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Fight in the Fields a Biography about Cesar Chavez
http://www.pbs.org/itvs/fightfields/cesarchavez.html
Monday
1A. What literary technique is used in the titled Fight in the Fields?
		irony- the opposite of what you expected to happen
		Alliteration-the beginning consonant sound repeats

1B. What evidence helped you answer 1A?
The /f/ repeats 2 times.

Use the following passage to answer questions 2A-3B. 
		“Cesario Estrada Chavez, the most important Latino leader in U.S. history,
 was born in Yuma, Arizona on March 31, 1927 to Librado Chavez and Juana
 Chavez. He was the second of 5 children.” (Tejada-Flores 1-2)

2A. What is the opinion phrase in the above passage? (Remember, an opinion is something that you believe, but I don’t believe it.)

2B. What evidence helped you answer 2A?

3A. If Cesar Chavez was still alive, how old would he be today?

3B. What evidence from the text helped you answer 3A?

Tuesday
Use the following passage to answer questions 4A-6B.
		“The Chavez family had a small farm, and ran a country store. As the Depression
intensified and years of drought forced thousands off the land, the Chavez family lost
both their farm and store in 1937. Cesar was 10 years old when the family packed up
and headed for California.” (Tejada-Flores 3-5)

4A. How does the author organize the above paragraph?
	Cause and Effect (One event happened which caused another event to happened)
	Question and Answers

4B. What evidence from the passage helped you answer 4A?

5A. What is the mood of the above passage? (Remember, mood is the way the author wants you to feel as you read.)
		Positive and cheerful
		Dismal and heavy hearted

5B. What evidence helped you answer 5A?

6A. What does lost mean as used in the above passage?
	The family cannot find their farm and house because they misplaced them.
	The bank took the farm and house since there was no money to pay for them.

6B. What evidence helped you answer 6A?

Use the following passage to answer question 7A-7B.

“His father Librado taught him the value of hard work and opened his eyes to the inequities of the
 farm labor system. His mother Juana, a deeply religious and compassionate woman,  emphasized
the importance of caring for the less fortunate, and the power of love.” (Tejada-Flores 14-20)

7A. How did Cesar’s parents influence him?
	Cesar’s father taught him to work hard and never speak against his bosses
and his mom taught him to follow all the rules set by the government.
	Cesar’s father taught him about hard work and the unfairness in farm labor
 and his mom taught him to be caring and loving.

7B. What evidence helped you answer 7A?

Wednesday
Use the following passage to answer questions 8A-10B

	“Fred Ross was an organizer. He was in San Jose to recruit members for the Community Service
 Organization. CSO helped its members with immigration and tax problems, and taught them [the Hispanics]
 how to organize to deal with problems like police violence and discrimination. To Chavez, Ross’ simple
 rules for organizing were nothing short of revolutionary. It was the beginning of a life-long friendship
 between Chavez and Ross.” (Tejada-Flores 39-46)

8A. Why did the author include information about Fred Ross in an article about Chavez?
		Fred Ross was a cruel employer who treated Chavez poorly, so it made
Chavez want to organize against him.
		Fred Ross was a positive influence on Chavez, so it helped Chavez become
a leader for the Hispanic community.  

8B. What evidence helped you answer 8A?

9A. How did Fred Ross influence Cesar Chavez?
		Fred Ross encouraged Chavez to be violent against the police. 
		Fred Ross influenced Chavez to organize in a peaceful manner.

9B. What evidence helped you answer 9A?

10A. Why did Ms. Mirenda insert [the Hispanics] inside the text?
		She added additional clarifying information into the text.
She took out information that the author originally included.

10B. What evidence helped you answer 10A? 

Thursday
Use the following passage to answer questions 11A-13B.

“Delano grape growers cut the pay rates during the harvest...Chavez asked his organization
 to join the strike….They would do battle non-violently... Hundreds of students, religious workers
 and labor activists talked to consumers in front of markets, asking them to do a simple thing:
 ‘Help the farm workers by not buying grapes.’ At its height, over 13 million Americans supported
 the Delano grape boycott.” (Tejada-Flores 59-74)

11A. When the farmer received pay cuts, what did Chavez want his group to do?
Hold a violent strike 
Hold a non-violent strike 

11B. What evidence helped you answer 11A?

12A. What can you infer was the result of the consumers being asked not to buy grapes?
		Consumers stopped buying grapes and the growers lost a lot of money.
		Consumers agreed with the pay cut so they bought more grapes.

12B. What evidence helped you answer 12A?

13A. What are synonyms for consumers?
		Buyers		Sellers		Shoppers	Customers	Purchasers

13B. What evidence helped you answer 13A?	

Friday	
Use the following passage to answer questions 14A-17B.
 “The pressure was irresistible, and in 1969 the Delano growers signed historic contracts
with the United Farm workers Organizing Committee, which would later become the United
Farm workers Union (UFW). Chavez had inspired an organization that did not look like a labor
union. His vision...was about reclaiming dignity for people who were marginalized [treated as 
unimportant] by society. What had started as the Delano grape strike came to be known as La
Causa, the Cause.” (Tejada-Flores 75-81)

14A. What was the result of the pressure from the Delano grape strike?
		The growers continued to mistreat the farm workers.
		The growers signed a contract to treat employees better

14B. What evidence helped you answer 14A?

15A. What does the author mean when he writes, “reclaiming dignity”?
		To require the growers to treat the farm workers with honor and respect
		To require the growers to apologize for their cruel behavior

15B. What evidence from the text helped you answer 15A?

16A. Why did Ms. Mirenda insert [treated as unimportant]inside the text?
		She added additional clarifying information into the text.
She took out information that the author originally included.

16B. What evidence helped you answer 16A?

17A. Why do you think Chavez’ vision became known as “La Causa”?
	Chavez’ mission, or cause, was to improve the quality of life for farm
workers, so people called the movement La Causa.
People thought his ideas were never going to succeed; therefore, it was
first nicknamed “Mission Impossible” and shortened to “La Causa.”

17B. What evidence helped you answer 17A?