Refugee: Plot Progression

Grade 5β€’45 minutesβ€’Explain how an author's perspective develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in multiple texts. (RL)

Learning Objective

I can describe how the author's choices help me understand what Josef, Isabel, or Mahmoud are thinking and feeling in pages 56-92 of *Refugee*.

Practice Questions

This lesson includes 7 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. In the section about Josef, describe one specific detail the author uses to show how Josef feels about becoming a man during his Bar Mitzvah.

2. How does the dialogue between Isabel and her family on the boat reveal their hopes and anxieties about arriving in the United States? Give a specific example.

3. Find a sentence in the section about Mahmoud where the author describes Mahmoud's internal thoughts. What does this reveal about Mahmoud's feelings about being invisible?

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Educational Video

Refugee pp. 74-92

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