The Fender Bender

The Fender Bender

Unit 3 Lesson 1

Open Ended

Write one country you would immigrate to...

Open Ended

Two reasons why Africans would risk their lives to cross the sea to get to Europe...

Poll

Are you with or against illegal immigration?

• With

• Against

• I don't have an opinion

Multiple Choice

1. Judging by his height, weight, hair, and skin color, the narrator assumes the police officer is of Mexican descent.

• True

• False

• not mentioned

Multiple Choice

2. The police officer decides not to arrest the narrator because the damage to the Anglo's vehicle is so slight.

• True

• False

• not mentioned

Multiple Choice

3. Because they are of the same ancestry, the narrator expects the police officer to treat him the way he treats others.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

4. The narrator believes the police officer is rude and vindictive, for the latter disrespectfully addresses him and thinks of punishing him outside the law.

• True

• False

A.

Fill in the blanks with the correct words to complete sentences. Pay attention to the correct part of speech and form of each word used.

Fill in the Blanks

1. The mood was

as each detained immigrant filed into the police department and sat on banks in a large room.

[enraged - dent - complexion - ancestry - pensive - lever)

Fill in the Blanks

2. Pedro became an American citizen last year, thanks to his Scottish

[enraged - dent - complexion - ancestry - pensive - lever)

Fill in the Blanks

3. There is strong evidence linking skin

to negative stereotypes and adverse real-world outcomes.

[enraged - dent - complexion - ancestry - pensive - lever)

Fill in the Blanks

4. Plans to naturalize millions of illegal immigrants would

a considerable number of indigenous people.

[enraged - dent - complexion - ancestry - pensive - lever)

Fill in the Blanks

5. To cheerful Fernando, an illegal immigrant who lives next door, only three things in life are certain: death, taxes, and getting a

in your car or truck.

[enraged - dent - complexion - ancestry - pensive - lever)

B.

Identify the referents to the words in blue.

1. "light" in paragraph 1.

Open Ended

1. "light"

2. "this" in paragraph 12

Open Ended

2. "this" in paragraph 12

3. "hood" in paragraph 18.

Open Ended

3. "hood" in paragraph 18.

4. "trip" in paragraph 27.

Open Ended

4. "trip" in paragraph 27.

5. "there" in paragraph 34.

Open Ended

5. "there" in paragraph 34.

C.

A dot-density map is a type of thematic map that uses dots or other symbols on the map to show the values of one or more numeric data fields. Each dot on a dot-density map represents some amount of data.

Examine the dot-density map "Unauthorized Immigrants in the YS, 20212," and then answer the questions.

1. Name two states that have large, illegal immigrant populations and another two that have very small ones.

2. In the light of the map, revisit paragrah 27, and infer the state where the narrator lives.

D.

Each of the following sentences could be added to the ending of ONE paragraph. Read each sentence carefully, and then determine which paragraph it completes.

1. "This is not the first time I have been locked out of a car, though always before, it was because I had forgotten to remove my keys!"

Multiple Choice

1. at the end of paragraph ...

• 29

• 30

• 31

• 32

• 34

2. "I can pay for it."

Multiple Choice

2. At the end of paragraph ...

• 11

• 12

• 13

• 14

E.

Answer the following questions based on the text.

1. In reference to paragraph 1, how does the accident take place?

Open Ended

1. In reference to paragraph 1, how does the accident take place?

Open Ended

2. Give three pieces of evidence suggesting that the narrator is an illegal immigrant.

Open Ended

3. What does the narrator's encounter with the patrol officer reveal about assimilation and identity?

F.

Think critically, and then answer the questions in complete sentences.

1. What is the pattern of organization used in paragraph 6?

Multiple Choice

1. What is the pattern of organization used in paragraph 6?

• Comparison

• Cause and effect

• contrast

• chronological

2. Identify the ironic situation presented in paragraph 30 to 33.

Open Ended

2. Identify the ironic situation presented in paragraph 30 to 33.

Open Ended

3. Infer the writer's purpose.

Open Ended

4. Which point of view is used in relating the incidents, and how effective is it?

Multiple Choice

The thematic relation is...

• Cause and effect

• statement and support

• comparison

• addition

• Problem - solution