T3 Reading 1 - A City That's Doing Something Right

• English 9 Elite
• Secondary Education
• Age 13

T3 Reading 1 - A City That's Doing Something Right

Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

 Read and infer meaning when reading simple, extended texts on familiar and concrete topics.

To Do List: 

1. Get into groups  - Up to 4 students per group.

2. Topic - Discuss and write down the answers to the questions

3. Vocabulary - Practice and loop up the definitions

4. Thinking and Discussing- Before you Read Activity 

5. Skills Focus- Strategy - Getting Meaning for Context

6. Guessing words from context

7. Read the Article

Before You Read

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Now take your notebook  out, write down the definitions. 

Thinking and Discussing

The first article discusses some common problems in big cities and the solutions that one city has found. Before you read, think about four problems in your city or other cities you know. Then, think about a possible solution for each problem. Make notes in the problem-solution chart and compare your ideas in small groups

Guessing words from context:

Figure out the meanings of the marked/underlined words and write them on the lines. Use punctuation, logic, examples, opposites, and connecting words to help you. 

1. People who study population growth **predict** a nightmare by the year 2025: the global population will be more than eight billion, and almost four billion of these people will be living in cities in developing countries such as India and Nigeria.
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2. It might not be a surprise to find that life in **affluent** cities is improving, but what about cities that aren't rich?
affluent=

3. In neighborhoods that garbage trucks can't reach, people bring bags of **trash** to special centers.
trash=

4. At a **recycling plant**, workers separate glass bottles, plastic, and cans from other trash.
recycling plant=

5. They **cultivate** medicinal plants and then process them into herbal teas.
cultivate=

While You Read

Look at the first two paragraphs of the article. Use the context to explain the meaning of the underlined words. 

Reading the Article - Look at the article. Compare your ideas to the problems and solutions you discussed in activity to the information in the article. 

Use your notebook if you don't have your book.

Language Focus - Italics

Italics used for emphasis:

Italics used for foreign words:

1. Jaime Lerner was the mayor of Curitiba.

1. Stated
2. Implied

2. Jaime Lerner wanted the people of Curitiba to have a better quality of life.

1. Stated
2. Implied

3. Under his leadership, city planners established priorities.

1. Stated
2. Implied

4. Poor people receive fresh food when they bring bags of garbage to special centers.

1. Stated
2. Implied

5. Curitiba's transportation system consists of a system of buses.

1. Stated
2. Implied

6. Subways are more expensive than buses.

1. Stated
2. Implied

Think & Discuss