1. Look carefully at the photos on pages 504-505. Read all information on both pages. On your own paper answer the following questions: – What can you tell about the people from their facial expressions? – What objects are shown as part of the setting and background? – What do you imagine that the people are thinking and feeling? – Which photo has the strongest impact on you? Why? – What function did Ellis island serve between 1892 and 1954? How many immigrants passed through Ellis island during those years?

2. P. 493 Read the entire page and poem. Continuing on your paper: – Identify what details tell you that the old Colossus was huge and probably warlike in appearance – What names does the speaker give the Statue of Liberty? In what way does the statue differ from the old Colossus? – In your own words, restate what the speaker imagines the statue is saying. – What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

3. P. 496 Read the entire page Continuing on the same paper: – A refugee is a person who flees his or her home to seek shelter or help. If we assume that the speaker is an African American man, why might her refer to himself as a refugee? – What might the speaker have experienced that makes him feel like crying? – What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

4. P. 678 - 679 Read both pages and answer the following questions on your paper: – Where does the speaker go when she goes “halfway around the world”? Why does she go? – What does the speaker mean by “my image” in line 15? – How can the speaker and her grandmother share their thoughts and feelings without words?