This unit we will explore informational texts on the topics of immigration, migration, migrant work, and the current refugee crisis in Europe. We will also embed practice with our literary analysis skills through close reading of Francisco Jimenez's novel The Circuit. By the end of the unit, students will use what they have learned from the informational and literary texts to write a factual article on one of the topics of study.
This week, we are starting with the questions How do our words affect our thinking? and How does our thinking affect our words? We will compare the definitions and connotations of words like immigrant, migrant, refugee, and deportee. Then we will read this article from a journalist's point of view on the issue: "The Language of Migration: Refugee vs.. Migrant" or this article from the United Nation's Refugee Agency stating their stance: "UNHCR Viewpoint: Which is Right?"
