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ESSENTIAL QUESTION
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
What are the places that shape who you are?
What are the places that shape who you are?
UNIT 3 WRITING TASK
UNIT 3 WRITING TASK
Short Story
SKILL FOCUS
SKILL FOCUS
Analyze Plot
Analyze Themes
Analyze Character
Analyze Imagery
Analyze Text Elements
Compare PurposesW
Evaluate a Documentary
Write a Short Story
The Literature
The Literature
“You can have more than one home. You can carry your roots with you, and decide where they grow.”
-Henning Mankel
Mentor Text
from The Book of Unknown Americans
Novel by Cristina Henríquez
The Toro family faces obstacles whenever they try to visit their home country of Panamá.
My Favorite Chaperone
Short Story by Jean Davies Okimoto
Although they don’t always get along, Maya and her brother Nurzhan find creative ways of helping each other.
Spirit Walking in the Tundra
Poem by Joy Harjo
The speaker of this poem describes a trip she took to Alaska to visit a friend.
New Immigrants Share Their Stories
Documentary produced by The Working Group
Watch how students from two schools in New York came together to learn more about each other.
A Common Bond
Informational Text by Brooke Hauser
What is it like for students who have recently come to the United States to go to a school with other immigrants from a wide range of backgrounds?
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