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Lesson 7:
Secondary
Characters in
Vignette 4

Grade 4 | Unit 6: Contemporary Fiction

Our Learning
Goals

Unit 6, Lesson 7: Secondary Characters in Vignette 4

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Start of Lesson

Reading

End of Lesson

What are our learning goals?

Unit 6, Lesson 7: Secondary Characters in Vignette 4

I can examine the use of pronouns in Vignette 4 to identify
secondary characters.

I can use specific details in the text to analyze Esperanza’s
interaction with secondary characters.

Vocabulary

Unit 6, Lesson 7: Secondary Characters in Vignette 4

chip in

complicated

crooked

especially

personal pronoun

Reading
About It

Unit 6, Lesson 7: Secondary Characters in Vignette 4

Vignettes from
The House on Mango Street

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Start of Lesson

Reading

End of Lesson

What did we focus on in our reading last week?

Unit 6, Lesson 7: Secondary Characters in Vignette 4

Close Reading,
Vignette 4

“Our Good Day”

Unit 6, Lesson 7: Secondary Characters in Vignette 4

Check for
Understanding

Unit 6, Lesson 7: Secondary Characters in Vignette 4

Poll

Does Esperanza seem happier in this vignette?

• Yes

• No

Unit 6, Lesson 7: Secondary Characters in Vignette 4

Discussing the
Vignette

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is "smell like a broom"?

• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is "as if the wheels are spaghetti"?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

Personal Pronouns

A personal pronoun
shows the: Pronouns (singular)

Pronouns (plural)

Person speaking

Person spoken to

Person or thing spoken
about

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Open Ended

The first sentence of the vignette introduces a character without using her name and without using quotation makes to show dialogue. Why do you think the author introduced this character without first using her name?

Multiple Choice

Read the passage. Esperanza comments that "she doesn't get it." Whom is Esperanza referring to?

• herself

• the nun

• Lucy

• her mother

Check for
Understanding

Unit 6, Lesson 7: Secondary Characters in Vignette 4

Poll

Is Esperanza happier in this vignette?

• Yes

• No

Let’s Discuss

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End of Activities for Lesson

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Unit 6, Lesson 7: Secondary Characters in Vignette 4