Coyote School News

1. Coyote School News Unit 2 Week 2

2. Skills • Dictionary/Glossary • Drawing Conclusions • Prior Knowledge

3. Dictionary/Glossary • You use a dictionary and/or glossary to help you find the meaning of unknown words. • A dictionary is a book of all words and their definitions. • A glossary is located in the back of a nonfiction book that had the definition of only the words found in that book.

4. Drawing Conclusions • Drawing conclusions is forming an opinion based on what you already know about a topic and on the facts and details found in the text you are reading.

5. Prior Knowledge • Prior knowledge is what you already know about a topic before reading more information about it.

6. Vocabulary • Roundup • Coyote • Spurs • Dudes • Bawling

7. Roundup • Herding cattle for branding or sale

8. Coyote • Small wolf-like animal

9. Spurs • Spiked wheels strapped to the heel of a boot

10. Dudes • Cowhands or easterners

11. Bawling • Crying

12. What did Monchi mean when he said the U.S. “moved the line” when it bought land from Mexico? • The U.S. changed the route of a new highway to Mexico. • New laws allowed some citizens of the U.S. to move to Mexico. • The border between the U.S. and Mexico changed.

13. Where was the Ramirez Ranch located? • United States • Mexico • Canada

14. The most likely reason the children liked that Miss Byers lived on a ranch was that she… • Lived in the same kind of place they did • Hired them to do chores for her • Understood how hard they worked in the fields

15. Monchi’s problem in the story was that he wanted to… • Write a story for Coyote News • Win the Perfect Attendance Award • Ride to school on a bus every day

16. How were Miss Byers and Monchi alike? • They were absent from school during round up. • They got hurt while riding in the back of a truck. • They helped brand the cattle on their ranches.

17. What is something Tucson had that Monchi’s community probably didn’t have? • Music and dancing • Roads for cars and trucks • A movie theater

18. Because Monchi broke his wrist… • His Tia Lena knew what to get him for Christmas. • He could not help his family with the roundup. • His father told him to walk to school.

19. From details in the story, you can tell that roundups are… • Hard work • Held in winter • Held after school

20. Where did Monchi go to see the doctor? • Rattle Snake Canyon • Tucson • Coyote Ranch

21. Which of the following is the best clue for when the story took place? • Most of the children rode a bus to Coyote School. • Gilbert wrote his story for the newspaper in Spanish. • Monchi wished President Roosevelt would fix the roads.

22. Why do you think the author included pages from the Coyote News in this story? • To entertain the readers with stories that students wrote • To inform readers about current events • To persuade readers to create a school newspaper

23. Miss Byers gave Monchi a silver dollar for a writing award because she knew… • He could not help being absent from school. • His tia Lena was not able to give him the coin. • He was graduating and would be leaving school.

24. What was one way that Miss Byers helped students appreciate their culture? • She told them to be proud they knew Spanish.

25. How do you know that school is important to the Ramirez family? • All of the Ramirez children attended school, even though there was a lot of work to be done on the ranch.

26. Why was it hard for Monchi to choose between earning the Perfect Attendance Award and the roundup? • No matter which one he chose to do, he would miss out on the other. He know he would be sad about the thing he did not get to do.