5 4 3 2 1* (#4]

5 Comments*
1. Esmeralda loses her virginity to Ulvi.
2. Esmeralda wishes she did it with some one else.
3.She thinks of all the men she could have lost it to.
4. At one point, she regrets meeting Ulvi.
5. Her acting suffers because of what she did.

4 Questions*
1. Is Ulvi going to still want to be with Esmeralda?
2. Was Ulvi just using Esmeralda for.... her body?
3. Is Esmeralda going to tell her mother?
4. Why didn't Esmeralda do it with Jurgen?

3 Vocabulary*
1. suburban ;
pertaining to, inhabiting, or being in a suburb or the suburbs of a city or town
2. constructs;
To create (an argument or a sentence, for example) by systematically arranging ideas or terms
3. concessions ;
The act of conceding.

2 Literary Terms*
1. Metaphor
2. Irony

1 Overview*

1. Esmeralda made a mistake by losing her virginity to Ulvi. She regretted it afterward and wished that she ahd done it with someone else. In my opinion, she should have stayed with Jurgen.

5 4 3 2 1* (#3]

5 Comments*

1. Esmeralda has trouble searching deep with in herself, as an actor.
2. At home, Esmeralda is quiet and respectful, but at school she is more lively.
3. Esmeralda still looks up to her mother even though she is not the best influence.
4. Esmeralda hopes one day to be reunited with her father.
5. Esmeralda flashes back a lot to memories of her father and in Puerto Rico.

4 Questions*
1. Will Esmeralda get kicked out of her acting school?
2. Will Esmeralda let go of the past?
3. Does Esmeralda fall in love with Ulvi?
4. How will Esmeralda's play (Babu) come out? Will her hard work pay off?

3 Vocabulary*
1. peroration ;
"a long speech characterized by lofty and often pompous language."
2. retrospective ;
directed to the past; contemplative of past situations, events, etc.
3. dreaded ;
"To be in terror of."

2 Literary Terms*
1. Irony ;
"...'the Pill' was nothing more than a license for young women to have sex without getting married. The fact that my mother, grandmother, and almost every other female relative of ours had sex without marriage was not mentioned" [pp. 156-157]
2. Metaphor ;
"...another United States--the trim, horizontal suburbs of white Americans"

1 Over View*
Esmeralda falls in 'love' with Jurgen. but it isn't really love. she feels like she needs him but in reality she needs a replacement for her own father, whom she hasn't seen in many years.

5 4 3 2 1 (#2]

5 Comments*
1. The mother goes to the Welfare office to get help for her kids.
2. Esmeraldas mother expects Esmeralda to stay a virgin until she marries.
3. Esmeralda goes through many relationships and falls in love many times.
4. Even though her mother had 11 chiildren with three different men, she is very strict when it comes to dating and her duaghters.
5. The older women of Esmeraldas family believe that 'the pill' is just an exuse for unmarried women to have sex.

4 Questions*
1.Is Esmeraldas mother so strict with dating because she doesnt want her daughters to make the same mistakes she did.
2. Was Esmeraldas mother ever in true love with any of the men she had children with.
3. Is Esmeraldas family deeply religious.
4. Why is it so hard for Esmeralda to search deeply in her self like her acting instructor told her to.

3 Vocabulary*
1. resist ;
to withstand, strive against, or oppose
2.regulations ;
A principle, rule, or law designed to control or govern conduct.
3.venture ;
an undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, esp. a risky or dangerous one

2 Literary Terms*
1. Metahor
2. Stage Direction

1 Overview
1. Esmeralda is getting into dating, and she is having trouble with acting.

5 4 3 2 1*

5 Comments*
1. Esmeralda lives kind of poorly in Puerto Ricoo.
2. She had 8 brothers and sister when she lived in puerto Rican
3. Had a very close relationship with her father.
4. Although they were together her mother and her father were not married.
5. Esmerald gets to America at the age of 13.

4 Questions*
1. Why is Elsmeralda so close to her father.
2. Why didnt her mother ever marry her father if they had 8 kis together.
3. Did Esmeraldas mother truely love her father.
4. Are they goinq to be able to save her brothers foot.

3 Vocabulary*
1.Americanized ;
to make or become American in character; assimilate to the customs and institutions of the U.S.
2.passive ;
not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling.
3.Impulsive ;
actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses

2 Literary Terms*
1. Metaphor-
2. Onimonipedia-

1 Overview*
1. Esmeralda lives very poorly in Puerto Rico but there is always plenty of love.