Introduce the Book
Introduce the book by showing students the front cover and reading the title.
Ask: What do you see on the cover? What can you tell about Chavez from this picture?
Explain that Chavez led the fight to gain better pay and working conditions for farm workers. Give students worksheet 1. Explain that these are some words they will encounter as they read the book. Have students predict how the words might be used in the context of Chavez’s life, and have them write their ideas in the first column. Tell them that they might know the meaning of the word, but they should think about how the word might relate specifically to Chavez and the struggle for rights for farm workers. Explain that after they read, they will come back to the worksheet and discuss the words as they were used in the book. 

Give students their copies of the book, and have them turn to the table of contents.
Ask: What do you think you might read about in the chapter “A Humble Beginning”? What do you think activism in Chapter 4 might mean? What do you think happened at the Delano grape strike?

Skim and Scan
Have students skim the book, previewing the photos and illustrations. Point out the bold-faced words in the text. Explain to students that often they can use the context of the sentence or paragraph to figure out the meaning of the word. Point out that they can find these words in the glossary at the end of the book.