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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October 22nd, 2013
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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October 22nd, 2013
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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October 22nd, 2013
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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October 22nd, 2013
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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October 22nd, 2013
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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October 22nd, 2013
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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October 22nd, 2013
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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October 22nd, 2013
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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October 22nd, 2013