Salvador Late or Early

1. Salvador Late or Early Authors choose words and phrases very carefully. The words they choose help the reader understand the characters and their lives. The words and phrases show how the author feels about the character. In the story, "Salvador, Late or Early", the author chooses words and phrases to help the reader picture Salvador and his life. • Choose three descriptive words or phrases from the story that help you understand Salvador. • Explain how the words or phrases help you understand what kind of boy Salvador is and what his life is like. • How do the words the author uses show you how she feels about Salvador and his life?

2. Interpreting Quotes from Salvador Late or Early- Group A "Salvador with eyes the color of caterpillar, Salvador of the crooked hair and crooked teeth, Salvador whose name the teacher cannot remember, is a boy who is no one's friend What words and phrases does the author use to help you understand more about Salvador? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ What does the author want you to figure out about Salvador from the words and phrases used? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ What two words can you use to summarize the character, Salvador. Explain why you chose these words. Use evidence from the text to support your thinking. _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________

3. Interpreting Quotes from Salvador Late or Early- Group B "Salvador inside that wrinkled shirt, inside the throat that must clear itself and apologize each time it speaks, inside that forty pound body of a boy with its geography of scars, its history of hurt, limbs stuffed with feathers and rags. What words and phrases does the author use to describe what Salvador does or how Salvador acts? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ How many different things can you infer about Salvador from the words and phrases the author uses? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ What kind of boy is Salvador? Use evidence from the text to support your thinking. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________

4. Interpreting Quotes from Salvador Late or Early- Group C " runs in a that vague direction where homes are the color of bad weather, lives behind a raw wood doorway, shakes the sleepy brothers awake, ties their shoes, combs their hair with water, feeds them milk, and corn flakes from a tin cup in the dim dark of the morning" What words or phrases does the author use to describe Salvador's home? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ What can you infer about where Salvador lives? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ What message does the author give the reader about Salvador's life and home from this quote? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________

5. Interpreting Quotes from Salvador Late or Early-Group D "Salvador, late or early, sooner or later arrives with the string of younger brothers ready. Helps his mama, who is busy with the business of the baby. Tugs the arms of Cecilio, Arturito, makes them hurry, because today, like yesterday, Arturito has dropped the cigar box of crayons, has let go the hundred little fingers of red, green, yellow, blue and nub of black sticks that tumble and spill over and beyond the asphalt puddles until the crossing guard lady holds back the blur of traffic for Salvador to collect them again." What words and phrases does the author use to describe Salvador and what he does? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ What can you infer about where Salvador is going? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ What does the author want you to know about Salvador from this quote? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________

6. Quotes from Salvador Late or Early-Group E " Inside that body too small to contain the hundred balloons of happiness, the single guitar of grief, is a boy like any other disappearing out the door, beside the schoolyard gate, where he has told his brothers they must wait. Collects the hands of Cecilio and Arturito, scuttles off dodging the many schoolyard colors, the elbows and wrists crisscrossing, the several shoes running. Grows small and smaller to the eye, dissolves into the bright horizon, flutters in the air before disappearing like a memory of kites. What words or phrases does the author use to describe Salvador? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ What can you infer about Salvador from these words and phrases? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ What does the author show you about Salvador? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________