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Pathway(s) for Language Arts: G 1 G 2 G 3 G 4

Exemption(s) G Informational Reading G Poetic Reading G Demand Writing G Listening G Speaking

Adaptation(s) G Alternate Setting G Verbatim scribing of reading and/or listening responses G Transcribing of Demand Writing G Voice-to-Text software

Tips For Answering Multiple-Choice Questions 1. Reread parts of the reading passage, if necessary. 2. Reread the question, if necessary. 3. Choose the best answer for each question. 4. Fill in only one circle for each question. 5. Go to the next question if you get stuck on an answer. You should come back to the question at the end. 6. Answer every question, even if you’re not sure. 7. Use any extra time to check your answers.

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Tips For Answering Open-Response Questions 1. Reread parts of the reading passage, if necessary. 2. Reread the question, if necessary. 3. Print or write as neatly as you can. 4. Answer in complete sentences. 5. Include as much information as you can when you are asked to explain your thinking. 6. Explain yourself clearly. Provide details and examples. 7. Write what you think and why you think that. There are not always right or wrong answers. 8. Go to the next question if you get stuck on an answer. You should come back to the question at the end. 9. Answer every question, even if you are not sure. 10. Use any extra time to check your answers. q Do they say what you mean?

q Do they make sense? q Are your spelling, punctuation, and capitalization appropriate?

Give Us This Day

1. Who is telling the poem?

A.) boy from India B.) boy in the chair C.) parents of the boy D.) television character

2. What does the word “ladled” (line 8) mean in the poem? A.) forced B.) hurried C.) served D.) shouted 3. A metaphor compares two unlike things, without using the words

“like” or “as”. Which phrase is a metaphor? A.) first fingerfuls B.) matchstick arms C.) sunken eyes D.) swollen belly 4. What would be a need for the boy on the television screen? A.) chair B.) chocolate C.) food D.) utensils

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5. What global issue affects the child from India? A.) climate change B.) peace C.) pollution D.) poverty

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1. Complete the Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the narrator and the boy from India.

Narrator Boy From India

2. What message do you think the poet is trying to communicate? Support your answer with ideas from the poem.

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3. If you saw the same image on television, how would you feel? Support your answer from the text and your own life experiences.

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4. Using the visual, fill in the thought balloon.

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5. If you could send this child a care package consisting of only three items, what would these be? Explain your choices.

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6. Create a detailed image from the poem. Provide a creative caption for your illustration.

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Demand Writing 1

Describe the happiest moment of your life. Provide lots of details.

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Doctor, Doctor

6. What was used to help doctors diagnose illnesses 1000 years ago? (A.) anaesthetic (B.) penicillin (C.) stars (D.) stethoscope 7. Who is responsible for inventing the microscope? (A.) Hans and Zacharias Jansen (B.) Joseph Lister (C.) Louis Pasteur (D.) William Roentgen 8. What is the purpose of anaesthetic? (A.) disinfect (B.) measure temperature (C.) numb pain (D.) stop bleeding 9. What visual does the article display to help you understand the process of “bloodletting?” (A.) blood dripping (B.) hypodermic syringe (C.) red cross (D.) stethoscope

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10. How did Lister’s discovery help increase a patient’s chance of survival? (A.) detects heartbeat (B.) helps people see (C.) reduces infection (D.) stops bleeding 11. What technology was used by Louis Pasteur in discovering that germs made people sick? (A.) hypodermic needle (B.) microscope (C.) thermometer (D.) x-ray 12. What information can be found on the website: www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/medicine.html? (A.) a biography of the author (B.) facts about the magic bullet (C.) more medical discoveries (D.) timeline of scientific inventions 13. Why is the title of the text Doctor, Doctor in red? (A.) to match gloves of the surgeon (B.) to match the check point arrows (C.) to represent the colour of blood (D.) to represent the red crosses

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1. After reading this text, complete the chart to describe information you have learned about some important medical breakthroughs.

DATE

MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH

HOW IT HAS HELPED

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2. For thousands of years people did not want to go to the doctor. Give two reasons to explain why this was true. Support your answer with details from the text.

3. What discovery mentioned in the text do you think has had the greatest impact on medical science? Explain your choice using support from the text.

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4. “One sometimes finds what one is not looking for.” - Alexander Fleming

What do you think Alexander Fleming meant by this quote? Use details from the text and your own life experiences to support your answer.

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5. Imagine you made a medical discovery. In the space below create a poster or webpage design that will inform the world about this huge discovery.

Speaking

Good day. My name is .

I am in Grade 6 at school.

Today I am going to present .

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A Chance To Shine (Listening Notes)

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A Chance to Shine 1. How did meeting Joe change the boy? Support your answer with reference to the song.

2. Describe a time when you, or someone else, helped another person shine. Use something you have experienced, read, or seen to support your answer.

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3. Stereotyping is; “an inaccurate and often unfair idea that everyone in a group or culture looks and acts exactly the same.” Give an example of stereotyping from the song and something you have experienced, read or seen. Explain your choices.

A.) Example from song:

B.) Example from your own experience:

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4. What do you think the following phrase from the song means; “We’re all meant to write on the pages of time?”

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5. Create a cartoon strip showing how Joe has changed throughout the song.

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Demand Writing 2

Write a story that can accompany this illustration.

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