Unit 1: Kids Like Me: Voices of the Immigrant Experience

Learn these words from interviews by Judith M. Blohm and Terri Lapinsky (Inside: Level A, Unit 1).

Here are our links to the selections of "Finding Your Own Place": Growing Together; When I Grow Up, Kids Like Me, Familiar Places, Call Me Maria

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  1. different
    unlike in nature, quality, form, or degree
  2. culture
    all the knowledge and values shared by a society
  3. observe
    behave as expected during of holidays or rites
  4. custom
    accepted or habitual practice
  5. native
    belonging to one by birth
  6. opportunity
    a possibility from a favorable combination of circumstances
  7. priority
    status established in order of importance or urgency
  8. support
    give moral or psychological aid or courage to
  9. succeed
    attain success or reach a desired goal
  10. relative
    a person connected by blood or marriage
  11. strict
    characterized by severity or restraint
  12. close-knit
    held together tightly, as by social or cultural ties
  13. polite
    showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.
  14. respond
    react verbally
  15. value
    an ideal accepted by some individual or group
  16. similarity
    the quality of being alike
  17. cheap
    relatively low in price or charging low prices
  18. adjust
    adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
  19. understand
    know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
  20. appreciate
    hold dear
  21. effort
    use of physical or mental energy; hard work
  22. involved
    connected by participation or association or use
  23. advice
    a proposal for an appropriate course of action
Created on Fri Aug 05 11:56:59 EDT 2016 (updated Wed Aug 17 15:03:17 EDT 2016)

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