Day 1

A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times Lesson Plan

Reading Assignment, Questions, Vocabulary

Read the first three stories.

Content Summary for Teachers

The Suitcase

Saba is returning to the U.S. after visiting relatives in Ethiopia. She has an extra suitcase she used to carry gifts to her relatives, which they are now filling with gifts for her to bring back to America. There is a debate as there are too many items and they don’t all fit in the spare suitcase. Saba rectifies this by emptying her own belongings out of the other suitcase and fitting all the gifts into the two bags.

The Wall

A young immigrant arrives in Iowa and befriends a retired professor who helps him learn English. The two become close, studying together three days a week. As the boy’s English improves, he...

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