By: Pam Munoz Ryan

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Esperanza rising

• By Pam Munoz Ryan

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The Main Idea

• Esperanza is a young girl who live in Mexico with
  her mom and papa then her papa dies.
• they move to America because there house burnt
  down
• They work for a company
• They live in poor conditions
• They dont make much money
• They live in California

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theme

• The lesson learned is that it is hard to live in
  a new country to work and cant get much money to
  live with that is why I think it is hard to live
  like Esperanza.

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Events

• 1. papa dies she has no papa
• 2.tio Luis burns her house down on her birthday
• 3.they move to California to work
• 4.there is a dust storm mama is sick
• She recovers and Miguel come to america from
  Mexico

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Description

• The setting In Esperanza is in Mexico and
  California the setting in Mexico is her house her
  home is big because she is very rich her papa own
  a farm when she goes to California she lives in a
  shack and is very poor she works to grow
  different food.

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Character Descriptions

• Esperanza has dark hair and is very smart is
  sometimes clumsy.
• Mama has dark hair does not know how to clean
  very well and is clumsy to.
• Alfonso is very smart and has dark hair he is
  tall and knows how to work.
• Josefina is strong has dark hair is tall smart
  knows how to work

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Five words I dont know

• Papayas she walked down stairs and sees papayas.
  a small tree.
• Dust storm they hurried in from the dust storm. a
  dust storm is a storm were dust swarm everywhere.
• Asparagus is a vegetable they were growing
  asparagus.
• diaper crew is two babies they are a diaper
  crew.
• Asuascalinteses is a rolling land.

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The dust bowl

• The dust bowl was a period in time where giant
  dust storm threatened Texas and Kansas and
  Oklahoma.

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Simile Metaphor alliteration

• Simile-Esperanza looks like a star
• Metaphor-Esperanza is a star
• Alteration-Esperanza easily eased either entered

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Compare and Contrast
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Esperanzas Rising

• Pam Munoz Ryan is a great author she wrote great
  book when she wrote Esperanza rising she probably
  felt sad maybe because of a loved one but she put
  a lot of work in this book. Esperanza feels bad
  because of her papa but she got over it and was
  strong about it.