Part F Can you make any personal connections to the passage from Under the Mesquite e? Do you see any connections
between the text and other texts? Or do you see connections to issues or events currently happening in society?
Tip: Can you find where in the passage the author refers to the fairytale character Cinderella? This reference is one
example of a direct connection with other texts.
Fill in the table using complete sentences and update your worksheet by underlining these connections in the passage.
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Connections
Personal Connection
What do you personal relate to in this story?
Connection with other Texts
Can you see or direct connections to
other tests in this passage
Connections to Society
Can you identify connections with current
sues or events happening in society
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How can rereading a passage to clarify the meaning of a later one?

What is the theme of the poem, my tongue is divided into two by quique aviles? my tongue is divided into twoby virtue, coincidence or heavenwords jumping out of my mouthstepping on each otherenjoying being a voice for the messageexpecting conclusionsmy tongue is divided into twointo heavy accent bits of confusioninto miracles and accidentssaying things that hurt the heartdrowning in a language that lives, jumps, translatesmy tongue is divided by natureby our crazy desire to triumph and conquerthis tongue is cut up into equal piecesone wants to curse and sing out loudthe other one simply wants to ask for watermy tongue is divided into twoone side likes to partythe other one takes refuge in prayingtongueenglish of the funny soundstonguefunny sounds in englishtonguesounds funny in englishtonguein funny english soundsmy tongue sometimes acts like twoand it goes crazynot knowing which side should be speakingwhich side translatingmy tongue is divided into twoa border patrol runs through the middlefrisking wordsasking for proper identificationchecking for pronunciationmy tongue is divided into twomy tongue is divided into twoi like my tongueit says what feels righti like my tongueit says what feels rightby quique aviles

What do we know about the mother in “two kinds”? select all that apply. she came from china. she had two daughters who died. her mother, father, and first husband are dead. she is part japanese.