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Who Can Achieve the "American Dream"

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Exploring the idea of working to achieve the American Dream, the class reads an excerpt from How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents by Julia Alvarez. Following, the class analyzes the excerpt and discusses the theme of the reading using text support. To end the lesson the class will complete a series of questions.

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9th - 11th
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English Language Arts
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