By: Sandra Cisneros

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"Eleven"

• By Sandra Cisneros

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Meet Sandra Cisneros

• Students will contribute important information
  here.

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What is character?

• A character is a person in a story
• What a character FEELS
• What a character EXPERIENCES
• What a character SAYS

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Where does the story take place?

• In Rachels head

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What is the story, Eleven about?
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Vocabulary

• Raggedyadj. Tattered old or worn

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Page 77

• Why does Rachel compare life to an onion?
• What idea is Rachel explaining?
• Do you agree with Rachels ideas about being 11?
• Why does Rachel remain quiet about the red
  sweater?
• According to Rachel, how old are you when you are
  eleven?

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Page 78

• How would you describe the person in the picture?
  What age do you think she is?
• What do her enormous eyes and rather ghostlike
  face suggest to you?
• Are the reasons Rachel gives in the last
  paragraph on page 78 good reasons? Might they be
  accurate ones?

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Page 79

• What does the teachers behavior suggest about
  how she feels about Rachel?
• Visualize the scene on page 79. What words or
  phrases you experience what the character is
  feeling?
• What can you infer about Mrs. Prices character?

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Page 80

• Do you think Rachel is overreacting at the top of
  the page? What do you know about her character
  that helped you decide?
• Do you think the incident will ever seem that
  small to Rachel? Explain.
• How are Rachels thoughts about being eleven
  similar to or different from your thoughts about
  being or turning eleven?

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Its All in the Story

• Describe Mrs. Prices reaction when she learns
  that the sweater belongs to Phyllis? How would
  you feel if you were Rachel?
• Explain how Rachel can be eleven but also ten,
  nine, eight, and so on.
• Why does Rachel wish she is one-hundred-and-two
  instead of eleven at the end of the story.
• What message does this convey about age?