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Under the Wire Soledad Inside Out Miracle in Tent City El Angel de Oro Christmas gift Death Forgiven Cotton Sack The Circuit--corridos Learning the Game To Have and to Hold—La Llorona Moving Still

__ Resources on La Llorona: __ Anaya, Rudolfo. (1997). //Maya’s Children: The Story of La Llorona//. New York: Hyperion Books for Children. This is a picture book version. Anaya, Rudolfo. (2001). //My Land Sings: stories from the Rio Grande//. New York: Harper Trophy. This is a longer, more-detailed and suspenseful version. Anzaldua, Gloria. (1995). //Prietita and the Ghost Woman//. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press. Hayes, Joe. (2004). //La Llorona: The Weeping Woman//. El Paso, Texas: Cinco Puntos Press.

__Under the Wire__ __ Student generated questions __

Why didn’t they have electricity?

Why did the US want to keep Mexicans from crossing the border?

Why did they have to sneak across the border?

How come he’d never seen a train before?

Why did the conductor drop the bag of food?

Why does Roberto doubt that they are in California?

Why is the place they lived called a camp?

Why did they think they’d be better off in California?

__ Inside Out __ __ Student generated discussion questions: __ Why didn’t the teacher let him speak Spanish?

Why did Curtis get angry about the jacket if he had another one?

Why did they send Francisco to school if he couldn’t understand English?

Why was he so interested in the caterpillar?

Why did school start in January?

Why didn’t Francisco ask Arthur to teach him English? Why didn’t Arthur teach him English?

Why did Francisco give Curtis his drawing?

Why do his classmates call him Francisco if his family calls him Panchito?

Why didn’t the teacher teach him English?

Why didn’t the teacher help Francisco understand in class?

Why didn’t they put him in a class where he could understand?

Why did his classmates laugh at him?

What do you think his parents did when they found out the teacher hit Roberto with a ruler?

__ Christmas Gift __ Why didn’t Francisco mind about moving?

Did he tell his parents he wanted a ball?

__ El Angel de Oro __ Why did he throw away the fishing rod?

Why didn’t he keep the fish for himself?

Why did he enjoy watching the goldfish so much?

How did he go to third grade if he still didn’t know English?

Why hadn’t he learned English yet?

What happened between first and third grades?

Why wasn’t there a lot to do when it rained?

__ Student questions from “To Have and To Hold” __

Why didn’t Francisco hide the box somewhere else so his little sister wouldn’t find it?

Who is La Llorona?

Why did Francisco almost risk his life for his notepad?

Why were the pennies so important to him if he couldn’t use them?

Why didn’t his dad check the fuel?

What did the owner do when the house burned?

What was the Mexican Revolution?

Why did they move one week into school?

Why was the story called To Have and to Hold if he lost his pennies?


 * Chapter || Positive Events || Negative Events ||
 * **// Under the Wire //** ||  ||   ||
 * **// Soledad //** ||  ||   ||
 * **// Inside Out //** ||  ||   ||
 * **// Miracle in Tent City //** ||  ||   ||
 * || **// Positive Events //** || **// Negative Events //** ||
 * **// El Angel de Oro //** ||  ||   ||
 * **// Christmas Gift //** ||  ||   ||
 * **// Death Forgiven //** ||  ||   ||
 * **// Cotton Sack //** ||  ||   ||
 * **// The Circuit //** ||  ||   ||
 * **// Learning the Game //** ||  ||   ||
 * **// To Have and to Hold //** ||  ||   ||
 * **// Moving Still //** ||  ||   ||