Esperanza Rising Chapter 1-5

Match the vocabulary words with their correct definition or synonym

• Anguish

• Agony and Pain

• Discreetly

• Hesitantly

• Dazed

• Cautiously

• Devious

• Dishonest

• Reluctantly

• Stunned

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

With a look of (a)   my sister haughtily told me that I didn't know what I was talking about.

• undulating
• scorn
• anguish
• poverty

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

I was so (a)   by the thriling book that I forgot to eat both lunch and dinner.

• devious
• resounding
• scorn
• mesmerized

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which of the following does NOT occur (happen) in these chapters?

• Mama marries Tio Luis

• Papa passes away

• Esperanza gets on a train to California

• Abuelita gets left behind

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Choose the BEST word to describe Miguel

• Kind

• Amusing

• Powerful

• High-Tempered (Gets mad easily)

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Choose the answer that BEST describes Esperanza's feelings towards Tio Luis.

• She is very friendly with Tio Luis

• She doesn't have an opinion on Tio Luis

• Tio Luis is like a second father to Esperanza

• She feels resentment towards Tio Luis

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CHoose the BEST words to describe how Esperanza feels on the train ride to America.

• Confused and irritable

• Relieved and excited

• Compassionate and understanding

• Raging and unable to calm down

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

How does Esperanza describe the divide between her and Miguel?

• as a fire

• as a mountain

• as a river

• as a phoenix

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Which of the following is NOT true about Abuelita?

• She tells Mama to not be afraid to start over

• She loves to crochet

• She gets left behind in Mexico.

• She is often pessimistic

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

BONUS: How do you feel now that the year is coming to an end?

• SO happy to be done with 6th Grade

• Sad because 7th grade will be harder

• I want to go to the Zoo (May 9) already

• I don't care.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.5.10