SP 20 AmLa 80 Paper 2 Topic: The Migration Experience How do push and pull factors affect our decision-making about migration? Prewrite: Refer to Paper 2 Themes Table! Remember, talk to your instructor and teammates for ideas! Course Themes Family Economics Politics Danger Poverty Compassion History Violence Evidence: Class Materials The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande “Push and Pull Factors” by Juan Ramos “25 Ways to Develop a Growth Mindset” by Saga Briggs “Family, Hope and Resilience on the Migrant Trail” by Jon Lowenstein “Immigrants and the American Dream” “immigrant” by Rupi Kaur Organization: Writing Task In the second part of our course, our teams discussed the difficulties facing immigrants, including the Grande family, in their immigrant story. Each immigrant story that we have examined has a protagonist (main character) and a team that has influenced the decision of families to migrate. In the first paragraph (❡), describe the push and pull factors in your own and/or your family’s decision to come to the United States. 1. Introduce the key terms, push and pull, and define them for the reader. • Try using one of these phrases to introduce the article information: i. According to (author’s full name) in the article (title in quotes) _________... ii. In the article (title in quotes) _________ the author (full name)________ explains that... 2. Explain two (2) to three (3) pull and/or push factors that caused your migration. Tell whether the factors that caused your migration are push factors or pull factors. In the second paragraph (❡), identify and analyze the push and/or pull factors that influenced the Grande family’s (from The Distance Between Us) choice to emigrate from Mexico. Should Reyna’s parents have stayed with the three children? Why or why not? In the third paragraph (❡), analyze the most pressing/prominent/important theme and explain why this theme appears in all of this module’s materials. How does this affect immigration? Please review Criteria for Success below and remember: ● Your paper must be your own work ● Plagiarism will result in a grade of NP + other the consequences ● Your grammar and structure do not have to be perfect, but carefully review your paper so that all of your language is comprehensible (you may ask the instructor if you have any language or writing questions). Criteria for Success (Rubric) Self-Evaluation Criteria for Success Teacher Feedback Student composes 3 paragraphs Student uses MLA format: Heading with four lines Last name/Page # Tab for each paragraph Double spaced Title is centered, appropriate Student builds each paragraph with: - A strong and clear topic sentence - Supporting details - A clear concluding sentence Student makes clear connections to DBU and cl.

1. SP 20 AmLa 80 Paper 2
Topic: The Migration Experience
How do push and pull factors affect our decision-making about
migration?
Prewrite: Refer to Paper 2 Themes Table! Remember, talk to
your instructor and teammates for
ideas!
Course Themes
Family
Economics
Politics
Danger

2. Poverty
Compassion
History
Violence
Evidence: Class Materials
The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande
“Push and Pull Factors” by Juan Ramos
“25 Ways to Develop a Growth Mindset” by Saga Briggs
“Family, Hope and Resilience on the Migrant Trail” by Jon
Lowenstein
“Immigrants and the American Dream”

3. “immigrant” by Rupi Kaur
Organization: Writing Task
In the second part of our course, our teams discussed the
difficulties facing immigrants,
including the Grande family, in their immigrant story. Each
immigrant story that we have
examined has a protagonist (main character) and a team that has
influenced the decision of
families to migrate.
In the first paragraph (❡ ), describe the push and pull factors in
your own and/or your family’s
decision to come to the United States.
1. Introduce the key terms, push and pull, and define them for
the reader.
• Try using one of these phrases to introduce the article
information:
i. According to (author’s full name) in the article (title in
quotes) _________...
ii. In the article (title in quotes) _________ the author (full
name)________

4. explains that...
2. Explain two (2) to three (3) pull and/or push factors that
caused your migration. Tell
whether the factors that caused your migration are push factors
or pull factors.
In the second paragraph (❡ ), identify and analyze the push
and/or pull factors that influenced
the Grande family’s (from The Distance Between Us) choice to
emigrate from Mexico. Should
Reyna’s parents have stayed with the three children? Why or
why not?
In the third paragraph (❡ ), analyze the most
pressing/prominent/important theme and explain
why this theme appears in all of this module’s materials. How
does this affect immigration?

5. Please review Criteria for Success below and remember:
● Your paper must be your own work
● Plagiarism will result in a grade of NP + other the
consequences
● Your grammar and structure do not have to be perfect, but
carefully review your paper
so that all of your language is comprehensible (you may ask the
instructor if you have
any language or writing questions).
Criteria for Success (Rubric)
Self-Evaluation Criteria for Success Teacher Feedback
Student composes 3 paragraphs
Student uses MLA format:
Heading with four lines
Last name/Page #
Tab for each paragraph
Double spaced
Title is centered, appropriate

6. Student builds each paragraph
with:
- A strong and clear topic
sentence
- Supporting details
- A clear concluding sentence
Student makes clear connections
to DBU and class materials.
• (❡ 1) Student introduces key
terms and explains personal
push and pull factors
• (❡ 2) Student describes the
push and pull factors in DBU
• (❡ 3) Student chooses and
analyzes the most important
theme.
• (❡ 3) Student explains how
theme affects migration.

7. Student uses mostly
comprehensible (mostly clear)
language
High Pass Pass Low Pass
Not Yet Passing
AmLa 80 30 Days: Immigration
Task 1:
Watch the video at: https://vimeo.com/11155073 (48:48m).
Note: there is some strong language in this video. It may not be
suitable for viewers of all ages.
1. Who is Frank George? What is a Minuteman?
2. According to the video, how many undocumented residents
live in America today?
3. What countries do most of these immigrants come from? Why
does this seem like “common sense?”
4. What are the two sides in the immigration debate?

8. 5. How old was Frank when he immigrated to America? Where
did he come from? Why does Frank feel that he and his family
are different from immigrants today?
6. Who are the Gonzalez family (Rigoberto, Patti, Armita,
Ricardo, Carina, Ariel, Alba)? Which family members are
citizens?
7. What is there family’s home like? Could you live in a place
like that? Why or why not?
8. What is Frank’s opinion of East Los Angeles? Have you been
there? Do you agree with Frank?
9. Armita, one of the daughters, is upset because Frank is a
“Latino.” What is a Latino? Why would this upset Armita?
10. Armita immediately engages Frank in a discussion. What is
her opinion? What is his view?

9. 11. Why does Frank complain about their house?
12. What sport does Armita play? Is she good at it? Explain
your answer.
13. What does the father, Rigoberto, do for work? How much
does he earn per year?
18. What does Mr. Gonzalez say about his work/his job?
19. When Frank and Armita talk about the situation with
undocumented migrants, whose arguments do you agree with?
20. What kind of student is Armita? Her teacher calls her an
“inspiration.” Is this good? Why?
21. Why does the teacher call Frank (and the Minutemen)
“idiots?” Do you agree?
22. What does the mother, Patti, do to earn money? What is she
saving her money for?
23. Why does Frank later say that they are a little bit like
family?
24. On Day #12, Armita takes Frank golfing. Frank says she

10. wants to be part of mainstream America. But Frank says she has
to face reality. What does this mean?
25. Does Armita get into Princeton University? How does this
make you feel?
26. Armita wants Frank to change his views (his opinion). Does
Frank change anything?
27. When Frank goes to the candlelight vigil, what is his
reaction?
28. When the people chant U-S-A, Frank says “they don’t
believe that.” What does he mean?
29. When did Patti and Rigoberto last visit Mexico? Why?
30. Frank goes to Mexico to see Rigoberto’s brother, Mario.
How does Frank feel when he gets to Mario’s house? What is
the house like? How does this house compare with Abuela Evila
or Abuelita Chinta’s house?
31. Frank believes that Armita works very hard because of the
humble place where she used to live in Mexico. Do you agree?
Which one of the children is Armita like from the family in The
Distance Between Us: Mago, Carlos or Reyna?

11. 32. Does Frank change his opinion after traveling to Mexico to
see where the family used to live? How does he feel about
sending the family back to Mexico now?
34. Has Frank actually changed by the end of video? How has
he changed? Do you think that Frank has a growth mindset?
Why or why not?