1. Daily Oral Language Week 1
Esperanza Rising
Daily Oral Language
Week 1

2. Sentence 1 Circle the prepositions.
they walked to the end of the row, where the incline of the land formed a grassy swell. she smiled at papa, not needing to talk

3. Sentence 2 Circle the prepositions.
esperanza gazed toward the hills, waiting alongside her mother for papas return. she had slept little during the night, hearing every sound outside her window

4. Sentence 3 Underline the prepositional phrases
Sentence 3 Underline the prepositional phrases. Circle the object of the preposition.
a noise came from her mouth, and slowly her first breath of grief grew into a tormented cry. she fell to her knees and sank into a dark hole of despair and disbelief

5. Sentence 4 Underline the prepositional phrases
Sentence 4 Underline the prepositional phrases. If the phrase is an adjective phrase, double underline it and circle the noun it modifies.
and those clothes ramona. they are not fitting for a woman of your stature, and esperanza looks like a waif said tio luis. esperanza smiled because she new that
soon enough he would not be
grinning like a proud rooster

6. Sentence 5 Underline the prepositional phrases
Sentence 5 Underline the prepositional phrases. If the phrase is an adjective phrase, double underline it and circle the noun it modifies.
mama woke esperanza in the middle of the night. they left in the dark of night. esperanza held a valise filled with
clothes a small package of tamales
and her doll from papa