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The story: “The Circuit” p148–154 (but only read to p152)
Partial worksheets: “You can answer these” p155, “Exercise B” p158
“Circuit” shells (2) for each student
WARM-UP (c.15”)
U Demo, then each student creates a family “Life Circuit”
U Share with partner.
U Have a lively discussion about “circuits”
( electrical / traveling doctor / life / moving as in migrant workers )
VOCABULARY (c.10–15”)
U Write on board and elicit meaning from students
PRE-READ ACTIVITY (c.10”)
U Discussion of illustration “Before you read” (p147; illustration on back)
U Short intro to book and author. Note that stories are autobiographical (more on author TUE in conversation class)
READING (FIRST) (c.10”)
U Story—through line 115 (p148–152)
READING (AGAIN) (c.15–20”)
U Story—through line 115, summarizing by paragraphs
U Discussing add’l vocabulary/questions on meaning along the way
BREAK (c.10”)
POST-READ ACTIVITY (c.15”)
U Make “Life Circuit” for Panchito’s family, then check with partner
U Do composite on board as class
WORKSHEETS—CONTENT (c.5–10”)
U Content questions: “You can answer these” (p155) 1–4 and 8–10
WORKSHEETS—VOCABULARY (c.5–10”)
U “Exercise B” 1–7 [TBD yet]
CHARACTER ANALYSIS
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U Make grid on board and fill in:
Who is the narrator? Where does he fit in his family?
(Perhaps draw stick figures for family on top of grid columns.)
List other characters and specify relationship to narrator.
What does he/she do / what is his/her role?
Is life easy or hard for him/her?
How does he/she deal with difficulties? [see Q1, p164]
EXIT TICKET
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U Say a complete sentence having to do with something in your life
cycle. Start your sentence with “Every year/January/etc., …”
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VOCABULARY LIST | BOOK INFO
(TEACHER REFERENCE)
[This unit is Chapter 9 of the following book.]
The Circuit by Francisco Jiménez
Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1997
ISBN: 978-0826317971
BOOK SUMMARY
After dark in a Mexican border town, a father holds open a hole
in a wire fence as his wife and two small boys crawl through. So
begins life in the United States for many people every day. And so
begins this collection of twelve autobiographical stories by Santa
Clara University professor Francisco Jiménez, who at the age of
four illegally crossed the border with his family in 1947.
Another resource:
FYI:
This site has lots of supporting
materials, summaries, etc.:
http://www.shmoop.com/the-circuit/
“The Circuit,” the story of young Panchito and his trumpet, is one
of the most widely anthologized stories in Chicano literature. At
long last, Jiménez offers more about the wise, sensitive little boy
who has grown into a role model for subsequent generations of
immigrants.
These independent but intertwined stories follow the family
through their circuit, from picking cotton and strawberries to
topping carrots–and back again–over a number of years. As it
moves from one labor camp to the next, the little family of four
grows into ten. Impermanence and poverty define their lives. But
with faith, hope, and back-breaking work, the family endures.
(Taken from http://www.amazon.com/The-Circuit-StoriesMigrant- Child/dp/0826317979/ref=tmm_pap_title_0).
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