EXPLORATION: Around the World Read-Aloud
Refugee By Alan Gratz
The three refugees in this book are from different times and places, but they have something in common: They risk everything for a safe place to call home. You’ll hear an excerpt.
#1: Form a First Impression Study the title and the image on the cover. Imagine you are the young refugee in the boat and write what you’re thinking. What have you left behind? What do you hope you’re going to? How does being in this small boat on the ocean make you feel?
#2: Show What You Know What are some reasons that people leave their home countries to live in other countries?
#3: Make a Prediction List some dangers you think the characters in this book might face.
#4: Learn Some Words Here are some words from this excerpt that are connected to Around the World . Read and discuss the words with your class. Then use the words to fill in the sentences that follow. VOCABULARY refugee (noun) a person who must leave their country to escape danger (cover) despair (noun) a feeling of hopelessness (p. 5) collapsed (verb) broke down or fell apart completely (p. 10) revolution (noun) a forcible overthrow of a government in favor of a new system (p. 14)
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