Transcript SQUADS #4 - Ronald W. Reagan IB High School

CPW
11th Grade Reading
Learning Intentions - Today, we will address these College Readiness
Standards in Reading:
1.
2.
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4.
Main Idea and Author’s Intent
Supporting Details
Meanings of Words
Generalizations and Conclusions
Success Criteria – I am successful if I…
1.
2.
3.
4.
Identify a main idea.
Read quickly and carefully.
Use context clues to help define a word.
Recognize the conclusion to a passage.
11th Grade Notes
• Take 5 minutes to carefully read the entire passage.
• If you see a word you don’t understand, keep reading
and use context clues to guess the word’s meaning.
• There will be 4 questions this week.
• You will have 2 minutes to work on each question individually.
• You will have 1 minute to work on each question as a group.
#1 – What is the author trying to
establish with lines 35 through 45?
A. Researchers believe acupuncture sends
impulses up the spinal cord.
B. Acupuncture has been exposed as false
medicine.
C. Acupuncture has been proven to be
connected to the limbic system.
D. Acupuncture has been studied extensively for
years.
#2 – The passage mentions that the
onset of illness would be caused by any
of the following EXCEPT:
A.
B.
C.
D.
A change in the temperature of qi.
A disruption in the flow of qi.
An excess of qi.
A shortage of qi.
#3 – As it is used in line 49, the word
concentrated most nearly means:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Gathered together.
Extracted.
Directed to one topic.
Paid attention to.
#4 – Information in the last paragraph indicates
that acupuncture research has given results
that:
A. Explains some aspects of how acupuncture
functions while questioning the methods used in
previous studies.
B. Thoroughly explain the mechanisms by which
acupuncture functions.
C. Explain some aspects of how acupuncture functions
while leaving some aspects open to further study.
D. Do not explain any of the mechanisms by which
acupuncture functions.
CPW 11th Grade Reading
• OK, repeat the questions with your squad
members. Discuss and argue with your group
members about what the correct answers are.
• 60 seconds per question for Squad Mode.
• After the group answers, trade answer sheets
and launch the Answers Video.