Critical Thinking

1. SUM IT UP Make a Summary Chart. List the five neighborhoods in the selection. Record details about each. Use your chart to give a summary to a partner.

Summary Chart

2. Paraphrase Look back at the first paragraph of the selection. Use your own words to tell how communities change.

3. Make Judgments What do you think makes a new place feel comfortable? Do you agree with the author, or do you have different ideas? Explain.

4. Analyze Why do you think familiar things are important to immigrants? Explain.

Reading Fluency

Phrasing Read the passage on page 570 to a partner. Assess your fluency.

• 1. I read

  • a. great

  • b. OK

  • c. not very well

• 2. What I did best in my reading was __________.

Reading Strategy

Vocabulary Review

Oral Review Read the paragraph aloud. Add the vocabulary words.

In the 1880s, a ______________ in Vancouver, Canada, was known as Chinatown. Today many Chinese people also live in other ______________. Nearly one third of the city’s ______________ speaks a main Chinese language. Many people are ______________ Chinese speakers even though they were born in Canada. Everyone ______________ that art, music, and celebrations keep ______________ alive. The Dragon Boat Festival is well-known, or ______________, to nearly everyone in Vancouver. This ______________ takes place on the water.

Written Review What festivals or special traditions does your community have? Write a TV ad for one of them. Use four vocabulary words.

Write About the Guiding Question

Explore Finding Your Own Place Look back at the photos in the selection. How might these neighborhoods change in the future? Write your opinion, and support it with reasons.