only daughter

WELCOME

* Place:Chicago* Born:1954* Important works:Bad Boys,

My Wicked Ways, Loose Woman.* Her works highlight the problems of Chicano women.

ONLY DAUGHTERSummary

The author Sandra cisneros suggests that being an only daughter is not a thing of despire.Determination & creativity can do wonders in one's life & make a lasting impact .Sandra was the only daughter in a family.In the family there are seven sons.Her brother considered playing with a girl is publically beneath.She took degree in English & she could live in the world of her little poems & stories without so much interruption from her father as 'what's you are writing'.

• Bout/baʊt/ : a short period

Bologana type of cooked meat often eaten in sandwiches

Parish/pær.ɪʃ/

a small administrative district typically having its own

church and a priest or pastor

Wagon/wæɡ.ən/a vehicle used for transporting goods or another

specified purpose.

Scaffolding Questions

• What is the difference between 'my only daughter' & 'only daughter'?

• Why did the brothers not play with their sister?

Write the likely diary notes of sandra cisneros for the day she visited her father with her newly translated story

Prepare four slogans against discrimination of girls