Unit 1: Part 2

Use Key Words and other words to talk about people's customs and their countries of origin.

Use Key Words and other words to talk about people's customs and their countries of origin.

Every day in the United States, immigrants arrive from foreign countries.

Many take the oath of citizenship to become United States citizens.

Ethnic foods, such as pizza, falafels, and spring rolls, were brought to the United States by immigrants.

If you adapt, you change. Visitors to Japan must adapt to a new way of eating.

A challenge is a difficult task or situation. Carrying all the books at once is a challenge.

The diversity of a group is how different the members of the group are.

Your identity makes you who you are. Playing music is part of this boy's identity.

A society is a group of people who share rules and customs. Our society has safety rules.

When you compare and contrast, you think about how two things are alike and how they are different.

When you compare and contrast, you think about how two things are alike and how they are different.

The picture does not tell you what the movie is about. But you can ask yourself a question about what you see. This is how you monitor your understanding.

Then you can read more closely to find the answer, or to clarify your understanding.

An autobiography is the story of a person's life, written by that person.

A thesaurus lists synonyms and antonyms. Synonyms are words with almost the same meaning. Antonyms are words with opposite meanings.

A simile uses the word like or as to compare things.

A metaphor compares two things without using like or as.

A compound subject has two or more simple subjects. The simple subjects are often joined by and or or.

A compound subject has two or more simple subjects. The simple subjects are often joined by and or or.

The writer compares two settings and gives plenty of examples to develop the main idea.