Informational TEXT: NYC Rats Are Even Grosser Than You Thought

NYC Rats Are Even Grosser Than
You Thought, Study Finds

KAT

Poll

Rate your feelings about rats.

• Terrified a 10

• Rats are gross but just rats 3

• Rats are cute 1

• Concerned but not too worried 7

• Not scared just grossed out 5

NYC is crawling with rats what possible
results could this have on the millions
who live in this city.

Infectious-adj

infeccioso

Likely to be
transmitted to
people

Contagious,
transmittable

Harmless,
antiseptic

Ubiquitous- adj

ubicua

Found
everywhere

Everywhere,
all over the
place

Rare, scarce

Read the passage. Look for signal words and phrases that show text structure.

Multiple Choice

What is the text structure of the text?

• Comparison

• Cause and effect

• Problem and solution

• Cause, problem, and solutiopn

• Chronological

Multiple Choice

What it the author's purpose in writing "NYC Rats Are Even Grosser Than You Thought, Study Finds"?

• to pursuade New Yorkers to wage war against the rat population

• to inform readers that rats are a bigger health risk to humans than suspected

• to inform readers that rats are taking over NYC

• to inform readers that rats are in NYC and they are bad

In your journal write a main idea sentence using your stem under the graphic organizer.

Draw

Draw a graphic organizer to show CAUSE AND EFFECT.

Multiple Choice

What is the cause and the effect?

• The cause is scientists needed a baseline of infectious diseases already present in New York City. The effect is through studying the rats of NYC they discovered 18 unknown viruses. 

  
  

• The cause is New York City is crawling with dangerous disease carrying rats. The effect is scientists are studying exactly what types of diseases.

• The cause is scientists are trying to study how to rid New York City of its rat population. The effect is getting rid of the rats will help people stay healthy.

• The cause is rats are the source of 18 infectious diseases. The effect has led scientists to collect samples from New York City. 

Open Ended

Explain how this new information will be benefical to the residents of NYC. Remember to reword the prompt.

In your journal write a summary SUMMARY of the text we read. Use your cause and effect statement as a skeleton for your summary.