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La Travesia de Enrique (Enrique's Journey) by Sonia Nazario
  Enrique's Journey/ La Travesia de Enrique: The Story of a Boy's Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with his Mother
   
  Presented by: Beatriz Jamaica and Ramon Marino
 

Workshop Description

 

Sonia Nazario's account of Enrique's turbulent journey from Honduras to the United States and all of his life-threatening encounters provokes her readers to explore beyond the surface of immigration reform.  Through a variety of writing exercises, group discussion exercises and various forms of artistic expression, teachers will be able to help students retell immigrant stories.  (8th grade and up)

 

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This unit was originally presented at the 10-2007 YAL Conference.

 


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