Soccer World Magazine Four Informational Texts
Soccer World Magazine Four Informational Texts Before You Play Women’s Soccer: Keeping the Dream Alive Vocabulary Level R/40
• Use descriptions to determine word meaning: What does the word guards mean in this book? Look for clues for the meaning of this word on page 6. (Answer: device for protecting something; Clues/evidence: these guards protect players’ legs from bruises and cuts)
Find It! Level 1 Comprehension • Identify facts and details: How many referees do organized soccer matches have? (one, page 7) • Identify facts and details: Who won the gold medal for soccer at the 1996 Olympics? (the U.S. team, page 10)
Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension everyone paying attention
win over China
on news program
• Identify stated main idea: What sentence in the third paragraph on page 8 best states the main idea of the paragraph? (There is one very tricky rule in soccer called offside.) • Identify cause and effect: What was the effect of the U.S. team’s win over China in the World Cup in 1999? Use a cause-and-effect chart for help in answering the question. (now everyone was paying attention to women’s soccer; the team appeared on American news programs; was invited to the White House; they were on the cover of Time, Newsweek, People, and Sports Illustrated, page 12)
Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension invited to White House
cover of magazines
• Identify unstated main ideas: What is the second paragraph on page 6 mainly about? (Answer: what a soccer field looks like; Clues/evidence: it’s a rectangle 100 years wide and 130 yards long divided by a halfway line; the field has a center circle and a mark to indicate where the ball is placed at kickoff; lines also show the boundaries of the field as well as the goal and penalty areas) • Draw conclusions: What clues on page 10 support that conclusion that Title IX made a difference to women’s soccer? (Clues/evidence: as a result of Title IX, schools all over the country started sports programs for girls; soccer was especially popular; in the 1980s, the NCAA and other organizations began to sponsor women’s soccer championships)
Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension • Evaluate author’s purpose: Why does the author probably include the illustrations and labels on page 7? (to show readers the special shoes and clothing that soccer players wear)
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• Analyze text structure and organization: The author uses sequence of events to tell about the rise of women’s soccer in the article “Women’s Soccer: Keeping the Dream Alive.” What are some words that tell you this? (during most of the 1900s; then; in l985; in 1991; 1999; finally; soon after; in 2009, pages 10—12)
Fast and Furious Futsal; World’s Favorite Sport Vocabulary • Use description to determine word meaning: What does the word participants mean in this book? Look for clues for the meaning of this word on page 16. (Answer: people who take part in an activity; Clues/evidence: teams of twentyseven faced one another; most participants needed medical care; a similar group)
Find It! Level 1 Comprehension • Identify facts and details: Where did the FIFA decide to hold its first World Cup competition? (Uruguay, page 18)
• Identify facts and details: Who is considered to be the perfect footballer? (Pele, page 20)
Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension • Compare and contrast: How are Futsal and soccer the same? (players kick a ball
only four countries
into a goal to score; the goalkeeper defends the goal and can use both hands; there is a penalty area and there are fouls for tripping or pushing an opponent, page 14) long journey
not successful
difficult economic times
• Identify cause and effect: The first World Cup was not successful. What caused this? Use a cause-and-effect chart for help in answering the question. (only four European countries participated; getting to Uruguay required a long journey by sea; most of the world was experiencing difficult economic times, page 18)
Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension • Identify unstated main ideas: The second paragraph on page 14 is mainly about how Futsal started. What clues tell you this? (Clues/evidence: Ceriani is considered the “father” of Futsal; in 1930 Ceriani began holding an indoor soccer competition for kids; the game caught on in Brazil; spread throughout South America)
Readers’ & Writers’ Genre Workshop ©2011 Benchmark Education Company, LLC. All rights reserved. This card may be photocopied for classroom use only. Based on the Comprehension Through Deductive Reasoning Model developed by Margaret Kilgo.
• Make inferences: What clues on page 19 tell you that soccer was a very popular sport in 2010? (Clues/evidence: 700 million people watched the finals on television in 2010; three-million-plus fans attended matches leading up to the final)
Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension • Analyze text structure and organization: Why did the writer start the article “World’s Favorite Sport” with the information that nearly three billion people enjoy soccer on page 16? (to hook the reader with an interesting fact about the subject of the article)
• Evaluate author’s purpose: Why did the author probably include the quote from a newspaper on page 19? (to show facts that are supported by sources)
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• Use descriptions to determine word meaning: What does the word guards mean in this book? Look for clues for the meaning of this word on page 6. (Answer: device for protecting something; Clues/evidence: these guards protect players’ legs from bruises and cuts)
Find It! Level 1 Comprehension • Identify facts and details: How many referees do organized soccer matches have? (one, page 7) • Identify facts and details: Who won the gold medal for soccer at the 1996 Olympics? (the U.S. team, page 10)
Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension everyone paying attention
win over China
on news program
• Identify stated main idea: What sentence in the third paragraph on page 8 best states the main idea of the paragraph? (There is one very tricky rule in soccer called offside.) • Identify cause and effect: What was the effect of the U.S. team’s win over China in the World Cup in 1999? Use a cause-and-effect chart for help in answering the question. (now everyone was paying attention to women’s soccer; the team appeared on American news programs; was invited to the White House; they were on the cover of Time, Newsweek, People, and Sports Illustrated, page 12)
Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension invited to White House
cover of magazines
• Identify unstated main ideas: What is the second paragraph on page 6 mainly about? (Answer: what a soccer field looks like; Clues/evidence: it’s a rectangle 100 years wide and 130 yards long divided by a halfway line; the field has a center circle and a mark to indicate where the ball is placed at kickoff; lines also show the boundaries of the field as well as the goal and penalty areas) • Draw conclusions: What clues on page 10 support that conclusion that Title IX made a difference to women’s soccer? (Clues/evidence: as a result of Title IX, schools all over the country started sports programs for girls; soccer was especially popular; in the 1980s, the NCAA and other organizations began to sponsor women’s soccer championships)
Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension • Evaluate author’s purpose: Why does the author probably include the illustrations and labels on page 7? (to show readers the special shoes and clothing that soccer players wear)
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• Analyze text structure and organization: The author uses sequence of events to tell about the rise of women’s soccer in the article “Women’s Soccer: Keeping the Dream Alive.” What are some words that tell you this? (during most of the 1900s; then; in l985; in 1991; 1999; finally; soon after; in 2009, pages 10—12)
Fast and Furious Futsal; World’s Favorite Sport Vocabulary • Use description to determine word meaning: What does the word participants mean in this book? Look for clues for the meaning of this word on page 16. (Answer: people who take part in an activity; Clues/evidence: teams of twentyseven faced one another; most participants needed medical care; a similar group)
Find It! Level 1 Comprehension • Identify facts and details: Where did the FIFA decide to hold its first World Cup competition? (Uruguay, page 18)
• Identify facts and details: Who is considered to be the perfect footballer? (Pele, page 20)
Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension • Compare and contrast: How are Futsal and soccer the same? (players kick a ball
only four countries
into a goal to score; the goalkeeper defends the goal and can use both hands; there is a penalty area and there are fouls for tripping or pushing an opponent, page 14) long journey
not successful
difficult economic times
• Identify cause and effect: The first World Cup was not successful. What caused this? Use a cause-and-effect chart for help in answering the question. (only four European countries participated; getting to Uruguay required a long journey by sea; most of the world was experiencing difficult economic times, page 18)
Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension • Identify unstated main ideas: The second paragraph on page 14 is mainly about how Futsal started. What clues tell you this? (Clues/evidence: Ceriani is considered the “father” of Futsal; in 1930 Ceriani began holding an indoor soccer competition for kids; the game caught on in Brazil; spread throughout South America)
Readers’ & Writers’ Genre Workshop ©2011 Benchmark Education Company, LLC. All rights reserved. This card may be photocopied for classroom use only. Based on the Comprehension Through Deductive Reasoning Model developed by Margaret Kilgo.
• Make inferences: What clues on page 19 tell you that soccer was a very popular sport in 2010? (Clues/evidence: 700 million people watched the finals on television in 2010; three-million-plus fans attended matches leading up to the final)
Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension • Analyze text structure and organization: Why did the writer start the article “World’s Favorite Sport” with the information that nearly three billion people enjoy soccer on page 16? (to hook the reader with an interesting fact about the subject of the article)
• Evaluate author’s purpose: Why did the author probably include the quote from a newspaper on page 19? (to show facts that are supported by sources)
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