Bitter Grounds

Today in 1st and 3rd hour we took a quiz on "Customs," by Julia Alvarez. It consisted of some of the same questions from the previous quiz. Then we read from "Bitter Grounds," by Sandra Benitez. We did some work with the reading.

If you were absent, please create a notebook page entitled, "Bitter Grounds." On the notebook page, respond to the following:

In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Uchendo claims: “Mother is Supreme.”
Explain how this is a true statement in Achebe’s novel.
Is that statement true in your life?
Is your mother supreme?
How are women supreme in U.S. culture?

When you come back to school, pick up a copy of the reading (it is a couple of blue pages). After you read it, create a thesis statement for the piece and write it at the bottom of your "Bitter Grounds" notebook page.

Homework: Read "The Manned Missiles"