Esperanza Rising Written by Pam Munoz Ryan

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Esperanza RisingWritten by Pam Munoz Ryan
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The main idea is that Esperanza has to leave her
home in Mexico and must go to California and ends
up enjoying her self and wanting to stay.

• Esperanzas house gets set on fire by her two
  Uncles.
• Her grandma ends up having to stay because she
  couldnt walk.
• When she leaves she has to ride on a train and
  has to sit with the poor people.
• When they get to California Alfonsos family
  picks them up to go to the camp.
• Esperanzas job is to watch the babies and
  sweeping the platform.
• At the end Miguel brings Abuelita to California
  making Esperanza very happy.

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Theme

• Esperanza learned not to say I dont like where
  we are until you try and see if you like it.
• She also learned that anything is possible if you
  try hard enough to get what you want.

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The plot of the story was to have a story that
readers would enjoy reading.

• Esperanzas dad tells her that if you lay your
  hand on the ground youll hear earths heartbeat.
• In the story her grandma is trying to teach her
  how to knit and some people come and tell her
  something's happened to her dad.
• After that then her uncle Tio Luis comes and
  asked her mama to marry him.
• Espranza and her mama leave with Miguel,Alfonso
  and Hortensia.
• When they get to California they must live in a
  small home instead of in a big home.

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Setting

• The setting is set in Mexico at a vineyard in the
  first part of the story. After a while it is set
  in California in a Mexican camp. When they lived
  in Mexico there were grapes all over the place
  and other fruits. Its also set in a small home.
  Its also set in the sheds where they worked.

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Character Description

• Esperanza was a girl with long black hair and
  wore a silk dress with summer boots. Her traits
  are that she's rich, brave, nice, and very smart.
  She relates to the story because she fits the way
  the character needs to be.
• Mama is Esperanzas mom she had long black hair
  and always wore it in braids and wore dresses.
  Her traits were shes nice, rich, and a mom. Mama
  relates to the story because she is nice and
  she's even nice to people she doesnt know.
• Isabel is a little girl who has a brother and
  sister she was younger then Esperanza she was
  always happy, and had a great smile. Her
  character traits are that she's nice, smart,
  always got As and loved whatever she got or had.
  She relates to the story because shes always
  happy and thats the kind of character they
  need..

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5 words I didnt know.

• I didnt know what atrocious meant. The sentence
  it is in is She woke to Lupes whimpering and an
  atrocious smell. Based on the sentence it means a
  horrible smell. It means extremely wicked, brutal
  or cruel.
• Another word that I didnt know was chorizo. The
  sentence its in is and other specialties like
  chorizo and pigs feet. Based on the sentence it
  means a king of meat. The real definition is a
  pork sausage highly seasoned especially with
  chili powder and garlic.
• I didnt know what perspired meant. The sentence
  its in is Her skin perspired and she felt cold
  and nauseous. Based on the sentence it means
  she's scared or cold. The real definition is to
  emit matter through the skin.
• I didnt know what chinaberry was. The sentence
  is Straight ahead across a dirt road were
  chinaberry trees and a mulberry tree that
  provided shade over a table. It means based on
  the sentence a tree with berries. The real
  definition is a small Asian tree of the mahogany
  family naturalized in the northern United States
  where it is widely planted for shade or ornament.
• I didnt know what ay meant. It was in the
  sentence Ay my neck hurts said mama as she
  massaged the back of her head with her hand. It
  means to express sorrow or regret.

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The Dust Bowl.

• Sometimes the dust can be so thick it hides the
  sun.
• The dust bowl can be so bad that even if your
  wearing goggles the dust will get into your eyes
  still.
• If the dust from the dust bowl gets into your
  system you can get very sick or maybe even worse
  than that.
• The dust bowl destroyed five million acres of
  wheat and people on the rode had to try and make
  it home.
• Sometimes the dust bowl got so bad that people
  abandoned their land.

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Similes, Metaphors and Alliteration.

• Esperanza is like a dog.
• Esperanza is like a monkey.
• Esperanza is a fish.
• Esperanza is a turtle.
• Esperanza cracked an egg into the east side of
  the bowl then put in a drip of eggnog.
• Esperanza went east to eat at her table .

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Compare and Contrast.
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How I think the author feels.

• I think the author feels that Esperanza has a
  good life until she has to move to a different
  place. I also think that she thinks that she is
  very lucky that shes rich and has a vineyard.
  Based on the way the book was written she
  probably meant to write it this way So Esperanza
  would have a great life then it would change to
  ok then back to good. She also probably feels sad
  when her mom goes to the hospital because shes
  sick.