How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Lesson Plan

The assignment for Day 1 is to read the first three chapters of the book. These chapters are "Antojos: Yolanda," "The Kiss: Sofia," and "The Four Girls: Carla, Yolanda, Sandra, Sofia."

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1

   Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.6
   Analyze a case in which grasping a point of view requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant (e.g., satire, sarcasm, irony, or understatement).

Note that it is perfectly fine to...