The main idea of the story Our Nagging Mother

Our Nagging Mother (107, 108 and 109)

II.

The main idea of the story is how much the mother nags for everything the daughter’s do.

III.

A. I understood every word of the story.

B.

1. nagging - critical

2. jam - marmalade

3. beggar – mendicant , pauper

4. to fix – to prepare

5. neighbor – nearby resident

6. complaining - protesting

7. glances - looks

8. nevertheless – however

IV.

1. The mother is described in story as nagging, talkative, as the dominant person in the family, loving, and special.

2. The description of the narrator as per what I read is a young girl who doesn’t like to be boss very much, who goes to school and is respectful.

3. The mother of the girls nag about the time that it take them to wash their teeth and nags if they don’t empty the dishes when eating.

4. As per the narrator the mother prepares a breakfast as if she thought that would be there last meal. Very often she filled the plates with eggs, ham, toasts, jelly or jam and sometimes, Fresh fries.

5. I believe that the mother wants their daughters to eat well before going to school because she wants them to be healthy since they are still growing and so they could learn better. Is not good to take classes hungry.

6. The mother shows her love to her daughters when they forgot their projects and she goes back to the home and bring it back to the school. Other way is by worrying for the girls to be healthy.

7. Yes, the mother accepts that she is a nagging person. At night before the girls go to sleep she asks for forgiveness for being so nagging and explains to their daughters that is her personality.

8. The narrator says that her mother is special because even thought her mother is very nagging she also loves them very much and is a lot of other things.

9. The father is a very hard worker, doesn’t talk very much and likes the routines. Yes the father has a passive role in the family because he hardly talks, most of the times he doesn’t respond and always agree with what the mothers says.

10. Yes, I believe the narrator is a happy person because she is just letting us know how her mother is but that even though she is complaining about the nagging of her mother; She also mentions how special and loving her mother is. The nagging it can be disturbing sometimes but apparently that one the things that made her mother special.

The Mystery of the Box (115-116)

II.

The main idea of the story is the narrator trying to behave as a big girl.

III.

1. No, Lisa was not commonly a nervous girl.

2. Lisa’s most silent characteristics are that she still a young girl scare to be home alone.

3. Some of the characteristics that describe Lisa’s friends are responsible, mature and good friends.

4. First because she thought that at last her parents regarded her as an adult who could be trusted, second because it was her first time been home alone and most of all because she was going to be able to party and be with her friends all the time without asking for permission.

5. Lisa went to her friend house to watch a scary movie “The glass house”.

6. To Lisa overcome her fear she try to relax, think about something else and prayed for about 30 minutes.

7. Lisa found in her doorstep a black box. The black box had inside the daily newspaper with a note from Lisa’s friends.

8. Right after Lisa found the object she receives a call from her friend Freddy. He called to let her know not to worry about the box because it was a joke from them.

9. What kept Lisa’s friends from continuing with their prank was that they remember about the anthrax threats and if Lisa called the post office they will be taking sometime to investigate

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