Another Immigrant Experience

Essential Question: What does it mean to be American?

Goal: to better understand the experiences of different immigrants

Agenda:
1. Read
2. Finish assignments from yesterday
2. With a Little Help From My Friends and Poetry

First, make sure you finish your English Journal from yesterday.

English Journal #5

For our next English Journal, you will create a top ten list about the Chinese immigrant experience. What are the top ten things people should know about Chinese immigrants in the early 1900s? Make sure one of the items from your list comes from one of the poems. Choose two or three things to write about in a paragraph. Make sure your paragraph starts off with the hook, relevance, and thesis pattern. You can use the following sentences to help you with your paragraph:

Did you know that Americans put limits on Chinese immigration during the early 1900s? This is important because...Chinese immigrants who came to Ellis Island felt...One of the things immigrants experienced was...One line of poetry that shows how difficult it was for them is "..." This line of poetry shows...



Next, read With a Little Help From My Friends on page 89. You can read it silently or out loud as a group.
Highlight the positive and negative experiences she has as an immigrant. Annotate each highlight to show what made it positive or negative. Complete the Comprehension questions on page 93.

Finally, read the two poems on pages 101-104 and then complete the Comprehension questions on page 105.