An Unforgettable Journey by Maijue Xiong

What does- Persecution  mean?

• An act of willfully injuring or attacking others because of their personal beliefs or their ethnic background
• Someone’s personal beliefs
• change, passing from one condition to the next
• A person who flees their home or country to escape war or persecution

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Instead of finding a safe, warm refuge, they suffered exposure to the wind and rain.

• Say: They did not have a shelter and they were exposed to the wind and rain.                                                                                                         Mean :  This means that Maijue’s family was on the run from the communist and trying to find a new place to live. 
• Say:  They now did not have a country.
  Mean:  They were homeless without a country who wanted them.
• Say:  They found a refuge that was cold and unsafe.
  Mean:  They found a permanent home that they did not like.
• Say:  They could not find any shelter.
  Mean:  They stopped looking for a shelter and gave up. 

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does- Deprivation mean?

• change, passing from one condition to the next
• An act of willfully injuring or attacking others because of their personal beliefs or their ethnic background
• The condition of having something taken away 
•  Someone’s personal beliefs

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What purpose does the introduction serve?

• It argues the author’s main point.

• It explains why the Hmong were uprooted.

• It summarizes the story to follow.

• It shows the author’s point of view.

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

The author’s family left the country as fast as possible because--

• they had been planning to leave for ten years

• they were thrown out

• their lives were in danger

• they hated their homeland

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CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Which of the following statements is a fact?

• The journey felt very long.

• Thailand is a beautiful country.

• “For a month, my family walked through the dense tropical jungles…”

• I was like a little ant placed in a field of tall grass.

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Which of the following statements is an opinion?

• “We traveled in silence at night…”

• “We...slept in the daytime.”

• “When it got dark, the fisherman came back with a small fishing boat…”

• It was depressing and nerve-racking.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

You can infer that the family survived their experience because they are---

• rich and powerful

• intelligent and determined

• in good physical shape and well fed

• clever and ruthless

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What does refugee mean?

• Act of willfully injuring others because of their beliefs

• A person who flees his or her home to escape war or persecution

• Loss; condition of having something taken away by force

• Change; passing from one condition to another

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does transitionmean?

• shelter; protection

• Loss; condition of having something taken away by force

• A person who flees his or her home to escape war or persecution

• Change; passing from one condition to another

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4