Friday, July 11, 2014

Summer School Day 5

1) Finish research paper. Paper is due at the end of the class.

2) Finish reading the chapter from How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents.

3) Answer questions for How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents:

Create a document in google drive called "Garcia Girls."  Share this document with me at samuel.chiang0@gmail.com


Guiding Questions:
1. What is strange about the years listed at the beginning of this second section?
2. Why does Papi decide to become an American citizen?
3. What kinds of mischief do the García girls get into, resulting in threats from the parents to

ship them back to the island?
4. Name two incidents from the story that show how the García girls stick together.
5. What is Mami’s “little revolution”?
6. Why do the Fifi’s sisters think she has turned into an “S.A.P?”
7. Who is Manuel Gustavo?
8. For what reasons do Fifi’s sisters question her relationship with Manuel? What is their

nickname for him?
9. Why do the García sisters finally decide to get rid of Manuel? 

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