Beginning in November, all 5th grade students in Grand Rapids Public Schools will be reading this book and blogging about their reading experience. There will be questions posed to the students, posts written and shared from different classrooms and four "Great Days of Blogging". The final celebration will be held with a visit from the author in March 2016.
Monday, December 7, 2015
Pricked by a Thorn (superstition)
What thoughts come to Esperanza after she pricks her finger on a thorn? What purpose may the author have to write about this superstition? Can you find research about this superstition to give you more information?
hi this is ashiah from campus elementary and i am reading esperanza rising i can infer when she pricked her finger on a rose she thought it was bad luck when she said 'this is bad luck' and maybe her mama told her pricking your finger on a rose means bad luck for some kids thank you for your time teachers and students bye
hi this is ashiah from campus elementary and i am reading esperanza rising i can infer when she pricked her finger on a rose she thought it was bad luck when she said 'this is bad luck' and maybe her mama told her pricking your finger on a rose means bad luck for some kids thank you for your time teachers and students bye
i think that when she pricked her finger on the torn she felt like she had bad luck. when she showed her mom she also said she had bad luck. Abuelita said that are roses don't have torns.
Esperanzas mother said go pick some roses and esperanza went outside to go pick roses and suddenly her finger was pricked a lot of blood was russhing out esperanza went inside to tell her mother her mother said I think you have bad luck said mamma. kamonie at mulick park
When Esperanza went to pick a rose, she pricked her finger on the beautiful rose and her first thought was. Bad luck ,but every one was not worried every thought it was no big deal. They always thought the bad luck would be just like dropping an egg on the ground, but Esperanza thought other wise.She was still very worried something bad would happen.In the next chapter I think from the last paragraph papa died ,and with the bandents on the lose they will be in BIG PROBLEM!
The thought that Esperanza had after she pricks her finger is she thinks bad luck. Looking toward the horizon, she saw the last of the sun disappear behind the Sierra Madre. Darkness would settle quickly, and a feeling of uneasiness and worry nagged her.
The superstition that pricking your finger on a rose thorn and it bleeding being bad luck is probably based on the real superstition that if you prick your finger on a rose thorn, you will lose money. After Esperanza got her finger finger pricked by the rose, she immediately thought about the bandits who were killing wealthy people and how Papa was very wealthy. She knew about them because as she was talking to Mama, she mentioned that she had overheard Papa's friends warning him about the bandits. It didn't help that he was late, either. It isn't directly related to Esperanza's feeling of dread, but there were many hints that something bad would happen, like Esperanza wishing to stay with her parents forever. This is called foreshadowing.
Nice job. I am enjoying the thoughtful comments. Daphne, I am especially liking the research. Can you share with the group how to find information on this superstition?
I can infer that when she pricked her finger she just thought of the old saying that if you get pricked by a thorn you have bad luck but as it came to be she did have bad luck because, her farther had died.
I think that she wurote this because if you read page #255 you will find out evary thing but just the first paragraph it has a lot of good things that you can talk about.
I believe that the story included Esperanza pricking her finger on a rose because as soon as that happened her whole life just went downhill from there. Her papa died her house was burnt her uncles threatened her and her mom she had to move to america her mom got sick and then her money got stolen.
hi this is ashiah from campus elementary and i am reading esperanza rising i can infer when she pricked her finger on a rose she thought it was bad luck when she said 'this is bad luck' and maybe her mama told her pricking your finger on a rose means bad luck for some kids thank you for your time teachers and students bye
ReplyDeletei think that is true
Deletehi this is ashiah from campus elementary and i am reading esperanza rising i can infer when she pricked her finger on a rose she thought it was bad luck when she said 'this is bad luck' and maybe her mama told her pricking your finger on a rose means bad luck for some kids thank you for your time teachers and students bye
ReplyDeletei think that when she pricked her finger on the torn she felt like she had bad luck. when she showed her mom she also said she had bad luck. Abuelita said that are roses don't have torns.
ReplyDeletehi this is tyson from campus elementary; i think she has bad luck be cause her mother said when you prick your finger on a thorn that's bad luck
Deletehi this is marijah from south west community campus and i think esperanza thought when she pricked her finger on the thorn she thought it was bad luck
DeleteShe had a feeling of dread.
ReplyDeleteFirst she thought of bad luck, then she ignored that feeling.
ReplyDeleteshe had a felling that she wood Jane bad luck
ReplyDeleteEsperanzas mother said go pick some roses and esperanza went outside to
ReplyDeletego pick roses and suddenly her finger was pricked a lot of blood was russhing out esperanza went inside to tell her mother her mother said I
think you have bad luck said mamma. kamonie at mulick park
When Esperanza went to pick a rose, she pricked her finger on the beautiful rose and her first thought was. Bad luck ,but every one was not worried every thought it was no big deal. They always thought the bad luck would be just like dropping an egg on the ground, but Esperanza thought other wise.She was still very worried something bad would happen.In the next chapter I think from the last paragraph papa died ,and with the bandents on the lose they will be in BIG PROBLEM!
ReplyDeleteThe thought that Esperanza had after she pricks her finger is she thinks bad luck. Looking toward the horizon, she saw the last of the sun disappear behind the Sierra Madre. Darkness would settle quickly, and a feeling of uneasiness and worry nagged her.
ReplyDeleteThe superstition that pricking your finger on a rose thorn and it bleeding being bad luck is probably based on the real superstition that if you prick your finger on a rose thorn, you will lose money.
ReplyDeleteAfter Esperanza got her finger finger pricked by the rose, she immediately thought about the bandits who were killing wealthy people and how Papa was very wealthy. She knew about them because as she was talking to Mama, she mentioned that she had overheard Papa's friends warning him about the bandits. It didn't help that he was late, either.
It isn't directly related to Esperanza's feeling of dread, but there were many hints that something bad would happen, like Esperanza wishing to stay with her parents forever. This is called foreshadowing.
Nice job. I am enjoying the thoughtful comments. Daphne, I am especially liking the research. Can you share with the group how to find information on this superstition?
ReplyDeleteI can infer that when she pricked her finger she just thought of the old saying that if you get pricked by a thorn you have bad luck but as it came to be she did have bad luck because, her farther had died.
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i agree because her mom said its bad luck faye for campus
ReplyDeleteI think that she wurote this because if you read page #255 you will find out evary thing but just the first paragraph it has a lot of good things that you can talk about.
ReplyDeleteAlso the rose pricking set the story for evarything
ReplyDeleteI agree Keenan as soon as Esperanza pricked her finger she started to have bad luck.
DeleteI agree with both Connor and Keenan.
DeleteI believe that the story included Esperanza pricking her finger on a rose because as soon as that happened her whole life just went downhill from there. Her papa died her house was burnt her uncles threatened her and her mom she had to move to america her mom got sick and then her money got stolen.
ReplyDeleteI mean, her dad dies after.
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