A book I love that would be great to use in an immigration unit is Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse. This book is about a girl and her family as they leave Russia to go to America to escape religious persecution. Rifka?s family is forced to leave Rifka behind and she must continue the journey on her own. You could teach or review a lot of strategies with the book. There are many places where students could make predictions and later verify them, many questions can be raised based on feelings, historical relevance, ect. Also, there are a ton of connections to be made with the book. Text to world connections can be made between the text and World War II, text to self connections can be made by relating the feelings Rifka is having(such as loneliness, being afraid, ect..) to themselves and if you are using Esperanza Rising as a read aloud many text to text connections can be made between that and Rifka since both are about young girls immigrating to America. The book also talks a lot about Ellis Island which is a great topic pertaining to immigration. :)
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