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Food plays an intrinsic role on the characters' life in Like Water For Chocolate. Although "Like Water for Chocolate" is a novel based on family traditions, love, passion, tragedy and so on, the reality is that ** food ** establish an intrinsic relationship with the characters in the novel, and help you to understand their life, their emotions, their frustrations even the physical reactions that food can cause on them.
 * //Like Water for Chocolate //**** Pre-Writing **
 * Choose one question. Which question did you choose? __1_ **
 * What is your thesis statement? **
 * Write your thesis statement here: **

Tita to stay in the kitchen as one of those traditions. || before it is ready to have the chocolate added. In the novel, HEAT is an important element that represents an interesting dichotomy. || Reason 5: Heat represent passion and lust. ||
 * Analyze your topic. Look at both sides to understand the issue. Type your reasons below. **
 * ** Your opinion ** || ** Opposite opinion ** ||
 * Reason 1: Tita was born in a kitchen and was raised by the sweetest smelling meals. || Reason 1: Mama Elena had strong traditions and she imposed
 * Reason 2: It shows how the the main character and her passion for cooking can affect the loved ones around her. || Reason 2: The novel talked about how issues like lack of love, passion, lust affect the characters. ||
 * Reason 3: Every chapter reveal a mouth-watering recipe which help's to reveal Tita's emotions. || Reason 3: Each chapter represents the life of the main character. ||
 * Reason 4: Food is directly related to cause physical and emotional effects on the characters. || Reason 4: The characters got sick because of the different events they were experienced at that precise moment. ||
 * Reason 5: The novel states that in order to prepare a good hot chocolate the water must be boiled several times,


 * Essay #2 Pre-Writing Response **
 * Option #1: **

1. What story and theme have you chosen to write about?

2. Why did you choose this theme?

3. Are you going to be concentrating on the 1930s and 1940s in your research or on the present time?

4. Write your "working thesis" here:

5. List some of the sources you will be using in your research. (Remember that your sources must be reliable—they must be from a magazine, newspaper, journal, university or government website, etc. If you can’t identify the source—it’s not acceptable!) Next to each, write why you are using this source. What information does it contain that you think you can use?


 * Option #2: **

1. What marginalized or disenfranchised group of people did you choose for your paper?
 * ‍Native Americans during the Great Depression. ‍ **

2. Why did you choose this group?
 * I got interested and want to know what happened to this ethnic group. **

3. What do you know about this group before you do any research?
 * I don't know anything about what happened to them during this period of time. I also have some vague knowledge of their history in America. **

4. After doing a little research, answer the following questions:

a. What are some of the causes of the disenfranchisement?
 * Superiority of white race, land. **

b. What are some of the effects of the disenfranchisement?
 * Lost of territory (land), lack of education, poverty, ethnocide. **

List your sources below: Remember that your sources must be reliable—they must be from a magazine, newspaper, journal, university or government website, etc. If you can’t identify the source—it’s not acceptable!

Essay #1 Final Draft Response
List any feedback you received from April and other people who read your essay.
 * April comments.: **
 * 1.- Watch out for run on sentences. **
 * 2.- Comma splices. **
 * 3.- Some MLA grammatical errors. **
 * 4.- The main feed back had to do with my thesis, it needed to be restructure. **


 * Friend comments: **
 * 1.- The sequence of the story was not well developed in other words was misleading **
 * and confusing the reader. **

List what you changed for your final draft (Ex. Verbs, thesis statement) and **why**.
 * I pretty much made a substantial changes on the entire essay in order to be **
 * more coherent and clear with the ideas I had in the thesis. **

If you had more time, what else would you change about your essay?
 * I would rethink ideas and make them more appealing to my readers and ultimately for me. **

What makes you proud about your essay?
 * I think that introduction and conclusion have interesting comments and I tried to convey this **
 * to the body paragraphs. **

Did you like writing about the theme you chose? **Why or why not?**
 * I think so, otherwise, I wouldn't choose it. I chooses to develop that thesis because **
 * I think there is a lot of information to get from this topic. I am a truly believer of equal **
 * rights between women and men. **

What did you learn in this unit?
 * I learn several thinks like: **
 * 1.- Organize my ideas using the essay outline **
 * 2.- I like the retro-feeding from **
 * classmates regarding the readings we did during class . **

‍‍‍Essay #1 Rough Draft Self-Response ‍‍‍
How many paragraphs does your **essay** have?
 * I have five paragraphs total. **

Your **introduction** should have 3-5 sentences. How many sentences are in your introduction? Do you need to fix anything? If yes, what?
 * I have five sentences total including thesis statement. **
 * Yes, I do. Apparently, my thesis statement is not well develop,‍‍‍ so I need to rethink the way I wrote it ‍‍‍. **

How many **body paragraphs** do you have?
 * I have three paragraphs total. **

How many sentences are in:


 * 1) Body ¶ #1: ** I have twelve sentences total. **
 * 2) Body ¶ #2: ** I have twelve sentences total. **
 * 3) Body ¶ #3: ** I have fourteen sentences total. **
 * 4) Body ¶ #4:
 * 5) Body ¶ #5:

Each **body paragraph** should have 11 sentences. Do you need to fix anything? If yes, what?
 * I believe that I am safe on this question. **

Your **conclusion** should have 3-5 sentences. How many sentences are in your **conclusion**? __Do you need to fix anything in your **conclusion**? If yes, what?__
 * I have six sentences total. **

What is your **word count**?


 * Word account is: 1,049 words. **

You should have 750-1,000 words. Do you need to add more words?
 * No, I do not. I have enough words. **

Copy your **thesis** here:
 * That’s why I got captivated by Steinbeck’s short story “The White Quail”, **
 * he presents Mary Teller as character full of creativity, imagination and passion **
 * for being a woman. **

Did you prove your **thesis** in the essay? How? If not, can you revise your essay to prove it more clearly?
 * Yes, I did. What I did to support my thesis was to follow the pre-writing exercises and that guided me to **
 * a much simpler process to write my essay. **

Which __pre-writing__ method do you like best and why (bubble clusters, line clusters, columns etc)? The bubble cluster is my favorite one. It really help this pre-writing method to see the overall picture and how you can organize your ideas. A good essay start using these types of pre-writing methods.

Based on the feedback and class discussion, write your revised thesis statement here:

I got captivated by Steinbeck’s short story “The White Quail”, he presents Mary Teller as character full of creativity, imagination and passion for being a woman.

Please write the date here: 2/9/2012 Please write your name: Michelangelo Arenales Please write your thesis statement: I decided to write about the short story of "The White Quail" because Mr. Steinbeck showed a character full of creativity, imagination and passion for what she does, her name is Mary Teller. Hi Michel, this is a good start. I understand from your thesis that you will be writing three paragraphs about Mary Teller. One about her creativity, one about her imagination, and one about her passion for what she does. :) April

Then, comment on at least one other person's page.

1. What is the "source" in the thesis statement? "The White Quail"

2. Does it give the writer's opinion? Why or why not? Yes

3. Does it imply a structure for the essay? How many body paragraphs? I think the essay will have three paragraphs. The first paragraph is about Mary's creativity. Second paragraph is about Mary's imagination and the last paragraph is about her passion.

(Students with "odd-numbered" tickets, ESL100Student1, ESL100Student3, etc., please comment on the next number going up, so ESL100Student1 comments on ESL100Student2, and students with "even-numbered tickets," please comment on the next number going DOWN, so ESL100Student2 comments on ESL100Student1, and so on.)