ELA blog February 23

Izabella Curtis
ELA
Dr. Cobos
02/23/2018
Take the in-class writing we did last week on Wednesday/Thursday (the prompts that were sitting around the table). Expand and revise that writing to create one coherent, well-thought-out blog entry.
The prompts I did was:
  • The use of the red-orange color on page 210-211
  • The family picture on page 267
  • Ways immigrants can learn to be Americans  



  1. On pages 210 and 211 the orangey color changes to a lighter orange color. On those pages they talk about how the war ended, the loss of a child, and the stress of not having food. I think she chose to have an orange-brown color to show a different emotion. Not sadness by itself and not stress, I think she tried to show both feelings and a third feeling that is hard to label because it is something indescribable.
  2. The family picture is very interesting because she chose to make it the actual picture of them on the boat. I think it was a super smart move on her because it gives character and it shows proof that this actually happened and it makes you connect with her story more. At least I felt more connected to her story than before.
  3. Ways to become more of an American. I think a lot of our culture is based off the tv. “The dream life” for Americans are the white picket fence and I’ve only heard that in old movies so I think a lot of our culture is in movies and tv. Our food is something else, it is really bad and see what Americans eat is scary. I think it wouldn’t be hard to transition to be American.

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