Springboard - embedded vocab for 1.2

Front

Personal narrative = telling one's own story.

Back

True

Front

A bracero is...

Back

someone who works with their arms usually on a farm.

Front

Francisco Jimenez's story "The Circuit" describes part of his life.

Back

True

Front

Narrator's sadness about leaving the fields in section 4.

Back

He won't hear "Ya esora" again, meaning "it is time to pack up."

Front

A jalopy is

Back

an old car

Front

Definition of labor:

Back

Work that people are paid for.

Front

Family worked at a labor camp near Fresno and unpacked their belongings there.

Back

False

Front

What does "gasp" mean?

Back

try to get a breath of air

Front

Strained means:

Back

To pull or push by force.

Front

The "drone" of insects means...

Back

The sound of the insects.