Student Name: Grade 5 Lesson 23 Date: Directions Use the passage by George Ancona titled Vaqueros America s First Cowboys on pages 696-707 in your student reader to answer the questions 1 and 2 below. 1. Why is the title Vaqueros America s First Cowboys important to the story? Use two 1. How do the United States and Mexico feel about vaqueros and cowboys? Use two
Directions Use the article by George Ancona titled Vaqueros America s First Cowboys on pages 696-707 in your student reader, and the collections of poems from Rhyme on the Range on pages 712-714 in your student reader to answer the question below. 3. In the article Vaqueros America s First Cowboys and the collection of poems from Rhyme on the Range, what challenges did vaqueros and cowboys face? How did these challenges affect their decisions about being a cowboy? Use details from both the story and the poems to support your response. In your response be sure to explain the challenges of being a vaquero or cowboy explain how these challenges affected their decisions about being a vaquero or cowboy use details from both the story and the collection of poetry to support your response
EXEMPLARY RESPONSE 2pt RI.5.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area. W.5.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. Stem: Why is the title important to the story? Use two details from the story/article to support your response. 1. Why is the title, Vaqueros America s First Cowboys, important to the story? Use two Possible Exemplary Response: The title Vaqueros America s First Cowboys is important to the story because it lets the reader know that the article will be about the history of the vaqueros, or cowboys, in the United States. The article explains that Spanish conquerors brought cattle to the Americas. But, the priests and ranchers needed help rounding up the cattle. Therefore, the Spaniards taught native people how to ride and lasso horses so they could help round up the cattle. These natives were called vaqueros. On page 701 we learn that the literal Spanish translation of vaquero is cowman. Even though they are no longer needed to round up cattle, cowboys are still a valued tradition in America today. Possible Details to Include: Other relevant text-based details Score Points: Apply 2-point rubric
EXEMPLARY RESPONSE 2pt RI.5.3 Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text. W.5.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. Stem: How does [character] feel about x? Use two details from the story to support your response. 3. How do the United States and Mexico feel about vaqueros and cowboys? Use two Possible Exemplary Response: Both The United States and Mexico take pride in the traditions of the vaquero and cowboys. The arts and skills of the vaquero are widely celebrated in both countries even today. The charrerías of Mexico and the rodeos of the United States allow the cowboys to showcase the skills of these traditions from the past. In Mexico, a large celebration takes place called El dia del charro where both women and men exhibit their riding abilities either on a bull or a horse. Possible Details to Include: Both celebrations include riding a bucking horse or bull, which allows the rider to showcase their skills. Other relevant text-based details Score Points: Apply 2-point rubric EXEMPLARY RESPONSE 4 pt
Directions Use the article by George Ancona titled Vaqueros America s First Cowboys on pages 696-707 in your student reader, and the collections of poems from Rhyme on the Range on pages 712-714 in your student reader to answer the question below. RI.5.9 Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably. W.5.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. Stem: In the article X and Y, what challenges did [character] face? How did these challenges affect their decision(s) about Z? Use details from both articles to support your response. 4. In the article Vaqueros America s First Cowboys and the collection of poems from Rhyme on the Range, what challenges did vaqueros and cowboys face? How did these challenges affect their decisions about being a cowboy? Use details from both the story and the poems to support your response. In your response be sure to explain the challenges of being a vaquero or cowboy explain how these challenges affected their decisions about being a vaquero or cowboy use details from both the story and the collection of poetry to support your response Possible Exemplary Response: The article, Vaqueros America s First Cowboys and the poem collection, Rhyme on the Range, both discuss challenges a vaquero or cowboy faced as well as how these affected his decision about being a vaquero or cowboy. First, the vaquero or cowboy faced a lot of challenges. The article explains that the vaquero needed to know where the cattle were at all times and how to herd them to the hacienda or the railroad. He also needed to capture wild horses that roamed the prairies and valleys. Second, vaqueros or cowboys also rode in all types of weather. Therefore, they needed to be strong and resilient. As stated in the poem, on page 712, The winds may blow and the thunder growl or the breeze may safely moan. This means that the riders needed to be ready in any type of weather conditions. Finally, a vaquero or cowboys life could be uncomfortable. In the poem on page 713, the cowboy says, I pillow my head on a saddle at night while lying alone. Cowboys spent most nights sleeping on the ground near a campfire with their poncho as a blanket. They did not come home each night to a warm bed. However, these challenges did not make vaqueros and cowboys decide to stop their work. They enjoyed their freedom and living on the range. One poem even compares a cowboy to a king, saying, he wouldn t trade his saddle for a crown because he loved his freedom. Instead, it says that a cowboy s life is a royal life, his saddle his kingly throne. Even today, Americans and Mexicans celebrate this lifestyle though rodeos and charrerias.
Possible Details to Include: Other relevant text-based details Score Points: Apply 4-point rubric