Immigration Debate

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Introductory Activity

We hear a lot about immigration. Immigrants are people who move to a new country. In the U.S., about 13% of people are immigrants. Jot down one thing you know about immigrants. 

• Take a look at the 3 books for our unit: Hot Topics: Immigration, Ask Me No Questions, and America Street. 
• Look at the front and back covers. Flip through the pages.
• Jot down a question you have and a prediction you can make.

Workbook p. 3: Who gets to be an American? 

If you do not have the books, you may refer to this summary: Unit 3.2 Text summaries 

 

Immigrant Stories 

• Look at the profiles of students on workbook pp. 5-9. Pick one.
• Jot down facts about your person on workbook p. 4.

Workbook pp. 4-10: Who gets to be an American?, continued 

 

Photo activity

• Choose 2 photos to look at.
• Answer the questions about your photos on workbook pp. 11-12.

Workbook pp. 11-12: Photo activity

Download: Photo set

 

Mini-lesson

Video: Base words vimeo • download

Workbook p. 13: Base words

1. Watch the video to hear a teacher explain base words.
2. Follow along on workbook p. 13.
3. Circle the base word act in the words at the top of the page.
4. Then circle the base word America in the words just below.
5. For the sentences below that, write the name of the country that each person or thing comes from.

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Homework

Workbook p. 15: Base words

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Fluency Work

Practice fluency with passages about food and eating around the world.

Passage 1, Day 1: Select A • B • C • D

1. Silently read the passage.
2. Time yourself reading for 1 minute. Put slashes // when the timer goes off. Record your words per minute (WPM).  Then finish the passage.
3. Answer the questions.
4. Practice reading the passage in phrases. Pause when you see a slash /. Pause longer when you see / /.

Partner Reading

The Lin family have recently moved from China. They are eating with the Gleasons, their new friends in America. Look for things that are strange for the Lin family. 

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• disgraced: did something that lost people’s respect 
• disinfect: kill germs
• buffet: a meal where you walk around and help yourself to food 
• mortified: really embarrassed

Text: “The All-American Slurp” in America Street, pp. 55-57. Stop at “after the spectacle our family made at the party.”

 

Mini-lesson

Video: Making predictions vimeo • download

Workbook pp. 17-18: “The All-American Slurp”

1. On  the top of workbook p. 17, write down three things that were strange for the Lin family.
2. Watch the video to hear a teacher explain making predictions.
3. Write a prediction about the narrator and her friend Meg on workbook p. 17.
4. Look back at pp. 55-57 of “The All-American Slurp” and find facts to back up your prediction. Write these on workbook p. 17.
5. Now read p. 58 of “The All-American Slurp.” Write what happened with the narrator and Meg on workbook p. 18. Was your prediction right? 

 

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Fluency Work

Practice fluency with passages about food and eating around the world.

Passage 1, Day 2: Select A • B • C • D

1. Practice reading tricky phrases and words and do the decoding activity.
2. Time yourself reading for 1 minute. Put slashes / / when the timer goes off. Record your words read per minute (WPM). Then finish the passage.
3. Answer the questions.

Partner Reading

How do the Lins get used to American life? Do things stay hard or get easier?

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• acquainted: getting to know
• fascinated: really interested
• inflections: word endings like -s or -ing or -ed
• rummage sales: sometimes called yard sales or garage sales or tag sales

Text: “The All-American Slurp” in America Street, pp. 58-61

Workbook p. 19-20: Partner reading questions 

 

Say it in Chinese!

• Practice saying Chinese words and phrases.
• Try these with a partner or family member.

Workbook p. 21: Say it in Chinese!

 

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Homework

Workbook p. 23: Advice for the narrator

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Fluency Work

Practice fluency with passages about people holding onto or losing their culture.

Passage 2, Day 1: Select A • B • C • D

1. Silently read the passage.
2. Time yourself reading for 1 minute. Put slashes // when the timer goes off. Record your words per minute (WPM).  Then finish the passage.
3. Answer the questions.
4. Practice reading the passage in phrases. Pause when you see a slash /. Pause longer when you see / /.

 

Partner Reading

The Lins go out to a fancy restaurant. Look for ways that America is still surprising for them. 

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• promoted/promotion: getting moved up in your job
• harpist: a person who plays music on a harp

Text: “The All-American Slurp” in America Street, pp. 61-64

Workbook pp. 25-26: Partner reading questions 

 

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Fluency Work

Practice fluency with passages about people holding onto or losing their culture.

Passage 2, Day 2: Select A • B • C • D

1. Practice reading tricky phrases and words and do the decoding activity.
2. Time yourself reading for 1 minute. Put slashes / / when the timer goes off. Record your words read per minute (WPM). Then finish the passage.
3. Answer the questions.

 

Partner Reading

How are the Lins getting used to American culture? 

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• Americanized: becoming more American
• etiquette: rules of good manners

Text: “The All-American Slurp” in America Street, pp. 64-67

Workbook pp. 27-28: Partner reading questions 

 

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Homework

Workbook p. 29: A new ending 

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Mini-lesson

Video: Previewing vimeo • download

Text: Hot Topics: Immigration, pp. 4-5

Workbook pp. 31-32: Previewing

1. Watch the video to hear a teacher explain ways to preview.
2. Complete workbook pp. 31-32. 

 

Guided Reading

Who are the migrants? Why do they want to move?

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• journey: a long trip
• capsize: tip over
• immigrate: move to another country
• emigrate: leave your home country

Text: Hot Topics: Immigration, pp. 4-5

Workbook p. 33: Guided reading questions

 

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Fluency Work

Practice fluency with passages about immigrants to the U.S.

Passage 3, Day 1: Select A • B • C • D

1. Silently read the passage.
2. Time yourself reading for 1 minute. Put slashes // when the timer goes off. Record your words per minute (WPM).  Then finish the passage.
3. Answer the questions.
4. Practice reading the passage in phrases. Pause when you see a slash /. Pause longer when you see / /.

Mini-lesson

Video: Negative prefixes  vimeo • download

Workbook pp. 34-35: Negative prefixes

1. Watch the video to hear a teacher explain negative prefixes.
2. Follow along on workbook p. 34.
3. Circle words with negative prefixes in “People on the Move,” workbook p. 35.
4. Then copy the negative prefix words onto the line below.

Mini-lesson

Video: Using a glossary vimeo • download

Workbook pp. 36-37: Using the glossary 

1. Watch the video to hear a teacher explain negative prefixes. 
2. Follow along on workbook p. 34.
3. Circle words with negative prefixes in “People on the Move,” workbook p. 35.
4. Then copy the negative prefix words onto the line below.

Old and New Migration 

1. Read p. 7 in Hot Topics: Immigration.
2. As you read, take notes on workbook p. 38.

Text: Hot Topics; Immigration, p. 7

Workbook p. 38: Old and new migration

 

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Homework

Workbook p. 39: Negative prefixes

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Fluency Work

Practice fluency with passages about immigrants to the U.S.

Passage 3, Day 2: Select A • B • C • D

1. Practice reading tricky phrases and words and do the decoding activity.
2. Time yourself reading for 1 minute. Put slashes / / when the timer goes off. Record your words read per minute (WPM). Then finish the passage.
3. Answer the questions.

Partner Reading

Why do migrants move? 

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• economic: having to do with money
• seasonal: only happening for part of the year
• earnings: how much money you make
• contracts: written promises about work, like how much you will be paid

Text: Hot Topics: Immigration, pp. 8-11

Workbook pp. 41-43: Partner reading questions 

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Fluency Work

Practice fluency with passages about green cards.

Passage 4, Day 1: Select A • B • C • D

1. Silently read the passage.
2. Time yourself reading for 1 minute. Put slashes // when the timer goes off. Record your words per minute (WPM).  Then finish the passage.
3. Answer the questions.
4. Practice reading the passage in phrases. Pause when you see a slash /. Pause longer when you see / /.

Mini-lesson

Video: Assimilating negative prefixes  vimeo • download

Workbook pp. 44-45: More negative prefixes

1. Watch the video to hear a teacher explain a new kind of negative prefix.
2. Follow along on workbook p. 44.
3. Build words with the negative prefixes and bases on workbook p. 45.

Legal vs. Illegal Immigration 

1. Read the box on p. 17 in Hot Topics: Immigration.
2. Write down facts about legal immigrants on workbook p. 46.
3. Look up the word visa in the glossary on p. 53 of Hot Topics: Immigration. Write the definition on workbook p. 46.
4. Reread the box on p. 17 in Hot Topics: Immigration. Write down facts about illegal immigration on workbook p. 46.

Text: Hot Topics: Immigration, p. 17

Workbook p. 46: Legal and illegal immigration

 

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Homework

Workbook p. 47: Negative prefixes

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Fluency Work

Practice fluency with passages about green cards.

Passage 4, Day 2: Select A • B • C • D

1. Practice reading tricky phrases and words and do the decoding activity.
2. Time yourself reading for 1 minute. Put slashes / / when the timer goes off. Record your words read per minute (WPM). Then finish the passage.
3. Answer the questions.

Mini-lesson

Video: Skimming  vimeo • download

Text: Hot Topics: Immigration, pp. 40-41

Workbook p. 49: Skimming

1. Watch the video to hear a teacher explain skimming.
2. Follow along on workbook p. 49.
3. Skim for facts about passports and visas on pp. 40-41, Hot Topics: Immigration.
4. Write down facts on workbook p. 49.
5. Look for the heading Illegal immigrants on p. 41, Hot Topics: Immigration.
6. Skim for important facts.
7. Write down what you learned on workbook p. 49.

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Mini-lesson

Video: Note-taking  vimeo • download

Text: Hot Topics: Immigration, pp. 36-37

Workbook pp. 50-51: Note-taking

1. Watch the video to hear a teacher explain note-taking.
2. Follow along on workbook p. 36.
3. Take notes about jobs that help people immigrate legally and illegally on workbook p. 6. 

 

Partner Reading, Part 1

What are some services that help immigrants get where they’re going? Learn about services that are legal and others that are outside the law. 

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• port: a place where ships load and unload
• customs: government checks on things entering the country

Text: Hot Topics: Immigration, pp. 36-37

Workbook pp. 50-51: Partner reading questions 

 

Partner Reading, Part 2

What is it like to move to a new country? 

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• assimilate: blend in
• multicultural: having many cultures
• prejudice: unfair treatment based on a group a person belongs to

Text: Hot Topics: Immigration, pp. 30 and 32

Workbook p. 52: Partner reading questions 

Mini-debate: Open borders

Video: Open borders  vimeo • download

Text: Hot Topics: Immigration, p. 43

Workbook p. 53: Mini-debate: Open borders

1. Watch the video to hear a teacher explain open borders.
2. Follow along on workbook p. 53.
3. On p. 43 of Hot Topics: Immigration, mark the two best arguments for open borders.
4. On p. 43 of Hot Topics: Immigration, mark the two best arguments against open borders.
5. On workbook p. 53, write down one argument for open borders, and write what you think about it. Write down one argument against open borders and write what you think about it. 

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What is a green card?

1. Read about the benefits of getting a green card on workbook p. 54.
2. Read more green card facts on workbook p. 55.
3. Look back at fluency passage 4 (which you read in lessons 9 and 10). Reread your passage.
4. Write notes about the person from your fluency passage on workbook p. 55. 

Workbook pp. 54-55: What is a green card? 

Getting ready to debate 

Video: Preparing to debate  vimeo • download

Workbook pp. 56-63: Who gets a green card?

1. Watch the video to hear a teacher explain the green card debate.

2. Choose a person or family to read about. Circle your choice on workbook p. 56.

3. Read about your person or family 

• Laghari family: p. 57
• Maria: p. 59
• Andre and Lisette: p. 61

4. Read the fact sheet for your person or family. Underline facts that relate to your person or family.

• Laghari family: p. 58
• Maria: p. 60
• Andre and Lisette: p. 62

5. Answer questions about your person or family on workbook p. 63.

 

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Preparing your presentation

Video: Preparing your presentation  vimeo • download

Workbook pp. 64-65: Preparing your presentation 

1. Watch the video to hear a teacher explain how to prepare your debate speech.
2. Look back at your notes about your person or family on workbook p. 63.
3. Write the three most important facts about your person or family on workbook p. 64.
4. Add notes about why each fact is important.
5. Use the notes on p. 64 to fill in facts for your debate speech on workbook p. 65.  

Debate

Workbook pp. 67-69: Evaluate the presentations!

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Homework 

Workbook pp. 71-72: Who should get a green card? 

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Fluency Work

Practice fluency with passages about crossing the border.

Passage 5, Day 1: Select A • B • C • D

1. Silently read the passage.
2. Time yourself reading for 1 minute. Put slashes // when the timer goes off. Record your words per minute (WPM).  Then finish the passage.
3. Answer the questions.
4. Practice reading the passage in phrases. Pause when you see a slash /. Pause longer when you see / /.

Mini-lesson

Video: Syllables and Vowels  vimeo • download

Workbook p. 73: Vowels

Workbook p. 74: Syllables and vowels

1. Watch the video to hear a teacher explain syllables and vowels.
2. Follow along on workbook pp. 73-74.
3. Count the vowels in American, migrate, and jeans. 

Learning about Special Registration 

1. Read workbook p. 75.
2. On workbook p. 76, put a v over the vowels in the words. Then count the vowels.
3. Read workbook p. 77.
4. Answer the questions on workbook p. 78.

Workbook pp. 75-78: Learning about Special Registration

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Homework 

Workbook p. 79: Syllables 

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Fluency Work

Practice fluency with passages about crossing borders.

Passage 5, Day 2: Select A • B • C • D

1. Practice reading tricky phrases and words and do the decoding activity.
2. Time yourself reading for 1 minute. Put slashes / / when the timer goes off. Record your words read per minute (WPM). Then finish the passage.
3. Answer the questions.

Anticipating Ask Me No Questions

• Read the statements on workbook p. 81. Each idea connects to our new book, Ask Me No Questions.
• Decide if you agree or disagree with each statement. Record your opinion on workbook p. 81.
• Look at the front and back covers of the book Ask Me No Questions.
• Write some predictions about the book on workbook p. 82.

Text: Ask Me No Questions 

Workbook pp. 81-82: Anticipation guide, Predictions

Guided Reading

Let’s get clear on who the characters are and what’s happening with the family.

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• Special Registration: new rule after 9/11 that men from Muslim countries had to register with the U.S. government
• deportation: being forced to leave a country
• asylum: being allowed to stay in a country as a refugee

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 1-10

Getting to Know the Hossain Family

• Jot down some notes about each family member.
• Jot down a quote about each family member.

Workbook p. 83: Getting to know the Hossain family (Google Doc)

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Homework 

Workbook p. 85: Learning about the narrator

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Fluency Work

Practice fluency with passages about Bangladesh and people from Bangladesh.

Passage 6, Day 1: Select A • B • C • D

1. Silently read the passage.
2. Time yourself reading for 1 minute. Put slashes // when the timer goes off. Record your words per minute (WPM).  Then finish the passage.
3. Answer the questions.
4. Practice reading the passage in phrases. Pause when you see a slash /. Pause longer when you see / /. 

Partner Reading

Focus on what happens at the border. At the end of the chapter, where are Abba, Ma, Nadira and Aisha?

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• visa: legal permission to enter a country
• bond: bail, money that is put up for someone to get out of jail
• expired: no longer good

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 11-18

Workbook p. 87: Partner Reading Questions

Hopes and Dreams

• Jot down a note about Aisha’s hopes or dreams.
• Jot down a note about an obstacle, what can get in her way.
• Jot down the page numbers in Ask Me No Questions where you read about this.

Text: Ask Me No Questions

Workbook pp. 88-89: Hopes and dreams (Google Doc) 

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Homework 

Workbook p. 91: Nadira’s diary

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Fluency Work

Practice fluency with passages about Bangladesh and people from Bangladesh.

Passage 6, Day 2: Select A • B • C • D

1. Practice reading tricky phrases and words and do the decoding activity.
2. Time yourself reading for 1 minute. Put slashes / / when the timer goes off. Record your words read per minute (WPM). Then finish the passage.
3. Answer the questions.

The Birth of Bangladesh

Video: The Birth of Bangladesh  vimeo • download

Workbook pp. 93-94: Birth of Bangladesh

1. Watch the video to hear a teacher explain the history of Bangladesh, where the Hossains come from.
2. On workbook p. 93, circle the Empire of India on Map 1.
3. On workbook p. 94, sketch and label Bengal on Map 2.
4. On workbook p. 94, circle Bangladesh on Map 3.
5. On workbook p. 94, trace the rivers on Map 4.
6. On workbook p. 94, circle Dhaka on Map 4. 

Windows and Mirrors

• Choose a photo to look at.
• Answer the questions about the photo on workbook p. 95.

Workbook p. 95: Windows and mirrors

Download: Photo set

 

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Fluency Work

Practice fluency with passages about being Muslim in America.

Passage 7, Day 1: Select A • B • C • D

1. Silently read the passage.
2. Time yourself reading for 1 minute. Put slashes // when the timer goes off. Record your words per minute (WPM).  Then finish the passage.
3. Answer the questions.
4. Practice reading the passage in phrases. Pause when you see a slash /. Pause longer when you see / /. 

Mini-lesson

Video: Chunking long words  vimeo • download

Workbook pp. 96-97: Chunking long words

1. Watch the video to hear a teacher explain looking for syllable chunks.
2. Follow along on workbook p. 96.
3. Draw lines between double consonants in the words at the bottom of p. 96,  like pep | pers.
4. Read the chunks, then blend together.
5. Divide the words on workbook p. 97 between the double consonants. Then read the words.

Guided Reading

For Nadira’s family, why are borders between countries so important?

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• Bangla: the language people speak in Bangladesh 
• jute: tall plants used to make rope, rugs and fabric
• dowries: in some cultures, money that brides’ families give to the groom or his family
• Partition: dividing up India and Pakistan into two countries in 1947 

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 19-22

 

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Homework

Workbook p. 99: Chunking words into syllables

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Fluency Work

Practice fluency with passages about being Muslim in America.

Passage 7, Day 2: Select A • B • C • D

1. Practice reading tricky phrases and words and do the decoding activity.
2. Time yourself reading for 1 minute. Put slashes / / when the timer goes off. Record your words read per minute (WPM). Then finish the passage.
3. Answer the questions.

Partner Reading

What’s the secret that Nadira and Aisha try to keep from everyone?

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• INS: the part of the U.S. government that enforced immigration laws, now called ICE
• Bollywood: name for movies made in India
• ruffled: upset
• enlightened: being modern, up-to-date
• gender: being male or female

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 23-28

Workbook p. 101: Partner Reading Questions

Look back at Hopes and dreams from Lesson 16. Add notes about hopes and dreams for Aisha and for Ma. Also add notes about obstacles, or what can get in the way.  

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Homework 

Workbook p. 103: Comparing and contrasting characters

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Mini-lesson

Video: Chunking long words, part 2  vimeo • download

Workbook pp. 105-106: Chunking long words, part 2

1. Watch the video to hear a teacher explain a new rule for chunking words.
2. Follow along on workbook p. 105.
3. Copy just the VCCV pattern from each word into the boxes on workbook p. 105.
4. Draw a line between the syllable chunks VC|CV. Read each syllable. Blend them together.
5. Follow the directions on workbook p. 106.

Guided Reading

How is life different for Nadira and Aisha with Abba in detention and Ma away in Vermont?

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• tension: feeling stressed 
• admissions: the office in a college that picks new students
• kurta: a kind of shirt worn in South Asia
• Ramadan: ninth month in the Muslim calendar. Muslims fast (don’t eat) from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan 

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 29-33

 

Partner Reading

Before you read, make a prediction about why Tareq wants to talk to Nadira. Write it on workbook p. 107.

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• green card: permission to be a legal permanent resident of the U.S. 
• sheepish: embarrassed
• lecture: a long talk about something someone did wrong
• offend: to anger someone
• wrath: anger

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 34-37

Workbook p. 107: Partner Reading Questions

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Homework

Workbook p. 109: Advice from Ma

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Guided Reading

Who are these new people, Auntie, Uncle, and cousin Taslima? What are they like?

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• quarreled: argued 
• disobedient: not following rules
• lavishes: gives lots of gifts

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 37-43

Partner Reading

What does Nadira learn about Uncle’s life?

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• West Bengal: part of India where Bengali people were attacked because they were Muslim  
• fled: ran away
• bitter: angry and mean because of things that have happened
• short-tempered: quick to get angry

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 44-46

Workbook p. 111: Partner Reading Questions

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Homework

Workbook p. 113: Chunking words into syllables

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Fluency Work

Practice fluency with passages about problems for immigrants.

Passage 8, Day 1: Select A • B • C • D

1. Silently read the passage.
2. Time yourself reading for 1 minute. Put slashes // when the timer goes off. Record your words per minute (WPM).  Then finish the passage.
3. Answer the questions.
4. Practice reading the passage in phrases. Pause when you see a slash /. Pause longer when you see / /. 

Mini-lesson

Video: Vowel teams  vimeo • download

Workbook pp. 115-116: Vowel teams

1. Watch the video to hear a teacher explain vowel teams.
2. Follow along on workbook p. 115.
3. On workbook p. 116, underline the vowel teams like oa and ea.
4. Mark the first vowel in each team with a long vowel sign: ¯
5. Put a slash / through the second vowel that is silent.
6. Read each word out loud.

Guided Reading

How is Nadira feeling right now? Do her actions make sense?

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• manicurist: someone whose job is nail care and giving manicures 
• disrespectful: not polite, rude
• visualization: making pictures in your mind
• humiliated: very embarrassed
• valedictorian: high school student with top grades 

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 46-52

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Homework

Workbook p. 117: Vowel teams

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Fluency Work

Practice fluency with passages about problems for immigrants.

Passage 8, Day 2: Select A • B • C • D

1. Practice reading tricky phrases and words and do the decoding activity.
2. Time yourself reading for 1 minute. Put slashes / / when the timer goes off. Record your words read per minute (WPM). Then finish the passage.
3. Answer the questions.

Partner Reading

The family was planning to pay Abba’s bond so he could come home. What changes this plan?

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• setback: something goes wrong that puts you back  
• application: asking for something in writing, like a new job or being able to stay in the country
• affiliation: a connection
• misfortune: bad luck

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 52-54

Workbook p. 119: Partner Reading Questions

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Guided Reading

What are Abba’s values? What does he want for his family? 

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• riots: violent demonstrations  
• Mukti Bahini: Bengalis who fought to make Bangladesh its own country in 1971
• conceited: stuck up
• disconnected: not working any more
• fraud: lying or trickery. Fraud can be a serious crime.

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 55-63

Look back at Hopes and dreams from Lesson 16. Add a note about Abba’s hopes or dreams. Add a note about an obstacle, what can get in his way. 

 

Partner Reading

Nadira and Aisha visit the lawyer, Mr. Rashid. Make a prediction: What will Aisha say? What will Mr. Rashid say? 

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• furious: very angry  
• hearing: where two sides present facts to a judge
• void: not valid or useful
• persists: keeps going
• authorities: people in charge
• badgering: bothering someone over and over 

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 63-66

Workbook p. 120: Partner Reading Questions

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Homework

Workbook p. 121: Making a prediction

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Guided Reading

The government is asking questions about what Abba does with his money. What will the girls find out? 

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• gingerly: very carefully  
• honor: respect
• flagging: getting weaker
• fund: money put together for a purpose
• ledger: book for keeping track of money

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 68-75

 

Partner Reading

What do Nadira and Aisha each bring to the family team? How do they fight for justice? How does their cousin Taslima fight for justice? 

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• persecution: keeping people down  
• contribution: something you give
• harangue: give a long angry speech
• bureaucrats: government workers

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 75-79

Workbook pp. 123-124: Partner Reading Questions

 

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Fluency Work

Practice fluency with passages about students without legal papers trying for college.

Passage 9, Day 1: Select A • B • C • D

1. Silently read the passage.
2. Time yourself reading for 1 minute. Put slashes // when the timer goes off. Record your words per minute (WPM).  Then finish the passage.
3. Answer the questions.
4. Practice reading the passage in phrases. Pause when you see a slash /. Pause longer when you see / /. 

Mini-lesson

Video: Chunking long words, part 3  vimeo • download

Workbook p. 125: Chunking long words, part 3

1. Watch the video to hear a teacher explain the VC|CV chunking rule and vowel sounds.
2. Follow along on workbook p. 125.
3. Mark the vowels  in the words in the first box with a long ¯ or short ˘ vowel sign.
4. Build your own words with the first syllables and second syllables from the next boxes. 
5. Then mark the vowels in your words with long ¯ or short ˘ vowel signs.

Guided Reading

Get clear on the facts. What is happening and why? 

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• routine: normal or typical 
• documentation: papers that prove something
• defy: refuse to go along with something
• agitated: very upset

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 80-85

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Homework

Workbook p. 127: Syllable chunking

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Fluency Work

Practice fluency with passages about students without legal papers trying for college.

Passage 9, Day 2: Select A • B • C • D

1. Practice reading tricky phrases and words and do the decoding activity.
2. Time yourself reading for 1 minute. Put slashes / / when the timer goes off. Record your words read per minute (WPM). Then finish the passage.
3. Answer the questions.

Partner Reading

What happens with Uncle’s interview? What does this mean for Nadira and Aisha? 

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• facility: building  
• jurisdiction: area of power or control 
• federal: having to do with the U.S. government, not the state or city
• ravenous: really hungry
• facists: people who believe in power, violence and nationalism. Nazis were fascists.

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 85-87

Workbook p. 129: Partner Reading Questions

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Guided Reading

Uncle is in detention now. How will Aisha and Nadira cope? 

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• absently: as though your mind is somewhere else  
• certified mail: insured mail
• tribe: close group of people
• obsessed: too focused on something, unable to let go
• frantic: desperate, out of control

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 88-93

 

Partner Reading

See how Aisha and Taslima react to the family’s problems. 

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• avoiding: staying away from  
• brazenlike: in an open or showy way

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 93-95

Workbook p. 130: Partner Reading Questions

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Homework

Workbook p. 131: Aisha’s diary

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Guided Reading

We heard about Aisha and Taslima. What’s happening with younger sister Nadira? 

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• piercing: poking holes in 
• versions: different ways of telling the same story
• efficiently: like an expert, without wasting time
• saunters: walks in a relaxed way

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 95-99

Partner Reading

What does the family find out from Uncle? What news does Nadira get from Mr. Rashid, the lawyer? 

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• resolve: clear up 
• rigid: stiff
• flushed: red
• thrashes: tosses and turns wildly
• unmoored: not tied down

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 99-103

Workbook p. 133: Partner Reading Questions

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Homework

Workbook p. 135: Lies

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Fluency Work

Practice fluency with passages about the Dreamers, young immigrants without legal papers.

Passage 10, Day 1: Select A • B • C • D

1. Silently read the passage.
2. Time yourself reading for 1 minute. Put slashes // when the timer goes off. Record your words per minute (WPM).  Then finish the passage.
3. Answer the questions.
4. Practice reading the passage in phrases. Pause when you see a slash /. Pause longer when you see / /. 

Guided Reading

Nadira meets a college student who helps her think about her future in a new way. 

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• brochures: written materials that advertise or tell about something 
• jeopardizing: putting at risk

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 104-110

Look back at Hopes and dreams from Lesson 16. Add a note about Nadira’s hopes or dreams. Add a note about an obstacle, what can get in her way. 

 

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Homework

Workbook p. 137: Aisha’s lie

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Fluency Work

Practice fluency with passages about the Dreamers, young immigrants without legal papers.

Passage 10, Day 2: Select A • B • C • D

1. Practice reading tricky phrases and words and do the decoding activity.
2. Time yourself reading for 1 minute. Put slashes / / when the timer goes off. Record your words read per minute (WPM). Then finish the passage.
3. Answer the questions.

Partner Reading

Try to understand what’s happening with Aisha.

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• poise: dignity, positive sense of one’s self  
• traditionally: the way something has always been done 
• harassed: bothered in an aggressive way
• arranged: set up

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 110-113

Workbook p. 139: Partner Reading Questions

Look back at Hopes and dreams from Lesson 16. Add notes about Aisha’s goals and obstacles. 

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Homework

Workbook p. 141: Stereotypes

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Guided Reading

What bold move will Nadira make? Is it the right decision? 

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• shameless: not decent 
• sensation: a feeling
• guaranteed: a sure thing

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 114-119

Partner Reading

Will Nadira meet up with Tareq? Will she give him the money? Will she get the papers she needs? Make some predictions. 

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• hypothetically: something that might happen 
• Diversity Lottery: a chance for people from different countries to get a green card for the United States
• revolver: handgun 
• silhouette: shape, outline
• looming: rising up in front of you, scary

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 120-123

Workbook p. 143: Partner Reading Questions

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Homework

Workbook p. 145: Tareq’s diary

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Guided Reading

How has Ma changed? What does Nadira learn on the bus? 

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• nauseous: feeling like you want to throw up 
• evidence: facts that prove something
• appointed: put in a role to carry out a job
• countenance: put up with
• contribution: money given to a cause

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 124-134

Look back at Hopes and dreams from Lesson 16. Add notes about Ma. Have Ma’s hopes and dreams changed? How do you know?  

 

Partner Reading

Make a prediction: How will the judge react to Nadira’s evidence? Write your prediction on workbook p. 147 and back it up with facts. 

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• brilliant: wonderful, special 
• discrepancies: facts or details that don’t match up
• runaround: a delaying or not helpful response to a request
• unnecessary: not needed
• prolonged: very long

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 134-136

Workbook p. 147: Partner Reading Questions

 

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Homework

Workbook p. 149: Evidence

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Guided Reading

What things change for Auntie and Uncle’s family? Why? 

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• tension: a nervous or tight feeling
• uproar: noise, excitement
• addled: confused
• disheveled: messy
• formality: a useless requirement

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 137-144

 

Partner Reading

Nadira has another plan to help her family. What is it?  

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• trudge: walk slowly 
• sponsor: someone who speaks up for and takes responsibility for another person
• representative: somebody who speaks for a group
• blanches: goes pale with fear or shock

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 144-148

Workbook p. 151: Partner Reading Questions

 

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Homework

Workbook pp. 153-154: Changes for the Hossains

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Guided Reading

Make a prediction: What will Aisha tell her classmates? Look for facts to back up your prediction. 

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• churning: having an upset stomach 
• envy: being jealous
• exposed: brought out in the open, showed to everyone
• reprieve: a delay or release from punishment
• flustered: confused

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 149-152

 

Partner Reading

The Hossain family attends a hearing on their case. Make a prediction: What will the judge decide? 

Here’s some vocabulary you’ll see today:

• dazed: stunned 
• rumpled: wrinkled
• gnawing: chewing at
• extenuating: special or different in a way that makes up for a problem
• applicant: the person asking for something

Text: Ask Me No Questions, pp. 153-159

Workbook p. 155: Partner Reading Questions

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Homework

Workbook p. 157: Aisha’s speech

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The Hossains get green cards!

Video: The Hossains get green cards  vimeo • download

Text: Ask Me No Questions

Workbook pp. 159-162: The Hossains get green cards , Thoughts and feelings, Final discussion prep

1. Watch a video to hear a teacher explain the activity.
2. Follow along on workbook p. 159.
3. Circle your character’s name and silhouette on workbook p. 159. 
4. On workbook p. 160, circle your character’s thoughts and feelings before they got a green card.
5. On workbook p. 161, circle your character’s thoughts and feelings after they got a green card.
6. Take notes about your character on workbook p. 162. Use Ask Me No Questions, the Hopes and dreams page from Lesson 16, and “What is a green card?” from Lesson 12 to help you. 

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Presentation prep

Text: Ask Me No Questions

Workbook pp. 163-164: Final discussion template

1. Use your notes from workbook pp. 160-162 to fill in the template on workbook pp. 163-164.

Teams present

Workbook p. 165: Final discussion reaction sheet 1

Workbook p. 167: Final discussion reaction sheet 2

Workbook p. 169: Final discussion reaction sheet 3

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Homework

Workbook p. 171: Final discussion reflection