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Final Project Discussion: Each student must write a 5 paragraph essay about immigration:

The format for a Narrative Essay might follow the outline below.

Introduction paragraph:    "I remember the night before I left my home town..."
General details
Thesis Statement  write a basic description or theme

• Body paragraph #1 First part of your story.  "First, my life changed when...."
• Body paragraph #2 Second part of your story.  "Later on I found...."
• Body paragraph #3 First part of your story.  "Importantly, I didn't give up and..."

Concluding Paragraph: Summary or final opinions or hopes/apirations


Students participated in a clustering activity to pull out ideas regarding the essay's theme: Immigration

All students stated with a bubble that said either:

BEING HERE                        or                              GETTING HERE

Students then tried to quickly record their impressions and ideas around their experience living here as an immigrant or the experience of immigrating/moving here.


Homework: write a draft of your 5 paragraph essay
Topic: Immigration
Options: Personal or Factual/Information
Format: Narrative or Logical Division (or other?)

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