Gary Soto - Seventh Grade

The book 7th grade by Gary Soto is about a boy who is trying to impress a girl that he likes by doing things he normally wouldn’t do. And the poem Oranges by Gary Soto is about a boy and a girl who like each other and the boy tries to be kind to the girl by going out of his way. The theme in both books is the same; kindness can be given if they allow themselves to walk in another's shoes. In the beginning of the book “7th grade”, the theme is shown when Victor says to himself thinking “That's weird Michael thinks making a face makes him look handsome. ”

On my first day of Seventh grade it was different from victors first day of school. First, I did not try to impress someone. Second, I listened to

Theme is the message of the story that the author wants the reader to take away from the story. In the short story “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto. The theme is don’t pretend to be someone you are not. For example, Mr.Bueller remembers his story about how he tried to impress his girlfriend by renting different cars every time they had a date. This led to him to running out of money. He pretended to be someone he was not. Victor also tried to be someone he was not by pretending to know how to speak French fluently to impress his crush, Teresa. Luckily, no one pointed out that VIctor didn’t know French, so he wasn’t embarrassed in front of the whole class, including Teresa.

• Non-verbal – eye contact, smiling, turning towards them to show you are interested • Symbolic – stickers, smiling faces, merits, house points, stars etc.

The theme of “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto, is that seventh grade boys are insecure around girls. Gary Soto illuminates this theme with elements of literature such as allusions, imagery, setting, and how the characters talk to each other (dialogue). In the story, Soto mentions a famous magazine called GQ magazine which is a men’s magazine that is all about being handsome/fashion and how to talk to girls. The author also used many descriptive words to help us imagine what was currently happening at that moment in time such as, “They shook hands, raza-style, and jerked their heads at one another in a saludo de vato,” ‘“I think it works,” Michael said. He scowled and let his upper lip quiver,” “Victor couldn’t stand to look at Teresa.

The story I am analyzing is ”Seventh grade” is a story made by Gary Soto. This short story is fiction because although Gary Soto relates to Victor, the main character, the events are unreliable. Gary Soto wrote this short story for the sole purpose of entertaining the audience made of middle schoolers. The theme of this short story is what really grabs the attention of readers because the readers are able to relate. With that being said, or in this case typed, the theme is that it is nerve wracking talking to your crush. The point of view of this story is third person limited which means that the narrator is not part of the story but instead is told through the eyes of one of the characters. Although if the story was third person omniscient

- use not only verbal but non verbal communication skills like smile, nodding , eye contact etc.

In the story “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto, a seventh grader name Victor joins a french class to spend more time to see his crush which is a girl named Teresa. He has liked her since they were in catechism which is a city in california. He knew she was taking french and joined to impress her and with any luck they would be in the same class. In this story it will show how this 7th grade boy goes from embarrassed, to guilty, to determined throughout the story.

In the story “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto, the main character Victor is similar to a typical 7th grade student because he has a crush, he makes mistakes and he tries to impress his crush.

In “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto and “Charles” by Shirley Jackson I will identify and describe how the setting was important to the plot. The setting in these two stories is very important for the plot makes sense. If the two settings were not based in schools they would make no sense at all, the story would have to be changed entirely. The setting was important in “Seventh Grade” because it was a guy who had a huge crush at school and had taken a French class so he could get closer to her each day.

“Seventh Grade”By Gary Soto-LDC Seventh grade is really hard if you think about it. Well, for some people. Not for me. In Gary Soto’s short story, “Seventh Grade” The main character ,Victor, is always trying to impress this girl he likes,Teresa. He is always trying to say the right things and not embarrass himself, but always fails.

A 7th grade boy named Victor lies when it comes to impressing his crush, Teresa. In French class, he also made a fool of himself when he raised his hand to try to impress Teresa by attempting to respond to the teacher in French, when clearly he couldn’t. In addition, the author made Victor seem that he was not very calm and collected around girls, especially Teresa. Moreover, the author decided that Victor should have a chance with Teresa and didn’t make him seem like a person who wasn’t truthful.

Attention Getter: How would you feel if someone was trying to put you down for your appearance or your culture or your for just being you? How would you feel if there was no one to turn to because you feel like everyone would just make fun of you? How would you like it if you were stuck in bed just wanting to stay home because everyone is just not nice to you? This is what someone goes through when it comes to bullying. This also leads to other things that shouldn’t be the only way out. There is always someone out there for you. You just have to

Bullying has the obscured need of an individual to feel like they have the power as compared to others in a social setting. When the bully carries an ego at school, the victim of the bullying may suffer both physical and emotional abuse. Bullying can also extend to sexual and verbal abuse. In some schools, a majority of the popular students tend to pick on the less popular students for the sake of fun and attention from other school mates. The main structural causes of bullying are mostly psychosomatic problems. In most of the times, a bully can also get rid of their own problems by passing it on to others person. In rare cases of young people, teenagers often release their anger out because of their violent backgrounds or negative influences that they come across as they grew up in life. As an outcome, they end up exhibiting these feelings through

there are also a number of factors you need to consider. Be respectful when trying to get their attention,for example,use a light touch on the arm. If they lip read they need to see your face,so speak clearly at a normal pace and tone.You may need to repeat things so being patient is key.