There's a book on our state reading list this year that deals with immigration with a boy as the main character--The King of Mulberry Street by Donna Jo Napoli. It's about the main character's experiences coming over on a boat by himself as a child(mom put him on the boat but didn't go herself and he didn't find out till they were at sea) and how he adjusted to life in a new country. He had to sneak through Ellis Island since children were supposed to be accompanied or met by an adult to take charge of them.
Eve At 11:47 PM 3/6/2007, you wrote: >A book I love that would be great to use in an immigration unit is >Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse. This book is about a girl and her >family as they leave Russia to go to America to escape religious >persecution. Rifka?s family is forced to leave Rifka behind and she >must continue the journey on her own. You could teach or review a lot >of strategies with the book. There are many places where students >could make predictions and later verify them, many questions can be >raised based on feelings, historical relevance, ect. Also, there are a >ton of connections to be made with the book. Text to world connections >can be made between the text and World War II, text to self >connections can be made by relating the feelings Rifka is having(such >as loneliness, being afraid, ect..) to themselves and if you are using >Esperanza Rising as a read aloud many text to text connections can be >made between that and Rifka since both are about young girls >immigrating to America. The book also talks a lot about Ellis Island >which is a great topic pertaining to immigration. :) -*-*-*- Eve Dubois Classroom Teacher Renaissance School Shelburne, Vermont _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
