Day 3 wrap

Why does the author include paragraph 4?

• To contrast the lives of Irish Protestants and Irish Catholics

• To emphasize the role Britain played in the Irish Potato Famine

• To provide background information about the tension between Protestants and Catholics

• To explain the reasons why Britain ruled Ireland for centuries

What key idea about Irish immigrants do the details in paragraphs 2 and 3 support?

• Irish immigrants had different experiences.

• Irish immigrants were instantly accepted by Americans.

• Irish immigrants had the same religious beliefs.

• Irish immigrants were all rejected by Americans.

What is the most likely reason the author wrote this selection?

• To encourage people to welcome Irish immigrants to America

• To explain the reasons why Irish people immigrated to America and the discrimination they faced when they arrived

• To compare the experiences of Irish immigrants to the experiences of other immigrants

• To suggest that Irish immigrants have faced more severe discrimination than other immigrants

In the excerpt from Through the Eyes of Immigrants, how does the author mainly organize his ideas?

• He outlines the waves of Irish immigration from the most impactful to least impactful.

• He lists the advantages and disadvantages of each wave of Irish immigration.

• He discusses the causes of Irish immigration and then the effects of Irish immigration.

• He explains the waves of Irish immigration in the order they occurred.

What is the most likely reason the author includes the line graph in the selection?

• To illustrate the reasons why Irish immigrants came to the United States in each decade

• To show the steady increase of Irish immigrants over the years

• To explain why Irish immigration decreased in the early 1900s

• To provide a visual representation of the number of Irish immigrants who came to the United States in each decade

Which details should be included in a summary of the chapter “Irish Immigrants”? 

Groups:

(a) Include in Summary

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(b) Do Not Include in Summary

• Irish immigrants faced many years of discrimination from other Americans. 

• The Irish Potato Famine forced many Irish families to emigrate away from Ireland

• Many of the potatoes were black when farmers went to harvest them during the Potato Famine.

• Irish Catholics encountered more discrimination than Irish Protestants due to religious tensions

• When Protestant Irish families came to America, many of them moved west and started farms.

• When the Irish immigrants came to America, the boats were packed full of people.

Which word from the paragraph 8 means “the process of keeping places clean and healthy”?

Write the answer in the box provided.

What change should be made in sentence 2?

• Change Irish to irish

• Change left to leaving

• Insert a comma after mid-1800s

• Change Protestants to Protestant’s

The author would like to add this idea to the paragraph.

 

Their poor relationships started in Europe, and the prejudices they felt toward each other traveled with them to the United States. 

  

Where is the most effective place to insert this idea?

• Before sentence 1

• After sentence 1

• After sentence 3

• The author should not insert this idea.