Across Oceans. Elliot and Kailash send letters from India to America. Help students to locate India and America on a world map. Invite them to consider the following questions: Which oceans separate the two places? How far apart are the two boys? Calculate the distance. Brainstorm ways the letters could travel from one place the other and estimate how long it might take each way. In the long years between, she had fashioned many fine dresses—gowned gay girls for their conquests and robed fair brides for the _____ [ altar or alter]." Her art is very effective as well, rendering both cultures with bright colors, plenty of motion, and a natural energy that captures the eye. She makes the differences between the cultures quite compelling. I live in the Oakland Hills in a tiny house on a street so windy you can’t drive more than ten miles per hour. I rented it because the _____ [ ad or add] said this: 'Small house in the trees with a garden and a fireplace. Dogs welcome, of course.'" Creating: Create a new pen pal who is from Mexico. How would you rewrite the selection from this pen pal's point of view?

This realistic fiction book would be great to read aloud to children in grades K-5, as it should spark many wonderful conversations about differences and similarities amongst cultures. I think that this would give students an understanding of the cultures of people around the world, and even their own classroom! I truly believe that when people understand each other, they are less likely to judge. On a Saturday morning soon after he came to live with her, he turned over her garbage while she was at the grocery store and _____ [ ate or eight] rancid bacon drippings out of a small Crisco can."

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Create a picture that you might send to either Elliot or Kailash that shows how you are the “same, same but different.” (Creating) Applying: Imagine you have a pen pal who lives in another country. What questions would you ask your pen pal? Homophones are words pronounced alike but different in meaning or derivation or spelling. These words may be spelled differently from each other (such as to, too, and two), or they may be spelled the same way (as in quail meaning ‘to cower’ and quail meaning a type of bird). Coffee house Caffè Nero has announced the 16-strong shortlist for the inaugural Nero Book Awards, recognising the outstanding books of the past 12...

The conductor had his knotted signal cord to pull, and the motorman _____ [ beat or beet] the foot gong with his mad heel."Homographs are words that are spelled alike but are different in meaning or derivation or pronunciation. Sometimes these words sound different (as in the bow of a ship, and the bow that shoots arrows), and sometimes these words sound the same (as in quail meaning ‘to cower’ and quail meaning a type of bird). Since you are here, we would like to share our vision for the future of travel - and the direction Culture Trip is moving in. Remembering: Who were the characters and what countries did each character come from in the book Same, Same but Different? Dapo Adeola, Tracy Darnton, Joseph Coelho and Chitra Soundar are among the 19 authors and illustrators longlisted for the Inclusive Books for Child...