“Who Are you Today, Maria”
“Who Are you Today, Maria”
&
“The Medicine Bag”
Response Questions
Directions: Answer the questions below by explaining and quoting from the stories when necessary to provide support.
Recall: 1. In the story “The Medicine Bag,” why does Martin’s grandfather come to visit?
Recall: 2. What does the medicine bag contain?
Represent: 3. In the space provided below, draw Maria in her Who You Are Today outfit. Make sure your drawing reflects the details from the story.
Inference: 4. In “The Medicine Bag,” how do Martin’s mother, father, and sister each feel about Grandpa? Cite details from the story to support your answer.
Draw Conclusions: 5. How are Martin’s feelings about his grandfather and his Sioux heritage affected by the kind of neighborhood in which he lives?
Interpret Ideas: 6. In “Who Are You Today, Maria,” what do you think Maria’s English teacher means in line 11 when he asks, “Are you going to walk around as a joke or as a poem?” Support your answers by citing the text.
Compare and Contrast: 7. Compare Martin’s relationship with Grandpa to Maria’s relationship with Abuela. How are the relationships similar and different? Support your answers by citing the text.
Theme: 8. What message about identity does each story contain?
9. Now that you have read both stories, finish the chart below.
| |Martin |Maria |
|How does the environment of each character affect him | | |
|or her? | | |
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|What is each character’s relationship like with his or| | |
|her grandparent? | | |
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|What is each character’s attitude toward his or her | | |
|cultural heritage? | | |
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|Does the character change in any way? Explain | | |
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