A mentorship program that helps men most at risk offers an example
1. Try to restate the main idea of this paragraph in your own words
2. What is the operation peacekeeper fellowship?
3. What are the opposing ideas in this paragraph ?Use your own words.
4. Drop in what?
5. Who does "they" refer to? And in what way are they not cooperating with police?
6. How was the chicago program different from the Richmond program?
7. What was the Chicago program's goal, and how did it try to achieve it?
8. According to this paragraph, what causes young men, especially young black men, to get involved in crime?
9. What does "that" refer to?
10. What is the author's opinion here?
11. What are the two benefits of the fellowship program that are mentioned in this paragraph?
12. Who is Boggan?
13. What is the benefit mentioned in this paragraph? Has this benefit been studied or proved?
14. What issue?
15. Why might the program be shortsighted? Explain what the author means here.
16. The author expresses a strong opinion here. Try to summarize it.
Discuss in class:
• What is the author's purpose? Is the article objective or subjective?
• How would you describe the tone of the article?
• Is there a sentence which states the author's central idea?
• What is your reaction to the information in the article? Was it new? Interesting? Surprising? Confusing?
• Compare the problems the author discussed to problems in your own country.
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of this type of program?
• Do you need any additional information to better understand this program/topic?