A RICE SANDWICH

Sandra Cisneros

GROUP

Álvaro Lordêlo; Amanda Coelho; Romulo Mascarenhas.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

The daughter of a Mexican father and a Mexican-American mother, Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954;

She worked as a teacher to high school dropouts;

Cisneros is the author of four books of poetry and two books of short stories;

She often dedicates her books to her mother.

SOME SANDRA CISNEROS’S BOOKS

WHAT’S A SHORT STORY?

Fictional text; It has narrator, characters, point of view and

plot Lesser than novel or romance; Closed structure; Only one conflict and one climax; It’s always published in a book, never alone;

SOME QUESTIONS ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU UNDERSTANT A

SHORT STORY?

Who? What? When? Where? How? Who are main characters? What's happen in short story? What’s moment and Where’s happen story? Who’s narrate? How? Is narrator outside or

inside of the story?

A RICE SANDWICH’S CHARACTERS

Esperanza

Esperanza’s mother

SisterSuperior

A RICE SANDWICH

The child would want your mother to make a sandwich and write a note to the principal so it could eat in the canteen;

After three days, the mother makes the sandwich and a child goes to the school with your mother’s letter and a rice sandwich;

They don’t eat meat; The Sister Superior read the mother’s

letter;

A RICE SANDWICH

The Sister Superior was angry and the child started to cry;

Then Sister Superior was sorry and said the child could eat in the canteen;

In the canteen, lots of boys and girls watched while the child cried and ate her cold rice sandwich.

VOCABULARY ASHAMED – adj. feeling bad because you have done

something wrong? I felt so ashamed of my behavior. BET – verb. 1.to risk money on the result of a game

or competition? I bet him a dollar that I was right. 2. I BET informal something you say to show that you are certain, something is true ot will happen :I bet he’s late.

BLOW – verb. (present participle blowing, past tense blew). 1. If the wind blows, it moves and makes currents of air: A cool sea breeze was blowing. 2. To force air out throught your mouth: I blew on my coffee to cool it.

BOULEVARD – noun. A wide road in a town or city. Avenue.

CANTEEN – noun. A restaurant in an office, factory, or school. DIZZY – adj. feeling like everything is turning round and as if

you might fall. EITHER – used in negative sentences to mean thet something

else is also true: The food was bad and it wasn’t cheap either. EMPTY – adj. with nothing or no one inside: an empty house /

empty bottles. FAINT – verb. to suddenly become unconscious for a short time. GREASY – adj. containing or covered with fat or oil: greasy

food. HOLD OUT – noun. When you have something in your hand. HOLD UP – noun. 1. Something that makes you move slowly or

makes you late: There were several hold-ups on the motorway. 2. When someone steals money from a bank, shop or car, etc. using force.

HOLLERED AT – verb. Shout. To say something very loudly: ”Look out!” she shouted. / I was angry and I shouted at him..

HOLY – 1. Relating to a religion or a God: the holy city of Jerusalem. 2. Very religious or pure: a holy man.

MATTER – verb. to be important: We were late, but it didn’t seem to matter. / It doesn’t matter.

NECK – noun. the part of the body between your head and your shoulders.

NODDED – verb. to move, your head up and down as a way of agreeing: I asked Barbara if she liked him and she nodded.

NOSE – noun. 1. the part of your face that you breathe through and smell with

NUN – noun. A member of a group of religious women living away from other people.

ON THE OTHER HAND – used when you are comparing two different ideas or opinions: On the one hand, I’d like more money but on the other hand, I don’t want to work more.

PRINCIPAL – noun. the person in charge of a school or college.

RAGGEDY – (clothes) person with clothes ragged. ROW – noun. astraight line of people or things: a row of

chairs. SHY – adj. not confident, especially about meeting new

people: He was too shy to say anything to her. SKINNY – adj. (skinnier, skinniest) too thin.

SOMEHOW – adv. In a way which you do not know or do not understand: Don’t worry, we’ll fix it somehow. / Somehow they managed to get in.

SUFFERING – noun. when someone feels pain or feels sadness and worry: human suffering.

TILL – preposition, conjunction. Until: The supermarker is open till midnight.

TROUBLE – noun. 1. Problems: We had trouble finding somewhere to park.

TURN – noun. 1. The time when you can or must do something, usually before or after someone else: You’ll have to be patient and wait your turn.

WRIST – noun. the part of your body between your hand and your arm.

YELL – verb. to shout something very loudly: the policeman yelled at them to stop.

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