Going to School as a Refugee

Part A: Which statement best identifies the central idea of the text?

• Having to learn a new language is challenging and can often discourage refugee students from making friends, interacting with teachers, and focusing on schoolwork.

• Although attending school in the U.S. presents a variety of challenges, refugee children are finding support in communities that include people from different cultures.

• Going to school can feel like an uphill battle for refugee students, but they are grateful to have found a new home in the U.S. because it offers them a high chance of success.

• Because the U.S. government does not provide adequate support for refugees, it must prevent further cuts to services like the Refugee School Impact Program.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Part B: Which TWO of the following quotes best support the answer to Part A?

• "In Malaysia, Burmese kids couldn't play for school soccer teams, and I wanted to play now that I was in America." (P.12)

• "Schools have tried to combat this alienation with programs like the Refugee School Impact Program in Dallas. The program coordinator, Zelijka Revlija, provides educational support services for refugee students." (p.15)

• "When I need help, I go to other refugees, 'SB said 'They have been in the United States longer and tey know what I am going through." (P18))

• "'Salomon came to my home and told me that if he could do it as a baby, I could do it as an adult. He took me to his Spanish class with him and showed me how slow everyone was talking." (P.20)

• "It's not just because there are so many different countries represented, but because they all form one supportive, unified community." (p.21))

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

How does SB's perspective contribute to the text's description of refugee student experiences?

• SB's observation differ from the views of other refugee students and provide balance.

• SB's quotes reveal how American- born students feel about their foreign-born classmates.

• SB's viewpoint is used to illustrate the common experiences that many refugee students share.

• SB's stories support the author's opinion on the harm caused by discrimination.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

How do paragraphs 15-16 contribute to the development of ideas in the article?

• They reveal why existing support programs have not been more successful at integrating refugee students.

• They focus on possible solutions by explaining that change must start with parents and school personnel.

• They introduce some of the efforts that schools are currently making to address problems discussed in the text.

• They offer a response to claims raised in the text that schools have not created positive learning environments.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What type of sentence is the following: The schools in the U.S. are often bigger than those in other countries.

• Complex

• Compound

• Simple

What type of sentence is the following: It's not just academic challenges that cause the low graduation rates among refugee students; its cultural differences as well.

• Complex

• compound

• simple

What type of sentence is the following: Refugees come from different backgrounds and cultures, but they all know what it's like to be on the outside of the dominant society in Dallas

• complex

• compound

• simple

What does the word adversity mean?

• The ability to overcome a challenge

• a challenge or obstacle

• SB's refugee status

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does the word resiliency mean?

• the ability to overcome a challenge

• challenge or problem

• SB's refugee status

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Who was the refugee in the article?

• SB

• Garrison

• Zeljka Ravlija

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10