Summer 2023 Lesson 15

Summer Citizenship Class STARTS Wed July 5 9:15-10:30 am Zoom ID: 818 5869 7763; Password: 359464; https://bit.ly/summercitz 

Listen to Negasi's Citizenship Interview and take the quiz.  

This mock interview was inspired by the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. AND…“Holding the Bag” (a high beginning ESL novel) by Ana Gianola, 978-1-56420-544-5

Thanks to New Readers Press for their outstanding ESL/Citizenship resources. My students and I love you!  

Civics:

• Coin Quiz
• USCIS: History since the 1900s (beg.) and US History since the 1900s (int.)
• USCIS: Equality and Freedom (beg.) and Equality and Freedom (int.)
• Preparing the Oath: The 1900s
• uscitizenpod: A Handy Copy of the USCIS 100 Questions (updated) pdf

N-400: 

• Interview C5 | Video
•  vocabulary in Part 12 of the N-400 application

Holding the Bag by Ana Gianola
Negasi is a taxi driver from Ethiopia who has been in the U.S. for many years and has a family. He accidentally becomes involved in a robbery and faces a moral issue. (Buy here)

• Chapter 15 mp3 . 
• All audio files

CHAPTER 15
fortunate	faraway
immigrant	normal
enclosed	successful
letter	election
economy	country
weather	routine
envelope	broken