Barrio BoyWeek 8

October 24th, 2013Background & Vocabulary

The plan….• Objectives• Review– Literature Booklet pages 4 and 5

• Meet the Author– Read about Ernesto Galarza (page 69 and in-

ternet resources)

• Background Information• Homework– Pre-read Barrio Boy

• Vocabulary– Fill in the vocabulary journals for Barrio Boy

Objectives• Students will analyze and respond to

the author’s purpose in prose

• Students will read, comprehend, and analyze short stories– Focusing on nonfiction and fiction

• Students will practice using context clues while developing vocabulary

Review• Literature booklets–Pages 4 and 5–Complete together

Barrio Boy• condition n. p 76• foreign adj. p 74• instructions n. p 76• miserable adj. p 75• native adj. p 74• progress n. p 73• secure adj. p 72• various adj. p 76• reassuring adj. p

70• contraption n. p 70

• absolutely adv. p 78• frequently adv. p 73• importance n. p 78• influenza n. p 76• menace n. p 71• overcome v. p 73• similar adj. p 73• unnecessary adj. p

73• formidable adj. p 71• barrio n. p 70

Meet the Au-thorLiterature

Books page 69

Ernesto Galarza (1905-1984)

Ernesto Galarza was born in the town of Jalcocotan, an Indian village in western Mexico's Sierra Madres. When he was seven years old, Ernesto Galarza moved from Mexico to Califor-nia. There, his family harvested crops in the fields of Sacramento and struggled to make ends meet.

Galarza learned English quickly and won a scholarship for college. After earning his bache-lor's degree he received his master's degree from Stanford and his doctorate from Columbia.

Jalcocotan, Mexico

Sierra Madres

Migrant Workers

Ernesto Galarza (1905-1984)

He eventually became a master teacher and writer. Barrio Boy (1971), his most successful book, tells the story of his childhood in California. Because of his background, he became an influen-tial union leader who fought tirelessly for the rights of American and Mexican farm workers.

From 1936 to 1947, Galarza served as chief of the Division of Labor and Social Information for the Pan-American Union, dealing with education and labor in Latin America. When he returned to Cali-fornia, he worked to gain rights for farm workers.

Background Information

What is a Bar-rio?

• A barrio is a part of a town or city where most of the people are Hispanic

• May be a poor area comprised mostly of Hispanic in-habitants

What is prose?• Prose is the ordinary form of

written language. • Most writing that is not poetry,

drama, or song is considered prose.

• Prose is one of the genres, or forms, of literature and occurs both in fiction and nonfiction.

Literary Terms• Narrator - a person who tells the story

• Characters - the people living the story

• Dialogue - the conversations that the characters have

• Events - make up the action in the story

Homework• Literature books–Pre-read Barrio Boy–Look for vocabulary words

VocabularyYou will need your: Vocabulary Journals

pen or pencil

Vocabulary Journalscondition

Barrio Boy

 the physical or mental state of a person or animal

After years of working hard in the fields, his condition was not good.Health, shape, order, repair

Disorder, disrepair

Noun ConditionCondition

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Vocabulary Journalsforeign

Barrio Boy

Having to do with or coming from another place

Chamchi kimchi jjigae is a foreign soup from Korea.Alien, nonnative Native, domestic

adjective Foreignness

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Vocabulary Journalsinstructions

Barrio Boy

Directions for how to do some-thing

The instructions explained how to build a car.directions Disorder, disrepair

Noun Instruct

Instructional

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Vocabulary Journalsmiserable

Barrio Boy

Causing great discomfort or un-happiness

Being sick makes me feel miserable.

Wretched, distressed happy

adjectivemiserableness

miserably

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Vocabulary Journalsnative

Barrio Boy

Belonging to a person because of the place where he or she was bornEnglish is Becca Teacher’s native

languageDomestic, innate Acquired, alien

adjective nativeness

natively

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Vocabulary Journalsprogress

Barrio Boy

An improvement

Sara’s higher scores show she has made great progress.Advance, improve-ment

regression

Noun progress

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Vocabulary Journalssecure

Barrio Boy

Feeling safe and sure

The neighborhood is safe so I feel secure.Protected, safe unsafe

adjective secure

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Vocabulary Journalsvarious

Barrio Boy

different

We looked at the various desserts and couldn’t decide between the apple pie and cheesecake.Different, diverse Identical, same, uniform

adjective variously

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Vocabulary Journalsreassuring

Barrio Boy

Having the effect of restoring confidence

The sound of applause was reassur-ing to the nervous performerEncourage, hearten

adjective reassurancereassure reassuringly

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Vocabulary Journalscontraption

Barrio Boy

Device or machine regarded as strange

It’s not safe to drive that rickety contraption.Gadget, device

Noun

contraptious

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Vocabulary Journalsabsolutely

Barrio Boy

Completely; totally without limit

I have no doubt; I absolutely aced the test.Totally, unquestion-ably

adverb

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Vocabulary Journalsfrequently

Barrio Boy

Commonly; happening often

He goes to the gym frequently, so he is very strong.often Rarely, never

adverb Frequent

frequent

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Vocabulary Journalsimportance

Barrio Boy

Something of high value or in-terest

We recognize the importance of eat-ing healthily.significance Insignificance

Noun

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Vocabulary Journalsinfluenza

Barrio Boy

An illness with sneezing, cough-ing, fever and muscle aches

After being outside in the cold weather she had influenza.

Noun

influenzal

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Vocabulary Journalsmenace

Barrio Boy

A threat or danger

Pollution is a menace to our envi-ronment because it can cause a great deal of damage.Health, shape, order, repair

Disorder, disrepair

Noun Menace

menacingly

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Vocabulary Journalsovercome

Barrio Boy

To defeat

The team fought hard to overcome the competition and win the game.Vanquish, defeat Lose

Verb ConditionCondition

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Vocabulary JournalsSimilar

Barrio Boy

Alike or the same type

The twins, Anthony and William, looked similar.Health, shape, order, repair

Disorder, disrepair

adjective similarly

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Vocabulary Journalsunnecessary

Barrio Boy

Not needed

An umbrella is unnecessary on a sunny dayunessential Essential, necessary

adjective

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Vocabulary Journalsformidable

Barrio Boy

impressive

The amount of vacation homework was formidable.Dreadful, threatening pleasant

adjective formidably

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Vocabulary Journalsbarrio

Barrio Boy

Part of a town or city where most of the people are His-panic.Juan and his family live in the barrio

of Los Angeles.

Noun ConditionCondition

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