Esperanza 4/5/19

What do the characters in Esperanza mean when they talk about a "strike?"

• when you swing and miss in baseball

• when people stop buying things from a store to get the store to change

• when a company stops paying workers to get them to change their behavior

• when a group of workers get together and stop working for a company to get it to change

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Why would the strikers want everyone to strike with them?

• if some people still do the work the company doesn't have to change

• if some people still do the work they don't have to pay taxes

• if some people still work then those people could feed their families

• if some people still work it will make other people jealous

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CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.1

What does Isabel always ask Esperanza about?

• What was it like back when you were a riena, a queen?

• What is Mexico like?

• How to do the chores

• The price of tea in China

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What does Esperanza wish for?

• All the nice things she used to have, and soft hands

• a big mansion with gold toilets

• A small place to call her own

• for Isabel to be happy

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does Isabel wish for?

• anything

• a new cat

• more yarn dolls

• a plastic swimming pool

What else does Esperanza wish for after her first wish?

• that she could be like Isabel

• that she had a new car

• that all the wars in the world would stop

• that her mom would marry Tio Luis

Esperanza goes to sleep crying often, but one night Isabel

• gets Marta an a bunch of other girls to come tease her so she will finally stop

• comforts her by being there for her and having a sleepover with the yarn dolls

• ignores her

• tells her to stop it and that it's time to grow up

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Esperanza was walking in the street and she saw a woman with a pretty red dress. She thought

• I wish I could get that for mama

• I wish I had that

• I bet that lady is really bad at doing chores

• I know that woman, she's Abuelita.

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

What is Esperanza's gift for Mama?

• a pretty rock she found when weeding potatoes

• a piece of trash she found while sweeping

• a yarn doll that Isabel spent extra time on

• a hundred bucks

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

When you're writing a good narrative (story) which of these is not something you need to include in your planning

• characters

• challenge

• theme

• facts and reasons

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10