Mrs. Loane 6th Grade ELA [email protected] …Mrs. Loane 6th Grade ELA...

Mrs. Loane 6th Grade ELA [email protected]

Packet Part 1: Writing Prompts There are a total of 8 writing prompts. Complete 4 each week, and use this checklist to keep yourself on track Week of Mon. April 13: ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 Week of Mon. April 20: ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 Packet Part Two: Reading and Answering Qs. Week of Mon. April 27: You may complete these assignments in whatever order you choose. Here is a checklist to make sure you get them all done! ❏ Article, “Seals With High-Tech Hats Are Collecting Climate Data in the Antarctic,” and 4 multiple choice

questions ❏ Poem, “Most Valuable Player,” 3 multiple choice and 1 short answer (Use RACE) ❏ Article, “Why Everything Is Closing For Coronavirus: It’s Called "Flattening the Curve," and 4 multiple

choice questions ❏ Article, “Who could hate "Goodnight Moon"? This Powerful New York Librarian,” and 4 multiple choice

questions. Turning In Your Work Options:

Option 1: The Old Fashioned Way

Return your completed packets physically to the TMS office.

Option 2: Photographs and Email*

Take photographs of your completed work, and email them to me. When taking pictures of multiple choice answers, make sure to include the title of the article the questions are from in the body of your email, as well as your first and last name. Title each email using this format: Student First and Last Name, Title of Assignment If it’s a journal entry, just tell me which day

Option 2: Email*

Journals: Type your journal entry in the body of an email. Include the prompt with your response, as well as your first and last name. Articles and Qs: Type the title of the article. Then list your answers to each question. Then your name. For example: Seals With High Tech Hats

1. e 2. e 3. e 4. e

* if you are going to send me photos of handwritten work, please make sure the writing is legible in the photos.

mailto:[email protected]

Packet Week 2

Mrs. Loane 6th Grade ELA

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

Mrs. Loane’s 6th Grade ELA Writing Assignments

To be completed from April 13 - May 1, 2020

Name: Date Received: Date Completed: Instructions: There are 8 days of writing prompts. To earn full credit you must

1. Restate the prompt, and respond to all parts of the prompt. 2. Write in complete sentences. (minimum of 4 sentences per prompt) 3. Follow basic rules of grammar (capitalization, punctuation). 4. Have fun!! When possible, add illustrations in the margins!

DAY ONE - Would you rather?

Choose one of the following prompts. Write your response on the lines provided. If you want, draw a picture in the margins to illustrate your response.

Would you rather be an otter or an eagle? Once you have made your choice, write a paragraph from your point of view describing some things you did today as that animal.

Would you rather go without video games or dessert for a month? Explain your choice, and tell what you would do instead.

DAY TWO - Hidden Strengths

Write your response on the lines provided. If you want, draw a picture in the

margins to illustrate your response.

Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” Write a narrative about a time when you did something you thought you could not do. Be sure to include specific details so that a reader can follow your story.

DAY THREE - Robots!

Write your response on the lines provided. If you want, draw a picture in the margins to illustrate your response.

Imagine a future in which we each have a personalized robot servant. What would yours be like? Describe what it would do and the features it would have.

DAY FOUR - Sad or Glad?


What are the things you miss the most about school? Why do you miss these things?

What are some things you don’t miss about school? Why don’t you miss them?

DAY FIVE - A Day In The Life


Start to finish, describe a typical day in your life since school was cancelled. What are you up to? What’s keeping you busy? Who are you spending time with?

DAY SIX - Would you rather Part Two?


Would you rather be able to speak 10 foreign languages or talk to animals? What would you do with your extraordinary skills?

Would you rather have $500 to spend on yourself or $5000 to give away ? Why? Describe the things you would buy/do with your money.

DAY SEVEN - Look Ma, I’m On T.V.!


You get to guest star on a TV show. What show is it? (it doesn’t have to be a show like Ellen, where guests are interviewed. It could be any show. For example, I , Mrs. Loane would want to be a Crystal Gem on Steven Universe.) What happens in this particular episode?

DAY EIGHT - Free Write!


You choose! Write to me (Mrs. Loane) about anything you want!

This article is available at 5 reading levels at https://newsela.com.

Seals with high-tech hats are collecting climatedata in the Antarctic

Image 1. An elephant seal outfitted with specialized sensors that helped researchers track how heat moves through ocean currents. Photoby: Etienne Pauthenet/Sorbonne University

Elephant seals in funny-looking hats are helping NASA study climate science.

The seals have been outfitted with specialized sensors. The sensors resemble lumpy metal

yarmulkes with antennae. The seals are collecting data that's helping researchers track how heat

moves through ocean currents. A paper was published the week of December 2 in Nature

Geosciences. In the paper, a team of climate scientists led by oceanographer Lia Siegelman used

this clever technique to track changes in temperature as the seals swam the icy waters of the

Antarctic.

Researchers enlisted the help of one particularly fearless female seal. She helped researchers

discover that heat stored at the ocean's depths can sometimes get swirled back up to the surface by

some deeply penetrating currents. Researchers have known that these currents can ferry heat

downward into the ocean's interior. However, the new findings suggest the reverse is true as well.

This causes a process that can warm the sea's topmost layers as well.

By Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, adapted by Newsela staff on 12.18.19Word Count 622Level MAX

[[] newsela


This might sound inconsequential. However, Siegelman thinks it's important to incorporate this

new information into existing climate models. Oceans serve as a sink for the atmosphere's heat.

This means the cooler their surfaces are, the more energy they can absorb. With heat rising up

from below, though, the world's waters might be less equipped to offset rising temperatures than

scientists once thought, Siegelman explained.

What this means in the long term is unclear. As Sarah Zielinski reported for Smithsonian.com in

2014, climate change is reshuffling how ocean waters in the Antarctic move and mix. What

happens in the Antarctic doesn't stay in the Antarctic. Shifts in the water cycle at our planet's

South Pole have reverberating effects on climate and weather throughout the rest of the globe.

Before the seals' help, scientists had a pretty limited

view of what went on beneath the surface of the

Southern Ocean. Here, temperatures can plunge

below 30 degrees Fahrenheit. Thick sheets of sea ice

block instruments from collecting data. It is a difficult

environment for underwater science field work.

None of that troubles southern elephant seals. They

spend nine to 10 months of each year at sea. They

swim thousands of miles and dive up to half a mile

beneath the ocean's surface, usually about 80 times a

day. "Even when they sleep, they dive," Siegelman said earlier this year. "They float down like a

leaf."

To capitalize on the seals' wanderlust, Siegelman and her colleagues tagged a female elephant seal

on the Kerguelen Islands. They glued a sensor to her head. Don't be alarmed: The researchers

remove the tags on the seals' next visit ashore. If not for that, they're sloughed off with dead skin

during molting season.

With the high-tech hat atop her head, the seal embarked on her post-breeding swim in October

2014. For the next three months, the researchers followed her 3,000-mile journey. During this

journey, she dived 6,333 times, Meghan Bartels reported for Space.com.

Combined with satellite images, the wealth of data the seal recovered gave Siegelman and her

team a clearer picture than they'd ever been afforded before. It's probably safe to say that the

significance of this was lost on the seal.

From the human perspective, it is clear seals are filling in some massive gaps in knowledge, Guy

Williams said in 2016. Williams is a polar oceanographer at the University of Tasmania. He's

conducting his own temperature studies with seals and walruses.

"The [seals] have gone to areas where we've never had an observation before," Williams said.


Quiz

1 Which sentence from the article BEST introduces the purpose of the NASA climate study?

(A) Elephant seals in funny-looking hats are helping NASA study climate science.

(B) The seals have been outfitted with specialized sensors.

(C) The sensors resemble lumpy metal yarmulkes with antennae.

(D) The seals are collecting data that's helping researchers track how heat moves through ocean currents.

2 Which answer choice accurately characterizes Guy Williams's reaction to using seals to gather information underwater?

(A) He thinks walruses and seals should dive together to collect the most comprehensive temperatureinformation.

(B) He thinks researchers should take care to avoid putting any animals in harm's way during theirinformation-gathering journeys.

(C) He thinks the seals are providing very useful information about the ocean that people otherwise wouldnot have access to.

(D) He thinks it is an interesting approach, but satellite images are more likely to provide useful information.

3 When did scientists track the movements of a female elephant seal? How do you know?

(A) In 2019; "The seals are collecting data that's helping researchers track how heat moves through oceancurrents. A paper was published the week of December 2 in Nature Geosciences."

(B) In 2014; "As Sarah Zielinski reported for Smithsonian.com in 2014, climate change is reshuffling howocean waters in the Antarctic move and mix. "

(C) In 2014; "With the high-tech hat atop her head, the seal embarked on her post-breeding swim inOctober 2014. For the next three months, the researchers followed her 3,000-mile journey."

(D) In 2016.; "From the human perspective, it is clear seals are filling in some massive gaps in knowledge,Guy Williams said in 2016."

4 Select the paragraph from the article that shows the results of NASA's climate study.

(A) The seals have been outfitted with specialized sensors. The sensors resemble lumpy metal yarmulkeswith antennae. The seals are collecting data that's helping researchers track how heat moves throughocean currents. A paper was published the week of December 2 in Nature Geosciences. In the paper, ateam of climate scientists led by oceanographer Lia Siegelman used this clever technique to trackchanges in temperature as the seals swam the icy waters of the Antarctic.

(B) Researchers enlisted the help of one particularly fearless female seal. She helped researchers discoverthat heat stored at the ocean's depths can sometimes get swirled back up to the surface by somedeeply penetrating currents. Researchers have known that these currents can ferry heat downward intothe ocean's interior. However, the new findings suggest the reverse is true as well. This causes aprocess that can warm the sea's topmost layers as well.

(C) To capitalize on the seals' wanderlust, Siegelman and her colleagues tagged a female elephant seal onthe Kerguelen Islands. They glued a sensor to her head. Don't be alarmed: The researchers remove thetags on the seals' next visit ashore. If not for that, they're sloughed off with dead skin during moltingseason.

(D) With the high-tech hat atop her head, the seal embarked on her post-breeding swim in October 2014.For the next three months, the researchers followed her 3,000-mile journey. During this journey, shedived 6,333 times, Meghan Bartels reported for Space.com.

Name: Class:

"College Softball" by David Moore is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND2.0.

Most Valuable PlayerBy Sarah Van Arsdale

1988

Sarah Van Arsdale is an author, poet, and professor. In this poem, a speaker describes her goals. As youread, make note of the speaker’s goals and aspirations.

If I had a trophyI’d put it on the middle shelfof my bookcase. I’d dustit every dayand polish it once a week.

It would have a statue of a womanholding a bat, her golden armcocked up1 a littlewaiting for the pitch.When my friends came overI’d stand next to the bookcase casual-liketill they said, “Is that a trophy?”I’d read the inscription2 every morning.I’d ask someone to take my picturewith my trophy.

My trophy would say“Softball Player” on the bottom,and everyone would knowthat in summer I tie on my cleatsrun onto the field,slapping high fives.They’d know I take third base,put my glove to the dry dirt,scatter dust in the air.They’d hear the fans shout,

[1]

[5]

[10]

[15]

[20]

[25]

1. tilted up2. Inscription (noun): written or carved words on an object

1

II COMMONLIT

“Most Valuable Player” by Sarah Van Arsdale. First published in Korone, vol. V, 1988. Copyright © 1988 by Sarah Van Arsdale. Used bypermission of the author. All rights reserved.

“Hey, some catch!”when the white ball comes slamminginto my glove,and, “Watch out, she’ll steal home,”as my cleats dig and dig.They’d feel the weight of the little statueAnd think, “I bet she’s going outWith her team tonight,”“I bet she could teach me how to throw,”“I bet she plays softball,”and I do,

I do.

[30]

[35]

2

II COMMONLIT

Text-Dependent QuestionsDirections: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences.

1. PART A: Which of the following identifies the theme of the poem?A. People want to be recognized.B. Sometimes people don't mind when their skills go unrewarded.C. The support of friends and family is important to succeed.D. Rewards and trophies do not determine an individual’s skill or success.

2. PART B: Which detail from the poem best supports the answer to Part A?A. “I’d dust / it every day / and polish it once a week.” (Lines 3-5)B. “It would have a statue of a woman/ holding a bat’” (Lines 6-7)C. “I’d read the inscription every morning.” (Line 13)D. “They’d hear the fans shout / ‘Hey, some catch!’” (Lines 25-26)

3. What does having a trophy mean to the speaker?A. It’s proof that she is the best softball player.B. It shows that she’s just as athletic as the boys.C. It’s an item to show off to her friends.D. It represents being great at softball.

4. How does the ‘If,...I would…’ structure in the poem develop the speaker’s perspectivetowards her goals?

3

II COMMONLIT


Who could hate "Goodnight Moon"? Thispowerful New York librarian

Image 1. Gwendolyn Donahue (left) and Zeke Paull read a children's book as they sit in an exhibit called "The ABC of It: Why Children'sBooks Matter" at the New York Public Library, September 30, 2013, in New York City. The setting is from "Good Night Moon" by MargaretWise Brown, with illustrations by Clement Hurd. Photo by: Kathy Willens/AP Photo

On January 13, the New York Public Library revealed its list of the 10 most-checked-out books of

all time. The list largely consists of children's books. Chances are you have read, or heard of, at

least one. There's "The Snowy Day" by Ezra Jack Keats and "The Cat in the Hat" by Dr. Seuss, each

checked out nearly 500,000 times. There's "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and "Where the Wild

Things Are."

There is also one very famous children's book missing from the list —Margaret Wise

Brown's "Goodnight Moon." You remember: the great green room, with the telephone, balloon and

the painting of the cow jumping over the moon and the soothing words to which millions of

children have been tucked safely into bed: "Goodnight stars, Goodnight air, Goodnight noises

everywhere."

By Washington Post, adapted by Newsela staff on 04.06.20Word Count 964Level 1130L

[[] newsela


So conspicuous was its absence from the most-read list that the library felt a need to explain why it

was missing.

Influential Inventor Of Children's Library

While children and their parents have loved the bedtime story for decades, librarian Anne Carroll

Moore "hated" it, the library said. Moore not only ran the children's section at the library for 35

years, she actually invented it. Moore's influence was so great, her opinion kept the book off the

shelves for decades.

"Goodnight Moon" first came out in 1947, but Moore hated the book so much that the library did

not carry it until 1972. The library explained that the lost time "bumped the book off the top 10 list

for now."

Though largely forgotten today, Moore was responsible for introducing an entire generation of

children to libraries in the early 20th century. Before her, most libraries did not even allow

children inside.

Jan Pinborough is the author of a biography of Moore

titled "Miss Moore Thought Otherwise: How Anne

Carroll Moore Created Libraries for Children."

Moore's distaste for several beloved children's books

published in her time, including E.B. White's "Stuart

Little" and "Charlotte's Web," may make her seem like

a villain in the eyes of readers or parents today,

Pinborough says. However, these few cases Moore is

now known for unfairly overshadow her more

important life's work: nearly single-handedly

introducing children's services at the library as we

understand them today.

"We take children's libraries so for granted now,"

Pinborough said. "But she created these innovations,

these beautiful welcoming spaces for children. She

took down the silence signs. She designed child-sized

tables. ... And she ordered books in many languages

so that all of the children, including many immigrant

children, could actually check out books and bring

them home."

One-Third Of All Checkouts

Born in Maine in 1871, Moore moved to New York in 1895 and very shortly thereafter she more or

less invented the children's library. She opened her first at the Pratt Institute in 1896 and her next

at the New York Public Library in 1906, as its first director of the new children's department. After

less than 10 years of stocking the shelves with kid-friendly storybooks, in 1913, those books

accounted for one-third of all checkouts at New York library branches.

Before long, libraries around the country copied Moore's children's services, and they also looked

to her for recommendations on which books to collect.


Once she started offering reviews, Moore's disapproval — or her refusal to add a book to her

library's collection — was enough to ruin a book.

"This Is Truck"

"When she didn't like a book, she would say, 'This is truck,'" says librarian Betsy Bird. "People

would make this pilgrimage to her in the library to show her their book, and if she didn't like it she

would tell people right to their face."

That is exactly what happened to Margaret Wise Brown the first time she went to meet Moore. The

two disagreed stylistically. Moore was a lover of fairy tales and fables, while Brown was a believer

in rhyme, and in speaking to children in their own language.

So it should be no surprise, then, that when Brown's most famous work, "Goodnight Moon," was

published, the unusually powerful New York librarian didn't care for it.

"Goodnight Moon" got some good reviews after it

came out, but at the New York Public Library, the

book was judged harshly. Moore was by then retired

from the library but her influence did not go away in

the slightest, as she still attended every meeting. For

years, the library refused to add the book to its

collection.

Only 6,000 copies of "Goodnight Moon" were sold in

the fall of 1947, and after that, it was almost forgotten

for several years.

Bird said the book's explosion in popularity in later

years is still somewhat of a mystery. Somehow, the

word spread from parent to parent. Four thousand copies were sold in 1955, 8,000 in 1960, nearly

20,000 in 1970, and from there it was onward and upward.

Neither Moore nor Brown, however, would live to see it. Brown died in 1952 at age 42, while

Moore died in 1961 at 89 years old. Her influence had waned toward the end of her life after she

disagreed with critics about the merits of White's two classics, "Stuart Little" and "Charlotte's

Web."

Harvard history professor Jill Lepore said it is unfair to only remember Moore for her unpopular

opinions, and not for what she did for kids.

"Given that people have forgotten, ignored and dismissed everything Anne Carroll Moore did for

public libraries and for children," Lepore said, "it'd be pretty tragic injustice if she gets

remembered only to be attacked for having hated 'Goodnight Moon' and banned 'Stuart Little.'"


Quiz

1 Read the following sentences from the article.

1. "Goodnight Moon" first came out in 1947, but Moore hated the book so much that the librarydid not carry it until 1972.

2. "But she created these innovations, these beautiful welcoming spaces for children."3. After less than 10 years of stocking the shelves with kid-friendly storybooks, in 1913, those

books accounted for one-third of all checkouts at New York library branches.4. "People would make this pilgrimage to her in the library to show her their book, and if she

didn't like it she would tell people right to their face."

Which two sentences taken together provide the BEST evidence to support the idea that Anne Carroll Moore contributedsignificantly to public libraries?

(A) 1 and 2

(B) 2 and 3

(C) 1 and 4

(D) 3 and 4

2 Read the following sentence from the section "One-Third Of All Checkouts."

Once she started offering reviews, Moore's disapproval — or her refusal to add a book to herlibrary's collection — was enough to ruin a book.

Which answer choice BEST supports the idea that Anne Carroll Moore was very influential in children’s publishing?

(A) So conspicuous was its absence from the most-read list that the library felt a need to explain why it wasmissing.

(B) "Goodnight Moon" got some good reviews after it came out, but at the New York Public Library, the bookwas judged harshly.

(C) Only 6,000 copies of "Goodnight Moon" were sold in the fall of 1947, and after that, it was almostforgotten for several years.

(D) Bird said the book's explosion in popularity in later years is still somewhat of a mystery.

3 How are Anne Carroll Moore’s and Margaret Wise Brown’s opinions connected to each other?

(A) Moore’s opinion about offering book reviews influenced Brown’s opinion about what types of books towrite.

(B) Moore’s opinion on the importance of children’s literature inspired Brown to write “Goodnight Moon.”

(C) Moore’s opinion about the style of literature that is best for children contrasted with Brown’s opinion.

(D) Moore’s opinion on children’s library services contradicted Brown’s opinion about families buying books.

4 Which of the following BEST explains how Anne Carroll Moore interacted with other librarians?

(A) Moore was greatly respected, so her opinion was valued.

(B) Moore intimidated other librarians, so they feared her.

(C) Moore was forgotten and dismissed once she retired.

(D) Moore dictated to other librarians how their sections should be run.


Why everything is closing for coronavirus: It’scalled "flattening the curve"

Image 1. Authorities control a line of motorists waiting to be tested for coronavirus at Glen Island Park in New Rochelle, New York, March13, 2020. Closing areas such as parks is an essential part of the social distancing needed to slow the COVID-19 outbreak. Photo: JohnMinchillo/AP Photo

South by Southwest (SXSW) is a huge music/film/tech/education festival. It brings hundreds of

thousands of visitors to Austin, Texas, every March. When organizers canceled the festival it was

only a matter of time before other major events also canceled.

As of March 13, many sports leagues have suspended their seasons. The National Basketball

Association (NBA), National Hockey League (NHL) and Major League Soccer have suspended

play. Major League Baseball (MLB) has pushed back the season start. The National Collegiate

Athletic Association (NCAA) canceled March Madness. March Madness is a college basketball

competition every spring. If a team loses a game they are out of the competition. People fill out

brackets with who they think will keep advancing to the championships.

Several universities have canceled spring football games. The Professional Golfers' Association

(PGA) Tour canceled the Players Championship. And the future of the 2020 Summer Olympics in

By Forbes, adapted by Newsela staff on 03.17.20Word Count 1,035Level 1040L

[[] newsela


Japan is in doubt. And that's just sports.

School districts from Seattle, Washington, to Baltimore, Maryland, have closed schools. So have

entire states, including Maryland, Michigan and Ohio. More than 100 colleges and universities

have canceled all in-person classes and moved online. The huge music festival Coachella has been

postponed. So have a long list of concerts and music tours and all Broadway shows through April

12. Movie theaters may be next.

Even all Disney parks have closed their gates. This is only the third time Disneyland has closed the

park. The first time was after U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. The

second time was after 9/11. Terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, hit the Twin Towers in New

York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.

Economic Impacts

The economic impacts of all these closures will be incredibly high. Canceling SXSW will mean a

loss of more than $350 million. This includes thousands of low-income workers' lost tips and

wages. However, that won't even be close to how much it will cost sports teams and amusement

parks to close down. So the decision to suspend seasons, cancel events and close up shop are not

being made lightly.

And yet, there have only been about 1,660 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in the United States.

COVID-19 is short for coronavirus disease 2019. There have also been fewer than 50 deaths

because of it in the United States. The coronavirus is a flu-like illness that began in China and has

been spreading across the globe since December 2019.

Many people talk about the flu. Every year the flu sickens millions and kills tens of thousands of

people. It is expected to sicken nearly 50 million people in the United States this year and kill as

many as 52,000 this flu season.

So why is everyone making such a big deal about coronavirus? Why are events being canceled?

Why are schools moving to online instruction? Especially when there are so few cases right now.

Slowing The Spread

There's a good reason to "cancel everything." All these decisions by public officials and businesses

are aimed at one goal: slowing down the spread of the virus to avoid overburdening a health care

system that doesn't have the infrastructure to handle a sudden surge of tens of thousands of cases

at once. Without mass closings, that surge is exactly what will happen, just as it has in Italy.

It's called "flattening the curve." And that's exactly what it is when you see it visually.

Epidemiologists study diseases and how they spread. They can somewhat predict how many cases

of a disease are going to occur based on how the disease is behaving. Continuing business-as-usual

allows cases to escalate rapidly in just a few weeks, spiking so high at once that they completely

overwhelm hospitals. In such a scenario — such as Italy is facing now — more deaths are likely

because there simply aren't enough hospital beds, enough face masks, enough IV bags, even

enough healthy doctors and nurses to care for everyone at once.

However, if that same number of cases can be stretched out over months, never quite exceeding

the health care system's capacity, then people will get the care they need. More health care


providers can avoid illness and burnout, and fewer

people are likely to die — as South Korea has shown.

But are we really headed for that many cases?

Yes.

As former Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

commissioner Scott Gottlieb explained in a recent

interview, the novel coronavirus — just declared a

pandemic by the World Health Organization — is

beyond containment. If it's not already in your

community, it's coming soon. The only reason total

U.S. cases aren't already skyrocketing is that coronavirus testing has been such a mess that too few

people — just 77 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the whole week of

March 8 — are being tested. You can't count cases you haven't identified yet.

But every indication is that the United States is on track to see the same exponential increase other

countries are seeing, as scientist Mark Handley has been tracking on Twitter.

People Are Listening

So what do we do to avert disaster? We have to flatten the curve. Fortunately, people are listening

and the idea has caught on so well among armchair epidemiologists that the #flatteningthecurve

and #FlattenTheCurve hashtags have trended several times on Twitter in recent days.

Clearly, public officials and businesses are listening to the warnings of public health officials, as

evidenced by all the closings and cancellations. But to be effective, ordinary people need to do

their part by avoiding as much as possible any crowds and places where large numbers of people

congregate, such as movie theaters, malls and events that haven't been canceled.

What it means to "flatten the curve" -------------------------►-

l Protec1ive measures (including hcmdwoshing i and social dis1ancing) c-an reduce how fast : the v1rus spreads. and how many people g4llt ; it This con prevent overburdening 'the · healthcare system.

Peak number of coses with protec1ive measures taken

C Q .<29 ----- ···-··- ···- ··-·········-··-········

TM con change de pending Of'I t ~ omount of rasc. .... ces

healthcare profe$Sionals . Outbreak


Quiz

1 Which selection from the section "Slowing The Spread" BEST explains what epidemiologists mean by "flattening the curve"?

(A) All these decisions by public officials and businesses are aimed at one goal: slowing down the spread ofthe virus to avoid overburdening a health care system that doesn't have the infrastructure to handle asudden surge of tens of thousands of cases at once.

(B) Epidemiologists study diseases and how they spread. They can somewhat predict how many cases of adisease are going to occur based on how the disease is behaving.

(C) The only reason total U.S. cases aren't already skyrocketing is that coronavirus testing has been such amess that too few people — just 77 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in thewhole week of March 8 — are being tested. You can't count cases you haven't identified yet.

(D) But every indication is that the United States is on track to see the same exponential increase othercountries are seeing, as scientist Mark Handley has been tracking on Twitter.

2 Read the following claim.

The coronavirus outbreak will cause tremendous economic losses.

Which sentence from the article provides the BEST support for the above statement?

(A) When organizers canceled the festival it was only a matter of time before other major events alsocanceled.

(B) School districts from Seattle, Washington, to Baltimore, Maryland, have closed schools.

(C) However, that won't even be close to how much it will cost sports teams and amusement parks to closedown.

(D) It is expected to sicken nearly 50 million people in the United States this year and kill as many as52,000 this flu season.

3 How did the availability of testing affect the number of reported COVID-19 cases in the United States?

(A) The lack of testing has led the number of reported cases in the United States to decrease significantly inthe last two weeks.

(B) The availability of testing has led to a number of reported cases that experts believe accurately reflectsthe spread of the virus.

(C) The lack of testing has led to a number of reported cases that experts believe does not reflect the truespread of the virus.

(D) The availability of testing has caused the number of reported cases to increase faster in the UnitedStates than in other places.

4 WHY are epidemiologists worried about a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the United States?

(A) It would cause tremendous economic and business losses.

(B) The U.S. health care system does not have the supplies or personnel to manage it.

(C) It would result in the spread of the virus to neighboring countries.

(D) The U.S. health care system is well prepared to manage a sudden increase in patient numbers.

Mrs. Loane 6th Grade ELA [email protected] …Mrs. Loane 6th Grade ELA...

Documents

Transcript of Mrs. Loane 6th Grade ELA [email protected] …Mrs. Loane 6th Grade ELA...