4
Read pages: 101-138
Strategy: Word Work
Directions: Search through the book and
find 6-8 new words. Write the words on the
lines below and then create a word search.
Share it with a book club member when
youre finished.
Read pages: 139-178
Strategy: Thick Questions
Title: Esperanza Rising
Author: Pam Munoz Ryan
Directions: Come up with one thick
question and two possible answers.
Question:
Possible Answer #1:
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
Possible Answer #2:
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
Recall: What of Papas did they bring to
America?
_____________________________________
Recall: Why does Esperanza think Isabel
has everything?
_____________________________________
Name: _______________________________
Madisen Lehr
Read pages: 1-38
Strategy: Sequencing
Strategy: Predicting
Directions: Using the title, illustrations
(the cover of the book), and what youve
read in the first two chapters, what do you
think the book is going to be about? Give
reasons for your answer.
Read pages: 39-80
Directions: Write what happened first,
second, and last in the two chapters that
you read.
First:
Read chapters: 81-100
Strategy: Connections
Directions: What connections can you
make to the book so far? Circle your
connection.
text-to-text
text-to-self
_____________________________________
text-to-world
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
Then:
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
Last:
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
Recall: Who does Esperanza and her
mama go to America with?
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
Explain your connection. Use examples
from your life and the book.
_____________________________________
Read pages: 179-213
Strategy: I am Poem
____________________________________
Directions: Take on the role of a character!
Write this poem from their point of view.
You will write your actual poem on in the
box to the right.
I am _________________________________
I am (two special characteristics)
I wonder (something youre curious about)
I want (an actual desire)
I am (repeat first line of poem)
I pretend (something you pretend to do)
I feel (a feeling about something real)
I worry (something that bothers you)
I cry (something that makes you sad)
I am (repeat first line of poem)
I understand (something you know is true)
I say (something you know is true)
I dream (something you dream about)
I try (something you make an effort to do)
I hope (something you hope for)
I am (repeat first line of poem)
Recall: Who is Marta hiding from?
I Am Poem For:
I wonder _____________________________
I want _______________________________
Read pages 214-253
Strategy: Story Elements
Directions: Fill out the following facts
about the book.
Title:
_____________________________________
I am _________________________________
I pretend _____________________________
I feel ________________________________
I worry _______________________________
I cry _________________________________
Main Characters:
*
*
*
Settings:
I am _________________________________
I understand __________________________
I say _________________________________
_____________________________________
I dream ______________________________
_____________________________________
*
Problem and Solution:
_____________________________________
I try _________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
I hope _______________________________
_____________________________________
I am _________________________________
_____________________________________
xtra
Recapping
Strategy: Brain TV
Directions: What did you see in your brain
TV during this book? Draw a picture and
write what you saw.
xtra
Book Critic
Directions: Overall, how did you feel about
this book? Answer the following questions!
Title: Esperanza Rising
Author: Pam Munoz Ryan
Id give this book:
What was your favorite part from the
book? Use detail!
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
Who was your favorite character? Explain
why!
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
Name: _______________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
Madisen Lehr
