Cuándo y cómo vincularlos:
Read this short story after chapter 8 to have students discuss the themes of youth and aging. In this chapter, the Tucks are excited to spend time with Winnie. Have students discuss Mae’s, Miles’s, and Jesse’s actions in this chapter. Then, have students discuss how Rachel feels about her age in “Eleven.” Have students think about the themes of youth and aging that are present in both texts. Ask, “Why does Winnie think that, despite their old age, the Tucks seem ‘childlike?’ How do the Tucks, especially Jesse, exemplify what Rachel in ‘Eleven’ believes about the way we get older?” Students may explain the different ways the Tucks seem younger than their actual ages in this chapter.