THE CIRCUIT

WEEK 2 DAY 1

PREPARE• WHERE IS FRESNO, CA?• HOW FAR IS IT FROM CORCORAN, CA?

• WORD WALL:• DILAPIDATED/PASTTIME/SHRIEKING/VIBRATE/

IRRITATE/COT-TON SACK/COTTON BOLLS/COMPACTING/COTTON TRAILER/HARVESTED

READ• REVIEW THE TIMELINE• READ TODAY’S STORY SELECTION: DEATH

FORGIVEN (PGS. 57-60)• COTTON SACK (PGS. 61-72)

READSETTING CHARACTERS PAGES

JACOBSON VINEYARDS, FRESCNO, CA

PAPA, MAMA, ROBERTO, FRANCISCO, TRAMPITA, TORITO, RUBEN, DON PACHO, CHICO, PILAR, EL PERICO, CATARINA

57-60

CORCORAN, CA PAPA, MAMA, ROBERTO, FRANCISCO, TRAMPITA, TORITO, RUBEN, RORRA, FOREMAN

61-72

CABIN PAPA, MAMA, ROBERTO, FRANCISCO, TRAMPITA, TORITO, RUBEN, RORRA,

61-67

FIELDS PAPA, MAMA, ROBERTO, FRANCISCO, TRAMPITA, TORITO, RUBEN, RORRA, FOREMAN

67-69

CABIN PAPA,.MAMA, ROBERTO, FRANCISCO, TRAMPITA, TORITO, RUBEN, RORRA

69-72

RESPOND• ADD TO THE TIMELINE• COULD BE JACOBSON VINEYARDS, THE GARAGE,

CABIN, THE FIELDS IN CORCORAN• ADD NEW INFORMATION TO THE KWL CHART/

ANSWER A QUESTION, ADD A NEW LOCATION TO YOUR MAP

EXPLORE• KEY QUESTIONS:• WHY DO YOU THINK THAT THE CONTRASTISTA

TOLD THE JIMENEZ FAMILY THEY COULD STAY UNTIL THE SECOND PICKING? DID THE OFFER HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE WORK THEY DID? OR DO YOU THINK THE OWNER WAS JUST BEING NICE? DISCUSS THE VALUE OF HARD WORK AND THE REWARDS THAT CAN BE HAD FROM DOING YOUR BEST WITH YOUR GROUP.

KEY PARAGRAPH• “I, AND THE REST OF MY FAMILY GREW TO LOVE

EL PERICO. I SPENT HOURS TEACHING HIM HOW TO SAY “PERIQUITO BONITO” HIS FAVORITE PASTIME WAS WALKING BACK AND FORTH ACROSS A THIN, LONG WIRE THAT MY MOTHER SOMETIMES USE FOR HANIGNG OUR CLOTHES TO DRY…”

EXTEND• SNAPSHOT: RECALL A FAVORITE PET OR PASTIME.

ONCE IDENTIFIED, TELL A STORY ABOUT EITHER THE PET OR THE PASTIME IN A PARAGRAPH.. CLOSE WITH A SHORT SUMMARY.