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05.03 The Right Place at the Right Time Worksheet Complete the chart using your selected novel or short story for this module: “Lob's Girl” by Joan Aiken “Tuesday of the Other June” by Norma Fox Mazer “Scout's Honor” by Avi Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene du Bois The Long Road to Gettysburg by Jim Murphy Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis Be sure to write in complete sentences and use textual evidence to support your responses, like this: Describe the protagonist of your novel or short story. The protagonist of my novel is a tough, sixteen-year-old girl named Delaney who is struggling to raise her little sisters. Provide a quotation from the text to support your answer. "Although she was just sixteen years old, Delaney had spent much of them providing for her sisters. She displayed the toughness – and weariness – of someone twice her age." (page 16) Title of Novel or Short Story Author Setting Describe the setting of your novel or short story. During the Great Depression in the 1930s, most of the book's action takes place in Mexico and California. At the beginning of the book, Esperanza and her family live on a luxurious ranch in Mexico; however, the setting soon changes to a migrant Unless Otherwise Noted All Content © 2022 Florida Virtual School. FlexPoint Education Cloud™ is a trademark of Florida Virtual School.

farmworker camp in California How has the setting influenced the plot or characters so far? The historical context of the Great Depression as well as the difficulties faced by migrant farmworkers in California have a profound impact on the story's premise and characters. Esperanza and her family must leave their comfortable life on a ranch in Mexico in order to flee the harsh reality of poverty and discrimination in California Protagonist Describe the protagonist of your novel or short story. Esperanza, a little child from a wealthy household, is the story's main character. Provide a quotation from the text to support your answer. Include the page number. "As Esperanza glanced around the camp, she reasoned that since she had always been taught that a person's home is a mirror of that person, the same must be true with the residents."(pg 43) Conflict Which type of conflict is present in your novel or short story? If not yet revealed, what do you think it will be? The primary sources of tension in the book are Esperanza's attempts to adjust to her new life as a migrant farmworker and the challenges she faces as a result of racism and poverty. Provide a quotation from the text to support your answer. Include the page number. Unless Otherwise Noted All Content © 2022 Florida Virtual School. FlexPoint Education Cloud™ is a trademark of Florida Virtual School.

"Esperanza had never had to put forth as much effort in her life. Never in her life has she experienced prolonged hunger or thirst." (pg 65) Antagonist Describe the antagonist of your novel or short story. Tío Luis is a greedy and manipulative character who tries to take advantage of Esperanza and her family. He tries to force Esperanza's mother to marry him and threatens to take away their possessions if she refuses. He is the main antagonist in the novel Provide a quotation from the text to support your answer. Include the page number. Backstory Explain an important piece of the backstory from your novel or short story. The dying of Esperanza's father is a key event in the past since it forces her and her family to abandon their luxury lifestyle in Mexico and begin anew in California. Provide a quotation from the text to support your answer. Include the page number. "On the way back from the fields, Esperanza's father had been murdered by bandits. Mother claimed that since the ranch's workers were left without a leader, they had no choice except to Unless Otherwise Noted All Content © 2022 Florida Virtual School. FlexPoint Education Cloud™ is a trademark of Florida Virtual School.

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depart." (pg14) Plot Developmen t Describe an early development in the plot of your novel or short story and explain why it’s important. The story opens with the death of Esperanza's father and the family's decision to move from their home in Mexico to California. This opens the door for the challenges and barriers they would face as migrants Provide a quotation from the text to support your answer. Include the page number. Grading Rubric On Target Almost There Needs Improvement Literary Elements Descriptions and Explanations 25-20 points  Thoroughly and insightfully completed each section of the chart  Used complete sentences  No major 19-11 points  Attempted to complete each section of the chart, but may be missing more than one  May be written in 10-0 points  May be missing most or all sections of the chart  May have major errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling Unless Otherwise Noted All Content © 2022 Florida Virtual School. FlexPoint Education Cloud™ is a trademark of Florida Virtual School.

errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling incomplete sentences or one-word answers  Minor errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling Textual Support 10-8 points  Included a relevant passage with a page number for the protagonist, conflict, antagonist, backstory, and plot development sections of the chart 7-4 points  Included some passages to support responses, but may be missing 2-3  May be missing page numbers 3-0 points  May be missing support in most or all categories on the chart Unless Otherwise Noted All Content © 2022 Florida Virtual School. FlexPoint Education Cloud™ is a trademark of Florida Virtual School.

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