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Stories of Human Rights
Homework: Esperanza Rising: Que ions about “Los Melones”
(Example, for Teacher Reference)
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1. Describe the geographical setting of Esperanza Rising. What is it like in Califor- nia? Quote accurately from the text to support your answer.
There are hills, mountains, and canyons. On page 88 it says, “... weaving up through hills covered with dried out shrubs.” On page 90 it describes the “brown, barren mountains” and also “golden hills.” On pages 90–91 it describes how Esperanza sees “canyons plunged to an arroyo, a silver line of water from an unknown river.”
It is hot and very dry. Isabel also tells Esperanza on page 88, “My Papa says it is the dry air that makes it so hot and sometimes it is even hotter.”
The San Joaquin Valley is described on page 94: “Flat and spacious, it spread out like a blanket of patchwork elds.” Later on pages 94–95 it says, “This was not a gently rolling landscape like Aguascalientes. For as far as the eye could travel, the land was unbroken by even a hillock.”
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