The Circuit by Francisco Jimenez

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The Circuitby Francisco Jimenez

• Review

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Name three things you learn about the
narrator.

• Works hard
• Loves his family
• Wants to settle down
• Determined student

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2. What is a days work like on
Mr.Sullivans farm?

• It is hot, sweaty work that lasts from dawn to
  after dark.

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3. Who is Mr. Lema?

• Panchitos teacher

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4. What happens at the end of the story?

• Panchito must leave school to move on with his
  family.

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5. Describe Panchitos feelings at the
beginning of the story, in the middle of
the story, and at the end of the story.

• At the beginning, he feels tired, discouraged,
  and rootless
• Mid-story, he looks forward to school with mixed
  feelings
• At the end, he is excited about his life at
  school, and then disappointed.

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6. When does Panchito move?

• They move whenever they need to find more crops
  to pick.

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7. Why does Panchitos parents not send him
to school until November?

• Because they need his help in earning money.

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8. Why does Mr. Lema say he will help
Panchito with reading and teach him to play
the trumpet?

• He is a kind man who enjoys teaching.

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9. What can you tell about Panchito from the
things he does on his first day of school?

• He is more independent than many children his age.

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sharecropper

• a farmer who farms land owned by someone else and
  shares the crop or the proceeds from its sale
  with the landowner

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acquire

• to get or have as ones own

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drone

• a steady, low, humming sound

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instinctively

• in a way that comes naturally

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savor

• to take great delight in

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hesitantly

• in a way that shows one is undecided or fearful