Open Ended

ResponseOr ACE(ing) the short answer

Who is being described in paragraph 2 from Finding Miracles by

Julia Alvarez?

But sometimes, like with my allergies, it takes an outside

irritant to make you react. My outside “irritant” showed up the

next day in Mr. Barstow‟s class.

He stood in front of us, head bowed, so you couldn‟t really see

his face. His skin was golden brown like mine gets in the summer

after a few weeks in the sun.

Mr. Barstow, our homeroom/history teacher, was introducing

him: Pablo something something something – he must have had

about four names. “Let‟s give our classmate a warm welcome!”

Pablo is being described

in paragraph 2.

Mr. Barstow “was introducing

him: Pablo…”

In the first paragraph the author transitions from

one location to Mr. Barstow‟s classroom. Then

she describes someone but does so using a

pronoun. At first, the person appears to be Mr.

Barstow. However, a teacher would not

ordinarily talk with his head bowed. Also, Mr.

Barstow who lives in Vermont would not have a

suntan in January. I realized the „he‟ in

paragraph 2 referred to Pablo when Mr. Barstow

introduced Pablo to the class.

Pablo is being described in paragraph 2. Mr. Barstow

“was introducing him: Pablo…” In the first paragraph the

author transitions from one location to Mr. Barstow‟s

classroom. Then she describes someone but does so

using a pronoun. At first, the person appears to be Mr.

Barstow. However, a teacher would not ordinarily talk

with his head bowed. Also, Mr. Barstow who lives in

Vermont would not have a suntan in January. I realized

the „he‟ in paragraph 2 referred to Pablo when Mr.

Barstow introduced Pablo to the class.

Who is being described in paragraph 2 from

Finding Miracles by Julia Alvarez?

Answer the question. Use words from the question in your

response.

Comment/Quote/Proof from the story. Pick a phrase or

sentence from the story that supports your answer. TIE

the quote to a sentence. (Tag, Introduce, or Embed)

Explain by writing a sentence(s) that show why the quote

proves the answer.

Write your answer. Circle the words that are the same as

in the question.

_______________________________________________

___.

Write the proof that supports your answer. Underline the

tag (introduce, embed) part of the quote.

In the story it says

“______________________________________________

___.”

Write the explanation that tells why the quote proves your

answer.

This proves ________________

Pablo is being described in paragraph 2. In the story it

says that Mr. Barstow “was introducing him: Pablo…”

This proves Mr. Barstow is talking about Pablo

because at first the person in paragraph 2 appears to

be Mr. Barstow. However, a teacher would not

ordinarily talk with his head bowed. Also, Mr. Barstow

who lives in Vermont would not have a suntan in

January. Then when Mr. Barstow introduced Pablo to

the class I realized that the person in paragraph 2 was

Pablo.