ch 34, 35, 36

Chapter 34

1.       Why does Tia want to celebrate the holidays?

2.       What is their favorite holiday?

3.       Describe how everyone is dressed for the holiday?

4.       Why did she stay in for the holiday?

5.       Who ended up going to the parade after all?

6.       Tell me one tradition that is celebrated in your home.

7.       What did she get in the e-mail from Maria?

8.       Who returned to the house 5 de mayo?

9.       Why was he home?

10.   Was he drunk when he got there? Why was Sonia scared?

Chapter 35

1. What happened when her uncle talked to Sonia?
2. Decribe Sonia’s uncle in 3 words.
3. Why didn’t Sonia fight back?
4. Who saved Sonia from her uncle?
5. What do you think of Geraldo?
6. How did he know her uncle was doing this?
7. What were Geraldos feeling for Sonia and why was he back?
8. What did Sonia do so that she would not feel anything while her uncle was abusing?
9. How did her dad find out?
10. What did her drunkle try saying?
11. What did her dad need the bat from the closet for?
12. What did he do to the uncle in rage?
13. What saved Sonia's drunkle?
14. How was Sonia’s dad involved?

Chapter 36

1. Where did they take Geraldo?  
2. What did her dad do after everyone was home?
3. What did he tell tia luna?
4. What did he tell her little brothers?
5. If you were dad tell me what you would tell each of the family members.
6. What did he do to moms TV?
7. What did the dad say to Sonia?
8. What did Sonia achieve?
9. How did this affect Rodrigo?
10. Who was her boyfriend now?
11. What happened a few years later?

chapter 31, 32, 33

Chapter 31

1.       What did she find in the diaper drawer?

2.       Who bag did it belong to?

3.       How did Sonia respond to finding it, what did she threaten to do?

4.       List 3 house problems  that they are facing.

5.       What did her mom say when the letter notice from school that said she wouldn't be graduated got to her?

6.       What is the reason for her not walking with her class of seniors?

7.       How did her dad react ?

8.       Who did she think of when she took out the garbage?

9.       Where has Geraldo been.?

10.   What did she wish would happen?

11.   What does she think of fairytales? Do you agree or disagree?

Chapter 32

1. what happened to her drunkle again?
2. What would you do with drunkle  if you were ama and papi?
3. what didn't she like about going to court that day?
4. Do you think courts would treat her differently if she were white?
5. Tell me an experience where the court system was rude to you because of race.
6. Tell me 2 stereotypes from your culture. One you believe and one that is outrageous.
7. what happened at court?
8. was she happy about her uncle going to jail?
9. Do you think drunkle deserved his punishment?

Voc words

Chapter 33

1.       How was Sonia feeling with Drunkle locked up? Why was she like that?

2.       What did she send Isabella with Maria?

3.        why did she go to Mrs. javellano?

4.       What does she have to do to graduate this year with the rest of the seniors?

5.       What were her requirements to graduate.?

6.       What does Sonia mean when she says she wants to be la primera?

7.       Tell me one thing how you can relate to her situation.

Voc words:

1.       Reprimanding

2.       Relayed

3.       Accomplished

4.       Muggy

5.       proceeding

6.       glistening

7.       plead

8.       creed

9.       presumption

10.   affront

11.   aggravations

12.   preposterously

chapter 29 and 30

Chapter 29

1.       How did Geraldo get her attention?

2.       Do you think that Geraldo is romantic? Give me an example of when you were romantic.

3.       Why does Sonia tell Gerald they can no longer see each other?

4.       Have you ever been in a situation where you could date someone because of their race?

5.       After 6 weeks later how were her graders?

6.       Why does Sonia want to drop out?

7.       Can you relate to Sonia? How?

8.       what did the lady at school tell her?

9.       did home studies seem hard to Sonia?

10.   Do you think Sonia will succeed in school?

Chapter 30

1.       Why was everyone in a panic in the beginning of chapter?

2.       what happened to her drunkle?

3.       Tell me a time where someone has done something stupid in your family.

4.       what did authorities want to do to him?

5.       How did drunkle get out of jail?

6.       what was her drunkle doing that her dad would get mad

7.       why was the Bat so significant?

8.       What happened when everybody in the house had fell asleep already?

9.       How did she save herself?

10.   What did her uncle do ?

Voc words:

1.       Uncertainty

2.       Groggy

3.       Reckless

4.       Encounter

5.       Nauseated

6.       Manifested

7.       fluttered

chapter 27 &28

Chapter 27

1.       What are Sonia’s feelings for Geraldo?

2.       Tell me about your first love. What was the person like.

3.       How did Sonia and Geraldo keep up there dating in secret?

4.       who popped out from behind the trash can when she was taking out the trash?

5.       How does Geraldo feel about drunkle? What would you do if you were Geraldo

6.       could she keep frijolito?

7.       What does drunkle say to ama?

8.       What is the racism about the skin colors?

9.       How does Sonia react and feel about the racism?

10.   How is school going for Sonia?

11.   What does Drunkle do to Sonia when everyone is sleeping?

12.   Why are they going to the hospital?

Chapter 28

1.       how did her mom have the twins?

2.       Why did papi miss the birth?

3.       What did Sonia realize after seeing the happiness in her papi face from the babies?

4.       Tell me a time where you experience a true happiness.

5.       why did they send her mom home after 2 days?

6.       why does she say she turned into a human care giver machine?

7.       What is sonia’s schedule like now that she has new babies at the house?

Quotes:

I knew I was head over heels in love

We started meeting at prearranged times behind the dumpster in the back alley when I’d take out the garbage

Rodrigo stumbled out from behind a dumpster.

Violence will not solve anything. I said. I beg you, do not stoop to this level

My drunkle glared with a machismo stare at Geraldo

What kind of scumbag kicks a cat?

Your daughter is fooling around with a creote

Being too brown is not good thing.

My brothers were asleep, mi ama was in bed, and mi papa wasn’t home from work yet. I froze.

Coldness ran through my blood.

Next thing I knew we were off to the hospital

I still could not make it escuela.

Voc words:

Prescription

Sympathy

Discharged

Recuperate

Mutual

c-section

chapter 24, 25, 26

Chapter 24 & 25

1.       What does Sonia say about America?

2.       How was she feeling? Why?

3.       Tell me a time to were you experience sadness why and how did you deal with it?

4.       Where did Sonia go?

5.       Who did she see?

6.       How does Sonia feel about him?

7.       Tell me something sweet Geraldo says to Sonia

8.       Who does Sonia write a letter to and what she miss the most.

9.       What happened in the conversation with Geraldo and Sonia?

10.   What did she give her little brother money for?

11.   What did she do to relax herself?

12.   What does Sonia hate about her family?

13.   Tell me one thing you hate about your family.

14.   Tell me one thing that you love about your family.

15.   What did Geraldo talk about.

16.   How was he a gentleman?

17.   where did her and Geraldo meet to eat?

18.   where is Geraldo's family from?

19.   what do Sonia and Geraldo have in common?

20.   what happened in the table?

21.   Why can’t Sonia start dating Sonia?

22.   What is sonia’s secret?

Quotes:

I had nowhere to go, no dinero in my pocket, no place to be, and no one who understood.

I thought about killing myself.

Or maybe razor blades

Wow, I never realized how easy it was to lie

It’s funny how so many brown people say they are the victims of racism in the US and yet they just as racist themselves.

His passion was undeniable

I guess you could say I am a tradicionailsta

There was no way I could date Geraldo

It was so tender yet senual

We began to date in secrecy

Voc words:

Wandered

Gazed

Stutters

Dramatic

Accommodations

Hyphen

Secrecy

chapter 22 & 23

Chapter 22

1. what was the relationship between Sonia and Maria like now?
2. Why do you think they have gotten close?
3. Tell me one person in your life who you thought you would never like before but are super close now.
4. Why did Maria cry when she asked grandma about her grandfather?
5. what happened in the porch?
6. What did she ask grandma?
7. what did they do instead of a feast?
8. What happened to Rodrigo?
9. What did granma say to Sonia for her to tear up?
10. Describe the good bye between Sonia and her grandma and Maria.
11.  what happened to Rodrigo in the airplane?
12. How does Sonia feel about Mexico now?
13. What was rodrigos experience in Mexico compared to Sonias experience.?
14. What do you think changed her mind about Mexico.?

Quotes

Maria and I became inseparable

He passed quietly in his sleep

He blew another puff

The tears fell from Maria’s eyes without her even bothering to wipe them.

Eight weeks passed as if it were one, and before I realized it was time to return home.

I wanted to hold her in my arms forever.

Locals, they don’t like pocheos messing with their women.

A gush of blood poured from his left nostril

Then more tears poured came as I kissed the baby and hugged Maria goodbye.

I’m sorry, but no id, no alcohol.

I had been wrong about Mexico.

What an amazing country.

Papi got a promotion.

Blood flowed from my nose as if I had been smashed in the face with hammer.

A fight broke out.

I look like a Mexican raccoon.

You turn your back on your culture, you disrespect your elders and you have no moral strength.

Chapter 23

1. How was sonia’s attitude at school?
2. What classes were they changing her to?
3. What did Sonia do at school?
4. What was the good news about her dad?
5. What does that mean for dad? Tell me a time where it was good news and bad news at the same time.
6. What did she help her mom do?
7. What was her schedule like doing her homework?
8. Why did she feel bad for tee-ay?
9. What happen during the assembly between the Latinos and blacks?
10. What happened to Sonia?
11. what does her  aunt tell her?
12. How would you respond to your aunt if she told you that you were a disgrace to the family?

voc

gash

collapsed

bitter

orginally

revitali8zed

grunted

ritual

cranium

nauseous

momentum

vagrant

What an amazing country.

Chapter 20

1.       What did Sonia offer to do for Maria?

2.       Decribe the social life of being in Mexico.

3.       What would you do if you didn’t have any computers, phone, cable, tv, etc…?

4.       Where was Rodrigo every noght?

5.       How does he describe Mexico?

6.       How would you describe Rodrigo and his behavior.?

7.       What does Sonia think about the Girls roles in Mexico.?

8.       What do you think about the unfairness in genders roles?

9.       Tell me how is it in your home? And society

10.   Describe what Maria does each afternoon.

11.   Who is Juan carlos? Describe him

12.   What happened to Juan carlos, and why?

13.   What happen to Isabella?

14.   Do you anyone that has crossed the border? What was it like for them?

Chapter 21

1. What did Sonia offer to do for Maria?

2. how did Maria react?

3. Do you think Maria is strong from Juan Carlos incident?

4. Discuss the driving ways of Mexico.

5. what was Maria going to go do?

6. who were all the ladies in the line?

7. what were the kids kites made of in Mexico?

Voc.

Ignorant

Desperate

Rivals

Stewardess

Squiggles

Oozing

Escort

Corruption

ch 20-21  Quotes

How in the world did these people function.

These bitches down her think I am a rockstar.

You’re a pig

Rodrigo had drunk until he couldn’t see.

I quickly began turning into a typical Mexican girl.

The whole boy/girl unfair culture thing wass total BS, but I didn’t say a word.

Mexican wedding  were incredible fiestas, but Marias was like a fairytale.

Especially because he was madly in love

But coyotes do more than just act as guides.

5 weeks later hid body was found in a dry river gulch by the arizonia border.

Isabella survived the illness but ended up going deaf.

I can tell your heart flutters for someone

The boys here didn’t even have shoes.