Esperanza Chapter 2: Grapes (p.4-15)

Skills Review

Foreshadowing: suggestions or warnings about events to come.

Inferencing: an idea or conclusion that's drawn from evidence and reasoning

Proverb: a short, popular saying that shares wisdom or advice.

Drag and drop the correct word to the correct definition.

​ Making an ​ (a)   requires you to take what you know and create an educated guess.

​ ​ (b)     is a tool authors use to give hints of what is to come later in the story.

A ​ (c)   ​ is a short quote, which gives advice or tells you something about life.

• inference
• Foreshadowing
• proverb

Using Context Clues

Read the following passage, and choose the correct picture for the underlined word.

Papa handed Esperanza the knife. The short blade was curved like a

scythe, its fat wooden handle fitting snugly in her palm. This job was

usually reserved for the eldest son of a wealthy rancher, but since Esperanza

was an only child and Papa’s pride and glory, she was always given the

honor. Last night she had watched Papa sharpen the knife back and forth

across a stone, so she knew the tool was edged like a razor.

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Read the following passage.

After their Quinceañeras, they would be old enough to be

courted, marry, and become las patronas, the heads of their households,

rising to the positions of their mothers before them. Esperanza preferred to

think, though, that she and her someday-husband would live with Mama

and Papa forever. Because she couldn’t imagine living anywhere other than

El Rancho de las Rosas. Or with any fewer servants. Or without being

surrounded by the people who adored her.

Based on the passage, what character trait best describes Esperanza?

• Privileged or spoiled

• hardworking

• determined

• responsible

Read the passage below.

“Change has not come fast enough, Esperanza. The wealthy still own

most of the land while some of the poor have not even a garden plot. There

are cattle grazing on the big ranches yet some peasants are forced to eat

cats. Papa is sympathetic and has given land to many of his workers. The

people know that.”

In 1-2 complete sentences, answer the question below:

In your opinion, do you believe Esperanza's father is a good man? Why?

For example,

I believe Esperanza's father is a ____ man because ______.

Read the proverb below:

“No hay rosa sin espinas. There is no rose without thorns.”

Choose the answer that best explains what the proverb means.

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  Being away from someone or something for a period of time makes you appreciate that person or thing more when you see them or it again.

• If you’re in a bad situation and someone offers to help you, you have to take whatever they give you and shouldn’t ask for more.

• In order to enjoy something that is beautiful, you must experience something that is difficult or painful.