► Build Background
► Language & Grammar
Express Ideas and Feelings
Use Statements with Am, Is, and Are
► Prepare to Read
Learn Key Vocabulary
Learn a Reading Strategy
Plan Your Reading
► Read and Write
Focus on Genre
Personal Narrative
Apply the Reading Strategy
Plan Your Reading
Critical Thinking
Reading Fluency
Read with Intonation
Vocabulary Review
Write About the Guiding Question
► Connect Across the Curriculum
Literary Analysis
Analyze Narrator’s Point of View
Analyze Text Structure: Compare and Contrast
Analyze Poetry
Vocabulary Study
Use Context Clues
Language and Grammar
Express Ideas and Feelings
Writing and Grammar
Write About Someone You Know
Carmen Agra Deedy remembers how it felt to leave Cuba and call Georgia home.
Quickwrite Read each proverb. Tell whether you agree or disagree with it. Explain why.
Anywhere you live is your native land.
-Korean proverb
Go out from your village, but don’t let your village go out from you.
-Afghan proverb
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Havana, Cuba, is Carmen Agra Deedy’s birthplace.