Vocabulary
Mr. Ferris Book
Video
News Article Components
Ferris Wheel Facts
100

An engineer builds this.

What are buildings, bridges skyscrapers, roller coasters and Ferris wheels?

100

Mr. Ferris' first name.

Who is George?

100

Number of cars the Ferris wheel has today

What is 42 cars?

100

Start the newspaper article with this component.

What is an attention grabber?

100

Height of the first Ferris wheel created.

What is 264 feet high?

200

A car suspended in the air on a Ferris wheel.

What is a gondola?
200

The number of velvet seats on the Ferris wheel when it was first built.

What is 40 velvet seats?

200

The length of the ride on the Ferris wheel on Navy pier.

What is 15 minutes?

200
Things used to support or used as evidence.

What are quotes?

200
The year the first Ferris wheel was created?

What is 1893?

300

Something in the ground that is loose and wet and sucks in anything resting on or falling into it.

What is quicksand?

300

Describe the size of the cars on the Ferris wheel.

What are as big as a living room?

300
The name of the special car on the Ferris wheel at Navy pier.

What is the VIP car?

300

Questions that should be answered in the article.

What are who, what, where, when, why and how?

300
The place the Ferris wheel was created.
Where is Chicago?
400

Synonymous with the words energetic and enthusiastic without stopping. 

What is tireless?

400

The number of light bulbs on the Ferris wheel.

What are 3,000 light bulbs?

400
Allows people to see out of the bottom of the special car on the Ferris wheel on Navy pier.

What is glass?

400

First thing that a reader sees when reading a newspaper article.

What is the title?

400

Material the Ferris wheel is made out of.

What is steel?

500
Synonymous with the words honest and honorable.

What is noble?

500
The amount you had to pay to ride the Ferris wheel.

What is 50 cents?

500

The special name of the cars on the Ferris wheel

What are/is gondolas?

500

Other things to add in a newspaper article besides words.

What are pictures and about the author?

500
The color of Mr. Ferris' whistle.

What is golden?