Potatoes+and+Avocados

Reader's Response Questions: 1. When Esperanza practices the mountains and valleys of crocheting as Abuelita taught her, how does this relate to her life? this is a asparagus

It relates to her life because when she`s crocheting and when shes in the valley its when she`s having a hard time in her life.#11 When she practices the mountains and valleys of crocheting as Abuelita taught her it relates to her life because her life is full of mountains because her life is hard. I AM # 14. As her mom grows sicker the mountains in her life grow taller and that is why it relates to her life I AM # 18 Esperanza`s crocheting reminds her of Abuelita and is also a blanket of hope ** Great figurative Language! ** ﻿ for Mama to live. It also connects to her life because when she is crocheting she feels as if she can not get out of endless valleys of Mamas sickness.I AM # 19 The mountains and valleys relate to Esperanza's life because as here mom grows sicker the mountains (obstacles) grow taller.The valleys represent the Valley ** Great insight! **Fever.#15 the mountains and valleys reprasent the troubles and the goods ** try to use juicy words here to describe her life instead of "good **" ﻿ in her life i am number 8 When Esperanza practices the mountains and the valleys, they relate to her life because her life is hard but at the same time is easy.The mountains an the valleys are also ha.When Esperanza practices the moutains and valleys, they relate to her life in the wey that as the mountain gets taller her life gets very tuff and if she goes down the mountain her life gets better.For example, when her mother gets valley fever Esperanza is at the top of a big mounain.I AM #25 ** well done! **

2. As mama grows sicker with Valley Fever, does Esperanza respond positively or negatively? Explain.

Esperanza responds positively because she try`s to not give up because if she gives up her mother will be sad and give up too. she will feel positive because she loves her mom like I do. I am #27 ** This is a very touching response! ** Esperanza responds positively because if she loses her hope her mom will lose hope and and give up so she responded positively I AM #18 She answered in a positively way to her family. She will not respond negatively because she loves her mom. I AM #14 She will respond positivily so she does not give up hope and faith that grows in here as mama is sick ** ﻿be sure to include your number so I know who you are! ** Esperanza responded negatively because she didn't want here mom to die like her dad did.#15 Esperanza responded negatively and unrelenting ** great use of our new vocabulary! ** because she didn't wanted to lose her mother like she lost her father. #36

I think Esperanza responded both positively and negatively. She responded positively by remaining loyal to her mom and raising money to bring Abuelita there. She responded negatively by still thinking that the place they are living in is still a place for horses and being hard on Miguel.I AM # 19 this is paeches. Estos son durasnos.im number #37 3. Working with avocados, Esperanza recalls her previous experience with the fruit. Contrast her new experience with avocados with that of her old life.

When Esperanza is working on making her hands better she recalls a time when she still lived on El Rancho de Las Rosas. It was when her mom was doing the same thing with avocados as Esperanza is doing now. She remembers when after her mom was done she would hug her and smell the fresh smell of avocado on her hands. Now she is doing something comepletly different, she is smoothing her hands after working hard in the shed. Her mother did because she was an elegant ** ﻿great use of juicy words here! ** and rich person.I AM # 19 esperanza remembers a secret recipe to make a lotion that will make her hands more smoother and younger.

Esperanza was using avocados for lotion in California.She remembered when she lived on El Rancho de las Rosas her mom used avocados for lotion to make her hands look younger and feel softer.#15

Esperanza felt unrelenting and negatively to never lose her mother like she lost her father. Esperanza told the nurse to take care of her mother and and to never let her die, like her father when he died on a night with the shining moon.I AM # 36 When Esperanza is working on making her hands better she remembers when she was in EL RANCHO DE LAS ROSAS,her mom also did the same thing.I AM NUMBER 24. Vocabulary for This is a photo of avocados.I AM NUMBER 24. This are some of the avocatos that Esperanza cuted!! # 36 This is a avocado it is the name of a chapter in the book I AM #18

1. skein pg. 161 **noun** a loosely gathered spool of yarn or thread

2. trance pg. 163 **noun** catatonic state where the body functions normally

3. convent pg.163 **noun** a local community or house of religious order

4. grotto pg.164 **noun** a cave

5. cavernous pg.168 ** adjective ** of large or unknown size

6. bereft pg.168 ** adjective ** deprived of or lacking something

7. musty pg.174 **adjective** tasting or smelling of dampness or decay

8. vapor pg.179 **noun** fine particles floating in the air (as smoke or fog)

9. glycerine pg.180 **noun** a sweet syrupy alcohol used as a solvent

10. mesquite pg.181 **noun**/adjective leafy trees or shrubs often used to grill

11. supple pg.181 **adjective** capable of bending without breaking

12. pneumonia pg.182 **noun** an inflammatory disease of the lungs

13. halo pg.184 **noun** a circle of light surrounding the head or body

14. loamy pg.186 **adjective** similar in appearance to loose soil

15. indignation pg.188 **noun** anger aroused by something unjust

16. intestine pg.189**noun**a tubular extension from the stomach

17. twinge pg.192 ** verb ** to feel a sharp, sudden pain

18. spigot pg.193 **noun**a faucet

19. menace pg. 200 **noun** a threat or danger