(4) "Hey, Skinny Bones, pump It, girl. Ain't you got no energy today?"Gall, the biggest of the black girls had the other end of the rope, yelled,"Didn't you eat your rice and beans and pork chops for breakfast today?" (5) The other girls picked up the "pork chop" and made it Into a refrain:"pork chop, pork chop, did you eat your pork chop?" They entered the double ropes in pairs and exited without tripping or missing a beat.I felt a burning on my cheeks and then my glasses fogged up so that I could not manage to coordinate the jump rope with Gall. The chill was doing to me what it always did; entering my bones, making me cry, humiliating me. I hated the city,especially in winter. I hated Public School Number 13,1 hated my skinny flat-chested body.and I envied the black girls who could jump rope so fast that their legs became a blur. They always seemed to be warm while I froze. PARTNER READING [6] There was only one source of beauty and light for me that school year. The only thing I had anticlpated"at the start of the semester. That was seeing Eugene. In August, Eugene and his family had moved into the only house on the block that had a yard and trees.I could see his place from my window in El Building. In fact, if I sat on the fire escape I was literally suspended above Eugene's backyard. It was my favorite spot to read my library books in the summer. Until that August the house had been occupied by an old Jewish couple. Over the years I had become part of their family,without their knowing it, of course. I had a view of their kitchen and their backyard,and though I could not hear what they said,I knew when they were arguing.when one of them was sick, and many other things. I knew all this by watching them at mealtimes I could see their kitchen table, the sink, and the stove During good times, he sat at the table and read his newspapers while she fixed the meals. If they argued, he would leave and the old woman would sit and stare at nothing for a long time. When one of them was sick, the other would come and get things from the kitchen and carry them out on a tray. The old man had died in June.The last week of school I had not seen him at the table at all.Then one day I saw that there was a crowd in the kitchen. The old woman had finally emerged from the house on the arm of a stocky, middle-aged woman, whom I had seen there a few times before, maybe her daughter.Then a man had carried out suitcases. The house had stood empty for weeks I had to resist the temptation to climb down into the yard and water the flowers the old lady had taken such good care of. [7] By the time Eugene's family moved in,the yard was a tangled mass of weeds. The father had spent several days mowing, and when he finished, from where I sat, I didn't see the red,yellow, and purple clusters that meant flowers to me. I didn't see this family sit down at the kitchen table together. It was just the mother, a red-headed tall woman who wore a white uniform - a nurse's, I guessed it was; the father was gone before I got up in the morning and was never there at dinner time.I only saw him on weekends when they sometimes sat on lawn chairs under the oak tree, each hidden behind a section of the newspaper; and there was Eugene.He was tall and blond, and he wore glasses. I liked him right away because he sat at the kitchen table and read books for hours. That summer, before we had even spoken one word to each other, I kept him company on my fire escape. __ Paragraphs 3-5 Poll the class are the girls Innocently teasing Elena, deliberately trying to hurt her, or both? How do you know? Be prepared to defend your response. an innocently teasing B. Deliberately trying to hurt her C. Both DURING READING QUESTIONS Paragraphs 6-7 Write: Why does the narrator feel connected t Eugene even though they haven't met?

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(4) "Hey, Skinny Bones, pump It, girl. Ain't you got no energy today?"Gall, the biggest of the black girls had the other end of the rope, yelled,"Didn't you eat your rice and beans and pork chops for breakfast today?" (5) The other girls picked up the "pork chop" and made it Into a refrain:"pork chop, pork chop, did you eat your pork chop?" They entered the double ropes in pairs and exited without tripping or missing a beat.I felt a burning on my cheeks and then my glasses fogged up so that I could not manage to coordinate the jump rope with Gall. The chill was doing to me what it always did; entering my bones, making me cry, humiliating me. I hated the city,especially in winter. I hated Public School Number 13,1 hated my skinny flat-chested body.and I envied the black girls who could jump rope so fast that their legs became a blur. They always seemed to be warm while I froze. PARTNER READING [6] There was only one source of beauty and light for me that school year. The only thing I had anticlpated"at the start of the semester. That was seeing Eugene. In August, Eugene and his family had moved into the only house on the block that had a yard and trees.I could see his place from my window in El Building. In fact, if I sat on the fire escape I was literally suspended above Eugene's backyard. It was my favorite spot to read my library books in the summer. Until that August the house had been occupied by an old Jewish couple. Over the years I had become part of their family,without their knowing it, of course. I had a view of their kitchen and their backyard,and though I could not hear what they said,I knew when they were arguing.when one of them was sick, and many other things. I knew all this by watching them at mealtimes I could see their kitchen table, the sink, and the stove During good times, he sat at the table and read his newspapers while she fixed the meals. If they argued, he would leave and the old woman would sit and stare at nothing for a long time. When one of them was sick, the other would come and get things from the kitchen and carry them out on a tray. The old man had died in June.The last week of school I had not seen him at the table at all.Then one day I saw that there was a crowd in the kitchen. The old woman had finally emerged from the house on the arm of a stocky, middle-aged woman, whom I had seen there a few times before, maybe her daughter.Then a man had carried out suitcases. The house had stood empty for weeks I had to resist the temptation to climb down into the yard and water the flowers the old lady had taken such good care of. [7] By the time Eugene's family moved in,the yard was a tangled mass of weeds. The father had spent several days mowing, and when he finished, from where I sat, I didn't see the red,yellow, and purple clusters that meant flowers to me. I didn't see this family sit down at the kitchen table together. It was just the mother, a red-headed tall woman who wore a white uniform - a nurse's, I guessed it was; the father was gone before I got up in the morning and was never there at dinner time.I only saw him on weekends when they sometimes sat on lawn chairs under the oak tree, each hidden behind a section of the newspaper; and there was Eugene.He was tall and blond, and he wore glasses. I liked him right away because he sat at the kitchen table and read books for hours. That summer, before we had even spoken one word to each other, I kept him company on my fire escape. __ Paragraphs 3-5 Poll the class are the girls Innocently teasing Elena, deliberately trying to hurt her, or both? How do you know? Be prepared to defend your response. an innocently teasing B. Deliberately trying to hurt her C. Both DURING READING QUESTIONS Paragraphs 6-7 Write: Why does the narrator feel connected t Eugene even though they haven't met?

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**Paragraphs 3-5:****C. Both**The girls' teasing has elements of both innocent fun and deliberate cruelty. While jump-rope rhymes and playful taunts are common amongst children, the specific comments about Elena's thinness ("Skinny Bones") and lack of energy, coupled with the references to food ("pork chop") suggest they are aware of her insecurities. Gall, being the biggest girl, holds a position of power in the group, and her leading the chant indicates a conscious targeting of Elena. The fact that Elena feels a "burning on her cheeks" and her glasses fog up suggests shame and distress, indicating the teasing is not entirely lighthearted. The girls may not intend to be outright malicious, but their words and actions demonstrate a lack of sensitivity and an awareness of Elena's vulnerability.**Paragraphs 6-7:**The narrator feels connected to Eugene even though they haven't met because they share a love of reading. She observes him sitting at his kitchen table for hours engrossed in books, much like she does on her fire escape. This shared intellectual pursuit creates a sense of kinship and understanding between them, even in the absence of direct interaction. Furthermore, her observation of Eugene mirrors her previous observation of the old Jewish couple, suggesting she forms connections with people through quiet observation and shared routines. Eugene's presence fills a void left by the old couple, providing a new focal point for her observations and a sense of continuity in her life.

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