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Cause and Effect
Have students identify cause-and-effect
relationships in the story. For instance,
you may point out that learning about
the history of the theater and that it
might be torn down caused Sonia and
her mother to go to the town hall to
meet with the mayor.
Sequence
Have students identify the order of
events in this story by having them
identify time and order words/phrases.
For instance, point out the word
then
at the top of the page. Remind
students that the word
then
indicates
something heppening next in a
sequence.
Reading an Image
Have students look at the picture on
page 116. Ask:
Q
Where do Sonia and her mother go
after the library?
Q
Whom do they speak with when
they are there?
Q
How do we know that they are in
his office?
Reading Comprehension
Skills and Strategies
Unit 4
My Community
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Then, Sonia and her mother decide to go to the town hall.
The mayor works there. They think the mayor can help them save
the theater.
“We want to save the theater,” Sonia tells him.
“So do we,” the mayor replies, “but the theater needs a lot of repairs.
The owner doesn’t have the money, so he is going to sell it.”
“Then, what is going to happen?” asks Sonia.
The mayor frowns. “The theater will be torn down and a new
building will be built in its place.”
Sonia cries out, “We can’t let that happen!”
“People need to show they care about the theater,” says the mayor.
“If the community believes it is important, it can be saved.”
X
Where do Sonia and
her mother decide to
go?
X
Who works there?
X
What do they tell the
mayor they want to
do?
X
What does the mayor
say the theater owner
is going to do?
X
What will happen
when the theater is
sold?
X
What does the
mayor say about the
community?
X
Why do Sonia and her
mother go to see the
mayor?
X
What does the mayor
think about saving
the theater?
X
What does the mayor
say the theater needs?
X
What will happen if
the theater is torn
down?
X
How does Sonia react
to this news?
X
What does the mayor
say could save the
theater?
X
Why do Sonia and
her mother think the
mayor could help the
theater?
X
How does the mayor
feel about the theater?
X
How do you know he
feels that way?
X
What will replace the
theater?
X
How does Sonia feel
about the mayor’s
news?
X
How might the
community show that
it cares about the
theater?
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