Esperanza Rising Worksheets

by Pam Muñoz Ryan

Reading Level V · Lexile 750L · ATOS 5.3

After her wealthy life in Mexico is shattered, Esperanza and her mother flee to a California farm labor camp during the Great Depression, where Esperanza must learn to work, endure hardship, and rise. A powerful historical novel.

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Esperanza Rising vocabulary words and comprehension questions

28 vocabulary words and 28 comprehension questions across 7 sections: Las Uvas (Grapes) & Las Papayas · Los Higos (Figs) & Las Guayabas (Guavas) · Los Melones (Cantaloupes) & Las Cebollas (Onions) · Las Almendras (Almonds) & Las Ciruelas (Plums) · Las Papas (Potatoes) & Los Aguacates (Avocados) · Los Espárragos (Asparagus) & Los Duraznos (Peaches) · Las Uvas (Grapes) — A New Beginning.

Vocabulary words include elegant, premonition, regret, despair, poverty, disguise, scorn, privileged, barren, adjust, vast, humiliation, migrant, strike, sympathetic, meek, determined, listless, frail, yearn.

Sample questions

What is Esperanza's life like at the start of the story on El Rancho de las Rosas?
What special bond does Esperanza share with her father and the land?
What terrible event happens on the night before Esperanza's birthday?

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