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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 once everyone
in the community reads the newspaper
story about the Colonial Theater, they
agree to help save it.
Sequence
Have students identify the order of
events in this story by having them
identify the next story event that
occurs on this page. For instance, point
out that everyone decided to help
save the theater by volunteering or
donating money.
Reading an Image
Have students look at the picture on
page 121. Ask:
Q
Who’s in the center of the picture?
Q
What’s she doing?
Q
Who are the other people in the
picture?
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Everyone in Phoenixville reads the newspaper story.
They agree to save the Colonial Theater. Builders and painters
volunteer to fix up the theater. People offer money to pay for
new seats. The theater will be more than a movie house.
It will become a community arts center. It will be a place for
live shows, music, and dance.
Sonia is glad the Colonial Theater is saved. Now she has
a new plan. “Someday I will act on the theater’s stage!”
X
Who read the
newspaper story?
X
What do they agree
to do?
X
Who volunteers to fix
up the theater?
X
What will the theater
become?
X
What type of shows
will it have?
X
What is Sonia feeling
about the theater?
X
What does everyone
in Phoenixville do?
X
Who agrees to save
the Colonial Theater?
X
What helps the
theater get fixed up?
X
What will the theater
become a place for?
X
What does Sonia plan
to do?
X
How does everyone in
Phoenixville find out
about the theater?
X
Why is the Colonial
Theater saved?
X
How does the theater
get new seats?
X
How does Sonia feel
about the theater
being saved?
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