Goyangi Means Cat is about a young girl named Soo Min who moves to America from Korea. Soo Min is adopted by an American family and does not speak their language. She feels out of place and everything is new and strange to her. Soo Min finds a friend who happens to be her new family's pet cat. Goyangi the family cat goes missing one day, and Soo Min is forced to realize that home is where the heart is. In this book there are Korean words you can share with your student. It is also important to show your student how difficult it is sometimes for immigrants to feel comfortable in America. You could explain how we should help to welcome other cultures and to show them our culture too. This is a great way to explain how some people might speak differently or feel differently than we do, but it is up to us to accept them. It can really help them adjust to our culture and feel welcomed. We can discuss how it is important for foreign people to have more friends than just a cat and that we can enjoy a new friend and new culture instead of judging or seeing them negatively. After this discussion it might be a good idea to entertain questions.
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