3 Immigrant Kids

Genre Study

Fiction vs. Nonfiction

Types of nonfiction texts

Immigrant Kids - Historical Context

Immigration in the US (1880 - 1930)

Virtual Tour of the Ellis Island

Two Centuries of US Immigration

Creative Writing - Picture Prompts

Imagine you are a member of this family. You have just arrived in the USA. Why did you come here? Do you speak the English language? What is happening around you? How do you feel?

Imagine you are a member of this family. What are you doing and why? What does your home look like

You are the boy in the picture. What did you do? What did the teacher do? How did that make you feel?

Nonfiction texts

Nonfiction - Writing

Newspaper Articles

Any good news story provides answers to each of these questions:
Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?
For example, if you wish to cover a story about a local sports team entering a competition you will need to answer these questions:

Who is the team? Who is the coach? Who are the prominent players? Who are the supporters?
What sport do they play? What is the competition?
Where is the competition? Where is the team normally based?
When is the competition? How long have they been preparing? Are there any other important time factors?
Why are they entering this particular competition? If it's relevant, why does the team exist at all?
How are they going to enter the competition? Do they need to fundraise? How much training and preparation is required? What will they need to do to win?

The Inverted Pyramid
This refers to the style of journalism which places the most important facts at the beginning and works "down" from there. Ideally, the first paragraph should contain enough information to give the reader a good overview of the entire story. The rest of the article explains and expands on the beginning.