Esperanza Rising Vocabulary Chapter 1

Scythe

• A game used among children

• A harvesting tool with a curved blade

• A lie

• I don't know

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

Vaqueros

• Weird men

• Cows

• Cowboys

• Spanish term

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

Campesinos

• Field workers

• A trailer

• Men who migrant from place to place

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Reaping

• To take advantage of someone or something

• Something evil

• To go around hurting people

• To gather or cut a harvest

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

Premonition

• Feeling really sad about something.

• A feeling that you will win a game

• A feeling that something is going to happen, especially something bad.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

Sympathetic

• Feeling really sad about something that happened to you

• Feeling or showing pity and sorrow for someone else’s misfortune

• Excited about the future

• When the teacher calls on you and you don't know the answer

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

Capricious

• A type of animal

• Sudden changes in mood or behavior

• When you suddenly change direction of where you are going

• Stomping your feet and crying loudly

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Forlorn

• Showing excitement

• Really sad and abandoned

• Dancing happily

• Getting into trouble

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Beacon

• A food you eat for breakfast

• a signal or light that guides you

• A type of food

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4