Esperanza Rising is a novel about a Hispanic girl whose father is a landowner who farms so she is part of the upper class. Everything starts out great until the 1930 and there is resentment towards wealthy landowners. Her father is killed and her and her Mama flee and go to the US but her grandma has to stay behind. Esperanza's mom gets sick so she has to work and pay for her mom to get better, Eventually her grandma gets here but things are still bad because her money is stolen. In the end Esperanza sets goals for herself to learn English, be treated equally, and start a family of her own.
Since Esperanza creates goals of her own at the end of the book one activity I would have students do would be to create goals for themselves. Ones for the day, week, month, end of the school year, and next five years. This can teach students that no matter what they are going through there is always hope and the goals they set can be their hope in front of them. Just like it was for Esperanza in
Esperanza Rising.
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