Last Questions

Hi Group,

Now that we're finishing up the book, please write your responses to either of the questions below:

1)Which of the characters did you find most interesting and why?

2)Pretend the author is going to read this blog. Tell her what you most enjoyed about the book. What could she have done differently?

Hi Book Club Members:

Here are some more questions:

1) Describe some differences you've noticed between two of Yolanda's loves, John and Rudy.

2)How did Yolanda's relationship with Rudy affect her?

3) Vocabulary Words in "The Rudy Elmenhurst Story":
vivacious obscure syllabus
logistics ironic sanctuary
proverbial decadent imbibed
incongruous

Hi Club Members!


Answer either question. Then, before our next meeting, if you haven't already, finish the "Joe "chapter and "The Rudy Elmenhurst Story" chapter.


1)What happened to Sandra and Yolanda according to recent chapters? Why do you think they became that way?


2)Describe the family's financial situation since they came to this country.

New Questions: Chapters 1 and 2; Vocabulary

Hi Book Club Members,

Go to your own blog to answer any or all of the questions below. Be sure to write the question you're answering in your title box.

• Then, read the next two chapters in the book,Chapter 3(The Four Girls) and Chapter4( Joe) by yourselves. We will read Chapter 5(The Rudy Elmenhurst Story) together in class on Thursday, November 8th.

See you in cyperspace!

Chapter 1(Antojos)

1)Describe what you have discovered about the personalities of any of the following characters:
Tia Carmen, Tia Flor, Gabriela
Lucinda, Yolanda

2)In the first chapter, the author reveals that Yolanda may be back on the island to stay.
Why do you think Yolanda is thinking of staying? Make a guess.

Chapter 2(The Kiss)

3)Describe the relationship between the father and the four daughters.

4)What does the father have against Sofia? What does Sofia have against her father?

Vocabulary words to watch out for:

Chapter 3(The Four Girls)

differentiation(p.41) providential(p.44)
intimated (p.41) sonnets(p.46)
retentive(p.41) psychotic(p. 51)
ominous(p.64)

Chapter 4(Joe)

contemplative(p.68) inadvertent(p.71)

mimicked(p.78) sullen(p.79)

unintimidating(p.80) camouflaged (p. 80)

profound(p. 80) satiated(p. 84)

enunciates(p. 85)

Chapter 5(The Rudy Elmenhurst Story)

7)vivacious(p. 87) obscure (p.88)

syllabus(p. 88) logistics(p.89)

sublimated(p.94) decadent(p.95)

incongruous(p.101)

Fall Book Club

For Returning Book Club Members:

Welcome back Eba and Rosemarie,

I hope you're looking forward as I am to our new selection, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents. Remember how confused we were when we first started blogging, before we got the hang of it? So let's all lend a hand to our newest members: Lucknise, Isabel Z, Isabel O, and Philomene.


For New Book Club Members:

Welcome newest members,

I'm so glad you're joining us. I think books are the most fun when they are shared with others. We're also going to get experiment with a new computer technology called "blogging". As I mentioned earlier, blogging is like writing in a journal or diary except that you write it on-line where anyone can read your work and write comments back to you. At this point, you should have set up your own blogs and introduced yourselves to your fellow book club members as well as the world!

To All Members:

Your blogs will be your responses to the questions I give you. First refer to my blog(Linda's Blog) to find the questions. Answer at least one question, but you may answer as many as you like. For each question you answer you make a different post. In the title section of your post write the question you're responding to.

Let's try to read all the posts of our fellow members. While you should not respond directly to my blog(you only use my blog to see the questions), you want to respond directly on the blogs of other members. Look for the "Comments" section at the bottom of their posts. Then once you finish writing and editing your comments, you then click on "Publish your Comment". A word of caution, once you publish a comment you can't take it back, so make sure it is what you want to say. So let's all read, discuss, and share ideas. Enjoy!

First questions:

1) What interested you in our latest book selection, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents"?

2)Now that you have read the first chapter, does this book seem similar or different from what you expected? Explain.

Hi Bloggers,


Remember I said I wouldn't forget about you during the break. Just in case any of you would like to continue to write over the break, I'll check your blogspots every few days. If not, I'll see in you in August. Have a wonderful summer break.


Ms. Linda

Ann and her Family; Dany's trip to Haiti

Hi Book Club Members!


1)Here are some vocabulary words for the next two sections:

1-trousseau

2-poultices

3-infusion

4-contorting

5-gorge


2)Describe Ann's feelings at mass.


3)What happened to Dany's parents?


4)Describe some of the differences between Claude and his Haitian relatives.

5)Over the three week break, finish the entire book. Then write a post where you pretend to write a letter to friend. Tell your friend what the entire book was about. Also, explain why you would or would not recommend the book.
Let's all read and respond to each other's posts during the break.