1. Who invented candy? 2. What did this lesson make you curious about? What other questions do you have about candy?

3. Activity: Candy is tasty, but it’s not perfect. Chocolate bars make a mess when they melt. Taffy sticks to your teeth. Life Savers stick together. Think like an inventor. What could you do to improve your favorite candy? Could you give it a better package or a new flavor? Could you make it less messy by putting it on a stick like a lollipop? Write or draw what your new candy would look like. Give your candy a name.

Read this excerpt from rudolfo anaya’s essay “take the tortillas out of your poetry.”tortillas and poetry. they go hand in hand. books nourish the spirit, bread nourishes our bodies. our distinct cultures nourish each one of us, and as we know more and more about the art and literature of the different cultures, we become freer and freer. . i don’t know anyone who doesn’t like to sample different ethnic foods, the breads of many many groups; just as many of us enjoy sampling books from different areas of the world. i travel to foreign countries, and i know more about myself as i learn more about my fellow human beings. censorship imposes itself in my path of knowledge, and that activity can be justified by no one. which of these changes would make this excerpt more argumentative? using words that affect the audience’s sense of trustusing less repetition of certain words and phrasesincluding words that address logic and reasonincluding words that are charged with emotion