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Excerpt from "On Seeing England for the First Time"

Born in Antigua while it was still under British rule, Elaine Potter Richardson was taught that anything "Made in England" was better. But then she moved to New York, changed her name to Jamaica Kincaid, and wrote an essay that makes fun of the view.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 12 Unit 1's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: My Papa's Waltz, in just-, The Last Word, Mushrooms, I Remember, Invisible Man, Four Skinny Trees, Dirty Work, On Seeing England for the First Time, Speaking with Hands, The White Man's Burden, The Poor Man's Burden, Shooting an Elephant, Lindo Jong: Double Face, Stranger in the Village
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