Esperanza Rising Novel Study · Chapter Questions, Vocabulary & Activities

Looking for an Esperanza Rising novel study that is ready to print? This complete, no-prep study takes your class through every chapter of Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan with comprehension, vocabulary, writing and hands-on story-wide activities.

WHAT'S INSIDE (64-page PDF, in a Color edition AND a Printer-Friendly edition)
- Teacher pages: how to use it, a day-by-day pacing guide and a project rubric
- 13 chapter sets (Prologue and Chapter 1 through Chapter 13), 3 pages each:
- Comprehension: 4 recall and inference questions with writing lines
- Word Work: 3 vocabulary words to match with kid-friendly meanings, then use in a sentence
- Written Response: one constructed-response prompt with a self-check list
- Story-wide pages: character traits chart, How Esperanza Changes place-or-write sort, setting journey page, place-or-write story sequence (no cutting needed), symbols (the blanket, the phoenix, Papa's roses), theme, cause and effect, Venn diagram and a 9-choice final project menu
- Vocabulary word wall: 39 cards with meanings
- Full answer key with sample answers and look-fors for every written response

WHY TEACHERS LIKE IT
- One activity per page with clear directions
- Word Work has one gray worked example; nothing else is pre-filled, and every answer is in the key
- Text-evidence questions that send students back to the book
- Original watercolor art; the Printer-Friendly edition saves ink

GREAT FOR
- Whole-class novel units, literature circles and book clubs
- Independent reading, homework and centers
- Sub days and homeschool

You will need your own copies of Esperanza Rising. The book is not included.

This is an independent novel study. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the author or publisher.