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Lupita Manana by

Patricia Beatty

Lupita Manana by Patricia Beatty

Introduction 1. Predict: Look just at the cover. What do

you think this book will be about?

2. What does Lupita Manana mean?

3. Read the abstract. Now what do you

think this book is about?


Response to Literature

Project Requirements For this unit, you must:

1. When reading as a class, following along to be prepared to read when called upon by. (Participation points)

2. Create your own title for each chapter

3. Write a paragraph summary of the day’s reading to create a synopsis of the book.

4. Answer Daily Review Questions

5. Develop a Character Analysis

6. Complete a Story Map

7. Spanish Translation Dictionary


Spanish Translation Dictionary • Manana

• Novia

• Vago

• Yanqui

• Gringo

• Pocho

• Coyote

• La migra

• La ayuda

• Novia


Chapter Summaries • Come up with an appropriate title for each chapter

• Write a paragraph summary for each chapter in the book after reading that chapter (13 chapters)

• Include the main events that occurred and any significant details.

• You will put together all of your summaries for a synopsis at the end of the book.


Types of Characterization

• Direct Characterization – the author states the character’s traits

• Indirect Characterization – the author tells what a character looks like, does, says, as well as how other characters react to him/her. It is up to the reader to draw conclusions about the character based on this indirect information.


Character Features

Consider the following:

• Appearance

• Personality

• Background

• Motivation

• Relationships

• Conflict

• Change


Story Character Analysis 1. Describe (attitude, personality, looks, etc) the

following characters using evidence from the book to justify your answer.

2. Include the page # you found your evidence.

3. Write in complete sentences.

• Lupita Torres

• Dorotea Ortega

• Camela Garcia de Torres

• Captain Ortega

• Hernando Torres

• Salvador Torres

• Uncle Antonio


Chapter 1 Review Questions

1. What is the setting of the story?

2. Why is she called “Lupita Manana”?

3. Why did Captain Ortega send his oldest son, Paco, to see Carmela Torres?

4. What does Captain Ortega think of Salvador?

5. How do Dorotea & Salvador feel about each other?

6. What is Lupita’s most precious possession?

7. Who is the new head of the family at the end of the chapter?



1. What religion is the Torres family?

2. What did Uncle Antonio tell Salvador to ask

Captain Ortega? How did Salvador feel about this?

3. What was Salvador’s most precious possession?

4. Why did Lupita go with her brother to talk to

Captain Ortega?

5. How did Captain Ortega respond to Salvador?

6. Who is Aunt Consuelo? What is a “pocho”?

7. What does Mama say Lupita & Salvador must do?



1. Why didn’t the Torres girls go to school?

2. Why was Lupita’s “dream” job just a dream?

3. Where does Mama tell Lupita to hide the money?

4. Why did Lupita have to travel in disguise?

5. How do Lupita & Salvador get to Tijuana?

6. What languages do Lupita & Salvador speak?

7. What happened with the people in the red car?

8. Why is Lupita concerned about Salvador’s knife?



1. Where do Lupita and Salvador sleep at night?

2. What was Lupita’s first impression of Tijuana?

3. What was in the window that caught Salvador’s eye? Why?

4. What does Tomas tell them about crossing the border?

5. What is Tomas’s price to help?

6. What is Salvador's plan to cross the border?



1. Why is Lupita hiding at the beginning of the

chapter?

2. What is a “Coyote”?

3. What did they overhear about how Tomas

takes them across the border when the truck

stopped?

4. Explain what happened when they crossed

the border?


Story Character Analysis #2

1. Describe (attitude, personality, looks, etc) the

following characters using evidence from the

book to justify your answer.

2. Include the page # you found your evidence.

3. Write in complete sentences.

• Salvador

• Lupita

• Tomas

• Captain Ortega



1. What information does Bartolo give Salvador?

2. What price must they pay to get Bartolo’s help?

3. How do they get across the border?

4. Why can they not walk?

5. Who is Rosario?

6. How do they plan to get to Indio (California) once

they’ve crossed the border?

7. Who gets caught at the end of Chapter 6?



1. Where do Lupita and Salvador find jobs

in Colton?

2. Why must they be careful about walking

around town?

3. How do they plan to send money to

Mama?

4. What is a pocho?

5. Why does Concha say not to trust Senor

Roderigo?



1. How do they plan to get to Indio from

Colton?

2. How does la migra find out about the illegals

working for Senor Roderigo?

3. What does Lupita have to leave behind at

the hotel? Why?

4. When do they have to travel to avoid la

migra?

5. What happens with the gringos in the car?



1. What surprises them about Consuelo’s

house?

2. Why does Salvado tell Lupita not to mention

how much money they have?

3. Describe Hermilio.

4. Where does Hermilio want them to find

work?

5. What does Consuelo suggest they do rather

than leaving Indio?



1. What upset Salvador and Lupita about working in the fields?

2. What couldn’t Lupita believe about education in America?

3. Why didn’t Aunt Consuelo learn how to speak English?

4. What did Lupita want to buy when she got some money?

5. What did Salvador and Lupita have to do in the fields?

6. Why couldn’t Lupita go to church?



1. Where did Elvio plan to take his cousins?

2. What would Salvador and Lupita do if la

migra came to the cinema?

3. Describe Lucio/Lucky. Why was

Salvador so excited to befriend him?

4. What didn’t Lupita like about Salvador’s

new friendship with Lucky?


Focus on Characterization

Notes about characters.

• Pull evidence about the character

(words, actions or reactions in the text)

• Based on evidence, make an inference

about the character.

• Your commentary should explain how

the evidence led to or supports the

inference.


Character Features

Consider the following:

• Appearance

• Personality

• Background

• Motivation

• Relationships

• Conflict

• Change


Map of the Story Lupita’s journey from Mexico to California is a centuries-old

route. There was a time when the borders between Mexico and California were not fenced. Lupita and Salvador could have been following trails their ancestros traveled even before the Spanish Conquest on the New World.

Your task is to show Lupita’s journey as a story map. Your map should be done on a large poster. It should include each of the places listed on your project sheet. Include a caption for each place Lupita passed through to explain what she was thinking or experiencing while there. You may also include a picture or graphic. Your story should be visually attractive, accurately and neatly labeled, and reflect personal effort. Begin the task by locating a map of California, either in print or online. Use the Story Map Scoring Guide as a guideline.


• http://geology.com/cities-

map/california.shtml

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indio,_Californi

a

• http://www.indio.org/

• http://www.anaheimoc.org/pdf/drivemap12

05.pdf

http://geology.com/cities-map/california.shtml



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indio,_California

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indio,_California

http://www.indio.org/

http://www.anaheimoc.org/pdf/drivemap1205.pdf

http://www.anaheimoc.org/pdf/drivemap1205.pdf


Map of the Story Locations

1. Ensenada

2. Tijuana

3. Colton

4. Indio

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