Why do Amada's parents decide to move to Los Angeles?

• Amada wants to see her grandmother more often.

• Amada's mother thinks the weather will be better there.

• Amada wants to write in her journal in Los Angeles.

• Amada's father plans to find work there.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Where does the family stay while Amada's father is in Los Angeles?

• They stay with friends

• In Juarez, Mexicio

• In a rented house in California

• with relatives in Mexicali, Mexico

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

When Amada first learns about her family's plan to move, she feels...

• worried

• excited

• relieved

• furious

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CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Amada's grandmother gives her a journal to...

• finish her homework in.

• write letters to her family in Mexico.

• help her remember her language and her culture.

• practice English for school in California.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

Why does the family stay behind when Papa goes ahead to California?

• The family needs more time to pack and move.

• The family has to wait until Papa sends them their green cards.

• They have to stay and take care of their Nana.

• Amada and her brothers have to finish school in Mexcio.

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What can you infer about Michi and Amada's relationship?

• They are in each other's heart

• They don't miss each other

• Both write to each other

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What is the message the author gives us in the story "My Diary from Here to There"?

• To go on adventures

• No matter what life brings you, act crazy

• Moving can be a new journey and start in life

• Write letters to loved ones

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

What do we learn in the exposition of the story?

• Amada is moving to a new country

• Michi doesn't like Amada anymore

• Amada is going to live with family in Mexicali

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is one event that shows rising action?

• Amada writes in her diary in a park

• Amada crosses the border into America

• Amada's Papa tells her not to worry

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is the climax of the story?

• When Amada gets a new diary

• When Amada and her family cross the border to the US

• When Michi gives Amada a rock

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2