and Elliot in surprise.
"This song is called 'By My Side.' It's a rock ballad, a mix of him playing piano and guitar. He wrote back when he was sixteen. He wrote it for me... 'I'll be right back.' Grabbing my purse, I jump up from the table where we're working and dart out of the staff lounge."

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Right now, there is one main conflict that is occurring in the book. Their parents are still missing and they still don't know why. They talk about what might have caused them to leave or been suicide, but they still have no clue why. This effects the characters because they think that if they tell someone about this, they will cause more scenes and it won't turn out better.

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In David's family, there were rules that they all had to keep. One of them was no one-on-one dates or group-date. There were also curfews in the house.
I don't relate to this because my family and I don't have a specific rule we have to keep. We know that we won't try to do anything bad and think before we do something.

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I was able to accomplish my fourth goal. I was able to understand a little more of what I was reading. Me next goal is to not get distracted by anything and to put all focus when reading. I chose this goal because I sometimes end up getting distracted and not reading when I'm suppose to.

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Mins: 45 mins
Pages: 45 pages
How I felt reading: I was focused much more than the last times I read this book.
Did I reach my goal? Yes

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Genevieve's step mom offers a volunteer job to Genevieve for her to do during the summer. Genevieve accepts that and meets two people people who becomes her friends. One of the person is someone who she met when she was going on hike. This volunteer job gets some what of Genevieve's mind on the accident away.
"I could use a reliable volunteer if you're interested. We just had another one quit." -page 135
"This is Halley. She's a student park guide, and this is her third summer as a Zion staff member." -page 139
" 'How do you know Elliot?' Halley's voice takes on a playful tone. 'I ran into him earlier in the week when I was running.' " -page 145

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I like the setting of the book that the author chose so far. I don't like how the process of the book is a little slow. I think the author could've picked up the pace of the story. I recommend this book to people worried about the same idea as the characters in the book because I think they'll have the same idea with the characters. And the characters will later show the results of what happened to them and what might happened to them if they keep on thinking about the same thing.

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David and his sister worry about their parents being actually gone. They are both a little bit scared that they might not find their parents. I can't relate to this because I never worried about this and had this kind of feeling before. Like knots in my stomach.

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Mins: 17 mins
Pages: 12 mins
How I felt reading today: I only had a short amount of time to read today. I tried to understand what I'm reading slowly.
Did I reach my goal? No

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I predict that David's parents are going to be missing and him and his sister will go and find them. It predict this way because when David and his sister Mara arrived home, they suspected something weird. Like the phones, rooms, notes, and a missing suitcase.

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This Side of Salvation by Jeri Smith-Ready

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This Side of Salvation by Jeri Smith-Ready

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12/8/21

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David and Mara comes home safely, but suspects that something is off. They think that their parents are missing because of one suitcase missing and them not waiting for David and Mara to come back home. I don't relate to this because I never had this experience with my parents. My parents would tell me if they're not home the day before or in the morning.

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David and Mara goes to a pool party late at night and cops starts to come. David and Mara run as fast as they can and block the cops. I don't relate to this because I never had a cop trying o follow me or catch me.

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People comes to her house like cops, new writer, etc, to know what really happened because she was there. But Genevieve doesn't remember anything which her mom and her ignores them. But a cop keeps telling her to call the cop when she gets her memories back.

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Genevieve finally goes to school after her mom forced her. People at school stares at her and whispers about her with their friends. Some people even comes up to her saying they're sorry for her lost and that her boyfriend was very important to them too. Genevieve doesn't like this because if they say "sorry for your lost," she's not going to say thank you or feel better.
"I know everyone misses him. I know they feel bad. But what am I supposed to say to all these people? Thank you? Me too? I'm sorry I didn't die instead of him?"

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Mins: 40 mins
Pages: 20
How I felt reading today: I didn't understand what I was reading, so I started reading from the beginning again which helped me.
Did I reach my goal? No

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Response number 4 -This is How it Happened

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Response number 4 -This is How it Happened

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An interesting topic that is presented in my book is to not keep something from anyone or lie to anyone. If you do, it will only make you feel bad. I learned to always tell the truth to the people I trust and believes in me. In this book it tells the whole media about the truth too, but I don't need to tell the truth to the people I don't know. I'm still wondering about this topic if there is several ways to come out of your secret zone and be able to tell what has been happening. This topic impacted the story by Genevieve lying to everyone and later overcoming the big step by talking to people and telling the truth.

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Genevieve couldn't handle with the mean comments about Brad Freeman and her causing more scenes. She later, decides that telling the truth would make some people a little better and it would make her feel more light with not a lot of pressure. She tells Dallas's parents, Brad, Meghan, Chris, and her parents. This gave her a chance to speak up and be confident. Yet, the comments wouldn't stop. It was about Genevieve now, but she didn't care much about it because she thought that she deserved it and she agrees with them.
"I bet #GenevieveGrace swerved into the car on purpose because #DallasKade dumped her for #RealAnnikaLux."
"idk, but either way #GenevieveGrace should be arrested. She killed someone and then lied about it!"

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Genevieve had been called names after people read the truth from Chris's article. There were many bad names that she called, but Genevieve didn't care much. I don't relate to this because I have never been called in a bad name where I was hurt in the moment.

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Genevieve is now telling to the truth to Brad Freeman about the accident, and that it was her fault who caused the scene. She also tells the news writer and Genevieve doesn't care much about what she is going to be called. She noticed that apologizing and telling the truth is the right thing than worrying about what you will be called as.
I can relate to this because you can't always be a liar, and if you do, the truth will always come out. Once, I kept a secret to myself that hurt me a lot back in sixth grade. I was treated differently from my friends and they would exclude me from most things. My parents asked 'How was your day' I would always response with good. But soon, I couldn't handle it anymore and told my parents the truth of what has been going through me.

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Mins: 36 mins
Pages: 44 pages
How I felt reading today: Today, I could really feel what the character is feeling. The confidence and nervousness of the main character.
Did I reach my goal? Yes, I was able to read a good amount of time.

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I think the theme or the main idea of the book is to not keep something a secret if it's really bothering you. When you have something that makes you think over and over again, you need to tell someone and tell the truth. This will make you feel a lot better. Genevieve doesn't tell the truth to anyone except for Elliot. But talking through the situations with Elliot, makes her and Elliot think to tell the truth to the people is right. You shouldn't care what people will view you as. The only think to worry about is yourself not being able to handle something that needs to be let out.

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Genevieve is still having a hard time and she now remembers what really happened in the accident. She doesn't tell the truth to anyone to reveal anything that she actually killed her boyfriend. She is so scared and really sorry that she did it. But Elliot comes to Genevieve and comforts her when he found that She was going through a tough time. People are still making news of her, Dallas (Genevieve's boyfriend), and Brad Freeman (who Genevieve crashed into during the accident).
"When you start to doubt yourself, remember the gym. You did better than you expected. Everyone is capable of more than they know. Second, the whole world is not going to hate you. Some people will understand why you remained quiet. Thos people will respect you for coming forward."

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After some time, Elliot, one of the person that her step mom introduced, and Genevieve her having a good relationship. Genevieve think that he doesn't know what is going through her right now, but eventually he does and supports Genevieve. He helps her, comforts her, and is always next to her. I relate to this because whenever I have hard times or get a lot of stress on things, I cry and someone is always next to me to talk through and comfort me.

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Mins: 39 mins
Pages: 45 pages
How I felt reading: I was really focused than on Friday.
Did I reach my goal today? Yes, I read a good amount of pages today and I think I accomplished my goal.

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Genevieve is very careful and kind, but also very scared of what will happen to her. She is very believable and she seems real. I don't connect with the narrator which creates more window scenes than mirror scenes.

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Genevieve is not able to handle with all the attention from the people at school, they make her feel uncomfortable and not want to response to them. Genevieve is just getting used to her normal life again, but she gets attention wherever she goes.
"But some people really suck. This girl in third hour took my picture to post on her KadetKorps blog and then this boy asked me if I had any Dallas memorabilia he could sell on eBay."

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Genevieve went through an accident and got hurt, while her boyfriend had past away. I have never experienced this before and never lost someone important.

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Mins: 21 mins
Pages: 15 pages
How I felt reading: I felt a bit distracted today and I couldn't read much because of that.
Did I reach my goal today? No, I barely read and kept on getting distracted.

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Mins: 35 mins
Pages: 36 pages
How I felt reading: I understood every part of what I was reading today that I could see things in my mind of what happened.
Did I reach my goal today? A little bit. I want to read more and I think I can read more than this.

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Mins: 25 mins
Pages: 20 pages
How I felt reading: I was more focused because it was very quite.
Did I reach my goal? Not really, I think I could've read a bit longer than 25 mins.

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I was able to accomplish my third goal. I read for a longer amount of time and read whenever I had time.
My next goal is to understand more of what I'm reading by either slowing down the pace or by re-reading.
I chose this goal because I sometimes lose my focus and I don't know what I'm reading about.

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Minutes: 27 mins
Pages: 21 pages
How I felt reading today: I was interested in my book and I felt like I slowed down my reading pacing today.

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Based on the following section, compare Lois and Esperanza: “She’s got big girl hands, and her bones are long like ladies’ bones, and she wears makeup too. But she doesn’t know how to tie her shoes. I do” (House on Mango Street, p. 73). 

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Based on the following section, compare Lois and Esperanza: “She’s got big girl hands, and her bones are long like ladies’ bones, and she wears makeup too. But she doesn’t know how to tie her shoes. I do” (House on Mango Street, p. 73). 

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Lois doesn't know how to tie her shoes, but Esperanza does. Esperanza doesn't doesn't have big girl hands, long bones like ladies' bones, and she doesn't wear makeup like Lois does.

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Explain what Esperanza means based on the following section: “Not this way, every evening talking to the trees, learning out my window, imagining what I can’t see” (House on Mango Street, p. 73).  

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Explain what Esperanza means based on the following section: “Not this way, every evening talking to the trees, learning out my window, imagining what I can’t see” (House on Mango Street, p. 73).  

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This symbolizes that Esperanza feels trapped. She is wanting to have an independent freedom, and a boyfriend. But she is stuck talking to the trees.

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"Everything is waiting to explode like Christmas" (House on Mango Street, p.73)

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"Everything is waiting to explode like Christmas" (House on Mango Street, p.73)

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Denotation- the annual christian festival celebrating Christ's birth, held on December 25 in the Western Church
Connotation- jealous, thrilling, angry
It is creating a negative mood in this phrase. This word added a anger that cannot be hidden. This tells the readers that Esperanza really wants to be all new and shiny. We can learn that Esperanza really wants to have a man that loves her.

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"The naked light bulb" (House on Mango Street, p.59)

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"The naked light bulb" (House on Mango Street, p.59)

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This is a personification. I know this because a light bulb cannot be naked. This is effective because it is telling us how dull the light bulb is. The author included this for us to visualize how the light bulb looks like. I understand that the light bulb is dull that there isn't much light for people to see.

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When Esperanza asks about a house, the witch lady says, "Ah, yes, a home in the heart. I see a home in the heart" (pg. 64). Explain what you believe this means. 

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When Esperanza asks about a house, the witch lady says, "Ah, yes, a home in the heart. I see a home in the heart" (pg. 64). Explain what you believe this means. 

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This means that she has love in her heart as long she had the people that are connected with her. As long as you have this, you will have a sense of home.

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The witch lady see jealousy and sorrow in Esperanza's cards. Why do you think these showed for Esperanza's future?

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The witch lady see jealousy and sorrow in Esperanza's cards. Why do you think these showed for Esperanza's future?

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I think the witch lady saw jealousy and sorrow in Esperanza's cards because of the stories of what happened to Esperanza in the past. Esperanza compares to other people and she feels sad about her Aunt Lupe.

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Dream #4 To have in contact with my friends in the future

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Dream #4 To have in contact with my friends in the future

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I really want to have a good friendship even when my friends and I are apart in the future. I will complete this by texting them once in a while and talk to them also.

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Dream #3 Winning fist place or first chair for flute

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Dream #3 Winning fist place or first chair for flute

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I have one 1st place a couple times in competitions and first chairs in orchestra and bands. This makes me keep on wanting to be first chair and winning 1st place. I will complete this task by working as much as I can and putting all my efforts into it.

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Dream #2 Getting all good scores for PSAT, ACT, and SAT

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Dream #2 Getting all good scores for PSAT, ACT, and SAT

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This inspired me because this will give effect the colleges I want to go to. I will complete this task by doing practice tests and studying what kind of questions there are.

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This inspired me because in order to go to college, I would have to graduate. I will accomplish this by completing everything I need to do in order to graduate highschool.

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There were some kids on Mr. Benny's roof. He asked them if they knew nothing better than swinging on a tree, and they responded by spitting. I can't relate to this because I know that this is very rude and disrespectful to do this. Also, if someone tells me to stop doing something, I would stop instantly before something gets bad.

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"Uh-oh, Nenny. Better get the broom. Too much trash in our yard today” (House On Mango Street, p. 37). 

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"Uh-oh, Nenny. Better get the broom. Too much trash in our yard today” (House On Mango Street, p. 37). 

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Denotation- discarded matter, refuse
Connotation- dirty, smelly, used, garbage
It is creating a negative mood in this phrase. The word added and the author used this word to tell the readers to show us that there are a lot of complains and upsetting things or mad things. Not real trash. We can learn that this is disrespectful and rude.

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"There are a million zillion kinds, says Nenny." (House On Mango Street, p.35)

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"There are a million zillion kinds, says Nenny." (House On Mango Street, p.35)

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This is a hyperbole. I know this because it's exaggerating.
This is effective because it helps the readers understand that there are many different kinds of clouds. The author included this to describe the different clouds in a different way. She used "a million zillions kinds" to exaggerate how many types of clouds there are. I understand that there are many types of clouds.

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"That one there. See that. That's God, Darius said." (House on Mango Street, p.34)

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"That one there. See that. That's God, Darius said." (House on Mango Street, p.34)

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This is a personification. I know this because a cloud cannot be God.
This is effective because it is saying how big the cloud looks like. The author included this to tell us in a different way of describing a cloud. I can picture a really big cloud that you can't even measure it.

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"The kids bend trees and bounce between cars and dangle upside down from knees and almost break like fancy museum vases you can't replace." (Mango Street, p. 29)

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"The kids bend trees and bounce between cars and dangle upside down from knees and almost break like fancy museum vases you can't replace." (Mango Street, p. 29)

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This is a simile. I know this because it's using like and is comparing the knees and a fancy museum vase you can't replace.
This is effective because it's saying how you can't replace the knees after breaking it. The author included this piece of figurative language because it's showing how it's not easy to replace the knee back. I can picture kids on the trees dangling down and almost breaking their knees.

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Is the name ­calling serious, meant to hurt each other's feelings, or is it just joking? Explain your opinion and use evidence. 

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Is the name ­calling serious, meant to hurt each other's feelings, or is it just joking? Explain your opinion and use evidence. 

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I think the name calling is serious and is meant to hurt each other's feelings. On page 37 Lucy, Rachel, and Esperanza gets in a fight. All of them gets mad at each other. Even though Lucy and Rachel said they're just joking, but we know that they aren't because Lucy and Rachel said they're not coming back ever again. They also say Nenny to clean the trash in the yard. They even describe Esperanza as a lump from the Cream of Wheat cereal. "You know what you are, Esperanza? You are like the Cream of Wheat cereal. You're like the lumps."

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Clouds have spiritual implications and meanings for Esperanza. How do the changing clouds represent the girls’ behavior in this chapter?

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Clouds have spiritual implications and meanings for Esperanza. How do the changing clouds represent the girls’ behavior in this chapter?

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The changing clouds represent the girls' behavior in this chapter by describing the clouds of what they think about Esperanza. They start off saying that even the all of the clouds are cumulus, they are different. For example, they say " There's that puffy cloud that looks like your face when you wake up after falling asleep with all your clothes on... Whose fat face? Esperanza's fat face, that's who. Looks like Esperanza's ugly face when she comes to school in the morning." The girls are not behaving well and is not being kind to Esperanza. They describe Esperanza as ugly clouds.

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"They are wearing shiny Sunday shoes without socks," (Mango Street, p.15)

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"They are wearing shiny Sunday shoes without socks," (Mango Street, p.15)

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Denotation- the day of the week before Monday and following Sunday, observed by Christians as a day of rest and religious worship and forming part of the weekend.
Connotation- day of the week, dressy day
This creates a negative mood because you don't wear Sunday shoes without socks. The author used this word and added this o the story to show us a specific shoe that is worn on Sundays. We learn that on Sundays we would dress nicely and put on socks when putting on shoes.

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Esperanza wanted to find a new friend at her new home. She didn't care what kind of friend they were; she just wanted a friend who she can spend time with. I can relate to this because when I moved every time, I wanted a friend. My other friends from the past was no longer living near me, so I wanted to find a friend who I can talk to and hang out all the time.

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"Their clothes are crooked and old," (Mango Street, p.14)

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"Their clothes are crooked and old," (Mango Street, p.14)

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Denotation- bent or twisted out of shape or out of place
Connotation- curvy, dirty
It is showing a negative mood because the clothes are out of shape. The author used the word to describe how old the clothes look like. It adds more details to the story. We learned that Lucy and Rachel were like Esperanza with their clothes first. Esperanza wasn't that rich and Lucy and Rachel wasn't either.

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"Not the shy ice cream bells' giggle of Rachel and Lucy's family" (Mango Street, p.17)

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"Not the shy ice cream bells' giggle of Rachel and Lucy's family" (Mango Street, p.17)

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This is a personification because it is giving an ice cream a human quality. A ice cream cannot be shy.
This is effective because it is giving a visualization of how Lucy and Rachel's family laughs like. The author included this because we know how people laugh in different ways. I can picture the family sitting together laughing hard.

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"It's like all of a sudden he let go a million moths all over the dusty furniture and swan-neck shadows and in our bones" (Mango Street, p.20)

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"It's like all of a sudden he let go a million moths all over the dusty furniture and swan-neck shadows and in our bones" (Mango Street, p.20)

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This sentence is a simile because it is using the word like. But also it's comparing the music box and a million moths being dusts.
This sentence is effective because it is describing dusts as million moths flying around all over the place. The author included this to make the writing more descriptive and to show how much dusts there were. this sentence helps me picture dusts all over the store making me cough.

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"Look at the house, I said, it looks like Mexico" (Mango Street, p. 18)

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"Look at the house, I said, it looks like Mexico" (Mango Street, p. 18)

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This sentence is a simile because it is comparing a house and Mexico and is using the word like.
This is effective because it is saying how the house looks like it's filled with Mexican cultures. The author included this piece of figurative language to make the readers think in a way for us to understand the meaning of this sentence. It helps me picture Esperanza thinking back to Mexico from looking at the house.

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FORMAT- "Sentence from the story" (Mango Street, p.#)

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FORMAT- "Sentence from the story" (Mango Street, p.#)

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What type of figurative language is the author using? Explain how you know this.
Why is it effective? Why did the author include this piece of figurative language? What does it help you picture or understand?

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"Windows so small you think they are holding their breath" (Mango Street, p.4)

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"Windows so small you think they are holding their breath" (Mango Street, p.4)

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These piece of figurative language is personification because the author is giving human qualities (holding their breath) to an object (window). It is effective because it helps the reader understand just how small the windows are by sing something everyone can relate to. We all know what it looks like when someone is holding their breath or sucking in to look smaller. We can relate this to the windows and better visualize the windows

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"Sentence from the story" (Mango Street, p. #)

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"Sentence from the story" (Mango Street, p. #)

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Connotation-
What mood or feeling is shown in the phrase? Positive? Negative?
Why did the author use the phrase or word? What did it add to the story? What do we learn?

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"As if she were a fancy chandelier" (Mango Street, p.11)

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"As if she were a fancy chandelier" (Mango Street, p.11)

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Denotation- a decorative hanging light with branches for several light bulbs or candles.

Connotation- valuable, elegant, delicate, expensive, desirable
Using the word chandelier adds a positive and sophisticated mood to this section of the story.
The author used the phrase fancy chandelier so we can learn how Esperanza's great-grandfather views her great-grandmother. We learn that he loved her and really wanted to marry her. He values her and sees her as a delicate, elegant, desirable woman. The message would have been significantly different if the author said, “As if she were a sack of potatoes.”

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Esperanza and her family all had different hair colors and types. But Esperanza really didn't like the texture or color of her hair. I personally really like the texture of my hair and the hair color. It's smooth and silky.

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Esperanza's name was inherited by her great-grandmother. Esperanza didn't like her name though. She didn't like the meaning of the name. My name wasn't inherited by anyone, and I love the meaning of my name.

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Esperanza had moved a lot and recently moved bought a new house. I moved a lot in the past and our family just got a new house over the summer.

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The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros 

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The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros 

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After Starr, Chris, Seven, and DeVante got out of the store, Starr's dad talked to King. King was cruel and very mean. King was the one who started the fire. When the officers came, he tried to lie. But, people who saw King start the fire told the officers that he was lying. Soon, the officers believed them and took King away.

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If I were to give a review of the book "The Hate U Give" I would give a 5. I like how this can connect to many people and I know that many people had also went through this situation too. I recommend this book because I think it has a great lesson for everyone to learn.

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Starr has a brother named Seven. She shares her brother with Kenya. Seven is Starr's and Kenya's brother, but Starr and Kenya are not related. I won't be able to connect to this because I don't have any siblings.

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When Starr was scared at first to tell other people of what had happened on the night where Khail died. I can relate to this because I whenever there is something big that might make you frighten for a few days can make you scared to talk to someone.

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The author of this book did a great job of making the mood and feeling of this book. She describes each event well and descriptively. The author did a great job of making suspense in the book. For example, when Starr was speaking up in a dangerous situation and when she was trying to escape, created a lot of suspense. The author uses strong word choices and dialogue in this story. In this book, the author uses a lot of flashbacks of the event where Khail had died.

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Starr, Chris, Seven, and DeVante were escaping from the fire and smoke in Starr's dads shop. They couldn't breath properly and was having a hard time to see on another. I won't be able to connect to this because I never got caught in a fire where I wasn't able to see or breath normally.

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Starr spoke facing towards the white cops. She told them that she was the person who saw what really happened and that Khail's death didn't matter. But that Khail once lived mattered the most. While she was talking, the cops said that she has 5 seconds to leave. But Starr kept on talking about how the one fifteen was the criminal. Until, the cops started throwing smoke bombs at her and other people. "I'm sick of this! Just like y'all think all of us are bad because of some people, we think the same about y'all. Util you give a reason to think otherwise, we'll keep protesting." "Everybody wants to talk about how Khail died," "But this isn't about how Khail died, It's about the fact tat he lived. His life mattered. Khail lived!"

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Starr's friend Hailey was being rude and talking about how the officer did the right thing to shoot him. Starr got mad and they started fighting. Then Hailey's brother tries to fight Starr to protect his sister. Right as Starr's brother Seven saw it, he came over and fought Hailey's brother. Hailey was once Starr's friend, but we can now see that a person can change quickly in a way that we don't know this person at all. "So I'm supposed to 'get over' the fact he was murdered?," "Yes, get over it! He was probably gonna end up dead anyway."

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Try to read longer

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Minutes: 33 mins
Pages: 41 pages
How I felt reading today: I was really into the book today. I was really focused and enjoyed reading.

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When Starr had met Khail, she was living in a room with her parents and siblings. They didn't have a lot of money or foods. It was hard living like this until Khail had helped Starr and became friends with him. I can't connect to this because I never experienced this before and didn't have a friend that helped me at a difficult situation like Starr.

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page 246-247 and the one fifteen on the TV

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page 246-247 and the one fifteen on the TV

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Mayah turns on the TV and one fifteen was on it. Starr watched the whole talk of the officer lying to everyone. The officer said that he only pulled over Khail because he was speeding, but Starr knew that he didn't. The officer also said that Starr and Khail was cursing them out. He thought that Starr and Khail was up to something and he thought he saw a gun in the back of the car. Nothing of these were true. One fifteen thought that the gun was a brush. "Brian turned around and saw something in the car door. he thought it was a gun-"

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Starr talks to a jury about the incident that happened again. She had already talked about this incident to many people, but she is telling it again to prove that Khail didn't do anything. I won't be able to relate to this because I have never talked to a jury before and never had a big incident like Starr who would try to prove something wrong in front of people.

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An interesting topic in the book was about the Williamson and the Ghettos. The Williamson are mostly white and the Ghettos are mostly black. Through this topic, I learned that the whites an blacks did not get along very well at this time. Even though there were few whites and blacks on both sides, the relationship of them were not as close as the relationships that they had with the same race. I'm still wondering about, if people didn't get along with a different race than them, why were they living near them. This topic has impacted the story because Starr was at a school that was in the Williamson. But she lived in the Ghettos. With the incident with Khail, Starr knows that he didn't do anything wrong, but the Williamson think that he had done something.

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Starr and her mom went to talk about the incident when Khail died. Starr was asked many questions and she had a hard time talking about it. I won't be able to relate to this because I have never went though a big incident like Starr.

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Starr talked about what had happened during the incident when Khail was killed. The police department was at the Williamson, so she tried to acted differently when talking. For example, word choice and proper language. The two detectives kept asking her questions, but it was like they were trying to prove that Khail was a drug dealer. Starr didn't understand why they were asking about drugs. It seemed like he was dead because of it. Starr quickly changed and left the place. We know that Starr was a "ghetto" and they were the "Williamson," but they didn't need to do it like this. Saying and thinking that the "ghettos", in this case Khail,  had deserved it, and the police had the right to shoot Khail. Starr was mad. "You keep asking her about Khail, like he's the reason he's dead. Like she said, she didn't pull the trigger on himself."

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Minutes: 33 mins
Pages: 43 pages
How I felt reading: I was focused when reading today since the room was quite. I also had met my goal of reading at a faster pace.

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Starr had lost two of her friends and they were both shot. I won’t be able to relate to this because I have never lost someone that was really important to me.

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Starr got out of her bed and when her feet touched the floor, it was really cold that she had goosebumps all over her body. I can connect to this because whenever I get out of bed during the winter or fall, my feet starts building up coldness from the freezing floor.

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page 36 and Starr's realization of two different worlds. 

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page 36 and Starr's realization of two different worlds. 

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Starr had once invited 3 of friends all together for a sleepover. One of her friend's dad didn't let her go because he said that he didn't want her to stay the night at "the ghetto." Her other friend asked her parents to pick her up because of the gun shots. She then realized that there were to different worlds. "Hailey didn't come. Her dad didn't want her to spend the night in 'the ghettos'." "Maya came but ended up asking her parents to come get her that night. There was a drive-by around the corner, and the gunshots scared her."

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So far, there i one conflict in the book. Starr Carter's friend Khail had been shot by a police officer and died. Another friend of her when she was 10 had died by being shot. Starr was scared and she doesn't know what will happen next to her life.

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9/29/21

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Minutes: 30
Pages: 33 pages
How I felt reading: I just started this book and I really enjoyed it. I have reached a little of my goal.

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page 305-307/ Maya's house
Maya found a letter that was sent to her bio mom at her house. She would take it out and look at it every time, but didn't have the strength to go find her mother. She told this to Grace and Joaquin and decided to go find their mother. Maya had wanted to find her mother, but was scared. Maya had been hiding what she actually wanted to do.

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I think Grace is going to tell about Peach to Joaquin and Maya soon because she can't keep it a secret for ever and they're her sister and brother. Joaquin and Maya is an understanding person to talk to and her friend Rafe had said he talks to his brother and sisters about everything which makes him always feel better.

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Goal 2: reading faster while understanding everything

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Goal 2: reading faster while understanding everything

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I want my reading skills to be better and faster. I am sometimes a slow reader, so I want to pace it up a little.

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Minutes: 28 minutes
Pages: 36 pages
How I felt reading: I was really focused and I reached my goal.