Other Ideas: Grow a vegetable garden Crochet a blanket Make your own piñata Make a class-sized paper quilt with pictures of fruits, vegetables, characters, settings, and symbols from the novel. Try making one of foods from the novel [e.g., coconut, lime, and papaya salad, or salsa and chips, or tortillas]. NOTE TO TEACHER: Repeat the lesson using these targets Chapters Key Main Idea & supporting Theme & supporting Character/ Passages for using vocabulary detail detail Traits context clues 2 ambushed Life changes for Death and change Esperanza calm Who can find what – Esperanza and Mama Yesterday, Papa and his bandits Passage: means? “respects” after Papa is murdered. vaqueros were ambushed papayas Esperanza is Passage: Many Papa’s brothers come and killed. funeral calm in front people come to every day to take care of Esperanza is calm in front estate of the adults. the family business. of the adults. But, when the ranch to pay Papa leaves the house to she is alone in her room, their respects. Mama and Esperanza. she cries. They bring lots of The land he leaves to his Mama does not want to flowers and food. brother, Tio Luis. marry Tio Luis, but, she Tio Luis wants to marry does not want to leave Mama and send the ranch either. Esperanza to a boarding school. 3 servants Esperanza and Mama Change is hard Esperanza sad Who can find what – must leave their home. Mama does not want to poor box and angry means? “spreads” The fire spreads from the marry Tio Luis. travel papers Passage: Passage: The fire house to the stables and Esperanza and Mama are orchard Esperanza is spreads from the the vineyard. Soon poor now and have no figs sad and house to the everything is gone. for clothes. Mama decides to move to Esperanza is sad and angry about stables and the America. angry about leaving the leaving the vineyard. Abuelita cannot go with ranch. ranch. them. She hurt her in the fire.
Other Ideas: Grow a vegetable garden Crochet a blanket Make your own piñata Make a class-sized paper quilt with pictures of fruits, vegetables, characters, settings, and symbols from the novel. Try making one of foods from the novel [e.g., coconut, lime, and papaya salad, or salsa and chips, or tortillas]. NOTE TO TEACHER: Repeat the lesson using these targets Chapters Key vocabulary Main Idea & supporting detail Theme & supporting detail Character/ Traits Passages for using context clues 2 ambushed bandits papayas funeral estate Life changes for Esperanza and Mama after Papa is murdered. Papa’s brothers come every day to take care of the family business. Papa leaves the house to Mama and Esperanza. The land he leaves to his brother, Tio Luis. Tio Luis wants to marry Mama and send Esperanza to a boarding school. Death and change Yesterday, Papa and his vaqueros were ambushed and killed. Esperanza is calm in front of the adults. But, when she is alone in her room, she cries. Mama does not want to marry Tio Luis, but, she does not want to leave the ranch either. Esperanza – calm Passage: Esperanza is calm in front of the adults. Who can find what “respects” means? Passage: Many people come to the ranch to pay their respects. They bring lots of flowers and food. 3 servants poor box travel papers orchard figs Esperanza and Mama must leave their home. The fire spreads from the house to the stables and the vineyard. Soon everything is gone. Mama decides to move to America. Abuelita cannot go with them. She hurt her in the fire. Change is hard Mama does not want to marry Tio Luis. Esperanza and Mama are poor now and have no for clothes. Esperanza is sad and angry about leaving the ranch. Esperanza – sad and angry Passage: Esperanza is sad and angry about leaving the ranch. Who can find what “spreads” means? Passage: The fire spreads from the house to the stables and the vineyard.