What expectations do your parents have for you? How do those expectations fit with yours?

Bell-Ringer – in your notebooks, respond: (write the question and the date – Sept 11, 2013)

LEQ 1-Question: How does Sandra Cisneros carefully

balance the words and details used to explain her family's

effect on her development for her audience?

“Only Daughter”Narrative Non-fiction

Sandra CisnerosWriterSandra Cisneros is an American writer best known

for her acclaimed first novel The House on Mango Street and her subsequent short story collection Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories. Wikipedia

Born: December 20, 1954 (age 58), Chicago, ILNationality: AmericanAwards: American Book Awards, MacArthur

Fellowship, Lannan Literary Award for Fiction, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards

Sandra Cisneros

Writes extensively about her experiences as a Mexican-American

Uses her distinct voice and style to separate herself from other writers

Sandra Cisneros

personal essayauthor's purposedetailsword choice

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Important literature vocabulary

Personal

Essay

A piece of writing that

explore a persons

thoughts on a subject

A fictional short story

Attempts to adopt a unique voice

Focuses on the meaning of events

from own life

Carries a theme

Personal Essay

Author’s

Purpose

The why behind a piece

of writing

Directly relates to the form of a text

May be implied or

stated directly

May be more than

one

Entertain

Persuade

Inform

Author’s Purpose

These are the pieces that lead up to the whole

These are carefully selected by the author to shape the message or theme of an essay

Details

Word Choice

The deliberate selection of words

by an author

Voice

Tone

Mood

Can reveal author’s feelings

Relies on word

connotations

Connects to audience

Word Choice

Previewing-What are the challenges of living in a big family?

Previewing-Where you are the only boy or girl?

Previewing-How might it be different in different cultures?

Today we will read “Only Daughter” by Sandra Cisneros.

You will be completing a reading guide with a partner as you read.Follow the directions carefullyDo not attempt to split the questions

Everyone must read the whole text!At the end your reading guide will be used to

write the answer to the LEQ.

Instructions

What words come to mind now that we are finished reading this text?(list on page with Bell Ringer activity)

How does Sandra Cisneros carefully balance the words and details used to explain her family's effect on her development for her audience?

Your answer must include.Specific details from the text.All of the previewed vocabulary

personal essayauthor's purposedetailsword choice

Imagery Tone Voice

Assessment