Tuesday, September 30, 2008

This Week's Vocabulary

This week we will be studying another piece of non-fiction in the form of a magazine article from Time For Kids. The article outlines the struggles of several Lost Boys of Sudan. The following is this week's vocabulary words to help us understand the article:

refugee - a person who leaves his or her country to find a better life in a new place, many times refugees cannot return to their home country

separated - to break apart, to split or divide

immigrant - a person who chooses to go to a new country and but return home if he or wishes

visa - official documentation that gives permission to enter a country

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