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My Community
Unit 4
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Cause and Effect
Have students identify cause-and-effect
relationships in the story. For instance,
you may point out that people in the
community are signing a list to save
the theater and giving money to fix it
as a result of the marchers with signs
and people handing out information
about the theater’s fate.
Sequence
Have students identify the order of
events in this story by asking them
before-and-after questions about the
events of the story. For example, ask
what happened in the month since
Sonia found out about the theater
closing, or ask what might happen
next in the story.
Reading an Image
Have students look at the picture on
page 119. Ask:
Q
What do the signs say in the
picture?
Q
What are people doing at the
table?
Q
How many people are in the
picture?
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Most of the community is there. Sonia has a sheet
to sign. The people put their names on a list under the
words “Don’t Close the Colonial!” They give money to
help fix the theater, too. But Sonia wants to do even more.
X
Who is attending this
gathering?
X
What does Sonia
have?
X
What are people
doing with the paper
Sonia has?
X
What is that paper
for?
X
What are people
giving? Why?
X
What does Sonia
want to do?
X
How many people
have gathered?
X
Why does Sonia have
a sheet to sign?
X
What is written at the
top of the sheet?
X
What purpose will this
signed sheet serve?
X
What else are people
doing to help the
theater?
X
What will Sonia do
next?
X
Why has most of the
community gathered?
X
What is the type of list
people are signing?
X
What purpose might
that list serve?
X
Why are people giving
money?
X
What will that money
be used for?
X
How satisfied is Sonia
with the results of her
plan?
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