Book Summary
This book recounts the life and work of Cesar Chavez, from his childhood on the family farm in Arizona, to his adolescence as a migrant worker, to his dedication to the fight for dignity and justice for farm workers everywhere.

Reproducibles
Worksheet 1: Summarize using the 5 W's (who, what, when, where, why) plus how
Worksheet 2: Vocabulary prediction

Lesson Objectives

Comprehension
You will likely address a number of comprehension skills as students work to understand the text, for example, students could discuss their personal reactions to the text and the work of Chavez. The targeted comprehension strategy for this lesson is: summarizing information.

Word Work

Content Vocabulary
barrios
boycott
civil disobedience
drudgery
fast
grass-roots
Great Depression
labor contractors
labor unions
meager
migrant farm workers
nonviolent
picket lines
poll

Topic Vocabulary
Understand how vocabulary can help the reader make predictions about what they read

Grammar
Prefix in
Identify words with prefix in meaning "not"