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“Our Good Day” . Essential Question: What is the importance of laughter in life ? Objective: Students will read “Our Good Day” from The House on Mango Street and respond to open-ended question. . Quickwrite.
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“Our Good Day” Essential Question: What is the importance of laughter in life? Objective: Students will read “Our Good Day” from The House on Mango Street and respond to open-ended question.
Quickwrite • Quick Write: Describe one of your best days. Explain what happened and how it made you feel.
“Our Good Day” • Briefly describe Lucy and Rachel. • Why do you think Esperanza likes them?
“Our Good Day” • Why do you think Esperanza decides to buy the bicycle with Lucy and Rachel, knowing she will make Cathy “mad forever”?
“Our Good Day” • What does Esperanza learn about herself and the kinds of friends she wants to have?
“Our Good Day” • What is the effect of the simile “they smell like a broom”?
“Our Good Day” • What is the effect of the metaphor used to describe the bicycle?
“Our Good Day” • What do we learn about Mango Street from this chapter?
Friendship Quiz • Quiz: Go to this website and take the Friendship quiz: http://tinyurl.com/o8gt5hl • In the summary, write a paragraph about whether or not the quiz was an accurate description of you as a friend.