Page 23 - Point 5 Literature Program Option 1 Teachers Guide (2) (1)

3. The setting of the story is New York City.
4. George would like to have a good job and live in a private house with a porch, on a street with trees.
(Answers will vary as the story offers more than two thoughts.)

Part II
Vocabulary Practice
Answers:
1. drunk 2. hesitated 3. earnestly 4. urge 5. wondered 6. embarrassed 7. approval 8. appreciate

Questions
Answers might include:

5. Mr. Cattanzara worked in a change booth on an IRT station.
6. He read the New York Times.
7. Once in a while Mr. Cattanzara got drunk.
8. He told Mr. Cattanzara he had a list of a hundred books and was reading them.

Part III
Vocabulary Practice
Answers:

1. e 2. f 3. a 4. b 5. c 6. d
Questions
Answers might include:

9. George felt uneasy. He was scared to talk to Mr. Cattanzara but uncomfortable about avoiding him. He lost all
interest in reading.
10. Mr. Cattanzara was drunk and treated George as if he were still a little boy. He offered George a nickel to buy a
lemon ice.

11. …inside he was crumbling apart, He felt very ashamed of himself.
12. … He stayed in his room for almost a week, except to sneak into the kitchen when nobody was home.

Part IV
Vocabulary Practice
Answers:
1. disgrace 2. figured 3. confident 4. accidental 5. trembling

Questions
Answers might include:
13. The neighbors were still friendly to him.
14. He said he had finished reading the books.
15. George went to the library, counted off a hundred books and sat down at a table to read.

Analysis and Interpretation
The first question compares and contrasts the main characters. This skill has been encountered as
a reading strategy.

Before question 4, elicit from the students that the appropriate HOTS is Distinguishing different
perspectives, which they learned in The Road Not Taken on Student’s Coursebook page 8.

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