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Transcript of Gary Soto “Reading builds a life inside the mind..
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Gary Soto
“Reading builds a life inside the mind.
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A Neighborhood’s Influence
A Neighborhood’s Influence Gary Soto fills his fiction and poetry
for young adults with lively details of his upbringing in a Mexican-American neighborhood. Soto wants his work to help others appreciate his old neighborhood’s values.
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But he says,
“I am really writing about the feelings and experiences of most American kids: having a pet, going to the park for a family cookout . . . getting a bee sting!”
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The Power of Reading
Soto has said that as a child he never thought about being a writer. Today, though, he meets with young people to encourage their curiosity about reading and writing. The award winning author explains, “I believe in literature and the depth it adds to all our lives.”
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Vocabulary in Context 1. A student may quiver when tests are
handed back. 2. Feel free to linger after class if you have
a question. 3. Sam loves to eat; he is rather portly. 4. The athlete’s ferocity was praised. 5. She smiled sheepishly as she admitted
to staying up late. 6. The class recited poems in unison.
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Vocabulary
Ferocity Linger Portly Quiver Sheepishly Unison
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Ferocity(n)
Fierceness extreme intensity
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Portly(adj)
Stout overweight
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Quiver(v)
To shake with a slight rapid movement
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sheepishly(adj)
With a bashful or embarassed look guilty
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Unison(n)
Harmony Agreement As with one voice
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Linger(v)
To continue to stay Delay leaving
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What makes a story?
Characters Setting Plot Theme
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A plot is what happens in a story, and usually consists of five stages.
1. The exposition introduces the characters, the setting and often the conflict, or struggle between forces.
2. The rising action shows how the conflict gets more complicated.
3. The climax is the moment of greatest interest.4. The falling action and…5. the resolution reveals the outcome.
As you read “Seventh Grade,” notice how the events in the story lead up to the climax.
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Background
Fresno, California “Seventh Grade”is set in Fresno, California,
where Gary Soto grew up. Fresno is located southeast of San Francisco. Its dry, hot summers and cool, humid winters are excellent for growing grapes. A large number of Latinos, whose families are originally from Spanish speaking countries, are employed in Fresno’s vineyards.