Choose an event (from Chapters 8–15) that you want to write about. It should be a time when Esperanza responds to or witnesses some type of challenge.
To help you choose, use your evidence flags and your entrance and annotation charts from Chapters 8–15.
The list below includes some suggestions of events you might choose, but you can choose a different event if you want.
Chapter 8 – Marta talking to workers about the strike
Chapter 10 – Mama and Esperanza working in the fields when Mama becomes ill
Chapter 11 – Going to Mr. Yakota’s grocery store; meeting campesino family
Chapter 12 – Marta hiding from immigration officers
Chapter 13 – People from Oklahoma having better living conditions (indoor toilets and swimming pool); Miguel losing his engineering job at railroad; Isabel not being chosen for May Day queen.
Complete the Thinking Map about that event. Make sure to bring this completed graphic organizer to the next class. You will need it to write Paragraph 2 of your essay.
To help you choose, use your evidence flags and your entrance and annotation charts from Chapters 8–15.
The list below includes some suggestions of events you might choose, but you can choose a different event if you want.
Chapter 8 – Marta talking to workers about the strike
Chapter 10 – Mama and Esperanza working in the fields when Mama becomes ill
Chapter 11 – Going to Mr. Yakota’s grocery store; meeting campesino family
Chapter 12 – Marta hiding from immigration officers
Chapter 13 – People from Oklahoma having better living conditions (indoor toilets and swimming pool); Miguel losing his engineering job at railroad; Isabel not being chosen for May Day queen.
Complete the Thinking Map about that event. Make sure to bring this completed graphic organizer to the next class. You will need it to write Paragraph 2 of your essay.