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.

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?
   

well founded fear DVD

After watching this dvd........write your essay and reflection!

This PBS POV documentary gives a shocking look at how the Immigration and Naturalization Service decides who will be granted asylum in the United States. The applicant must have a "well-founded fear" of persecution in his or her home country. Despite true and terrifying stories of torture and mistreatment, it's often up to how well the translator presents the case and how sensitive are the ears of the asylum officer to decide a person's fate.

watching wetback documentary 1-29-08

•Tell them about the documentary:
•Wetback, a quietly commanding documentary, follows in the footsteps of immigrants traveling from Nicaragua to the United States. On their journeys, they encounter gangs and vigilantes, as well as border patrol. But these immigrants navigate real-life nightmares with uncanny calm, grace, even humor.
•After watching the video, have students write a short essay (3 paragraph) at least 7 sentences each paragraph on the video, thoughts, and concerns
what stood out to you the most? what surprised you? how can you relate this video to your family? How does this video tie into enriques Journey?

chapter 6 questions

“Six” — Chapter Six tells the end of Enrique’s trek. He enters the United States and reunites with his mother. Chapter Six also continues the story of Enrique’s relationship with his girlfriend in Honduras, Maria Isabel. Maria Isabel gives birth to a daughter, but Enrique realizes that he cannot yet bring Maria Isabel or the baby to the U.S.

1. On what day is Enrique finally united with his mother?
2. In what state does Enrique ultimately reunite with his mother?
3. On November 2, 2000, another significant event happens to Enrique. What is it?
4. Contrast the sides of the Rio Grande. What is Enrique’s life like on his side of the river that in Mexico is called Rio Bravo?
5. Describe Enrique’s final journey into the United States.
6. What problems develop almost immediately when Enrique is reunited with his mother? Do these problems surprise you?
7. 3 new voc words!! define book sentence, your sentence