Esperanza+Rising

=Esperanza Rising= When responding to questions, please end with your first name, last initial, and date in parentheses. (Mike S., 5/19)

Esperanza, she lives on a ranch, she is turning 13, and we learn about all the characters that are connected to her. (Angelo A., 5/21) Esperanza's family owns El Rancho de las Rosas. (Katlyn C. 5/22) Esperanza she will be 13.she's having a fiesta.she's mexican. ( Richard L. 5/22) Esperanza papa got attack by bandits, she's having a firsta. (Molly P. 5/25)
 * //__Who is the main character? What do we learn about her in the first chapter__//**

Mama, Papa, Abuelita, Alfoso, Miguel, Hotensia, Tio Luis and Tio Marco, They are connected because Mama and Papa are her parents, Abuelita is her grandmother, Hortensia is their housekeeper, Alfoso is Hortensia's husband, Miguel is Hortensia's son, and Tio Luis and Tio Marco are her Papa's step brothers.(Angelo A., 5/21) Alfonso is el jefe of field-workers (boss of field-workers) and is also Papa's companero. (Katlyn C. 5/22) Mama,Papa, and papa's brothersT`io Luis and T`io Marco all of them are Esperanza's family. (Richard L. 5/22) Mama, papa are her parents, and Miguel, Alfoso, and Hotensia is some of her servents. (Molly P. 5/25)
 * //__What other characters are introduced in the first chapter? How are they connected to Esperanza?__//**

On El Rancho de las Rosas in 1930 in Aguascalientes, Mexico. (Angelo A., 5/21) There are grape vines all over. The ranch is so big there are spots Mama and Esperanza has never seen. (Katlyn C. 5/22) El Rancho de las Rosa during 1930 in Aguascalientes, mexico on a ranch. (Richard L. 5/22) El Rancho de las Rosas in Aguascalientes, Mexico. There is a fruit ranch with many servents. (Molly P. 5/25)
 * //__What is the setting of the first chapter? Describe it with as much detail as possible__//**

__//**List any words (Spanish or English) that are new to you with their meanings.**//__ La cosecha, which means harvest, algun dia, cuidate los dedos,which means watch your fingers, campesinos, which means straw hats, espinas, which means thorns. (Angelo A., 5/21)

No hay rosa sin espinnas- there is no rose without thorns. (Logan C.,5/22)

un burro - donkey Quinceaneras- a presentation party when someone turns 15 patronas- head of a households el jefe - the boss Aquel que hoy se cae se levantara manana - He who falls today may rise tomorrow Es mas rico el rico cuando emprobrece que el prbre cuando enriquece- The rich person is richer when he becomes poor, than the poor person becomes rich. Aguantate tantito y la fruta caera en tu mano- Wait a little while and the fruit will fall into your hand.(Katlyn C. 5/22) mi reina- my queen las uvas- grapes. (Richard L. 5/22) Un burro- donkey, las uvas- grapes, and Lala cosecha. (Molly P. 5/25) Los Higos- figs, Mija- my daughter, un milagro -a miracle, Que paso,nina?- What happened, un chal- shawl, la sala- large entry hall, (Katlyn C. 5/29)

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**__//Summary//__**
Our main character is Esperanza Ortega who is turning 13. Her best friend is Marisol Rodriguez. The story takes place in the Aguascalientes, Mexico. The time period is in the 1930s. The Ortega's own thousands of acres for their ranch. Her father was ambushed and killed by bandits while fixing the fence that is far away from the house. Every year she got a new doll on her birthday from her father. Tio Luis and Tio Marco are papa's stepbrothers. Tio Luis is a bank president and Tio Marco is a mayor.Tio Luis got to take over the ranch and the only way Esperanza and Mama can live there is if Mama marries Tio Luis. Tio Luis wanted to marry Mama so he could become famous. Mama was well-known in the area they lived in. In the will it said the ranch goes to Mama and Esperanza but in Mexico it is not aloud that women own land.