https://padlet.com/kfitzgerald18/gfirdcm0h693 By: Katherine Fitzgerald en-us 2017-11-20 17:31:09 UTC 2025-12-24 02:54:41 UTC hello@padlet.com kfitzgerald18 https://padlet.com/kfitzgerald18/gfirdcm0h693/wish/208815325 by: Margarita Engle]]> 2017-11-20 17:33:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kfitzgerald18/gfirdcm0h693/wish/208815325 kfitzgerald18 https://padlet.com/kfitzgerald18/gfirdcm0h693/wish/208815882 Throughout the book, Elena embroiders to feel serene. It is also one of the only things her mother allows her to do, since it is considered "lady like."]]> 2017-11-20 17:34:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kfitzgerald18/gfirdcm0h693/wish/208815882 kfitzgerald18 https://padlet.com/kfitzgerald18/gfirdcm0h693/wish/208820600 In many parts of the book, Elena wishes to catch fireflies and run free with Fredrika and Cecilia. But instead, she is locked up in her room, following her mother's orders. ]]> 2017-11-20 17:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kfitzgerald18/gfirdcm0h693/wish/208820600 kfitzgerald18 https://padlet.com/kfitzgerald18/gfirdcm0h693/wish/208821723 Even though Elena is rich, she follows her mothers doing. Her mother only allows her to eat one half of a saffron bun while others get to feast.]]> 2017-11-20 17:48:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kfitzgerald18/gfirdcm0h693/wish/208821723 kfitzgerald18 https://padlet.com/kfitzgerald18/gfirdcm0h693/wish/208822482 Elena sells off all her expensive things for the freedom of Cecilia's baby. Cecilia no longer has to worry about freeing herself and her kid. ]]> 2017-11-20 17:49:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kfitzgerald18/gfirdcm0h693/wish/208822482 kfitzgerald18 https://padlet.com/kfitzgerald18/gfirdcm0h693/wish/213091984 Fredrika takes Cecilia to a farmhouse to get away from the dust in the air for a few days. Elena sees them leave and wishes to follow them, so she could at least leave her house without her mother correcting her. ]]> 2017-12-04 21:43:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kfitzgerald18/gfirdcm0h693/wish/213091984 kfitzgerald18 https://padlet.com/kfitzgerald18/gfirdcm0h693/wish/213093854 Fredrika is feminist. She thinks it is unfair for girls to only learn embroidering, lace making and learning about saints while boys learn math and science. ]]> 2017-12-04 21:51:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kfitzgerald18/gfirdcm0h693/wish/213093854 kfitzgerald18 https://padlet.com/kfitzgerald18/gfirdcm0h693/wish/213096911 In the story, Cubans believed the moon was evil and made them sick. So, they would cover their heads every time they went outside at night. At the end of the book, Elena embroiders in the moon light without a cloth on her head because she thinks it is friendly. ]]> 2017-12-04 22:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kfitzgerald18/gfirdcm0h693/wish/213096911 kfitzgerald18 https://padlet.com/kfitzgerald18/gfirdcm0h693/wish/213097599 In the book, a hope chest is a chest that contains dreams that people wish to follow. Elena saved pearls and silk in her hope chest, but Cecilia thought she was saving up to run away and elope. But, Elena sells the items in her hope chest so Cecilia can have a free baby. ]]> 2017-12-04 22:07:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kfitzgerald18/gfirdcm0h693/wish/213097599 kfitzgerald18 https://padlet.com/kfitzgerald18/gfirdcm0h693/wish/213114915 Fredricka teaches Cecilia to sketch. Cecilia uses sketching as way to cope with what it going on in the world around her. In her sketches, there is no sorrow or pain. ]]> 2017-12-05 00:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kfitzgerald18/gfirdcm0h693/wish/213114915 kfitzgerald18 https://padlet.com/kfitzgerald18/gfirdcm0h693/wish/213115160 This story takes place in Cuba. ]]> 2017-12-05 00:05:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kfitzgerald18/gfirdcm0h693/wish/213115160 kfitzgerald18 https://padlet.com/kfitzgerald18/gfirdcm0h693/wish/213115640 In the story, Fredrika gives up her father's inheritance so she could talk to who she wanted, when she wanted. If she wanted to talk to her father, she would have to wait while a footman rolled out a carpet, and a hairdresser fixed her father's hair. Cecilia needs wealth in this book to free her family, so Elena sells of her expensive things to help Cecilia in that process. ]]> 2017-12-05 00:09:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kfitzgerald18/gfirdcm0h693/wish/213115640 kfitzgerald18 https://padlet.com/kfitzgerald18/gfirdcm0h693/wish/213116020 The theme I came up with for this book is open your eyes to what is happening around you, and if it is something worth changing for the right of people, then change it. ]]> 2017-12-05 00:13:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kfitzgerald18/gfirdcm0h693/wish/213116020