New Immigrants Share Their Stories and A Common Bond JK/JH

Which of the following best expresses the focus of Part 2 of the text "Part 2: A New Identity"?

• The purpose and organization of international schools

• How and why immigrant students form new identities

• Who benefits from going to international schools and why

• The origins of most immigrants and the languages they speak

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Which claim from the text does the bar graph best support?

• International High School students graduate at a higher percentage than ELL students at other schools in the area.

• There’s a myth that students can’t learn meaningful content until they learn English, and we think that’s not true.

• Indeed, most of the students are learning a new culture, all the while honoring traditions from their home countries.

• For many students, the International High School at Prospect Heights is kind of like a second home in the city.

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The word biculturalism means

• A bicycle with two tires.

• Immigrants that feel isolated.

• Immigrants that graduate.

• Developing a new identity with two cultures.

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Which of the following would be a sign of unrest?

• cold weather

• a rebellion

• a picnic at the beach

• a parade

Which should make a baseball player eligible to play on the team?

• showing up to every practice

• showering every day

• having your uncle coach the team

• making the team cookies

The purpose of both the video and the article is to —

• cite statistics related to immigration

• compare the success rate of American students

• show the process of immigrating to America

• describe the experiences of immigrant students

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Nonfiction film that presents information about people or events.

• Interview

• Video Diaries

• Documentary

• Power Point

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All of the students at Newcomers High School...

• want to become filmmakers.

• will later attend St. Luke's.

• are recent immigrants to America.

• plan to return to their birth country.

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What makes the students from St. Luke's different from those at Newcomers?

• St. Luke's students are experienced filmmakers.

• St. Luke's students are learning to speak English.

• St. Luke's students live in New York.

• St. Luke's students were born in the United States.

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What do you learn from students' video diaries?

• what their lives were like in their birth countries

• what their parents think about life in the United States

• what they think of the students from St. Luke's

• what they need to do to get a good job

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