https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8 This is for students in Period 6. Each of you should answer 2 of the discussion questions. Then, you should respond to at least 3 peers. Your responses should include textual evidence for support. Be sure to explain your thinking. en-us 2021-09-29 14:32:28 UTC 2021-10-01 20:12:28 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784634858 henry dano:
"Harlem is opening its eyes to September" this is basically saying that September is coming and people start school soon. also, it is a personification because Harlem isn't a person.]]> 2021-10-01 16:21:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784634858 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784640272 alexis bober
"they got combat boots a mouth silent until its sharp as an island machete." this is a simile because it is comparing her mouth to a machete using the work as.]]> 2021-10-01 16:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784640272 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784643286 2021-10-01 16:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784643286 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784643404 "Mami elbows me sharply and I can feel her eyes like bright lampposts shinning on my face" this means that Mami was upset with what Xiomara was doing and starred at her to give her "that look".]]> 2021-10-01 16:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784643404 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784644117 "like a wet shirt on a clothes line just waiting to be worn. Simile and it means that she is being used.]]> 2021-10-01 16:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784644117 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784646265 "This poster feels personal, like an engraved invitational mailed directly to me." I think this means that she feels as if the poster was made and put there directly for her speaking out to her. ]]> 2021-10-01 16:26:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784646265 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784648999 they don't hate each other but they are disappointed by each other and don't like each other. in the text, says " doesn't he know how tired I am? how much I hate to have to be so sharp-tongued and heavy-handed?"  this supports my reasoning because it shows how disappointed she is to her brother.]]> 2021-10-01 16:27:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784648999 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784650595 Noah McGovern: 
" Make Poems from the sharp feelings inside that feel like they could carve me wide open"
This is Imagery, The "sharp feelings inside" represent moments of pain she feels, these feelings cant literally carve her open, but this quote represents the amount of pain she is experiencing emotionally ]]> 2021-10-01 16:28:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784650595 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784651121 alexis bober
one way I would describe Xiomara's relationship with her brother is complicated because there are good and bad times like when her brother got her the notebook to write in she was really grateful and uses it everyday. although when he didn't stand up for her she got kind of mad and disappointed. "doesn't he know how tired I am? how much i hate to be so sharp tongued and heavy handed."]]> 2021-10-01 16:28:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784651121 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784651643 "A full mouth pressed hard like a razors edge." This is a simile and I think this means that she can defend herself with her words and that she can hurt someone with her words if she has too. ]]> 2021-10-01 16:29:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784651643 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784653432 "and twin must see it on my face. This love and distaste i feel for him. He's older by a whole fifty minutes, and a guy, but never defends me". She doesn't have a good relationship with her brother because he won't defend her just because he's a guy. ]]> 2021-10-01 16:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784653432 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784653719 I think Xiomara's internal conflict is that she can not find who she really is, she is confused if her family really cares for her and if anyone can hear her. She thinks that writing is a thing she loves and it has saved her. I think this because it says "Sometimes it seems like writing is the only way I keep from hurting"]]> 2021-10-01 16:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784653719 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784654825 Her relationship with her brother is almost one-sided when it comes to defending each other like how Xiomara will say something for "Twin" but he won't do the same vice versa. Then how they are disappointed in each other. "He turns back to the computer and quietly clicks away. And neither of us has to say we are disappointed in the other."]]> 2021-10-01 16:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784654825 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784654853 "I am a curse up storm and am always ready to knuckle up." this means that she is always ready to fight if she needs to.]]> 2021-10-01 16:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784654853 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784655203 2021-10-01 16:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784655203 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784664959 i want to break myself open like an egg smacked hard against a ledge. this is a simile because it uses like or as. you cant break yourself open, Xiomara is just saying this because it was the night before the first day of school. ]]> 2021-10-01 16:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784664959 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784666291 Simile-"If medusa was Dominican and had a daughter, I think I'd be her, I look and feel like a myth." I think it means that when boys stare at her and forcefully touch her it makes her feel less human or not real.]]> 2021-10-01 16:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784666291 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784667342 Xiomara wishes her brother would stand up for her at least once. I know that because the novel said "This love and distaste I feel for him. He's older (by a whole fifty minutes) and a guy, but he never defends me." ]]> 2021-10-01 16:35:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784667342 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784667715 Her internal conflict is with questioning her faith and how she doesn't really want to be a part of the church anymore. She is confused about how she feels that God is not hearing her cry out to him
"Sometimes s I feel my life would be easier if I didn't feel like such a debt to a God that don't really seem to be out here checking for me.]]> 2021-10-01 16:35:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784667715 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784667999 Xiomara is struggling with finding her voice. This is shown when she is around her mom when she says, "Sometimes it seems like the only one who isn't heard is me." This means that she feels outspoken and cannot express her opinions.]]> 2021-10-01 16:35:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784667999 mluther11 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784668082 I think her internal conflict is her trying to find where she belongs. Also who she is and what she wants to believe in. "Sometimes it seems like writing is the only way I keep from hurting"]]> 2021-10-01 16:35:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784668082 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784668834 Xiomara is her brother's protector, but she gets so frustrated and tired sometimes with him. Because of how different they are from each other, their reasons, their feelings, and their conflict, I can't say that they have the best relationship, but I can't say they have the worst either.

"My hands learned how to bleed when other kids tried to make him into a wound."

"And neither of us has to say we are disappointed in the other."


]]> 2021-10-01 16:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784668834 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784669796 Xiomara's internal conflict is her mother pushing religion onto her. An example of this is on page 60 when Mami tells Xiomara "when it's time to take the body of Christ, don't you ever opt out again". This shows how Mami is demanding that Xiomara partake in religious activities.]]> 2021-10-01 16:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784669796 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784672319 "Twins staring as hard i am at one of the ballers. when he catches me looking twin pretends to clean his glasses on his shirt". I think this could lead to him being gay.]]> 2021-10-01 16:37:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784672319 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784672538 xiomara loves her brother but she is just dissapointed in him because he did not stand up for her when people were saying cruel and rude words to her. she expects more from him because she always sticks up for him and he never will for her. they fight all the time but at the end of the day they love each other]]> 2021-10-01 16:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784672538 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784676577 simile: "she better not hear about me hanging out like a wet shirt on a clothesline just waiting to be worn or she would go ahead and be the one to wring my neck" she actually can't be a wet shirt on a clothesline because she is not a shirt.]]> 2021-10-01 16:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784676577 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784676591 An example of figurative language is when Xiomara says "Her curls spirng like fireworks" What this means is her curls sprung so fast they looked like fireworks.]]> 2021-10-01 16:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784676591 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784677072 I think Xiomara's internal conflict is finding her voice and that she's so confused with all this growing up. Also that she can't seem to find her voice when it's so drowned out by everything else.

"Why does listening to his commandments mean I need to shut down my own voice?"]]> 2021-10-01 16:39:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784677072 mluther11 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784677200 I think her relationship with her brother is that neither of them hates one another. But she is sorta jealous of him because is perfect in their parent's eyes even though Xiomara protects him.]]> 2021-10-01 16:39:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784677200 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784677270 I think they have a good relationship but they both are very different and that can be harder for them to understand each other, Mami favorites her twin more than her so that also doesn't help. "It's one of the few things Twin and I argue about, how he never has to do half of the cleaning ___ I do but is still better liked by Mami." ]]> 2021-10-01 16:39:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784677270 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784678207 Xiomara and her brother have a very complicated relationship. They love each other and they get along, but they are different and have a hard time understanding each other. Xiomara says, "And twin must see it on my face. This love and distaste I feel for him." She wants her brother to stand up and fight for her for a change and he wants her to stop getting into fights.]]> 2021-10-01 16:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784678207 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784682135 Xiomaras relationship with Twin is like a big sister little brother type of thing. An example from the text that proves this is when he didnt defend her when the basketball player was talking to her but she defended him.]]> 2021-10-01 16:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784682135 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784684853 Xiomara's conflict was weather she wanted to look at or be with a boy or if she wanted them all to leave her alone. in the text it said "Recently, I haven't been able to stop looking." but then later the text said "I like to look, I hate to be seen." meaning she liked looking at the boys but hated how they looked at her like a peice of meat.]]> 2021-10-01 16:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784684853 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784690552 "Mami's back is a coat hanger. Her anger made of the heaviest wool. It must keep her so hot". This is a metaphor because it is comparing Mami's back to a coat hanger. This metaphor means that Mami has so much anger that she is holding within her and that that must keep her tense and angered.]]> 2021-10-01 16:45:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784690552 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784705979 2021-10-01 16:53:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784705979 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784707996 2021-10-01 16:54:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784707996 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784709678 2021-10-01 16:54:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784709678 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784710803 2021-10-01 16:55:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784710803 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784711337 2021-10-01 16:55:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784711337 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784712908 They have an ok relationship ]]> 2021-10-01 16:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1784712908 https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1785028305 I would characterize Papi as being a non existent father figure. Details Xiomara share about Papi is that he is around his kids but he doesn't get involved with them. "As he brushes by you on his way to the bathroom he could be gone as anybody." This shows that even when he sees you and walks past you that he doesn't acknowledge you."]]> 2021-10-01 19:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jhunt36/jp1qxeqame5tk9o8/wish/1785028305