Cities
Students will study...
- Interviews and Personal Narratives
- Careers and Hobbies
- Vocabulary: City and Transportation-Related
- Fact vs. Opinion
- Author's Purpose
- Murals
Students will study...
- Interviews and Personal Narratives
- Careers and Hobbies
- Vocabulary: City and Transportation-Related
- Fact vs. Opinion
- Author's Purpose
- Murals
"Subway Architect" by Patrick Daley
Bus and Subway Schedules
City Maps
| architect | ramp |
| employee | sculptor |
| inspector | station |
| project | subway |
"RIGHT THERE" QUESTIONS:
1. What kinds of things does Jorge Ramos do as an architect?
2. What was the first thing Jorge Ramos did to start his project in Queens?
3. Why isn't working on a subway station easy, according to Jorge Ramos?
"THINK AND SEARCH" QUESTIONS:
4. Name the four steps that Jorge Ramos took to build a subway station. (See pragraph 21).
"AUTHOR AND YOU" QUESTIONS:
5. Do you think Jorge Ramos is a person who pays attention to other people's opinions? Why?
"ON YOUR OWN" QUESTIONS:
6. What did you know about the subway before reading the interview? What did you learn?
7. What unanswered questions do you have after reading the selection? How would you look for the answers to your questions?
8. What questions do you have about different jobs? How could you do an interview to find the answers?
9. Discuss two of your questions with your teacher. How could you revise your questions to make them clearer?
PA English Language Proficiency Standards
1 (Social and Instructional Language) - Information Gathering, Leisure Activities
2 (Language of Language Arts) - Personal Narratives, Fact & Opinion, Prefixes
5 (Language of Social Studies) - Maps/Locations, Needs og groups, societies, and cultures
PA Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening Standards
1.1.C - Use knowledge of root words and context clues as well as glossaries to understand specialized vocabulary in the content areas during reading. Use these words accurately in speaking and writing.
1.1.D Demonstrate after reading understanding and interpretation of both fiction and nonfiction text.
1.4.A Write multi-paragraph informational pieces, including interviews
1.5.B Write using well-developed content appropriate for the topic
1.5.E
Revise writing after rethinking logic of organization and rechecking central idea, content, paragraph development, level of detail, style, tone, and word choice.
1.5.F Edit writing using the conventions of language.
1.6.D Contribute to discussions
1.6.E Participate in small group discussions and presentations
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