Someone Like Me Formative 2

What is Julissa's job when she travels to the feria with her parents?

• She organizes the jars.

• She cuts fruit and adds salt to the rims of the jars.

• She washes dishes.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

How do Julissa's parents travel around to ferias ?

• in a Ford pickup truck

• by airplane

• in a recreational vehicle (RV, or travel trailer)

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

When Julissa is around six years old, her parents decide to also start selling _____ in the United States.

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Why is Julissa fearful of her parents traveling to the United States?

• Previous nannies have left for the US but never arrived, and maybe even died along the journey.

• Many people who make it safely to the US never return to Mexico.

• She knows that many people stay in the US because it is dangerous to return there after leaving.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Select the main complication that Julissa's parents face when traveling in the US to sell their goods.

• They cannot afford to pay the fees/taxes on goods that they did not sell and want to bring back to Mexico.

• Julissa's grandmother spent hours working with lawyers and customs to help get her parents back home.

• Julissa's parents have spent all of their savings on building a new house and cannot afford the return airfare.

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CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What does Julissa's sister Aris ask for as a gift from the US that is not readily available in their hometown?

• American candy and snacks

• a doll for Julissa

• new, store-bought clothing

• a walkman

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Choose the best answer: Julissa's parents were gone to the US for MORE THAN / LESS THAN ten days.

• more than

• less than

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Julissa describes the time her parents are away by writing, "It's the first time in my life I remember _____. I would kneel next to my bed before going to sleep, put my hands together, and say, 'Virgen de Guadalupe, please bring my parents back.' "

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.5.10