We collected our assignments from last class; that assignment was one paragraph about "The New Colossus."
Vocab needed for today's reading:
furlough- Leave of absence granted to a member of the armed services.
apprentice- A person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer, having agreed to work for a fixed period at low wages.
immigrant- A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
quota- A limited or fixed number or amount of people or things.
Vocab needed for the rest of your life:
snapshot- writing about a short moment of time and expanding it with details
dialogue- conversation between two or more characters
inference- drawing a conclusion from a given set of details
We got in our groups:
Create a Coming to America story based on answering these questions. This is an anticipatory set related to today's reading In 1923, why did Stewart come to America?
How was he treated upon arrival?
In what ways was America a welcoming place to him, or not?
What is Stewart’s ultimate attitude about America?
Include one snapshot of something happening
Group come to a consensus/ share with the class.
Now we read the story. See the link below.
We discussed tomorrow's assignment:
MLA Heading (4 lines; top left-don’t mess this up)
What is your own coming to America story?
Fill up the page; if you double space, then do front to back. Write so it is legible…….
Use ‘dialogue’ and ‘snapshot’ (place and time)
This is a daily assignment. It will probably be five points. It will get you ready for our larger assignment that will be announced in two classes.
Want to read what we read in class? Sorry that pages 1 and 3 are on the first pdf. Page 2 is on the second pdf.
Pages 1 and 3 of Stewart Wickham, click here
Page 2 of Stewart Wickham, click here
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