1. Question One Answer inside the box.
How far would you go to obtain the truth? If you were a reporter what risks would you take to get the full story?

2. Vocabulary
Retrace
Intervene
Journalist
Influence
Witness

4. Use the unravel strategy on this question Question One
Reporting Live is a non-fiction text. What evidence best supports this claim?
There was no way she could keep up with a teenager on such a dangerous journey. (DiCosiglio)
“What am I doing here?” (16).
Every year, tens of thousands of kids leave their homes in Central America (11).
“I wanted to make people feel like they were riding with them” ( 17).

5. Reporting Live is a non-fiction text
Reporting Live is a non-fiction text. What evidence best supports this claim?
There was no way she could keep up with a teenager on such a dangerous journey. (DiCosiglio)
“What am I doing here?” (16).
Every year, tens of thousands of kids leave their homes in Central America (11).
“I wanted to make people feel like they were riding with them” ( 17).

6. Attention Grabber (Chapter one)
Train of Death starts with a dramatic opening scene.
Describe it in your own words.
Did it grab you?
What makes a good “lead” or “hook” to a story?

7. Words in Context (Chapter one)
To be an astronaut, you must be an intrepid person who craves adventure and is not afraid of heights.
Using context clues, what is the closest meaning of the underlined word in the sentence?
Fearless
Friendly
Intellectual
Successful

8. Vocabulary (Chapter one)
“On that hot summer night in 2000, Nazario was risking her own life to retrace Enrique’s steps” (DiConsiglio 17).
In the passage from the Train of Death, which word has the nearest meaning to retrace?
admire
join
follow
switch

9. Author’s Purpose (Chapter one)
Use the unravel strategy on this question
Sonia Nazario, the reporter, wrote, “I really wanted to put the reader on top of the train.”
What was the purpose of this statement?
To let readers know they should have rode the train with her (Sonia).
To let the reader know that she told the story in such a way that they would feel as if they were actually on the train.
To tell the reader she did not want to be on the train herself, but wanted someone else on it.
She didn’t have a purpose in writing the statement.

10. English 2017 Draw a volcano and fill it with as many words you
can think of that have RUPT in them.
Based on these words, what do you think the root
RUPT means?
Break or burst

11. Character Motivation (any chapter)
When you consider the reporter, Sonia Nazario, what was her motivation to personally research and report on what is known as “the Train of Death?”
To make a hero of herself in the news world by riding “the Train of Death.”
Her family had traveled on “the Train of Death.”
She knew it would be safe for a woman to research and report on.
She needed to experience the journey in order to tell the story properly.

12. English Draw a truck and fill it with as many words you
can think of that have PORT in them.
Based on these words, what do you think the
root PORT means?
Port means to carry

13. Figurative Language/Meaning (Chapter two)
In Train of Death, Sonia Nazario describes her reporting style as “fly on the wall” (DiConsiglio 23). What does she mean by this idiom?
She takes a “hand off” approach to reporting.
She observes and sees everything but stays out of the action.
She tries to shape and change stories she reports on.
She wishes she could be a fly in real life and live on walls.

14. English Draw a projector and fill it with as many words you
can think of that have JECT in them.
Based on these words, what do you think the root
JECT means?
JECT means throw

15. Inference (Chapter three)
“Nazario planned to research her story by living like a migrant child. But she knew her limitations. She couldn’t trail one boy for the entire 2,000-mile route. There was no way she could keep up with a teenager on such a dangerous journey” (DiConsiglio 29).
Based on this passage, what can you infer about the differences between Nazario (an adult woman) and a young teenage boy when it came to making the journey?

16. Characterization (Chapter three)
In chapter three of Train of Death, we learn about Enrique’s journey. What are three words you would use to describe his character traits? Explain why you chose each of those words.

17. Compare/Contrast (Chapter four)
In “Train of Death”, Enrique changes his outlook on his journey from “Train of Death” to “Iron Hope.”
What do the two contrasting metaphors “Train of Death” and “Iron Hope” tell you about Enrique’s changing outlook?
His thinking changed from high risk of the trip to growing optimism.
He felt positive in the beginning of the journey which changed to negative later.
He likes using metaphors to describe his feelings.
His perspective about the journey did not change.

18. Main Idea (End of the story)
Which statement would best describe the main idea of the short story “Train of Death: Sonia Nazario”?
A thrill seeking reporter, Sonia Nazario, takes the “Train of Death” to win a Pulitzer Prize.
An everyday woman, Sonia Nazario, reports on the ins and outs of taking the “Train of Death.”
Enrique is a 16 year boy who finally makes it to the U.S. border on his eighth try.
Sonia Nazario, a reporter, puts herself in the line of fire by following migrant kids on a dangerous journey through Central America and Mexico.

19. “He is frozen with fear on a hillside in Afghanistan
“He is frozen with fear on a hillside in Afghanistan.” The underlined phrase is what type of figurative language?
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Simile
Oxymoron

20. “Living conditions at Restrepo were bleak
“Living conditions at Restrepo were bleak. The soldiers had no cooked food, running water, or electricity.”
Using the word in context, the word bleak most nearly means?
Bare
Full
Uplifting
Cold

21. Academic Language Key words to include -main idea -Author’s purpose
-most nearly means (synonym)
-would dramatically change (antonym)
-Draw an inference
-According to the text,
To provide a clue ..
What evidence best supports …
Which situation
Claim