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The West Side from How Juan Got Home by Bob Dorsey. powerpoint presentation by Carol Harms, JSD 171, Orofino, ID.
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The West Side from How Juan Got Home by Bob Dorsey powerpoint presentation by Carol Harms, JSD 171, Orofino, ID
“The West Side” is from the final chapters of the book How Juan Got Home. Juan Morales wants to go home to Puerto Rico. Although he likes his uncle’s comfortable New York City apartment, he fears he’ll never find friends. None of the boys in the East Side neighborhood where his uncle lives speaks Spanish.
Then, on a search for Puerto Rican food, he goes to the West Side. Here he finds some reminders of Puerto Rico, and here, for the first time since being in New York, he finds a friend. Have you ever moved to a new place and wondered if you would have friends?
Genre: Realistic Fiction Characters behave as people or animals do in real life. The setting is a real place or could be a real place. The events of the story are based on a conflict or problem that could occur in real life.
Juan = /whon/ Morales = /more-all-ace/ New York City Puerto Rico
Puerto /Pwhere- toe/ Rico /Ree-co/ Make sure you can pronounce Juan’s name and the name Puerto Rico correctly. It is okay to guess on the rest of the Spanish words in this story.
scowled frowned
jabbering talking a lot and very fast
manager a person who takes care of or organizes something like an office or sports team She manages a business He manages a sports team
embarrassed feeling bad or silly about something you’ve done
impressed describes someone who thinks another person is good at something Everyone was impressed by the job the workers had done building the roof. I was impressed by the quarterback’s skill.
blue blew ate eight son sun would wood Homophones have the same sound as another word, but have a different meaning and spelling. “homo” means same “phon” means sound- by word analysis, a homophone is a word with the same sound.
broken closet stranger scream These words start with consonant blends. What letters form the blends at the beginning of these words? Can you think of at least one other word that begins with each blend?
Drawing Conclusions Readers can draw conclusions about what a character is like based on information in the story. In order to draw these conclusions, readers consider what a character says, what a character does, and what other characters say about him or her.
Mrs. Jones scowled at the children. They always made so much noise as they passed her window. Didn’t they know how important it was that she have quiet? She was not impressed with their manners. The children looked up and saw Mrs. Jones looking at them with her scrunched up face and burning eyes. They wondered if Mrs. Jones would feel embarrassed if she could see how frightful her expression was.
What does Mrs. Jones do, say or think that tells you about her character? What do the children say or think that tells you about Mrs. Jones’ character?