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Immigration Assignment

The document provides instructions for two assignments regarding immigration to Canada. For Assignment A, students are asked to interview a recent immigrant to Canada and ask them seven questions about their experience immigrating. They then must write a half-page news report-style paragraph summarizing their views on what it is like to be an immigrant. For Assignment B, students are asked to learn about their family's immigration story by interviewing a family member and answering seven questions. They must then write a half-page story-style paragraph describing their family's immigration experience. The document provides the questions to ask for each assignment.

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Immigration Assignment

The document provides instructions for two assignments regarding immigration to Canada. For Assignment A, students are asked to interview a recent immigrant to Canada and ask them seven questions about their experience immigrating. They then must write a half-page news report-style paragraph summarizing their views on what it is like to be an immigrant. For Assignment B, students are asked to learn about their family's immigration story by interviewing a family member and answering seven questions. They must then write a half-page story-style paragraph describing their family's immigration experience. The document provides the questions to ask for each assignment.

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Immigration

to Canada

Assignment A: find someone who has immigrated to Canada in the last decade. Ask them the
following questions and write their answers on a separate piece of paper.
Then write a page paragraph summarizing your views on what it is like to be an immigrant.
Write your paragraph in the form of a news report (explaining the facts in a formal manner). You
will be evaluated on the quality of your paragraph response.
*Please be considerate of their feelings and their privacy. Be sure they are comfortable answering the questions.
*If you are an immigrant, interview your parents and then write the paragraph on what their experience was like you can also
include your own views but the focus should be on the individuals who had to .

1. Where did you emigrate from?
2. Why did you decide to immigrate to Canada?
3. Did you immigrate as an independent, family class, or refugee?
4. How long did it take you to move to Canada once you decided to immigrate?
5. What difficulties did you find once you settled in Canada?
6. What events/things made you happy you moved to Canada?
7. Would you encourage other family and friends to move to Canada? Why or why not?

Assignment B: find out what your familys immigration story is. Answer the following
questions by talking to family members like a grandparent. You may have several different
countries and stories to choose from, but focus on one family story.
Then write a page paragraph describing your familys story. Try to write in a storytelling
format (less formal and more personal). You will be evaluated on the quality of your paragraph
response.

1. What family members story did you decide to cover?
a. It might be a good idea to include a family tree to explain your relationship to that relative
(do some genealogy).
2. Where did they emigrate from?
3. Why did they decide to leave their country?
4. Why did they decide to come to Canada?
5. Where did they settle in Canada?
6. Are there any stories of their settlement that have been passed down through the generations?
7. Did any family members move back to the mother country? Do you go back to the mother country
for a visit?

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