This document contains guidance for students discussing chapters from the novel Esperanza Rising in small groups ("triads"). It includes: - Learning targets focused on discussing answers to questions about the setting and main character Esperanza based on evidence from the text. - Norms for discussion in triads, including contributing ideas and using specific details/evidence from the text to understand each other. - A list of questions for students to discuss in their triads about the setting and Esperanza's relationship with her father based on details from Chapter 1. - Instructions for students to read additional sections of Chapter 1 in triads and answer follow-up questions, using evidence from the text to support their responses

1. Las Uvas
Grade 5 Module1 Unit 2 Lesson 2

2. Learning Targets
• I can discuss answers to questions with
my triad and provide evidence to explain
my ideas.
• I can answer questions about the setting
of the novel Esperanza Rising based on
evidence from the text.
• I can answer questions about the main
character, Esperanza, based on evidence
from the text.

3. Triad Norms
• Each person must contribute to the discussion, but
take turns talking. Ask each other: “Would you like to
add to my idea?” or “Can you tell us what you’re
thinking?
• Each person should show the others specific details
from the text by pointing to specific page numbers,
paragraphs, and lines. Say: “My evidence is here on
page ___ in the ___ paragraph” and read the evidence
aloud.
• Ask questions so that you understand each other’s
ideas. Say: “Can you tell me more about that?” or
“Can you say that another way?”

4. Review terms

5. In Your Triads
Discuss the two questions from your
rereading of Chapter 1: “Aguascalientes,
Mexico, 1924.”
• “Describe the geographical setting of
Esperanza Rising. What is it like where
Esperanza lives? Use details from the text
to support your answer.”
• “What is Esperanza’s relationship with her
papa like? How do you know?”

6. Remember
• This novel is challenging, you will need to
read sections multiple times in order to
understand the ideas in the text.
• The most important thing to do while reading
is to think!
• As we read this book, we are going to be
thinking a lot about the characters—what
they are like, the challenges they face
(including human rights), and how they
change over time.

7. Follow along while I read pages 4-6
• Think: What are these
pages mostly about?

8. Talk with your triad
• What are these pages
mostly about?

9. Here’s a tip!
• Chapter titles in a
novel provide a signal
to a reader about the
main ideas or events
in a given chapter.

10. In your triad, Whisper Read pages
4 to break on page 8. Then, answer
this question.
• The first paragraph on page 8 says that
Esperanza would like to live at El Rancho
de las Rosas with her Mama and Papa
forever. Why does she feel this way? Find
details from the text to explain your
answer. Mark where your found your
information with evidence flags.

11. Answer first question with your
triad.

12. Follow along to pages 8-middle of 12.
Answer the second question with your triad.
Mark proof with evidence flags.

13. Answer the rest of the questions
verbally.
Remember:
• Read aloud one text-dependent question at a
time.
• Clarify any terms.
• Think on your own
• Then talk together to answer the question
• Mark your answers with evidence flags.
• You do not need to write answers to the
questions at this point.

14. Questions to Discuss:
• 3) On pages 14 and 15, what two pieces of advice
does Abuelita give Esperanza? How does Esperanza
respond to the advice? Use evidence from the text in
your answer.
• 4 ) On page 18, Esperanza says that a “deep river”
runs between her and Miguel. What does she mean?
How does Miguel respond when she tells him this?
Use details from the text in your answer.
• 5) At the end of the chapter, why does Esperanza feel
her heart drop and that she has sunk into a “dark hole
of despair and disbelief”? Use details from the text in
your answer.

15. Homework
• Read Chapter 3:
Purpose of Reading
Question:
What challenges do the
main characters in this
chapter face?
• Prove with evidence
flags

16. Exit ticket