Today, we learned more about the characters and their relationships. For homework, you are to read this passage that tell us about Poppa and write about the passage.
Homework A
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There was no sign of Rocky and his killers. After awhile I saw Poppa coming down the street. He walked like beat tired. Poppa hated his pick-and-shovel job with the WPA. He couldn’t even hear the name WPA without getting a fever. Funny, I thought, Poppa’s the same like me, a stone Puerto Rican, and nobody on this block even pays him a mind. Maybe older people get along better’n us kids.
Poppa was climbing the stoop, “Hi, Poppa,” I said.
“How’s it going, son? Hey, you sure look a little lumped up. What happened?”
I looked at Poppa and started to talk it outta me all at once and I stopped, ‘cause I heard my voice start to sound scared, and that was no good.
“Slow down, son,” Poppa said. “Take it easy.” He sat down on the stoop and made motion for me to do the same. He listened and I talked. I gained confidence. I went from a tone of being shook up by the Italians to a tone of being a better fighter than Joe Louis and Pedro Montanez lumped together, with Kid Chocolate thrown in for extra.
“So that’s what happened,” I concluded. “And it looks like only the beginning. Man, I ain’t scared, Poppa, but like there’s nothin’ but Italianos on this block and there’s no me’s like me except me an’ our family.”
Poppa looked tight. He shook his head from side to side and mumbled something about another Puerto Rican family that lived a coupla doors down from us.
I thought, What good would that do me, unless they prayed over my dead body in Spanish? But I said, “Man! That’s great. Before ya know it, there’ll be a whole bunch of us moving in, huh?”
Poppa grunted something and got up. Staying out here, son?”
“Yeah, Poppa, for a little while longer.”
Homework: Write 3 sentences about Poppa based on this passage.
Homework B
Page 28-29
There was no sign of Rocky and his killers. After awhile I saw Poppa coming down the street. He walked like beat tired. Poppa hated his pick-and-shovel job with the WPA. Funny, I thought, Poppa’s the same like me, a stone Puerto Rican, and nobody on this block even pays him a mind. Maybe older people get along better’n us kids.
Poppa was climbing the stoop, “Hi, Poppa,” I said.
“How’s it going, son? Hey, you sure look a little lumped up. What happened?”
I looked at Poppa and started to talk it outta me all at once and I stopped, ‘cause I heard my voice start to sound scared.
“Slow down, son,” Poppa said. “Take it easy.” He listened and I talked. I gained confidence.
“So that’s what happened,” I concluded. “And it looks like only the beginning. Man, I ain’t scared, Poppa, but like there’s nothin’ but Italianos on this block and there’s no me’s like me except me an’ our family.”
Poppa looked tight. He shook his head from side to side and mumbled something about another Puerto Rican family that lived a coupla doors down from us.
I thought, What good would that do me, unless they prayed over my dead body in Spanish? But I said, “Man! That’s great. Before ya know it, there’ll be a whole bunch of us moving in, huh?”
Poppa grunted something and got up. "Staying out here, son?”
“Yeah, Poppa, for a little while longer.”
Homework: Write 2 sentences about Poppa based on this passage.
Homework C
Page 28-29
There was no sign of Rocky. After awhile I saw Poppa coming down the street. Poppa hated his pick-and-shovel job. Funny, I thought, Poppa’s the same like me, a stone Puerto Rican, and nobody on this block even pays him a mind. Maybe older people get along better’n us kids.
Poppa was climbing the stoop, “Hi, Poppa,” I said.
“How’s it going, son? What happened?”
I looked at Poppa and started to talk it outta me all at once and I stopped.
“Slow down, son,” Poppa said. “Take it easy.” He listened and I talked. I gained confidence.
“So that’s what happened,” I concluded. “And it looks like only the beginning. There’s nothin’ but Italianos on this block.”
Poppa looked tight. He shook his head from side to side and said another Puerto Rican family that lived a coupla doors down from us.
I said, “Man! That’s great. Before ya know it, there’ll be a whole bunch of us moving in, huh?”
Poppa grunted something and got up. "Staying out here, son?”
“Yeah, Poppa, for a little while longer.”
Homework: Write 1 sentence about Poppa based on this passage.
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