Introducing the Stories Literary Skills Focus: Situa tions and Motivations Reading Skills Focus: Comparing and Contrasting Situations and Motivations Writing Skills Focus: Think as a Reader/Writer Feature Menu Mrs. Flowers by Maya Angelou A Shot at It by Esmeralda Santiago
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Introducing the Stories
Literary Skills Focus: Situations and Motivations
Reading Skills Focus: Comparing and Contrasting Situations and Motivations
Writing Skills Focus: Think as a Reader/Writer
Feature Menu
Mrs. Flowers by Maya AngelouA Shot at It by Esmeralda Santiago
Mrs. Flowers by Maya AngelouA Shot at It by Esmeralda Santiago
Introducing the Stories
How do people make transitions into new circumstances?
In a small Southern town, Mrs. Flowers is admired and a little feared by her neighbors.
What could these two possibly have in common?
Marguerite is a sad girl who refuses to talk in school.
Mrs. Flowers by Maya AngelouA Shot at It by Esmeralda Santiago
Introducing the Stories
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In Brooklyn, New York, fourteen-year-old Esmeralda longs to make a better life for herself.
Mrs. Flowers by Maya AngelouA Shot at It by Esmeralda Santiago
Introducing the Stories
“How can people live like this?” I shrieked once, desperate to run across a field, to feel grass under my feet instead of pavement.
What unexpected opportunity will change Esmeralda’s life?
In every story we read, we are introduced to the people, or characters, in the stories.
We learn about
Mrs. Flowers by Maya AngelouA Shot at It by Esmeralda SantiagoLiterary Skills Focus: Situations and Motivations
• the battles they face
• the actions they take
• their motivations, or reasons for behaving as they do
A particular situation may bring out important aspects of a person’s character.
A situation is the combination of all that is happening within the conditions that exist
Mrs. Flowers by Maya AngelouA Shot at It by Esmeralda SantiagoLiterary Skills Focus: Situations and Motivations
• at a specific place
• in a specific time
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When you contrast, you look for differences.
Compare Contrast
When you compare, you look for similarities.
Mrs. Flowers by Maya AngelouA Shot at It by Esmeralda Santiago
Reading Skills Focus: Comparing and Contrasting Motivations
As you read these two autobiographical stories, compare and contrast the main characters’ situations and motivations.
Compare Contrast
Both Marguerite and Esmeralda have trouble speaking.
Marguerite lives in a small southern town, while Esmeralda lives in a large northern city.
Mrs. Flowers by Maya AngelouA Shot at It by Esmeralda Santiago
Reading Skills Focus: Comparing and Contrasting Motivations
son and motherMarguerite and Mrs. Flowers
MotivationSituation
Mrs. Flowers and Marguerite
Esmeralda and her teachers
As you read, use a chart like the one below to record details of the characters’ situations and motivations.
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Mrs. Flowers by Maya AngelouA Shot at It by Esmeralda Santiago
Reading Skills Focus: Comparing and Contrasting Motivations
Characters
Mrs. Flowers by Maya AngelouA Shot at It by Esmeralda Santiago
Writing Skills Focus: Think as a Reader/Writer
Find It in Your Reading
Angelou and Santiago create detailed portraits of the people who help them through difficult situations. Record words and phrases that help you visualize these people.