Esperanza Rising 1-5

What is the  setting in Esperanza Rising in the first chapters
Aguascalientes 1924
Las Papaya
Los Higos

• Aguascalientes, Texas on a hacienda after the Mexican Revolution
• Aguascalientes, Mexico on a hacienda after the Mexican Revolution
• Aguascalientes, California on a hacienda after the Mexican Revolution

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Why was Papa warned to not to travel alone?

• There was resentment towards the wealthy people after the revolution.He could be in danger from bandits.
• La Llorona haunts the countryside searching for her dead children!
• Esperanza's birthday was coming and she did not want him to be late.

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

What did Esperanza's dad always give her  on her birthday?

• Mexican choclate
• papayas
• Money
• A porclain doll

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CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

The use of words, phrase, symbols, or ideas to paint a picture in the reader's mind. Example: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, and personification.

• Figurative Language
• Funny Language
• Content words

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

Clues or hints an author gives to future plot events.

• Foreshadowing
• Flashback
• Flashlight

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

Which literary term means the central concept/message/idea in a story ? It often connects with symbols!
Hint: the meaning of the river in Esperanza Rising

• Theme
• Climax
• Conflict
• Point of View

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

Who was the president of Mexico that became a dictator for 40 years! He was the catalyst (what pushed the start of the war) for the Mexican Revolution.

• Poncho Villa
• Emiliano Zapata 
• Porfirio Diaz

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Abuelita said to Esperanza, "There is no rose without thorns"
What is the symbol and theme?

• rose
  rose: beautiful flower has painful thorns 
  flower represents the theme of good things, happiness beauty
  the thorns are the theme pain in life
• The rose is a symbol of the theme love and happiness 

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

Who is character Hortensia?

• Esperanza's friend from school
• The housekeeper in house on the hacienda 
• Alfonso's mother

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

At the end of the the chapter Las Papayas what two important events occur?

• Abuelita gets very sick

• Papa's funeral and Esperanza's birthday

• Mama is orginizing Esperanza's birthday party