ELA Unit 3 EOU

Kindness brings rewards.

Hard work makes life better.

Be polite to those you meet.

Be thankful for what you have.

Esperanza keeps the casita tidy and clean/

Esperanza asks the old woman to ride Toro.

Fidelia knows they have everything they need.

Fidelia wants a horse and wagon to carry water.

found

served

cared for

moved toward

paragraph 11

paragraph 13

paragraph 14

paragraph 18

"'But we have everything we need,' Esperanza said." (paragraph 8)

"'How could you waste a wish when you have a bell to call me home?'"

(paragraph 11)

"'I wish I had never said those angry words.'" (paragraph 13)

"'You are so smart to trade our coffee and cocoa beans for delicious food,' Fidelia said." (paragraph 17)

Fidelia

Esperanza

Narrator

"One day in 1875, William Smith stepped off a train in San Francisco, California." (Paragraph 1)

"Because travel was now easier, more people would choose to move." (Paragraph 3)

"Many native peoples hunted bison, which they needed for food, shelter, and clothing."

(Paragraph 6)

"By 1893, four additional transcontinental rail lines were built."

(Paragraph 7)

Factories could send goods almost anywhere in the country.

Towns and cities could bring water from faraway lakes.

Native Americans had better access to shelter.

Railroad track cost less to build.

food and supplies

a new way to travel

noise and dirt

a time of difficulty

It became harder for people to move to new cities.

The government was unable to buy more tracks.

Native Americans were forced to leave their land.

The noise from the train scared passengers.

The construction of the transcontinental railroad created a large number of jobs.

The noise from the transcontinental railroad led to the disappearance of bison.

The transcontinental railroad caused many people to move away from big cities.

The transcontinental railroad made life easier for some but harder for others.