Essential Question:

What does it mean to be an immigrant in America?

After exploring various texts throughout the first quarter, you displayed your collective knowledge in a Socratic Circle to discuss our essential question above. Although any text read this quarter was viable, everyone should have four specific texts analyzed prior to the discussion:

1. “Blaxicans” by Richard Rodriguez (essay)

2. “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan (essay)

3. HMHFYI.com article (from “A New Birth of Freedom” section)

4. one article from a credible source (your choosing)

Note- You could have incorporated our other relevant texts (“Immigrant in Our Own Land” – Baca (poem) or “Song of Myself”- Whitman (poem))

Reminder: You should have…

•  a bulleted list of the major points from all the texts of your group members

• a stance on the essential question that you can explain in one concise sentence

• created five (5) questions to utilize during the scholarly discussion

Notes from Socratic Circle on Immigration in America

Find notes from our class discussions below.

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Writing Assignment:

Over the first quarter, we have discussed the immigrant experience. Based on both the texts we have examined and our Socratic Circle discussion, what does it mean to be an immigrant in America? In three argumentative paragraphs, fully address your stance on the immigrant experience incorporating at least four correctly cited pieces of textual evidence. You must address a minimum of two (2) counterarguments presented during the discussion.