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Irma Rangel
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Four elements of the story

1- The Title: Irma Rangel.

2- The Genre: Biography.
3-Characters: Irma Rangel and her parents.
4-Setting: Kingsville, Texas in America.

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• The story of person’s life written by
someone else, or the area of literature
relating to books that describe such
stories.

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Character:
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• Irma Rangel She was born in

Kingsville, Texas.

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Setting:
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• Kingsville, Texas in
America.

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• What do good citizen do?
• A Good citizen helping each other, respects and abides by all the law and order of
the country and responsible for rights and duties, such as casting a vote, health
care, work for the government, helping others with compassion, serving the
people participating in politics and protecting the country (military service).

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Vocabulary

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1-Daring

• Define: Something that is daring is

courageous and bold.

• Example: One brave penguin made a daring

dive into the sea.

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2-Continued:

• Define: When something is continued, it goes

on without stopping.

• Example: Justin continued to read his book

all afternoon.

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3-Proposed:

• Define: To have proposed something

means to have suggested someone or
something to others for their consideration.

• Example: Mom proposed that they look

online to find the answer to Tina's question.

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4-Citizenship:

• Define: Citizenship is the position of being a

citizen of a country with all the rights, duties,
and privileges that come with it.

• Example: Planting a tree in your community is

an example of good citizenship.

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5-Participate:

• Define: To participate means to join with

others or take part in something.

• Example: Barb and her friends like to

participate in sack races at the picnic

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6-Waver:

• Define: To waver means to stop a moment

when being unsure.

• Example: Ted's confidence started to waver

when he forgot the answer.

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7-Horrified:

• Define: When someone is horrified, he

or she is filled with great fear, horror, or
dislike.

• Example: Paul and his mother were

horrified by the scary movie.

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8-Unfairness:

• Define: Unfairness is the state of being unfair

or unjust.

• Example: The baseball player discussed the

unfairness of the referee's call.

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Questions and answers

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1- Where was Irma’s job?
Irma was a in Kingsville, Texas.
2- What kind of life did Irma’s parents have?
They had a difficult life.
3- Why didn’t Irma’s parents go to school?
They were very poor and they had to work .
4-How did Irma’s parents improve their lives?
Irma’s mother started her own dress shop .
Irma’s father had a barbershop.
5-What did the parents buy?
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• 6- What was special about the farm?
• Irma’s grandfather had worked on the same farm.
• 7-What happened when Irma’s family moved in?
• The neighbors did not want Irma’s family in the neighborhood.
• 8- How did Irma’s father participate, or take part, in government?
• He helped people to vote.
• 9-Why was Irma daring?
• It was unusual for a woman to work in government.
• 10-What did Irma become? Where did she work?
• Irma became a lawyer. She worked for the Texas government.

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• Irma was the first Hispanic woman to get elected to the Texas House of
Representatives.
• 12- What was Irma’s job?
• Irma was a lawmaker in Texas.
• 13- Who did she help?
• She helped children and students .
• 14- What did Irma suggest?
• Irma suggested laws to help students get an education.
• 15- How did the laws help students?
• One law helped poor students pay for college. Another law made state colleges accept all Texas
students who had the highest grades.

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• 16- Who did Irma help? What were her goals?
• Irma helped women and people who had little money . One goal was to give women more rights
. Irma wanted to make laws to help people have better lives.
• 17-How did Irma work to change their opinions?
• Irma told the lawmakers they were going to like the bills.
• 18-Why do Texans have fewer problems now?
• Irma helped to make changes that improved people’s lives.
• 19-On the timeline, what happened in 1969?
• Irma graduated in 1969.
• 20-What happened in 1994?
• She became a member of the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame.

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• HomeWorks:
• 1- Copy the second paragraph (Irma’s parents never….. instead of getting an education.)
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• 2- Read the story.
• 3- Revise the vocabulary.

Thank you 

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