Tutors Teach Seniors

1.     According to “Tutors Teach Seniors,” what main qualities do the tech-training programs help develop in the young tutors?  Choose three options.

• patience

• sympathy

• efficiencey

• confidence

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CCSS.W.6.9A

According to “Tutors Teach Seniors,” why do the young tutors sometimes wear special glasses?

• To ease the eye strain that comes from working long hours on computers

• to help them better understand the vision problems that many seniors face

• To help them read large-print computer screens used by the elderly

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

Which result of the tutoring programs is explained in “Tutors Teach Seniors”?

• Many senior pupils have become incredibly skilled on computers.

• Companies have started to develop more senior-friendly computers.

• Some teen tutors have developed friendships with their senior pupils.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

Which phrase best describes the author’s opinion of the tutoring programs she describes in “Tutors Teach Seniors”?

• helpful and worthwhile

• creative and economical

• interesting but ineffective

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CCSS.RI.6.1

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CCSS.RL.6.1

If a person can correctly be described as struggling to solve a math problem, which of the following must be true?

• The person is able to easily solve the math problem.

• The person is having difficulty solving the problem.

• The person is bothered by the length of the problem.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

Which of the following could best be used to illustrate the meaning of impairments?

• blue eyes

• strong arms

• poor hearing

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is the most likely meaning of the word frustrated in the following sentence?

Makayla was frustrated because she could not see the play from the back of the theater.

• annoyed

• confused

• surprised

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CCSS.L.6.4A

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CCSS.RL.6.4

Part A - According to “Tutors Teach Seniors”, for what main reason are young people often asked to help seniors with tech problems?

• Their patience as effective teachers needs to be developed.

• Many of them need after-school jobs to earn money for college.

• Many of them are highly knowledgeable in computer technology.

Part B- Which quotation from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

• But a number of programs across the country....

• "So many teenagers think that seniors are.....

• He says teaching tech to seniors has changed......

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.1B

CCSS.W.6.9A

Part A-In “Tutors Teach Seniors,” for what main reason do the seniors want to learn to use new electronic technologies?

• to communicate better with younger family members who live far away

• to pursue interesting hobbies, such as photography, after their retirement

• to stop feeling inadequate and instead feel like part of the new digital age

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.3