◼︎ Las Almendras / pages 121 - 138

Look below at the plastic statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
- Describe what you see.
  Write at least two sentences.
Look below at the “Prayer of Our Lady of Guadalupe.”
- Who do you think the Lady of Guadalupe might be?
The roses planted around the shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe were Esperanza’s father’s roses.
- How did they get to California?
On page 126, Esperanza “felt her face burning as everyone stared at her.”
- Why is everyone staring at Esperanza?
On page 128, Isabel asks Esperanza, “Are you coming to the jamaica tonight?”
- Without looking it up, what do you think a jamaica is?
On pages 131 yo 133 we learn that Marta wants the workers to “strike,” to refuse to work.
- Why does Marta want the workers to stop working?
On page 134, Josefina explains to Esperanza the difference between a “company camp” and a “migrant camp.”
- How do you understand the difference?
If the Mexican workers strike, what might the big farms do?
Why is Mama proud of Esperanza?
When Mama and Esperanza go to church, what are some of the things Esperanza will pray for?
- Note at least three things.

ABCD (Above & Beyond the Call of Duty) — the only way to get to 50/50 (A+); you may need the points if you’ve dropped points above

Describe how you might feel if you left the house and all the friends you liked and moved to a new country where you didn’t know the language and lived in a tiny, crowded cabin — and you knew you could not go home.
Write at least three sentences.

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