Connecting to Memorable Quotations From "The Jacket"

OBJECTIVE
Students will make connections to texts as springboards for writing.
CONNECTIONS
Place the definition below in your Glossary of Terms on page 171.
• First-person Narration: Narrator tells the story from their perspective as they see it using the first-person pronouns I, me, my, we.
• When you finish copying the definition, turn to “My History As A Writer” to determine whether you conveyed your history in first-person.
• Count how many first-person pronouns you used.

IN YOUR WRITER'S NOTEBOOK
As you grow as a writer, the Glossary of Literary Terms will be a resource you’ll use as a reference as your Writer’s Notebook grows.

A CLOSE STUDY OF "THE JACKET"
• As we read ask yourself:
• What does this story remind me of?
• What moments in the story remind me of moments in my life or someone else’s?
• Which lines make me stop and think?
• After we read, take 5 minutes to write phrases, dialogue or thoughts that come to you in the “Sentence Explorations” section of your Writers Notebook.
• Be sure to date your entry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In Your Writer's Notebook
Quotations
1. “When I needed a new jacket and my mother asked what kind I wanted, I described something bikers wear: black leather and silver studs with enough belts to hold down a small town.”
2. “I touched the vinyl sleeve, the collar, and peeked at the mustard-colored lining.”
Connections
1. I never asked my mother for a biker’s jacket, but I did ask her for a mint green wool sweater with suede patches on the elbows—the patches on the elbows were all the rage when I was in high school. But she said we couldn’t afford it, and that money didn’t grow on trees.
So…
2. In the 5th grade, grandma gave me a ‘90s version of “The Jacket”: a pair of silver plastic ankle boots.