Quote Integration Practice

Today's Goal: Identify "quote bombs" and explain why they don't belong in your analysis.

The Plan:

1. Read!
2. Quote Integration Classwork/Discussion
3. Time to work on "My Name" Assignment

Today's Classwork: Copy and paste the following sentences into your English Journal. Highlight them in green if the are examples of appropriate quote integration. Highlight them in red if they are not good examples of quote integration. You will need to use this as reference for the future.

1. Cisneros uses personification to reveal the way Esperanza views herself. In comparing her hair to others in her family, Esperanza explains that her hair is "lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands" (Cisneros 6).

2. Cisneros uses personification to reveal the way Esperanza views herself. In the quote, "And me, my hair is lazy" (Cisneros 6).

3. When Esperanza says, "it's small and red with tight steps in front and windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath," she indicates her dissatisfaction with her new house on Mango Street (Cisneros 5).

4.  Cisneros uses metaphors in the vignette "Hairs" to illustrate Esperanza's warm feelings toward her mother. "...is the warm smell of before you bake it" (Cisneros 6).

5. Esperanza feels trapped on Mango Street. She thinks her house is small and run-down. "Bricks are crumbling in places, and the front door is so swollen you have to push hard to get in" (Cisneros 5).

6. Esperanza feels lonely and trapped in her responsibility for her sister before she has made any friends. Until she can have a best friend of her own, Esperanza says she is a "red balloon tied to an anchor" (Cisneros 9). 

Here's how to get 100% on your "Quote Integration Practice" if you don't already have it:

Bring your original practice sheet to me, and show me one PERFECT example of quote integration, including the original topic sentence, context, and a correct citation. It cannot be one of the "good" ones above. This is not something I'm going to spend class time on, though. You need to spend 5 minutes with me at lunch or after school.

Homework:

• Finish your My Name Assignment. It's due TOMORROW! Printed on paper!
• If you're still having trouble, try this website
• Write your "Letter to Your Future Self" and bring it to class on Wednesday, December 9
• You have a quiz on Literary Devices on Thursday, December 10
• Resubmit your Quote Integration Practice. There is no reason not to get 100% on this.

Quote Integration (TCE Practice)

Source: How To Empower Your Mind Through Reading

Today's Goal: After we begin reading The House on Mango Street, we will practice using quotations from the novel to support an argument.

The Plan:

1. Read! Yay!
2. Talk about the the Letter to your Future Self
3. Learn about your English Journals
4. House on Mango Street reading!
5. Quote Integration Activity (which you will write in your English Journal!)

Quote Integration Activity:

You will be given a statement that makes an argument about something that has occurred in the book (This is called a Topic Sentence), and a direct quote from the book (This is called Evidence).

Your job is to take that quote and embed it in a sentence that gives context to the evidence you are using. You will also give it a proper MLA Citation. There is no partial credit for this. You will all learn how to do this beautifully.

Helpful transition words that might be useful.

Homework:

1. Read Vignettes 1-4: "The House on Mango Street;" "Hairs;" "Boys and Girls;" "My Name"
2. For every vignette, place one sticky note on a quotation from the book that relates to at least one of the thematic concepts listed on your bookmark (make sure to label the sticky).
3. You're going to have a quiz tomorrow on those vignettes. (This is your fair warning.)