Today, we learned about answering "Wh-" questions (who, what, when, where, and why). For homework, read the passage and answer the "Wh-" questions that follow. There are three levels of readings, all followed by questions.
Down These Mean Streets, Page 31— Level A
I heard the door open and Momma say, “Bueno, Piri, come in.” I didn’t move. I couldn’t. There was a long pause; I could hear Momma’s fright. “My God,” she said finally. “What’s happened?” Then, she took a closer look. “Ai-eeee,” she screamed. “Dios mio!”
“I was playing with some kids, Momma,” I said, “an’ I got some dirt in my eyes.” I tried to make my voice come out without the pain, like a man.
“Dios eterno—your eyes!”
“What’s the matter? What’s the matter?” Poppa called from the bedroom.
“Esta ciego!” Momma screamed. “He is blind!”
I hear Poppa knocking things over as he came running. Sis began to cry. Blind, hurting tears were jumping out of my eyes. “Whattya mean, he’s blind?” Poppa asked as he stormed into the kitchen. “What happened?” Poppa’s voice was both scared and mad.
“Playing, Poppa,”
“Whatta ya mean, ‘playing’?” Poppa’s English sounded different when he got warm.
“Just playing, Poppa.”
“Playing? Playing got all that dirt in your eyes? Them Ee-ta-liano kids ganged up on you again.” Poppa squeezed my head between the fingers of one hand. “That settles it—we’re moving out of this section, outta this block.”
Who is involved?
What is happening?
When did it happen?
Where did it happen?
Why is it happening?
Down These Mean Streets, Page 31— Level B
I heard the door open and Momma say, “come in.” I didn’t move. I couldn’t. There was a long pause. “My God,” she said finally. “What’s happened?” Then, she took a closer look. She screamed.
“I was playing with some kids, Momma, an’ I got some dirt in my eyes.” I tried to make my voice come out like a man.
“Your eyes!”
“What’s the matter? What’s the matter?” Poppa called from the bedroom.
Momma screamed. “He is blind!”
I hear Poppa running. Sis began to cry. Tears were jumping out of my eyes. “Whattya mean, he’s blind?” Poppa asked. “What happened?” Poppa’s voice was both scared and mad.
“Playing, Poppa,”
“Whatta ya mean, ‘playing’?”
“Just playing, Poppa.”
“Playing? Playing got all that dirt in your eyes? Them kids ganged up on you again.” That settles it—we’re moving out of this section, outta this block.”
Who is involved?
What is happening?
Where did it happen?
Down These Mean Streets, Page 31— Level C
I heard the door open and Momma say, “come in.” I didn’t move. I couldn’t. “My God, what’s happened?”
“I was playing with some kids, Momma, an’ I got some dirt in my eyes.” I tried to make my voice come out like a man.
“What’s the matter?” Poppa called from the bedroom.
Momma screamed. “He is blind!”
I hear Poppa running. Sis began to cry. Tears were jumping out of my eyes. “Whattya mean, he’s blind?” Poppa asked. “What happened?”
“Playing, Poppa,”
“Whatta ya mean, ‘playing’?”
“Just playing.”
“Playing got all that dirt in your eyes? Them kids ganged up on you again.” That settles it—we’re moving out of this block.”
Who is involved?
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