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1 Mr. Kochis 7 th Grade Reading 1/7/19 - Day 1 ATB: Word of the Day Copy the definition of the word below and answer the multiple choice question. abscond \ab-ˈskänd, əb-\ verb : run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along The opposite of abscond is: A. strike back B. default on C. opt out D. stay put Activities: 1. Read New York City Subway System Opens and Our Subway, Ourselves: Images Through the Ages from the New York Times and answer the 5 W Questions 2. Choose one of the Our Subway, Ourselves: Images Through the Ages pictures from below. Write one paragraph to explain how the picture relates to the novel Slake s Limbo. Submit answers in google classroom. 3. Slake s Limbo Chapter 6-8 Questions and Alphaboxes Quiz Tuesday 1/8/ Vocabulary Unit 4 Worksheets Vocab Test Thursday 1/10/19. Obj. 1. Write a paragraph to summarize the history of the New York City Subway. 2. Draw a picture to illustrate the subway system in New York City.

2 The New York Times Oct. 27, 1904 New York City Subway System Opens By The Learning Network October 27, :05 am Detroit Publishing Company/Library of CongressPassengers on New York City s new subway system bought tickets at offices in the stations, like this one at City Hall, photographed around the time of the first ride, on Oct. 27, On Oct. 27, 1904, the first rapid transit subway, the Interborough Rapid Transit (I.R.T.), opened in New York City. The line ran approximately nine miles from City Hall north to Grand Central Station, then west to Times Square and up the West Side to 145th Street. The New York Times described the excitement among city dwellers for the subway s opening: For the first time in his life Father Knickerbocker went underground yesterday; went underground, he and his children, to the number of 150,000, amid the tooting of whistles and the firing of salutes, for a first ride in a subway which for years had been scoffed at as an impossibility. The first underground railway system, the Metropolitan Railway, opened in London in The trains ran on steam, which caused problems in the tunnels, but the system proved popular. A competing London metro system introduced electric trains in 1890, which made underground transit more practical. Though the first subway in the United States opened in 1897 in Boston, New York eventually became the American city most associated with underground transportation. After receiving city contracts in 1913, the I.R.T. and rival Brooklyn Rapid Transit (B.R.T.) increased the number of subway lines. These make up most of the modern subway lines the city has today. In 1932, New York City formed the Independent Subway System (IND), taking over the I.R.T. and its remaining private competitor, Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit, in New York subway riders can still see remnants of the old subway system. Connect to Today: Today, the New York City Subway system has 22 interconnected routes and three shuttles running more than 200 miles among 468 stations, nearly as many stations as there are in the rest of the United States combined. In recent years, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates the subway and other transportation in New York, used a series of fare hikes, layoffs and other cost- cutting measures to cope with budget woes.

3 Our Subway, Ourselves: Images Through the Ages By DAVID W. DUNLAP OCT. 21, 2010 YOU can smell these photos, can t you? You can hear them. You can feel them. If you re a New Yorker of a certain age, you can even taste them. (God help us, there were fast-food counters in the Times Square station until a generation ago. ) To mark the subway s 106th birthday this week, Metropolitan and the Lens blog offer the first extensive gallery of subway pictures by staff photographers of The New York Times. In showing us the subway, they show us ourselves sharing a great underground and elevated common, a leveler of prince and pauper, Bloomberg and Jazzbo, where everyone is entitled or condemned to the same experience. There are no business-class subway cars; no wood-paneled IRT Club waiting rooms; no five-star concierge booths for the exclusive use of platinum MetroCard holders. Nor is it saying anything new to note the democracy of the subway. But these images underscore how much of the city can be read in its mass-transit system. As the 20th century opened, New York was an industrial crucible, muscular and brutal, but flirting with progressivism and confident of its role at the cutting edge of the new electric technology. By midcentury, the subway was a nickel-a-ride fact of life for generations that had grown up knowing no other way to get around town. In the 1960s and 70s, the subway became a barometer safe passage was no longer guaranteed. The troubles and spoliation boiling down below would not be confined there very long. Then, within sight of the 21st century, the subway bounded back in the flash of stainless steel and the gleam of fresh-scrubbed ceramic. Chang W. Lee s picture of two young girls playing aboard an N train, taken this month, calls to mind nothing so much as Allyn Baum s photo of an impromptu family card game aboard a Rockaway shuttle, taken 52 years ago. You may come away from this photo essay convinced that for all our differences we really are all waiting for the same train. HOW old is the New York City subway system? WHERE in the subway were there once fast-food counters? WHEN did a ride cost a nickle? WHY, according to this short essay, has the subway been a leveler of prince and pauper? WHAT is the name of the authority that runs the subway in New York City? WHO took his children on the subway the day it opened?

Mr. Kochis 7 th Grade Reading 1/8/19 Day 2 ATB: What s Going On in This Picture? Type 1: After looking closely at the image above, answer the three questions below in one paragraph.

16 Mr. Kochis 7 th Grade Reading 1/8/19 Day 2 ATB: What s Going On in This Picture? Type 1: After looking closely at the image above, answer the three questions below in one paragraph. Answer in Google Classroom. 1. What is going on in this picture? 2. What do you see that makes you say that? 3. What more can you find? Activities: 1. Chapters 6-8 Slake s Limbo Quiz Kahoot 2. Read Slakes Limbo Chapters 9-11 and complete Questions and Alphaboxes Obj. 1. Describe the relationship between Slake and the waitress in the luncheonette. 2. Predict what will happen between Willis Joe and Aremis Slake.

17 AlphaBoxes Slakes Limbo Chapters List vocabulary words that you find in the story in the assigned chapters. Identify a synonym and antonym for each word. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

18 Chapters 9-11 Questions: 1. Why did Slake s eyes tear when he threw a crumb to the rat? 2. In On Another Track, what did the people in the subway begin to resemble to Willis Joe? Why? 3. Why didn t Slake fear the subway blackout? 4. When did Slake realize that he lacked a cause? 5. What did the green sky that Slake spray-painted on his walls signify? 6. In On Another Track, why was Willis Joe on the edge? 7. Why do you think Slake spray-painted the message Save Aramis Slake on his walls? 8. Consider what was happening separately to Slake s track and to Willis Joe s track. Which of these two persons was more in touch with reality?

Mr. Kochis - 7 th Grade Reading 1/9/19 - Day 3 ATB: Country of the Week Senegal Answer the multiple choice questions. When you are done check your answers with the link below. 1. Identify where Senegal would be on the map below.

19 Mr. Kochis - 7 th Grade Reading 1/9/19 - Day 3 ATB: Country of the Week Senegal Answer the multiple choice questions. When you are done check your answers with the link below. 1. Identify where Senegal would be on the map below. Environment, some more than half a millennium old, are beloved in Senegal. An image of the tree is on the presidential seal. They are painted on the sides of buildings and on billboards. A. Baobabs B. Cherry blossoms C. Coconut palms D. Oak trees Culture Although traditional exists in various forms throughout West Africa, the version in Senegal, known as laamb, has reached unparalleled heights. A. baseball B. camel racing C. soccer D. wrestling

20 Geography In, Senegal s capital, men stand on street corners with small cages crammed full of birds known locally as pithis, some of which are red-billed fire finches. The birds, which are common across sub-saharan Africa and often live close to people, are thought to be carriers of human unhappiness. Tradition holds that you can get rid of sins and anxieties by buying a pithi and setting it free. A. Accra B. Dakar C. Monrovia D. Rabat Religion Most Muslims in Senegal belong to one of the brotherhoods, which practice a mystic form of Islam that centers on a culture of work and nonviolence. A. Bahá'í B. Sikh C. Sufi D. Zoroastrian Activities: 1. Unit 4 Vocabulary Definition Quiz Kahoot Test Thursday 1/10/ Complete Reading Slake s Limbo Chapters 9-11 and complete chapter questions and alphaboxes. Obj. 1. Write a summary for chapters 9-11 in Slake s Limbo. 2. Interpret the climax in a story.

21 Mr. Kochis-7 th Grade Reading 1/10/19 - Day 3 ATB: What s Going On in This Graph? Type 1: After looking closely at the image above, answer the three questions below. What do you notice? Share what you are noticing and what this may imply. What do you wonder? Where could you find the answers to what you wonder? What s going on in this graph? Use what you notice. What can you infer from this graph beyond what it shows directly? What s the deeper story that comes from this graph? Activities: 1. Unit 4 Vocabulary Test 2. Second Quarter Independent Reading Report See Directions Below 3. Complete Slake s Limbo chapters 9-11 Questions and Alphaboxes Obj. 1. Interpret what a graph is communicating. 2. Predict what will happen at the end of a novel.

22 4 Square Book Report Guidelines You will need to divide a regular 8.5 x 11 sheet of blank white paper into 4 sections. All sections must be visible from the front. You can complete the assignment in a Google Document or with pen and paper and submit a picture of your submission in Google Classroom. Rules: Be Creative, Follow the Guidelines, Take Pride in your Work, Be Complete Top Right Box: In this box you must include the following information: 1. The title of the book you read 2. The Author s first and last name 3. Your first and last name 4. The number of pages in the book Top Left Box: In this box you need to write a connection to the book in 2-3 sentences. Make a connection within the book. You can connect to a situation, character, etc. Explain the connection using details and examples if possible. Be specific. a. Text to Self b. Text to another text c. Text to the world The text means the story you just read.. Reminds me of Bottom Right Box: In this box you will describe the plot. Remember plot is what happens in the story. (the series of events) Include as much information as possible that relates to the plot diagram discussed in class. (exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax etc.) Bottom Left Box: In this box you are to draw an illustration or find a picture that relates to the story. You cannot use the cover of the book for this box. Please write a one-sentence caption to describe your illustration.

ATB: Type 1. What do you think will happen in Chapter 3 of Slakes Limbo? Answer in at least 5 sentences.

Mr. Kochis 7 th Grade Reading 5/2/16 - Day 1 ATB: Type 1. What do you think will happen in Chapter 3 of Slakes Limbo? Answer in at least 5 sentences. Activities: 1. Type 1: Listen to the song at the link