Friday, February 22, 2008

comparison charts p. 241-260

Enrique’s Journey compare n contrast chart

P.241-260

Create a comparison chart the good and bad of Enrique being in the U.S vs. Honduras

Living the United States

Staying in Honduras



Create another comparison chart of the benefits of being an illegal immigrant vs. the not so great issues of being an illegal immigrant in the US

The goods

The bads



Thursday, February 14, 2008

Immigration newspaper article 2-15-08

after reading the newspaper article on the immigration in the future, tell me what do you think of it?
It mentions the majority citzens will be foreign born and whotes will be the minority......
Reflect on this article write 8 complete sentences on your thoughts of this article. Give me some facts from this article.....

Sunday, February 10, 2008

2-13 WEDNESDAY POTLUCK SENTENCE and READING PARAGRAPHS

Para 1
How was your potluck prediction right or wrong

After reading today’s reading my potluck prediction was……..because of……..
•By comparing my potluck prediction to today's reading, I discovered that my prediction was……………because•
Para 2
Where does this take place? Who were the main people involved, how do they effect Enrique's journey?
•The setting for today’s reading took place during…….in…….
•The main people involved were…………..
•……………effected Enrique because/ by/ influenced……………..•
Para 3
Sequentially tell me what happened in this last reading.
•In the beginning of the reading…….then…………after………..later………..•Today’s reading starts off by………….then……….finally it ends with…..

Interview and digital story final project 2

PART 2:


Interview someone who came to the United States from another country or even someone who came from another place within the U.S. to your town. What obstacles did they encounter? What changes did they see? What do they miss about their former home? What do they like about their new home?
  1. Create a list of interview questions
  2. Have 2 people read it and check it off
  3. Borrow a CAMERA and take pictures of your person or anything that tells his or her story.
  4. Record the interview on paper,video or notes.
  5. organize your story line and photos
  6. create a video on windows movie maker..

Enrique's Family tree and yours......final project part 1

PART 1:


Examine family relationships. Create a family tree for Enrique and for yourself. Write an essay in which you compare/contrast two of your relatives or two of Enrique’s relatives (his uncles, his parents or grandparents, for example). Do you have one parent who is more lenient or more demanding?



SETTING Creation.......Enriques pit stop

We will create an image for settings throughout the book. Each of you will be assigned one part of his journey to create a visual image and a narrative of the setting.....Where is it, When is it, What effect does it have on Enriques, what is the importance of this setting??

Choose one of the stops Enrique makes to analyze as setting. How does this stop reflect the theme of the text? Make a drawing of this setting to demonstrate its significance to the plot.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Chen's letter Smuggle to America

Read Smuggle to America
•Pick 3 new voc words
Define, book sentence, your sentence, picture
•Writing assignment
•Pretend you are Deng Chen. Write a letter home to China to your family. Tell your family your journey, your thoughts, feeling, and how your life has been in the US is like.
Include photos of your journey in America
BE creative, give me details, fill in the what is not explained in the reading.

Monday, February 4, 2008

2-4-08 Prediction potluck and reading essay

Para 1 How was your potluck prediction right or wrong•After reading today’s reading my potluck prediction was……..because of……..•By comparing my potluck prediction to today's reading, I discovered that my prediction was……………because•
Para 2 Where does this take place? Who were the main people involved, how do they effect Enrique's journey?•The setting for today’s reading took place during…….in…….•The main people involved were…………..•……………effected Enrique because/ by/ influenced……………..•
Para 3 Sequentially tell me what happened in this last reading.•In the beginning of the reading…….then…………after………..later………..•Today’s reading starts off by………….then……….finally it ends with…..

enrique's Character chart

Examine the changes in Enrique’s character. Construct a character chart in which you show the ways in which he changes throughout the text.

Start from the beginning of the book when he was a little boy to now when he living in the US!

ch 7 questions


“Seven” — In Chapter Seven, each character’s story continues to unfold. Enrique, having been separated from his mother for eleven years, struggles to accept her advice and discipline. Lourdes continues to struggle financially and in her relationship with her son. Maria Isabel, separated from the father of her baby, struggles to rear the child and to assure the baby that her father in America will someday return or send for them. The chapter ends as Maria Isabel, four years after Enrique left Honduras, leaves herself to try to find a better life for her child.


  1. Pick out 5 new voc words define, sentence, book sentence, pic
  2. What motivates Enrique to stay in the United States? What things make him wish to return to Honduras?
  3. What factors cause conflict between Enrique and Lourdes? How do they seek to overcome these factors?
  4. Contrast Enrique’s life in the United States with the life he left behind.
  5. How do you feel when Maria Isabel leaves Honduras?
  6. Once reunited, how do Enrique and his mother get along?
  7. How does Enrique’s relationship with Maria Isabel progress?
  8. What conflicts arise between Maria Isabel and Enrique’s family?
  9. How does the book end as it began?