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The document provides vocabulary, comprehension questions, and analysis activities about two passages on Chinese immigration to the United States through the "Paper Son" system during a time of exclusion laws. Specifically: 1) Vocabulary focuses on terms related to immigration such as "citizens", "opportunity", "processing", and "admitted". 2) Comprehension questions analyze the purpose and experiences described in the two passages about Paper Son immigration. 3) Analysis activities examine the main ideas, details, and chronology presented in the passages about the difficult but opportunity-providing Paper Son process faced by immigrants.

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Answer Key - Textbook

The document provides vocabulary, comprehension questions, and analysis activities about two passages on Chinese immigration to the United States through the "Paper Son" system during a time of exclusion laws. Specifically: 1) Vocabulary focuses on terms related to immigration such as "citizens", "opportunity", "processing", and "admitted". 2) Comprehension questions analyze the purpose and experiences described in the two passages about Paper Son immigration. 3) Analysis activities examine the main ideas, details, and chronology presented in the passages about the difficult but opportunity-providing Paper Son process faced by immigrants.

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Grade 5 – English

Unit 1 – The Path to Paper Son , Louie Share Kim- Paper Son

Develop Vocabulary – Page 30


A1. A) Citizens- Many immigrants become citizens after they move to a country
B) Opportunity – Immigrants often move to a country looking for opportunity
C) Processing – Some immigrants go through processing or a series of steps to live in their
new country legally.
D) Admitted – Immigrants want to be admitted or allowed entry, to a new country

Check for Understanding – Page 31


A1. Both the articles talks about the ‘Paper Son ‘immigration system, They include facts about actual
events. The article includes main idea supported by facts and examples
A2. In ‘The Path to Paper Son ‘The author’s purpose is to inform readers of the Paper Son immigration
system using facts about historical events. ‘Louie Share Kim, Paper Son ‘also informs readers, but the
author’s purpose is to share personal information as well as facts.
A3. Sam Louie says, ‘My parents never talked to me about their immigration experience’. That tells me
that the journey to the United States was probably a painful one for his parents.
A4. Both immigrant’s experiences involved interrogation. The second experience was different because
his family faced most of the questioning, and he brought his own paper son.

‘PaperSon’ immigration offered opportunity, but


it could also
be stressful and dangerous

*The Chinese Exclusion Act restricted *Louie Share Kim immigrated as PaperSon.
Chinese immigration.
*Later, his family immigrated
*When birth records were destroyed, With a paperSon
Chinese immigrants had an opportunity.
*Share Kim was interrogated

Analyze Main Ideas and Details -Page 32


Use Text Evidence – Page 33
Documents for paper sons were expensive. "Families borrowed money to make it
possible for a child to make the trip."
Immigrants were detained and questioned by "The interrogation was a nervous process for
officials. everyone'

Academic Vocabulary -Page 35

Word Related Word Sentence with Related Word

Insight Insightfully The author wrote an insightful article about


insightful
Chinese Immigrants.
Curiosity Rashid's curiosityabout his mother's Job led to a tour of her
curious curiousness office.
Lin walked through the narrow Passageway between
passage passenger passageway rooms.
passages
He was known as a wanderer who liked to explore new places.
Wander
wandered Wanderer
wandering

adventurous Maria’s love of skydiving showed her adventuresome


adventure adventuresome adventurer personality.

Suffixes -Page 36
A1. A Brave act
A2. Leaving something out

Read like a writer -Page 37


A1. Providing events in the order they happened
A2. The chronology text structure to show how events in Louie Share Kim's life unfolded

Write for a writer- Page 38


A1. Possible response: I chose to write about the American Revolution. I want to focus on how specific
battles led to the Americans' victory, so I will use the chronology text structure to present each battle in
order.
A2. Responses will vary but should show a clear text structure and make use of appropriate signal words.

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