What truths can we learn about ourselves when we can’t control things changing in our lives? Qu ickT alkCan you think of a story or movie in which painful historical events are used to teach us never to repeat mistakes? With a partner, think of least two examples. by Yoshiko Uchida Bracelet Te To School(1945) by Hisako Hibi. Gift of Ibuki Hibi Lee, Japanese American National Museum (96.601.50). SHORT STORY 164Unit 1 • Col lection 2
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Yoshiko Uchida was in her last year of college when the United States entered WorldWar II Like most people of Japanese descent on the West Coast Uchida and her family
were uprooted by the government and forced to go to an internment camp She and
her family lived at Tanforan Racetrack in horse stall 40 Uchida later gave the same
ldquoaddressrdquo to the 1047297ctional family in her short story ldquoThe Braceletrdquo Uchida said that in
writing about the internment camps she tried to give readers a sense of the courage
and strength that enabled most Japanese Americans to endure this tragedy
ldquo I always ask the children why they think I wrote
Journey to Topaz and Journey Home in which I
tell o the wartime experiences o the Japanese
Americans I continue the discussion until
1047297nally one o them will say lsquoYou wrote those
books so it wonrsquot ever happen againrsquo rdquo
Why do you think Uchidafeels it is important thatpeople not forget theJapanese internment
Build BackgroundShortly after the United States entered
World War II to 1047297ght against Japan after
Pearl Harbor more than 110000 people
of Japanese ancestry who were living
in the United States were internedmdash
forced to move to guarded camps Most
were American citizens who had beenborn here and had done nothing wrong
Nevertheless the US government
feared that they might give support to
Japan When they were 1047297nally allowed
to leave the internment camps after the
war many Japanese Americans found
that other people had taken over their
homes and businesses In 1989 the US
government issued a formal apology to
Japanese Americans for the injustice thathad been done to them
Preview the SelectionWhen Ruri and her family have to
1047297lled in as you read the story Be sure to add
notes on the resolution or ending Now use
that chart to help you write a paragraph that
summarizes the plot of this story
Literary Analysis
6 Infer How do you think the living arrange-
ment for Rurirsquos family adds to the emotions
the family is already experiencing
7 Extend Discuss the different ways experi-
ences like Rurirsquos might affect the people
involved How might they deal with life in
the future and how might they interact with
people who are different from them
8 Literary Perspectives What does the fact
that the United States and Japan are at war
tell us about Rurirsquos family being sent away
What does the story show us about how peo-
ple react under extreme circumstances
Literary Skills Con1047298ict and Setting
9 Analyze The plot centers on a major con1047298
that goes far beyond the characters in the
story Rurirsquos family is on one side of this con
1047298ict Who or what is on the other side
10 Analyze Identify the two settings in this
story Why are both so important to the plo
Literary Skills Review Point of View
11 Evaluate In the 1047297rst-person point of view
the narrator tells the story using the perso
pronoun I Why do you think the writer cho
to tell this story from Rurirsquos 1047297rst-person po
of view What can Ruri tell you that no oth
character can tell you What things does R
not know
Tink as a ReaderWriterUse It in Your Writing Review your ldquoTrdquo char
notes observing how the author uses contrast
her descriptions of settings Write a brief descr
tion of a place using contrasting details such a
new shabby or clean messy Include a contrast
between how you imagined the place to be an
how it really appears
What truths do you think ldquoThe
Braceletrdquo reveals about fairnessand about a family enduringdiffi cult and unexpected chang
Te Bracelet
Literary Skills Analyze setting andcon1047298ict understand how setting in1047298uences plot analyzcharacter and point of view understand 1047297rst-person poof view Reading Skills Summarize a story WritinSkills Describe a place
Uncover more about the story withthese Internet links
L6-175
Learn It Online
Grammar Link
Prepositional PhrasesA prepositional phrase is a word group that
begins with a preposition and ends with a noun
or pronoun This noun or pronoun is called the
object of the preposition Look at the examples
Preposition Object of Preposition
I didnrsquot have one inch of space left in my suitcase
I watched Laurie walk down the block
When a preposition has two objects and one or
more is a pronoun use the objective form of the
pronounmdashthe form used for the object of a prep-
osition To make sure you use the right pronoun
form take one pronoun at a time without the
other object like this
Choices The soldiers looked at my sister and Ime
Incorrect The soldiers looked at I
Correct The soldiers looked at me
The soldiers looked at my sister and me
Your TurnIdentify the preposition and object or objects in
each of the following sentences If a pronoun is
the object choose the correct pronoun form
Example The bus drove toward Janice and Ime
Answer preposition toward objects Janice me
1 My dog ran from the cat
2 The woman spoke with hehim and Michelle
3 The ship disappeared beyond the horizon
4 I walked slowly behind sheher
As you respond to the Choices use these Academic Vocabu
words as appropriate achieve create interact major
REVIEW
Write a Blog EntryImagine you are Ruri and yoursquor
writing a blog about your experiences in the
camp so that your friend Laurie and your oth
friends from school can know about your life
there Describe what happens to you after yo
leave Berkeley what the camp is like and whhappens to the bracelet Laurie gave you
CONNECT
Write from AnotherPoint of View
Rurirsquos mother tells her that we donrsquot need thi
to remind us of people and places we carry
them in our hearts Suppose that this story
had been told from the point of view of Rurirsquos
mother Rewrite the scene between Ruri and
Laurie near the beginning of the story telling
from the persepective of Rurirsquos mother
EXTEND
Write to Persuade Your Voters Imagine that you are runn
for senator from your state shortly after Worl
War II is over Write a short persuasive speech
that will convince voters that American citize
should never again be sent to internment cam
if they have done nothing wrong Be sure toexplain your reasoning
TechFocus TechFocus
Literary Skills Analyze character anpoint of view Vocabulary Skills Identify and use bowords Writing Skills Write personal texts write narwrite to persuade Grammar Skills Identify and use sitional phrases correctly identify and use objective-caspronouns correctly
Yoshiko Uchida was in her last year of college when the United States entered WorldWar II Like most people of Japanese descent on the West Coast Uchida and her family
were uprooted by the government and forced to go to an internment camp She and
her family lived at Tanforan Racetrack in horse stall 40 Uchida later gave the same
ldquoaddressrdquo to the 1047297ctional family in her short story ldquoThe Braceletrdquo Uchida said that in
writing about the internment camps she tried to give readers a sense of the courage
and strength that enabled most Japanese Americans to endure this tragedy
ldquo I always ask the children why they think I wrote
Journey to Topaz and Journey Home in which I
tell o the wartime experiences o the Japanese
Americans I continue the discussion until
1047297nally one o them will say lsquoYou wrote those
books so it wonrsquot ever happen againrsquo rdquo
Why do you think Uchidafeels it is important thatpeople not forget theJapanese internment
Build BackgroundShortly after the United States entered
World War II to 1047297ght against Japan after
Pearl Harbor more than 110000 people
of Japanese ancestry who were living
in the United States were internedmdash
forced to move to guarded camps Most
were American citizens who had beenborn here and had done nothing wrong
Nevertheless the US government
feared that they might give support to
Japan When they were 1047297nally allowed
to leave the internment camps after the
war many Japanese Americans found
that other people had taken over their
homes and businesses In 1989 the US
government issued a formal apology to
Japanese Americans for the injustice thathad been done to them
Preview the SelectionWhen Ruri and her family have to
1047297lled in as you read the story Be sure to add
notes on the resolution or ending Now use
that chart to help you write a paragraph that
summarizes the plot of this story
Literary Analysis
6 Infer How do you think the living arrange-
ment for Rurirsquos family adds to the emotions
the family is already experiencing
7 Extend Discuss the different ways experi-
ences like Rurirsquos might affect the people
involved How might they deal with life in
the future and how might they interact with
people who are different from them
8 Literary Perspectives What does the fact
that the United States and Japan are at war
tell us about Rurirsquos family being sent away
What does the story show us about how peo-
ple react under extreme circumstances
Literary Skills Con1047298ict and Setting
9 Analyze The plot centers on a major con1047298
that goes far beyond the characters in the
story Rurirsquos family is on one side of this con
1047298ict Who or what is on the other side
10 Analyze Identify the two settings in this
story Why are both so important to the plo
Literary Skills Review Point of View
11 Evaluate In the 1047297rst-person point of view
the narrator tells the story using the perso
pronoun I Why do you think the writer cho
to tell this story from Rurirsquos 1047297rst-person po
of view What can Ruri tell you that no oth
character can tell you What things does R
not know
Tink as a ReaderWriterUse It in Your Writing Review your ldquoTrdquo char
notes observing how the author uses contrast
her descriptions of settings Write a brief descr
tion of a place using contrasting details such a
new shabby or clean messy Include a contrast
between how you imagined the place to be an
how it really appears
What truths do you think ldquoThe
Braceletrdquo reveals about fairnessand about a family enduringdiffi cult and unexpected chang
Te Bracelet
Literary Skills Analyze setting andcon1047298ict understand how setting in1047298uences plot analyzcharacter and point of view understand 1047297rst-person poof view Reading Skills Summarize a story WritinSkills Describe a place
Uncover more about the story withthese Internet links
L6-175
Learn It Online
Grammar Link
Prepositional PhrasesA prepositional phrase is a word group that
begins with a preposition and ends with a noun
or pronoun This noun or pronoun is called the
object of the preposition Look at the examples
Preposition Object of Preposition
I didnrsquot have one inch of space left in my suitcase
I watched Laurie walk down the block
When a preposition has two objects and one or
more is a pronoun use the objective form of the
pronounmdashthe form used for the object of a prep-
osition To make sure you use the right pronoun
form take one pronoun at a time without the
other object like this
Choices The soldiers looked at my sister and Ime
Incorrect The soldiers looked at I
Correct The soldiers looked at me
The soldiers looked at my sister and me
Your TurnIdentify the preposition and object or objects in
each of the following sentences If a pronoun is
the object choose the correct pronoun form
Example The bus drove toward Janice and Ime
Answer preposition toward objects Janice me
1 My dog ran from the cat
2 The woman spoke with hehim and Michelle
3 The ship disappeared beyond the horizon
4 I walked slowly behind sheher
As you respond to the Choices use these Academic Vocabu
words as appropriate achieve create interact major
REVIEW
Write a Blog EntryImagine you are Ruri and yoursquor
writing a blog about your experiences in the
camp so that your friend Laurie and your oth
friends from school can know about your life
there Describe what happens to you after yo
leave Berkeley what the camp is like and whhappens to the bracelet Laurie gave you
CONNECT
Write from AnotherPoint of View
Rurirsquos mother tells her that we donrsquot need thi
to remind us of people and places we carry
them in our hearts Suppose that this story
had been told from the point of view of Rurirsquos
mother Rewrite the scene between Ruri and
Laurie near the beginning of the story telling
from the persepective of Rurirsquos mother
EXTEND
Write to Persuade Your Voters Imagine that you are runn
for senator from your state shortly after Worl
War II is over Write a short persuasive speech
that will convince voters that American citize
should never again be sent to internment cam
if they have done nothing wrong Be sure toexplain your reasoning
TechFocus TechFocus
Literary Skills Analyze character anpoint of view Vocabulary Skills Identify and use bowords Writing Skills Write personal texts write narwrite to persuade Grammar Skills Identify and use sitional phrases correctly identify and use objective-caspronouns correctly
Yoshiko Uchida was in her last year of college when the United States entered WorldWar II Like most people of Japanese descent on the West Coast Uchida and her family
were uprooted by the government and forced to go to an internment camp She and
her family lived at Tanforan Racetrack in horse stall 40 Uchida later gave the same
ldquoaddressrdquo to the 1047297ctional family in her short story ldquoThe Braceletrdquo Uchida said that in
writing about the internment camps she tried to give readers a sense of the courage
and strength that enabled most Japanese Americans to endure this tragedy
ldquo I always ask the children why they think I wrote
Journey to Topaz and Journey Home in which I
tell o the wartime experiences o the Japanese
Americans I continue the discussion until
1047297nally one o them will say lsquoYou wrote those
books so it wonrsquot ever happen againrsquo rdquo
Why do you think Uchidafeels it is important thatpeople not forget theJapanese internment
Build BackgroundShortly after the United States entered
World War II to 1047297ght against Japan after
Pearl Harbor more than 110000 people
of Japanese ancestry who were living
in the United States were internedmdash
forced to move to guarded camps Most
were American citizens who had beenborn here and had done nothing wrong
Nevertheless the US government
feared that they might give support to
Japan When they were 1047297nally allowed
to leave the internment camps after the
war many Japanese Americans found
that other people had taken over their
homes and businesses In 1989 the US
government issued a formal apology to
Japanese Americans for the injustice thathad been done to them
Preview the SelectionWhen Ruri and her family have to
1047297lled in as you read the story Be sure to add
notes on the resolution or ending Now use
that chart to help you write a paragraph that
summarizes the plot of this story
Literary Analysis
6 Infer How do you think the living arrange-
ment for Rurirsquos family adds to the emotions
the family is already experiencing
7 Extend Discuss the different ways experi-
ences like Rurirsquos might affect the people
involved How might they deal with life in
the future and how might they interact with
people who are different from them
8 Literary Perspectives What does the fact
that the United States and Japan are at war
tell us about Rurirsquos family being sent away
What does the story show us about how peo-
ple react under extreme circumstances
Literary Skills Con1047298ict and Setting
9 Analyze The plot centers on a major con1047298
that goes far beyond the characters in the
story Rurirsquos family is on one side of this con
1047298ict Who or what is on the other side
10 Analyze Identify the two settings in this
story Why are both so important to the plo
Literary Skills Review Point of View
11 Evaluate In the 1047297rst-person point of view
the narrator tells the story using the perso
pronoun I Why do you think the writer cho
to tell this story from Rurirsquos 1047297rst-person po
of view What can Ruri tell you that no oth
character can tell you What things does R
not know
Tink as a ReaderWriterUse It in Your Writing Review your ldquoTrdquo char
notes observing how the author uses contrast
her descriptions of settings Write a brief descr
tion of a place using contrasting details such a
new shabby or clean messy Include a contrast
between how you imagined the place to be an
how it really appears
What truths do you think ldquoThe
Braceletrdquo reveals about fairnessand about a family enduringdiffi cult and unexpected chang
Te Bracelet
Literary Skills Analyze setting andcon1047298ict understand how setting in1047298uences plot analyzcharacter and point of view understand 1047297rst-person poof view Reading Skills Summarize a story WritinSkills Describe a place
Uncover more about the story withthese Internet links
L6-175
Learn It Online
Grammar Link
Prepositional PhrasesA prepositional phrase is a word group that
begins with a preposition and ends with a noun
or pronoun This noun or pronoun is called the
object of the preposition Look at the examples
Preposition Object of Preposition
I didnrsquot have one inch of space left in my suitcase
I watched Laurie walk down the block
When a preposition has two objects and one or
more is a pronoun use the objective form of the
pronounmdashthe form used for the object of a prep-
osition To make sure you use the right pronoun
form take one pronoun at a time without the
other object like this
Choices The soldiers looked at my sister and Ime
Incorrect The soldiers looked at I
Correct The soldiers looked at me
The soldiers looked at my sister and me
Your TurnIdentify the preposition and object or objects in
each of the following sentences If a pronoun is
the object choose the correct pronoun form
Example The bus drove toward Janice and Ime
Answer preposition toward objects Janice me
1 My dog ran from the cat
2 The woman spoke with hehim and Michelle
3 The ship disappeared beyond the horizon
4 I walked slowly behind sheher
As you respond to the Choices use these Academic Vocabu
words as appropriate achieve create interact major
REVIEW
Write a Blog EntryImagine you are Ruri and yoursquor
writing a blog about your experiences in the
camp so that your friend Laurie and your oth
friends from school can know about your life
there Describe what happens to you after yo
leave Berkeley what the camp is like and whhappens to the bracelet Laurie gave you
CONNECT
Write from AnotherPoint of View
Rurirsquos mother tells her that we donrsquot need thi
to remind us of people and places we carry
them in our hearts Suppose that this story
had been told from the point of view of Rurirsquos
mother Rewrite the scene between Ruri and
Laurie near the beginning of the story telling
from the persepective of Rurirsquos mother
EXTEND
Write to Persuade Your Voters Imagine that you are runn
for senator from your state shortly after Worl
War II is over Write a short persuasive speech
that will convince voters that American citize
should never again be sent to internment cam
if they have done nothing wrong Be sure toexplain your reasoning
TechFocus TechFocus
Literary Skills Analyze character anpoint of view Vocabulary Skills Identify and use bowords Writing Skills Write personal texts write narwrite to persuade Grammar Skills Identify and use sitional phrases correctly identify and use objective-caspronouns correctly
1047297lled in as you read the story Be sure to add
notes on the resolution or ending Now use
that chart to help you write a paragraph that
summarizes the plot of this story
Literary Analysis
6 Infer How do you think the living arrange-
ment for Rurirsquos family adds to the emotions
the family is already experiencing
7 Extend Discuss the different ways experi-
ences like Rurirsquos might affect the people
involved How might they deal with life in
the future and how might they interact with
people who are different from them
8 Literary Perspectives What does the fact
that the United States and Japan are at war
tell us about Rurirsquos family being sent away
What does the story show us about how peo-
ple react under extreme circumstances
Literary Skills Con1047298ict and Setting
9 Analyze The plot centers on a major con1047298
that goes far beyond the characters in the
story Rurirsquos family is on one side of this con
1047298ict Who or what is on the other side
10 Analyze Identify the two settings in this
story Why are both so important to the plo
Literary Skills Review Point of View
11 Evaluate In the 1047297rst-person point of view
the narrator tells the story using the perso
pronoun I Why do you think the writer cho
to tell this story from Rurirsquos 1047297rst-person po
of view What can Ruri tell you that no oth
character can tell you What things does R
not know
Tink as a ReaderWriterUse It in Your Writing Review your ldquoTrdquo char
notes observing how the author uses contrast
her descriptions of settings Write a brief descr
tion of a place using contrasting details such a
new shabby or clean messy Include a contrast
between how you imagined the place to be an
how it really appears
What truths do you think ldquoThe
Braceletrdquo reveals about fairnessand about a family enduringdiffi cult and unexpected chang
Te Bracelet
Literary Skills Analyze setting andcon1047298ict understand how setting in1047298uences plot analyzcharacter and point of view understand 1047297rst-person poof view Reading Skills Summarize a story WritinSkills Describe a place
Uncover more about the story withthese Internet links
L6-175
Learn It Online
Grammar Link
Prepositional PhrasesA prepositional phrase is a word group that
begins with a preposition and ends with a noun
or pronoun This noun or pronoun is called the
object of the preposition Look at the examples
Preposition Object of Preposition
I didnrsquot have one inch of space left in my suitcase
I watched Laurie walk down the block
When a preposition has two objects and one or
more is a pronoun use the objective form of the
pronounmdashthe form used for the object of a prep-
osition To make sure you use the right pronoun
form take one pronoun at a time without the
other object like this
Choices The soldiers looked at my sister and Ime
Incorrect The soldiers looked at I
Correct The soldiers looked at me
The soldiers looked at my sister and me
Your TurnIdentify the preposition and object or objects in
each of the following sentences If a pronoun is
the object choose the correct pronoun form
Example The bus drove toward Janice and Ime
Answer preposition toward objects Janice me
1 My dog ran from the cat
2 The woman spoke with hehim and Michelle
3 The ship disappeared beyond the horizon
4 I walked slowly behind sheher
As you respond to the Choices use these Academic Vocabu
words as appropriate achieve create interact major
REVIEW
Write a Blog EntryImagine you are Ruri and yoursquor
writing a blog about your experiences in the
camp so that your friend Laurie and your oth
friends from school can know about your life
there Describe what happens to you after yo
leave Berkeley what the camp is like and whhappens to the bracelet Laurie gave you
CONNECT
Write from AnotherPoint of View
Rurirsquos mother tells her that we donrsquot need thi
to remind us of people and places we carry
them in our hearts Suppose that this story
had been told from the point of view of Rurirsquos
mother Rewrite the scene between Ruri and
Laurie near the beginning of the story telling
from the persepective of Rurirsquos mother
EXTEND
Write to Persuade Your Voters Imagine that you are runn
for senator from your state shortly after Worl
War II is over Write a short persuasive speech
that will convince voters that American citize
should never again be sent to internment cam
if they have done nothing wrong Be sure toexplain your reasoning
TechFocus TechFocus
Literary Skills Analyze character anpoint of view Vocabulary Skills Identify and use bowords Writing Skills Write personal texts write narwrite to persuade Grammar Skills Identify and use sitional phrases correctly identify and use objective-caspronouns correctly
1047297lled in as you read the story Be sure to add
notes on the resolution or ending Now use
that chart to help you write a paragraph that
summarizes the plot of this story
Literary Analysis
6 Infer How do you think the living arrange-
ment for Rurirsquos family adds to the emotions
the family is already experiencing
7 Extend Discuss the different ways experi-
ences like Rurirsquos might affect the people
involved How might they deal with life in
the future and how might they interact with
people who are different from them
8 Literary Perspectives What does the fact
that the United States and Japan are at war
tell us about Rurirsquos family being sent away
What does the story show us about how peo-
ple react under extreme circumstances
Literary Skills Con1047298ict and Setting
9 Analyze The plot centers on a major con1047298
that goes far beyond the characters in the
story Rurirsquos family is on one side of this con
1047298ict Who or what is on the other side
10 Analyze Identify the two settings in this
story Why are both so important to the plo
Literary Skills Review Point of View
11 Evaluate In the 1047297rst-person point of view
the narrator tells the story using the perso
pronoun I Why do you think the writer cho
to tell this story from Rurirsquos 1047297rst-person po
of view What can Ruri tell you that no oth
character can tell you What things does R
not know
Tink as a ReaderWriterUse It in Your Writing Review your ldquoTrdquo char
notes observing how the author uses contrast
her descriptions of settings Write a brief descr
tion of a place using contrasting details such a
new shabby or clean messy Include a contrast
between how you imagined the place to be an
how it really appears
What truths do you think ldquoThe
Braceletrdquo reveals about fairnessand about a family enduringdiffi cult and unexpected chang
Te Bracelet
Literary Skills Analyze setting andcon1047298ict understand how setting in1047298uences plot analyzcharacter and point of view understand 1047297rst-person poof view Reading Skills Summarize a story WritinSkills Describe a place
Uncover more about the story withthese Internet links
L6-175
Learn It Online
Grammar Link
Prepositional PhrasesA prepositional phrase is a word group that
begins with a preposition and ends with a noun
or pronoun This noun or pronoun is called the
object of the preposition Look at the examples
Preposition Object of Preposition
I didnrsquot have one inch of space left in my suitcase
I watched Laurie walk down the block
When a preposition has two objects and one or
more is a pronoun use the objective form of the
pronounmdashthe form used for the object of a prep-
osition To make sure you use the right pronoun
form take one pronoun at a time without the
other object like this
Choices The soldiers looked at my sister and Ime
Incorrect The soldiers looked at I
Correct The soldiers looked at me
The soldiers looked at my sister and me
Your TurnIdentify the preposition and object or objects in
each of the following sentences If a pronoun is
the object choose the correct pronoun form
Example The bus drove toward Janice and Ime
Answer preposition toward objects Janice me
1 My dog ran from the cat
2 The woman spoke with hehim and Michelle
3 The ship disappeared beyond the horizon
4 I walked slowly behind sheher
As you respond to the Choices use these Academic Vocabu
words as appropriate achieve create interact major
REVIEW
Write a Blog EntryImagine you are Ruri and yoursquor
writing a blog about your experiences in the
camp so that your friend Laurie and your oth
friends from school can know about your life
there Describe what happens to you after yo
leave Berkeley what the camp is like and whhappens to the bracelet Laurie gave you
CONNECT
Write from AnotherPoint of View
Rurirsquos mother tells her that we donrsquot need thi
to remind us of people and places we carry
them in our hearts Suppose that this story
had been told from the point of view of Rurirsquos
mother Rewrite the scene between Ruri and
Laurie near the beginning of the story telling
from the persepective of Rurirsquos mother
EXTEND
Write to Persuade Your Voters Imagine that you are runn
for senator from your state shortly after Worl
War II is over Write a short persuasive speech
that will convince voters that American citize
should never again be sent to internment cam
if they have done nothing wrong Be sure toexplain your reasoning
TechFocus TechFocus
Literary Skills Analyze character anpoint of view Vocabulary Skills Identify and use bowords Writing Skills Write personal texts write narwrite to persuade Grammar Skills Identify and use sitional phrases correctly identify and use objective-caspronouns correctly
1047297lled in as you read the story Be sure to add
notes on the resolution or ending Now use
that chart to help you write a paragraph that
summarizes the plot of this story
Literary Analysis
6 Infer How do you think the living arrange-
ment for Rurirsquos family adds to the emotions
the family is already experiencing
7 Extend Discuss the different ways experi-
ences like Rurirsquos might affect the people
involved How might they deal with life in
the future and how might they interact with
people who are different from them
8 Literary Perspectives What does the fact
that the United States and Japan are at war
tell us about Rurirsquos family being sent away
What does the story show us about how peo-
ple react under extreme circumstances
Literary Skills Con1047298ict and Setting
9 Analyze The plot centers on a major con1047298
that goes far beyond the characters in the
story Rurirsquos family is on one side of this con
1047298ict Who or what is on the other side
10 Analyze Identify the two settings in this
story Why are both so important to the plo
Literary Skills Review Point of View
11 Evaluate In the 1047297rst-person point of view
the narrator tells the story using the perso
pronoun I Why do you think the writer cho
to tell this story from Rurirsquos 1047297rst-person po
of view What can Ruri tell you that no oth
character can tell you What things does R
not know
Tink as a ReaderWriterUse It in Your Writing Review your ldquoTrdquo char
notes observing how the author uses contrast
her descriptions of settings Write a brief descr
tion of a place using contrasting details such a
new shabby or clean messy Include a contrast
between how you imagined the place to be an
how it really appears
What truths do you think ldquoThe
Braceletrdquo reveals about fairnessand about a family enduringdiffi cult and unexpected chang
Te Bracelet
Literary Skills Analyze setting andcon1047298ict understand how setting in1047298uences plot analyzcharacter and point of view understand 1047297rst-person poof view Reading Skills Summarize a story WritinSkills Describe a place
Uncover more about the story withthese Internet links
L6-175
Learn It Online
Grammar Link
Prepositional PhrasesA prepositional phrase is a word group that
begins with a preposition and ends with a noun
or pronoun This noun or pronoun is called the
object of the preposition Look at the examples
Preposition Object of Preposition
I didnrsquot have one inch of space left in my suitcase
I watched Laurie walk down the block
When a preposition has two objects and one or
more is a pronoun use the objective form of the
pronounmdashthe form used for the object of a prep-
osition To make sure you use the right pronoun
form take one pronoun at a time without the
other object like this
Choices The soldiers looked at my sister and Ime
Incorrect The soldiers looked at I
Correct The soldiers looked at me
The soldiers looked at my sister and me
Your TurnIdentify the preposition and object or objects in
each of the following sentences If a pronoun is
the object choose the correct pronoun form
Example The bus drove toward Janice and Ime
Answer preposition toward objects Janice me
1 My dog ran from the cat
2 The woman spoke with hehim and Michelle
3 The ship disappeared beyond the horizon
4 I walked slowly behind sheher
As you respond to the Choices use these Academic Vocabu
words as appropriate achieve create interact major
REVIEW
Write a Blog EntryImagine you are Ruri and yoursquor
writing a blog about your experiences in the
camp so that your friend Laurie and your oth
friends from school can know about your life
there Describe what happens to you after yo
leave Berkeley what the camp is like and whhappens to the bracelet Laurie gave you
CONNECT
Write from AnotherPoint of View
Rurirsquos mother tells her that we donrsquot need thi
to remind us of people and places we carry
them in our hearts Suppose that this story
had been told from the point of view of Rurirsquos
mother Rewrite the scene between Ruri and
Laurie near the beginning of the story telling
from the persepective of Rurirsquos mother
EXTEND
Write to Persuade Your Voters Imagine that you are runn
for senator from your state shortly after Worl
War II is over Write a short persuasive speech
that will convince voters that American citize
should never again be sent to internment cam
if they have done nothing wrong Be sure toexplain your reasoning
TechFocus TechFocus
Literary Skills Analyze character anpoint of view Vocabulary Skills Identify and use bowords Writing Skills Write personal texts write narwrite to persuade Grammar Skills Identify and use sitional phrases correctly identify and use objective-caspronouns correctly
1047297lled in as you read the story Be sure to add
notes on the resolution or ending Now use
that chart to help you write a paragraph that
summarizes the plot of this story
Literary Analysis
6 Infer How do you think the living arrange-
ment for Rurirsquos family adds to the emotions
the family is already experiencing
7 Extend Discuss the different ways experi-
ences like Rurirsquos might affect the people
involved How might they deal with life in
the future and how might they interact with
people who are different from them
8 Literary Perspectives What does the fact
that the United States and Japan are at war
tell us about Rurirsquos family being sent away
What does the story show us about how peo-
ple react under extreme circumstances
Literary Skills Con1047298ict and Setting
9 Analyze The plot centers on a major con1047298
that goes far beyond the characters in the
story Rurirsquos family is on one side of this con
1047298ict Who or what is on the other side
10 Analyze Identify the two settings in this
story Why are both so important to the plo
Literary Skills Review Point of View
11 Evaluate In the 1047297rst-person point of view
the narrator tells the story using the perso
pronoun I Why do you think the writer cho
to tell this story from Rurirsquos 1047297rst-person po
of view What can Ruri tell you that no oth
character can tell you What things does R
not know
Tink as a ReaderWriterUse It in Your Writing Review your ldquoTrdquo char
notes observing how the author uses contrast
her descriptions of settings Write a brief descr
tion of a place using contrasting details such a
new shabby or clean messy Include a contrast
between how you imagined the place to be an
how it really appears
What truths do you think ldquoThe
Braceletrdquo reveals about fairnessand about a family enduringdiffi cult and unexpected chang
Te Bracelet
Literary Skills Analyze setting andcon1047298ict understand how setting in1047298uences plot analyzcharacter and point of view understand 1047297rst-person poof view Reading Skills Summarize a story WritinSkills Describe a place
Uncover more about the story withthese Internet links
L6-175
Learn It Online
Grammar Link
Prepositional PhrasesA prepositional phrase is a word group that
begins with a preposition and ends with a noun
or pronoun This noun or pronoun is called the
object of the preposition Look at the examples
Preposition Object of Preposition
I didnrsquot have one inch of space left in my suitcase
I watched Laurie walk down the block
When a preposition has two objects and one or
more is a pronoun use the objective form of the
pronounmdashthe form used for the object of a prep-
osition To make sure you use the right pronoun
form take one pronoun at a time without the
other object like this
Choices The soldiers looked at my sister and Ime
Incorrect The soldiers looked at I
Correct The soldiers looked at me
The soldiers looked at my sister and me
Your TurnIdentify the preposition and object or objects in
each of the following sentences If a pronoun is
the object choose the correct pronoun form
Example The bus drove toward Janice and Ime
Answer preposition toward objects Janice me
1 My dog ran from the cat
2 The woman spoke with hehim and Michelle
3 The ship disappeared beyond the horizon
4 I walked slowly behind sheher
As you respond to the Choices use these Academic Vocabu
words as appropriate achieve create interact major
REVIEW
Write a Blog EntryImagine you are Ruri and yoursquor
writing a blog about your experiences in the
camp so that your friend Laurie and your oth
friends from school can know about your life
there Describe what happens to you after yo
leave Berkeley what the camp is like and whhappens to the bracelet Laurie gave you
CONNECT
Write from AnotherPoint of View
Rurirsquos mother tells her that we donrsquot need thi
to remind us of people and places we carry
them in our hearts Suppose that this story
had been told from the point of view of Rurirsquos
mother Rewrite the scene between Ruri and
Laurie near the beginning of the story telling
from the persepective of Rurirsquos mother
EXTEND
Write to Persuade Your Voters Imagine that you are runn
for senator from your state shortly after Worl
War II is over Write a short persuasive speech
that will convince voters that American citize
should never again be sent to internment cam
if they have done nothing wrong Be sure toexplain your reasoning
TechFocus TechFocus
Literary Skills Analyze character anpoint of view Vocabulary Skills Identify and use bowords Writing Skills Write personal texts write narwrite to persuade Grammar Skills Identify and use sitional phrases correctly identify and use objective-caspronouns correctly
1047297lled in as you read the story Be sure to add
notes on the resolution or ending Now use
that chart to help you write a paragraph that
summarizes the plot of this story
Literary Analysis
6 Infer How do you think the living arrange-
ment for Rurirsquos family adds to the emotions
the family is already experiencing
7 Extend Discuss the different ways experi-
ences like Rurirsquos might affect the people
involved How might they deal with life in
the future and how might they interact with
people who are different from them
8 Literary Perspectives What does the fact
that the United States and Japan are at war
tell us about Rurirsquos family being sent away
What does the story show us about how peo-
ple react under extreme circumstances
Literary Skills Con1047298ict and Setting
9 Analyze The plot centers on a major con1047298
that goes far beyond the characters in the
story Rurirsquos family is on one side of this con
1047298ict Who or what is on the other side
10 Analyze Identify the two settings in this
story Why are both so important to the plo
Literary Skills Review Point of View
11 Evaluate In the 1047297rst-person point of view
the narrator tells the story using the perso
pronoun I Why do you think the writer cho
to tell this story from Rurirsquos 1047297rst-person po
of view What can Ruri tell you that no oth
character can tell you What things does R
not know
Tink as a ReaderWriterUse It in Your Writing Review your ldquoTrdquo char
notes observing how the author uses contrast
her descriptions of settings Write a brief descr
tion of a place using contrasting details such a
new shabby or clean messy Include a contrast
between how you imagined the place to be an
how it really appears
What truths do you think ldquoThe
Braceletrdquo reveals about fairnessand about a family enduringdiffi cult and unexpected chang
Te Bracelet
Literary Skills Analyze setting andcon1047298ict understand how setting in1047298uences plot analyzcharacter and point of view understand 1047297rst-person poof view Reading Skills Summarize a story WritinSkills Describe a place
Uncover more about the story withthese Internet links
L6-175
Learn It Online
Grammar Link
Prepositional PhrasesA prepositional phrase is a word group that
begins with a preposition and ends with a noun
or pronoun This noun or pronoun is called the
object of the preposition Look at the examples
Preposition Object of Preposition
I didnrsquot have one inch of space left in my suitcase
I watched Laurie walk down the block
When a preposition has two objects and one or
more is a pronoun use the objective form of the
pronounmdashthe form used for the object of a prep-
osition To make sure you use the right pronoun
form take one pronoun at a time without the
other object like this
Choices The soldiers looked at my sister and Ime
Incorrect The soldiers looked at I
Correct The soldiers looked at me
The soldiers looked at my sister and me
Your TurnIdentify the preposition and object or objects in
each of the following sentences If a pronoun is
the object choose the correct pronoun form
Example The bus drove toward Janice and Ime
Answer preposition toward objects Janice me
1 My dog ran from the cat
2 The woman spoke with hehim and Michelle
3 The ship disappeared beyond the horizon
4 I walked slowly behind sheher
As you respond to the Choices use these Academic Vocabu
words as appropriate achieve create interact major
REVIEW
Write a Blog EntryImagine you are Ruri and yoursquor
writing a blog about your experiences in the
camp so that your friend Laurie and your oth
friends from school can know about your life
there Describe what happens to you after yo
leave Berkeley what the camp is like and whhappens to the bracelet Laurie gave you
CONNECT
Write from AnotherPoint of View
Rurirsquos mother tells her that we donrsquot need thi
to remind us of people and places we carry
them in our hearts Suppose that this story
had been told from the point of view of Rurirsquos
mother Rewrite the scene between Ruri and
Laurie near the beginning of the story telling
from the persepective of Rurirsquos mother
EXTEND
Write to Persuade Your Voters Imagine that you are runn
for senator from your state shortly after Worl
War II is over Write a short persuasive speech
that will convince voters that American citize
should never again be sent to internment cam
if they have done nothing wrong Be sure toexplain your reasoning
TechFocus TechFocus
Literary Skills Analyze character anpoint of view Vocabulary Skills Identify and use bowords Writing Skills Write personal texts write narwrite to persuade Grammar Skills Identify and use sitional phrases correctly identify and use objective-caspronouns correctly
1047297lled in as you read the story Be sure to add
notes on the resolution or ending Now use
that chart to help you write a paragraph that
summarizes the plot of this story
Literary Analysis
6 Infer How do you think the living arrange-
ment for Rurirsquos family adds to the emotions
the family is already experiencing
7 Extend Discuss the different ways experi-
ences like Rurirsquos might affect the people
involved How might they deal with life in
the future and how might they interact with
people who are different from them
8 Literary Perspectives What does the fact
that the United States and Japan are at war
tell us about Rurirsquos family being sent away
What does the story show us about how peo-
ple react under extreme circumstances
Literary Skills Con1047298ict and Setting
9 Analyze The plot centers on a major con1047298
that goes far beyond the characters in the
story Rurirsquos family is on one side of this con
1047298ict Who or what is on the other side
10 Analyze Identify the two settings in this
story Why are both so important to the plo
Literary Skills Review Point of View
11 Evaluate In the 1047297rst-person point of view
the narrator tells the story using the perso
pronoun I Why do you think the writer cho
to tell this story from Rurirsquos 1047297rst-person po
of view What can Ruri tell you that no oth
character can tell you What things does R
not know
Tink as a ReaderWriterUse It in Your Writing Review your ldquoTrdquo char
notes observing how the author uses contrast
her descriptions of settings Write a brief descr
tion of a place using contrasting details such a
new shabby or clean messy Include a contrast
between how you imagined the place to be an
how it really appears
What truths do you think ldquoThe
Braceletrdquo reveals about fairnessand about a family enduringdiffi cult and unexpected chang
Te Bracelet
Literary Skills Analyze setting andcon1047298ict understand how setting in1047298uences plot analyzcharacter and point of view understand 1047297rst-person poof view Reading Skills Summarize a story WritinSkills Describe a place
Uncover more about the story withthese Internet links
L6-175
Learn It Online
Grammar Link
Prepositional PhrasesA prepositional phrase is a word group that
begins with a preposition and ends with a noun
or pronoun This noun or pronoun is called the
object of the preposition Look at the examples
Preposition Object of Preposition
I didnrsquot have one inch of space left in my suitcase
I watched Laurie walk down the block
When a preposition has two objects and one or
more is a pronoun use the objective form of the
pronounmdashthe form used for the object of a prep-
osition To make sure you use the right pronoun
form take one pronoun at a time without the
other object like this
Choices The soldiers looked at my sister and Ime
Incorrect The soldiers looked at I
Correct The soldiers looked at me
The soldiers looked at my sister and me
Your TurnIdentify the preposition and object or objects in
each of the following sentences If a pronoun is
the object choose the correct pronoun form
Example The bus drove toward Janice and Ime
Answer preposition toward objects Janice me
1 My dog ran from the cat
2 The woman spoke with hehim and Michelle
3 The ship disappeared beyond the horizon
4 I walked slowly behind sheher
As you respond to the Choices use these Academic Vocabu
words as appropriate achieve create interact major
REVIEW
Write a Blog EntryImagine you are Ruri and yoursquor
writing a blog about your experiences in the
camp so that your friend Laurie and your oth
friends from school can know about your life
there Describe what happens to you after yo
leave Berkeley what the camp is like and whhappens to the bracelet Laurie gave you
CONNECT
Write from AnotherPoint of View
Rurirsquos mother tells her that we donrsquot need thi
to remind us of people and places we carry
them in our hearts Suppose that this story
had been told from the point of view of Rurirsquos
mother Rewrite the scene between Ruri and
Laurie near the beginning of the story telling
from the persepective of Rurirsquos mother
EXTEND
Write to Persuade Your Voters Imagine that you are runn
for senator from your state shortly after Worl
War II is over Write a short persuasive speech
that will convince voters that American citize
should never again be sent to internment cam
if they have done nothing wrong Be sure toexplain your reasoning
TechFocus TechFocus
Literary Skills Analyze character anpoint of view Vocabulary Skills Identify and use bowords Writing Skills Write personal texts write narwrite to persuade Grammar Skills Identify and use sitional phrases correctly identify and use objective-caspronouns correctly
1047297lled in as you read the story Be sure to add
notes on the resolution or ending Now use
that chart to help you write a paragraph that
summarizes the plot of this story
Literary Analysis
6 Infer How do you think the living arrange-
ment for Rurirsquos family adds to the emotions
the family is already experiencing
7 Extend Discuss the different ways experi-
ences like Rurirsquos might affect the people
involved How might they deal with life in
the future and how might they interact with
people who are different from them
8 Literary Perspectives What does the fact
that the United States and Japan are at war
tell us about Rurirsquos family being sent away
What does the story show us about how peo-
ple react under extreme circumstances
Literary Skills Con1047298ict and Setting
9 Analyze The plot centers on a major con1047298
that goes far beyond the characters in the
story Rurirsquos family is on one side of this con
1047298ict Who or what is on the other side
10 Analyze Identify the two settings in this
story Why are both so important to the plo
Literary Skills Review Point of View
11 Evaluate In the 1047297rst-person point of view
the narrator tells the story using the perso
pronoun I Why do you think the writer cho
to tell this story from Rurirsquos 1047297rst-person po
of view What can Ruri tell you that no oth
character can tell you What things does R
not know
Tink as a ReaderWriterUse It in Your Writing Review your ldquoTrdquo char
notes observing how the author uses contrast
her descriptions of settings Write a brief descr
tion of a place using contrasting details such a
new shabby or clean messy Include a contrast
between how you imagined the place to be an
how it really appears
What truths do you think ldquoThe
Braceletrdquo reveals about fairnessand about a family enduringdiffi cult and unexpected chang
Te Bracelet
Literary Skills Analyze setting andcon1047298ict understand how setting in1047298uences plot analyzcharacter and point of view understand 1047297rst-person poof view Reading Skills Summarize a story WritinSkills Describe a place
Uncover more about the story withthese Internet links
L6-175
Learn It Online
Grammar Link
Prepositional PhrasesA prepositional phrase is a word group that
begins with a preposition and ends with a noun
or pronoun This noun or pronoun is called the
object of the preposition Look at the examples
Preposition Object of Preposition
I didnrsquot have one inch of space left in my suitcase
I watched Laurie walk down the block
When a preposition has two objects and one or
more is a pronoun use the objective form of the
pronounmdashthe form used for the object of a prep-
osition To make sure you use the right pronoun
form take one pronoun at a time without the
other object like this
Choices The soldiers looked at my sister and Ime
Incorrect The soldiers looked at I
Correct The soldiers looked at me
The soldiers looked at my sister and me
Your TurnIdentify the preposition and object or objects in
each of the following sentences If a pronoun is
the object choose the correct pronoun form
Example The bus drove toward Janice and Ime
Answer preposition toward objects Janice me
1 My dog ran from the cat
2 The woman spoke with hehim and Michelle
3 The ship disappeared beyond the horizon
4 I walked slowly behind sheher
As you respond to the Choices use these Academic Vocabu
words as appropriate achieve create interact major
REVIEW
Write a Blog EntryImagine you are Ruri and yoursquor
writing a blog about your experiences in the
camp so that your friend Laurie and your oth
friends from school can know about your life
there Describe what happens to you after yo
leave Berkeley what the camp is like and whhappens to the bracelet Laurie gave you
CONNECT
Write from AnotherPoint of View
Rurirsquos mother tells her that we donrsquot need thi
to remind us of people and places we carry
them in our hearts Suppose that this story
had been told from the point of view of Rurirsquos
mother Rewrite the scene between Ruri and
Laurie near the beginning of the story telling
from the persepective of Rurirsquos mother
EXTEND
Write to Persuade Your Voters Imagine that you are runn
for senator from your state shortly after Worl
War II is over Write a short persuasive speech
that will convince voters that American citize
should never again be sent to internment cam
if they have done nothing wrong Be sure toexplain your reasoning
TechFocus TechFocus
Literary Skills Analyze character anpoint of view Vocabulary Skills Identify and use bowords Writing Skills Write personal texts write narwrite to persuade Grammar Skills Identify and use sitional phrases correctly identify and use objective-caspronouns correctly
Uncover more about the story withthese Internet links
L6-175
Learn It Online
Grammar Link
Prepositional PhrasesA prepositional phrase is a word group that
begins with a preposition and ends with a noun
or pronoun This noun or pronoun is called the
object of the preposition Look at the examples
Preposition Object of Preposition
I didnrsquot have one inch of space left in my suitcase
I watched Laurie walk down the block
When a preposition has two objects and one or
more is a pronoun use the objective form of the
pronounmdashthe form used for the object of a prep-
osition To make sure you use the right pronoun
form take one pronoun at a time without the
other object like this
Choices The soldiers looked at my sister and Ime
Incorrect The soldiers looked at I
Correct The soldiers looked at me
The soldiers looked at my sister and me
Your TurnIdentify the preposition and object or objects in
each of the following sentences If a pronoun is
the object choose the correct pronoun form
Example The bus drove toward Janice and Ime
Answer preposition toward objects Janice me
1 My dog ran from the cat
2 The woman spoke with hehim and Michelle
3 The ship disappeared beyond the horizon
4 I walked slowly behind sheher
As you respond to the Choices use these Academic Vocabu
words as appropriate achieve create interact major
REVIEW
Write a Blog EntryImagine you are Ruri and yoursquor
writing a blog about your experiences in the
camp so that your friend Laurie and your oth
friends from school can know about your life
there Describe what happens to you after yo
leave Berkeley what the camp is like and whhappens to the bracelet Laurie gave you
CONNECT
Write from AnotherPoint of View
Rurirsquos mother tells her that we donrsquot need thi
to remind us of people and places we carry
them in our hearts Suppose that this story
had been told from the point of view of Rurirsquos
mother Rewrite the scene between Ruri and
Laurie near the beginning of the story telling
from the persepective of Rurirsquos mother
EXTEND
Write to Persuade Your Voters Imagine that you are runn
for senator from your state shortly after Worl
War II is over Write a short persuasive speech
that will convince voters that American citize
should never again be sent to internment cam
if they have done nothing wrong Be sure toexplain your reasoning
TechFocus TechFocus
Literary Skills Analyze character anpoint of view Vocabulary Skills Identify and use bowords Writing Skills Write personal texts write narwrite to persuade Grammar Skills Identify and use sitional phrases correctly identify and use objective-caspronouns correctly
Uncover more about the story withthese Internet links
L6-175
Learn It Online
Grammar Link
Prepositional PhrasesA prepositional phrase is a word group that
begins with a preposition and ends with a noun
or pronoun This noun or pronoun is called the
object of the preposition Look at the examples
Preposition Object of Preposition
I didnrsquot have one inch of space left in my suitcase
I watched Laurie walk down the block
When a preposition has two objects and one or
more is a pronoun use the objective form of the
pronounmdashthe form used for the object of a prep-
osition To make sure you use the right pronoun
form take one pronoun at a time without the
other object like this
Choices The soldiers looked at my sister and Ime
Incorrect The soldiers looked at I
Correct The soldiers looked at me
The soldiers looked at my sister and me
Your TurnIdentify the preposition and object or objects in
each of the following sentences If a pronoun is
the object choose the correct pronoun form
Example The bus drove toward Janice and Ime
Answer preposition toward objects Janice me
1 My dog ran from the cat
2 The woman spoke with hehim and Michelle
3 The ship disappeared beyond the horizon
4 I walked slowly behind sheher
As you respond to the Choices use these Academic Vocabu
words as appropriate achieve create interact major
REVIEW
Write a Blog EntryImagine you are Ruri and yoursquor
writing a blog about your experiences in the
camp so that your friend Laurie and your oth
friends from school can know about your life
there Describe what happens to you after yo
leave Berkeley what the camp is like and whhappens to the bracelet Laurie gave you
CONNECT
Write from AnotherPoint of View
Rurirsquos mother tells her that we donrsquot need thi
to remind us of people and places we carry
them in our hearts Suppose that this story
had been told from the point of view of Rurirsquos
mother Rewrite the scene between Ruri and
Laurie near the beginning of the story telling
from the persepective of Rurirsquos mother
EXTEND
Write to Persuade Your Voters Imagine that you are runn
for senator from your state shortly after Worl
War II is over Write a short persuasive speech
that will convince voters that American citize
should never again be sent to internment cam
if they have done nothing wrong Be sure toexplain your reasoning
TechFocus TechFocus
Literary Skills Analyze character anpoint of view Vocabulary Skills Identify and use bowords Writing Skills Write personal texts write narwrite to persuade Grammar Skills Identify and use sitional phrases correctly identify and use objective-caspronouns correctly