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Unit 1, pp. 70–81
In historical fiction, which is set in the past, some details are factual while others are made up or are loosely based on history.
Grandfather left Japan when he was a young man. He took a steamship and did not see land for three weeks, until they docked in the New World. On his own, he traveled through the United States. He saw many beautiful sights. He was amazed by rocks in the desert that looked like enormous sculptures. He was bewildered and excited by huge cities with factories and towering buildings. He met many new people of all types.
He liked California best. He loved the sunlight, the mountains, and the seacoast. He returned to his homeland and married his childhood sweetheart. Together they moved near San Francisco Bay and had a baby girl. But, as she grew older, Grandfather began to think of his own childhood in Japan. He longed for the mountains and rivers of his childhood. Finally, when the daughter was nearly grown, the family moved back to Japan. They moved to a city near his childhood village.
The daughter fell in love, married, and had a son. When the boy was young, he loved to go to his Grandfather's house to hear his stories about California. Grandfather wanted to go back to visit the mountains and rivers he remembered.
But World War II came. The grandparents' city was bombed, and they returned to the village of their childhood. Grandfather died before he could go to see California.
When the grandson was a young man, he left Japan to see California for himself. He grew to love his new country and stayed until he had a daughter of his own. But then he began to miss the mountains and rivers of his own childhood. He went back to Japan, but now he lives in the United States. Sometimes, though, he cannot still his homesickness for Japan. When he returns there, he grows homesick for the United States. Now he feels that he understands his grandfather, and he misses him.
From Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say. Copyright © 1993 by Allen Say. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Students should
set their own purposes
for reading.
Students may also
choose to read
something other
than the main
selection. For a
list of titles related
to lesson focus or
topic, see TR7.
Read the question on
p. 71 of the student edition
to set a purpose for reading.
Remind students to
think about the sequence of
events as they try to answer
this question. Students may
also use the
T-chart to set purposes.
If you began a T-chart
on
p. 68a, students can choose an idea from it to set a purpose for reading. For example, they may want to find out if the grandfather has difficulty learning a new language.  Independent Activities
Place English language learners in the groups that correspond to their reading abilities in English.
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