1. Open Ended
Response
Or ACE(ing) the short answer

2. Who is being described in paragraph 2 from Finding Miracles by
Julia Alvarez?
But sometimes, like with my allergies, it takes an outside
irritant to make you react. My outside “irritant” showed up the
next day in Mr. Barstow‟s class.
He stood in front of us, head bowed, so you couldn‟t really see
his face. His skin was golden brown like mine gets in the summer
after a few weeks in the sun.
Mr. Barstow, our homeroom/history teacher, was introducing
him: Pablo something something something – he must have had
about four names. “Let‟s give our classmate a warm welcome!”

4. Pablo is being described
in paragraph 2.

5. Mr. Barstow “was introducing
him: Pablo…”

6. In the first paragraph the author transitions from
one location to Mr. Barstow‟s classroom. Then
she describes someone but does so using a
pronoun. At first, the person appears to be Mr.
Barstow. However, a teacher would not
ordinarily talk with his head bowed. Also, Mr.
Barstow who lives in Vermont would not have a
suntan in January. I realized the „he‟ in
paragraph 2 referred to Pablo when Mr. Barstow
introduced Pablo to the class.

7. Who is being described in paragraph 2 from
Finding Miracles by Julia Alvarez?
Pablo is being described in paragraph 2. Mr. Barstow
“was introducing him: Pablo…” In the first paragraph the
author transitions from one location to Mr. Barstow‟s
classroom. Then she describes someone but does so
using a pronoun. At first, the person appears to be Mr.
Barstow. However, a teacher would not ordinarily talk
with his head bowed. Also, Mr. Barstow who lives in
Vermont would not have a suntan in January. I realized
the „he‟ in paragraph 2 referred to Pablo when Mr.
Barstow introduced Pablo to the class.

8. Answer the question. Use words from the question in your
response.
Comment/Quote/Proof from the story. Pick a phrase or
sentence from the story that supports your answer. TIE
the quote to a sentence. (Tag, Introduce, or Embed)
Explain by writing a sentence(s) that show why the quote
proves the answer.

9. Write your answer. Circle the words that are the same as
in the question.
_______________________________________________
___.
Write the proof that supports your answer. Underline the
tag (introduce, embed) part of the quote.
In the story it says
“______________________________________________
___.”
Write the explanation that tells why the quote proves your
answer.

10. Pablo is being described in paragraph 2. In the story it
says that Mr. Barstow “was introducing him: Pablo…”
This proves Mr. Barstow is talking about Pablo
because at first the person in paragraph 2 appears to
be Mr. Barstow. However, a teacher would not
ordinarily talk with his head bowed. Also, Mr. Barstow
who lives in Vermont would not have a suntan in
January. Then when Mr. Barstow introduced Pablo to
the class I realized that the person in paragraph 2 was
Pablo.