Name: Madison Hodges

Period: 3
Date: 8/30

SEAO (Only Daughter)

Title
MLA
Citation
Meaning of
Title

Cisneros, Sandra. Only Daughter. T

he Language of Literature. Ed.
Applebee, Arthur, et al. Evanston, Il.: McDougal Littell, 2002.694-697 .
E-text.

Literally, the title means that she is the only daughter. Symbolically, it
means that she is just a daughter.She is never expected to be anything
other than a wife.

(Literal &
symbolic
meanings)

Compare works that express a universal theme.

Purpose
ELA standard(s)

POV
Narrator
Who? How do
you know?

Narrator is first person limited because the writer uses I and me and we
can only hear her thoughts.

Reliability

Reliable because theres no evidence to state shes not.

How do you
know?

Setting

Where
When

Chicago

1975-80s

Infer as
accurately as
possible

Duration

The action took place over 1-3 hours.

How long for

action to
happen?

Characters
Protagonist
Name
static/dynamic?
round/flat?
3+ details about
char. (not plot)

Sandra Cisneros. Static. Round.

Writer with four years of college + two years of graduate school
Only Daughter
Spent a lot of time alone as a child

Antagonist
Name
static/dynamic?
round/flat?
3+ details about
char. (not plot)

Main or
Supporting
Names
3+ details about
ea. (not plot)
Function

Minor
Names
Brief who are
they
Function

Father. Dynamic. Flat.

6 sons
From Mexico
Mexican/American wife

Sandra
Doesnt want to be the wife and mother, as her father expects her
to be.
Sandras father
Doesnt accept the fact that sandra wants to be more than a
stereotypical housewife.

Sons
One graduated with a medical degree
Excluded Sandra from activities as a child
Raised by their father which also means they expect Sandra to
grow up and only be a wife and mother.

Conflict
Internal
External
Main

Sandra wants to go to college and be a successful writer.

Sandras father is expecting her to go to college and find a husband to

marry and have children with.
Sandras father wants Sandras future to be different than Sandra wants it
to be. Whatever she does, however hard she works, she cant seem to live
up to her fathers expectations.

Plot
Exposition

Sandras book gets published in Spanish.

Status quo
before conflict

Rising
Action
Climax

She walked up a set of stairs and found her father lying in bed, she
handed him the book, he muted the tv, and proceeded to read.

Her father says "Where can we get more copies of this for the relatives?"

A MOMENT
when conflict is
definitively
resolved

Denoument
/ Catharsis/
Falling
Action

Sandra acknowledges how out of all the awards she had won during the
year, her fathers acceptance was the most important.

Theme
Topic
Not same as
plot

Determination and acceptance.

Theme

Even if you feel neglected by society, your true colors will shine through
and they will eventually be able to accept you for who your are.

Lesson we
learn about the
topic

How do
you know?
Symbols
5+
symbol=????

Sandra never feels accepted, but always lets her true self show and is
eventually accepted and praised in the end.

1. Her father - represents the general public

2. Sandra- symbol is a representation of determination
3.
4.
5.

Self assess. Fill out the chart prior to submitting your work for feedback:
Comments: Student
Concerns
(Evidence criteria/standards (Improve or
met)
Remediate)
1-2

Criteria
(Proficient)
CCSS standard &
Description of mastery

Advanced
Exceeded
Standard
3-4

I assessed the texts

logically and made
inferences based on the
evidence provided in text.

CCSS ELA R1
Read closely to determine
what the text says
explicitly and to make
logical inferences from it;
cite specific textual
evidence when writing or
speaking to support
conclusions drawn from
the text

I found the themes a topics

and could properly provide
evidence to support my
ideas.

CCSS ELA R2
Determine central ideas or
themes of a text and
analyze their development;
summarize the key
supporting details and ideas

I cited text and

acknowledge what the
information had to do with
the text.

CCSS ELA R5
Analyze the structure of
texts, including how
specific sentences,
paragraphs, and larger
portions of the text (e.g., a
section, chapter, scene, or

Comments: Teacher

stanza) relate to each

other and the whole

A student who earns a 4 goes beyond what was taught. A student who earns a 3 demonstrates a strong knowledge
of what is explicitly taught. A student who earns a 2 shows a grasp of the simpler concepts and may have errors or
omissions when it comes to the more complex concepts taught. A student who earns a 1 only demonstrates a partial
understanding of simpler concepts taught (Marzano 2006).