Elicit Prior Knowledge
Ask students what they know about immigration. Record their responses on a Word Web. Have a discussion with the class about immigration. Ask if anyone in the class is from another country, or if they have a family member or friend from another country. Discuss what it would be like to have to leave your country. Ask: What would you miss? What would be the hardest thing to get used to? Where do you think you would go if you could not live in your own country? How would you get to the new country? How quickly do you think you could learn a new language?

Explain that learning a new language takes a long time, and that getting used to a new culture can be very challenging.

Skim and Scan
Hand out the book to students and have them turn to the table of contents. Read through the chapter headings with them. Ask: Do you have a better idea of what the book is going to be about now that you have read the table of contents? On what page will you find information about immigration laws?

Have students skim through the book, looking at photographs and the chapter headings. Point out an example of a bold-faced word. Ask: Why is this word in bold print? How could you find out the meaning of this word? Have students turn to the glossary at the back of the book and read the definition of the word together. Tell students to use the glossary as they read if they need help figuring out the meaning of a bold-faced word.