Monday, January 13, 2014

Monday, 13 January

Students should have read through "July" in Like Water for Chocolate.

The quiz for todays reading was:

The following quote is on page 115. Write a paragraph that explains as fully as you can, using other quotes and examples from the novel how this quote relates to the rest first seven months (January – July) of the novel. Pay particular attention to the phrase, “we can’t strike them all by ourselves.” Please use your notes and the novel. You will have thirty (30) minutes.


         “As you see, within our bodies each of us has the elements needed to produce phosphorus. And let me tell you something I’ve never told a soul. My grandmother had a very interesting theory; she said that each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can’t strike them all by ourselves; just as in the experiment we need oxygen and a candle to help.”

After finishing the quiz, class had a brief discussion about about bandits being the death of Mama Elena, the rape of Chencha, and how Gertrudis fared after running away with the rebel.

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