Growing Together: Carmen moved from ______ to _________.
Havana, Cuba to Decatur, Georgia, USA
Familiar Places: A Korean person reading a newspaper in Korean is an example of using one’s ________ language.
native
Growing Together: The author and narrator’s name is _______ _____ _______.
Carmen Agra Deedy
Familiar Places: Many communities in the US have the name “_______” (Country).
Little (Italy, India, Ethiopia, etc)
Familiar Places: When the ________ changes, so does the ________.
When the population changes, so does the community.
Kids Like Me: Asking questions and writing the answers is an ________.
Interview
Familiar Places: Injera is a type of traditional ________ ______.
Ethiopian food / bread.
Kids Like Me: Two bits of advice the teens had was...
ask many questions, learn about the culture, make friends, adjust to the customs and ideas, be yourself, work hard, talk to people, ask for help, play sports...
Growing Together: To “graft” means to...
Attach a branch from one tree to another so that the trees grow together.
Growing Together: She had to ________ enough ________ to make a friend.
learn enough English
Growing Together: She had a _______ with her friend over a _______.
fight over a bike
Familiar Places: Decorations, parades, dancing, and singing can all be a part of a _______.
festival
Kids Like Me: Two different things about living in the US are…
school rules, how close the families are, transportation, relatives living with you, schools, politeness, family as a value, prices
Kids Like Me: Manuel wanted more _________ to ________ in life.
opportunities to succeed
Familiar Places: _________ are the heart of a _________.
People are the heart of a community.
Familiar Places: People in Little Haiti spoke multiple languages. (T/F)
True: They spoke English, Haitian Creole, and French.
Familiar Places: One type of traditional Indian clothing is a _______.
sari / kameez
Kids Like Me: The most common answer to “why did you come to the US” was…
for education.
Kids Like Me: ______ teens from different parts of the world answered questions.
Six
Growing Together: Her father said that she is like a _________ and that Georgia is like a _______.
She is like branch from a Cuban mango tree and Georgia is like a branch from a magnolia tree.
Growing Together: Sometimes, she still felt _______ for her native land.
Homesick
Growing Together: Her new home had a big _________ tree in the yard.
Magnolia
Kids Like Me: Anne Rose said there are many ________ between the US and French Guiana.
similarities
Kids Like Me: The teens still observe some of the _______ from of their ______ from home.
some of the customs of their culture from home