https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z Popular a Memoir by Maya Van Wagenen en-us 2018-12-03 21:09:59 UTC 2019-01-19 23:44:00 UTC hello@padlet.com hoisa000 https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/312101720 Van Wagen, Maya. Popular a Memoir. Penguin Group, 2014. ]]> 2018-12-07 02:49:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/312101720 hoisa000 https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/313701980 Maya finds a popularity guide from the 50's in her dad's office. The book is Betty Cornell's Teen- Age Popularity Guide. Maya's mom says, "'Maya, you should follow the advice this year, in eighth grade, and write about what happens.'"(10)]]> 2018-12-12 03:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/313701980 hoisa000 https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/314946121 Maya starts her adventure of becoming popular by dieting. ]]> 2018-12-16 08:18:39 UTC https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/314946121 hoisa000 https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/314946442 Maya starts eating what the book tells her to eat, like rye bread and hard- boiled eggs. She also starts using the exercises that are recommended in the book. ]]> 2018-12-16 08:26:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/314946442 hoisa000 https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/314946828 About a week after Maya starts her diet, she checks her weight and "... lost a whole six-tenths of a pound!"(33)]]> 2018-12-16 08:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/314946828 hoisa000 https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/314947310 Maya has a dream about mashed potatoes being made in a washing machine by a tv host. By now, she has lost 2 pounds ]]> 2018-12-16 08:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/314947310 hoisa000 https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/314947692 Maya goes to her first meeting of NJHS (National Junior Honor Society) in a new hairstyle, pigtails. She does this because the next section in her book is hair. As Betty Cornell said in her book, "... pretty hair can always overcome the handicap of a not-so-pretty face..."(43)]]> 2018-12-16 08:51:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/314947692 hoisa000 https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/316543557 Maya decides to leave her hair down and a girl in her algebra class keeps petting it. That day they have an assembly about new rules.]]> 2018-12-23 06:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/316543557 hoisa000 https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/316543774 Maya spends time with her little brother and her mom. Then Maya's mom said that she had the masculine/feminine talk with Brodie, Maya's little brother. ]]> 2018-12-23 06:12:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/316543774 hoisa000 https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/316543853 Betty Cornell's book says, "...Brushing is essential for beautiful hair... hair should be stroked at least one hundred times each night." (55) So, since Maya is following what Cornell says she does it and ends up with silky hair.]]> 2018-12-23 06:16:22 UTC https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/316543853 hoisa000 https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/317632748 This day for Maya is picture day. She was caught off guard, so she is sure her picture turned out horribly. ]]> 2019-01-06 07:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/317632748 hoisa000 https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/317632940 A boy named Leon, that has autism, comes into the library and tells Maya that she look beautiful. On this certain day, the librarian points out that he might have a thing for Maya. ]]> 2019-01-06 07:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/317632940 hoisa000 https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/317633285 Since it is Halloween, Maya and her little brother, Brodie, dress up to got trick-or-treating. She is "Betty Suarez, aka 'Ugly Betty...'".]]> 2019-01-06 07:43:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/317633285 hoisa000 https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/317633462 Maya starts the next section in her book, which is "Modeling Tricks". She reads that she needs to "...sit and stand tall with shoulders back ."(68)]]> 2019-01-06 07:48:11 UTC https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/317633462 hoisa000 https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/320011061 Maya starts to struggle as the day moves on, while trying to keep good posture. But, "You never see a model slouch,..." (70)so, Maya can't slouch. ]]> 2019-01-13 05:42:18 UTC https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/320011061 hoisa000 https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/320011611 Kenzie, Maya's best friend, gets a boyfriend. She is happier and more affectionate. Maya doesn't appreciate this "new" Kenzie and she thinks it is annoying.]]> 2019-01-13 05:53:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/320011611 hoisa000 https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/320011772 Maya takes a leap and uses tampons instead of pads. She said, "It's kind of scary using tampons for the first time,..."(80) which is 100% true. ]]> 2019-01-13 05:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hoisa000/o3x0k11xz88z/wish/320011772