Bronx Princess Film Clips: Blouse or a shirt? Rocky Otoo, a 17-year-old from the Bronx, and her mom, Aunt Yaa, butt heads over whether the shirt Rocky has bought is a "shirt" or a "blouse." Respect Rocky and her mother, Auntie Yaa, have an argument about whether Rocky should stay at her mom's beauty store and help out, or go to the beach with her friends. Auntie Yaa thinks Rocky is being disrespectful, while Rocky says she can't wait to leave home. Home from College Rocky comes home to her mom, Auntie Yaa, after spending a semester at college. Rocky tells her mom that she has been eating pizza and chips at college, and Auntie Yaa makes rice for Rocky.
Group letter work: From Mother and Daughter: Poems, Dialogues, and Letters of Les Dames Des Roches edited and translated by Anne R. Larsen This book, available online, contains 16th-century letters that were sent by women in French literary history. Theodore Roosevelt’s Letters to His Children This online book provides a collection of letters that Teddy Roosevelt sent to his children. While Father Is Away: The Civil War Letters of William H. Bradbury This compilation of letters from a soldier in the Civil War includes messages to and about Bradbury’s children. Search the text for his daughter Jane’s name. Blog Post: A Letter to My Mom (with response) A daughter writes a letter on her blog to her mother about their relationship, and her mother responds.
