CW 1.03 - Signpost in Chapter 1! (F Period) by Amy Cuomo

acuomo1 — 2025-09-15 18:02:16 UTC

“Mami didn’t say anything. She just kept turning her sheet over and over as she pounded away. Finally, she looked up and said, “Ana Rosa, there always has to be a first person to do something." (Joseph 4)

acuomo1 — 2025-09-15 18:02:16 UTC

“Mami’s hand shot out faster than a lizard under a rock. I felt the pain on my cheek before I realized what had happened.

‘You have no hair on your tongue, chica! Be careful!’

I swallowed my tears and beat the clothes harder. Wash day had never been a day full of sharp words and slaps." (Joseph 6)

acuomo1 — 2025-09-15 18:02:16 UTC

“‘You are this river, Ana Rosa,’ she whispered. ‘But you must flow softly around the rocks on your way to meet the sea. There you can do as you wish.’” (Joseph 7)

acuomo1 — 2025-09-15 18:02:16 UTC

“But I wanted to shake Mami’s eyes open. Would we always be silent -- the bright, hard, daylight kind that is louder than drums? Couldn’t I saw what I wished -- on paper?...What if I write about what I want while I am still a river flowing around the rocks on my island?” (Joseph 9)

acuomo1 — 2025-09-15 18:02:16 UTC

“Look, Ana Rosa…look at the river.” (Joseph 6)

“I looked closely at the river, but I could not see all that she saw in it.” (Joseph 7)

“You are this river, Ana Rosa…but you must flow softly around the rocks on your way to meet the sea.” (Joseph 7)

“What if I write about what I want while I am still a river flowing around the rocks on my island?” (Joseph 9)