Level R
Summary: How special it was for the first immigrants who registered at the immigration offices on Ellis Island in 1892.
Vocabulary:
bureau
privilege
memento
grievance
immigration
steerage
vessel
gangplank
Focus Question: Why was the opening of immigration offices on Ellis Island such an important event?
Text Features:
The lead is the information between the headline and the main text of the newspaper. What information does this lead provide, and how is it helpful for the reader?
Why does the writer include the photo of new arrivals?
How does the photo and caption of the new immigration building on Ellis Island enhance your understanding of the text?
Key ideas:
What details does the author provide in the first paragraph to answer the five W questions: who, what, when, where, and why?
Author's Craft:
How does the author describe Annie Moore?
How do the details about Annie and her journey help you understand how she might have felt being the first to register in the book of the new landing bureau?
Connections:
What does Col. Weber present to Annie Moore?
How might this symbolize what coming to the United States meant to many immigrants?
Make Inferences:
Why are there so few maglev trains in use right now?
Compare and Contrast:
How did the different works view the opening?
Why did these two groups see the opening differently?
Final Questions:
Why did the author focus on one immigrant's story in this article about the new immigration building on Ellis Island?
How does this article help you understand that people wanted to immigrate to the United States?