Interactive Anchor Chart
Las Papayas (p.23-38)
In chapter 2 Las Papayas, Esperanza tells Senor Rodriguez who has brought Papayas at her father's request for Esperanza's birthday party, that Papa has been killed working in the field. Papa's funeral lasts three days, and Esperanza does not want to open her birthday presents because it does not feel right and Papa was supposed to be here. We find out that Papa left the house to Esperanza and her Mama, but the land to Tio Luis. Luis wants to buy the house and offers to marry her and threatens to make her life hard when she refuses.
Making Inferences Activity:
Click on the Linoit interactive anchor chart and add notes to fill it in.
Find 3 direct quotes of important events from chapter 2 on pages 27, 28, and 30 and put them in the green quote column.
Make an inference about each quote and add it to the chart in the inference column
Be sure to match the correct quotes with your inference on the chart.
5R1: Locate and refer to relevant details and evidence when explaining what a text says explicitly/implicitly and make logical inferences. (RI&RL)