MAE ESL 3 2023-09-15

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!  

Holding the Bag

• Chapter 1 Negasi
• Chapter 2 Ride to the Hospital
• Chapter 3 The Japanese Tourists
• Chapter 4 Remembering
• Chapter 5 Shredded Money
• Chapter 6 One More Fare
• Chapter 7 A Horrible Thought
• Chapter 8 Going Home
• Chapter 9 Inside the Black Bag
• Chapter 10 A Lot of Money
• Chapter 11 A Sleepless Night
• Chapter 12: At the Police Station
• Chapter 13: An Interview for the Newspaper
• Chapter 14: More Interviews
• Chapter 15: A Very Special Letter

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