Research Guide: Glossary Group
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Research Model: Esperanza Rising
Essential Question: How does an understanding of the historical and cultural
background of Esperanza Rising enhance your reading of the novel?
Time Management:
 Research to be completed by:
 Display materials due date:
Research Team Members (assigned or approved by your teacher):
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Group Controlling Question: How are the following words defined and what is their
importance in Esperanza’s story?
Subsidiary Questions: Starter questions are listed below. You may want to brainstorm
additional questions about your topic using Who, What, When, Where, Why, or How as
question-starters.
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Research and define the following Spanish words:
a. campesino
b. huelga
c. una tormenta de polvo (dust storm)
d. cosecha
2.
Research and define the following English words:
a. phoenix
b. tule fog
c. Valley fever
d. picket lines
e. repatriation
Keywords: Your specific keywords will be the words above that you are trying to
define. You might want to also use the following words as secondary terms:
Mexican
Depression
California
Spanish
Notes: Use the note-taking organizer below to record main ideas and key details about each subsidiary
question (scroll down to the next page).
 If you need additional space for notes, or if you prefer to write your notes in a lined space, write
each subsidiary question at the top of a separate sheet of notebook paper or lined index card.
Note-Taking Organizer
IMPORTANT: If you copy and paste text from a Web page onto this organizer, you
must paraphrase this information before including it in your research project to avoid
plagiarism! Remember also to cite your sources!
Topic:
Subsidiary
Questions/ Main
Ideas/Words to
Define
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Notes
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Summary:
Don’t forget to keep track of your sources on your source cards or source worksheets.