10th grade January 2023 Proficiency test

Which reading strategy is being used below?

Reading Title: Damar Hamlin visits teammates for 1st time since injury.

Example of strategy: I believe this article is going to be about what D. Hamlin is going to discuss with his teammates about his condition and their reactions to his accident.

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Which reading strategy is being used below?

Reading Title: High school is valuable for many reasons, but primarily, this is the last low-stakes time in a person’s life when they can learn, explore, and even dabble in a variety of subjects and activities, prior to stepping into the real world. In high school, students can attempt an activity or a subject and determine that it isn’t their favorite; however, once a student is pursuing a major in college or professional career, deciding the topic or industry is no longer of interest has greater consequences.

Example of strategy: There is another text that i read that discusses how high school provides different opportunities to experience important things.

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Which reading strategy is being used below?

Reading : While not every student is going to be a valedictorian or go to an Ivy League school, it’s still important that each student does the best they can throughout high school for one very simple reason: options. Whether you want to go to med school and become a brain surgeon or go to fashion school and start your own clothing line, the better you do in high school, the more options and opportunities you’ll have when it comes to both college and a career. The last thing you want is for certain opportunities to be closed off to you because you slacked off in high school and didn’t put your best foot forward. This is exactly why it’s important to try your best in every class, even if it isn’t your favorite subject or related to your future long-term career goals.

Example of strategy: High School has important benefits even if you do not intend on going to college including opening doors that might otherwise be closed.

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Reading : Believe it or not, your high school teachers can be very important to your future, both for getting into college and beyond. Forming a positive relationship with your teachers is your first foray into networking, which will be increasingly important in college and in the professional world. In high school, your teachers do more than grade papers; they write college recommendation letters, nominate students for scholarships, and suggest valuable opportunities for high performers.

Example of strategy: Why is it important to form good relationships with my teachers

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Which reading strategy is being used below?

Reading : Making the most of your time in high school doesn’t just mean getting good grades, but that is one part of it. As we’ve mentioned, of course, you want to put your best foot forward and attempt to get the best grades you can, but equally as important is that you explore the subjects and activities that may be of interest to you.

Example of strategy: High School is an opportunity to get involved in student government or on a sports team. .

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The Cat and Venus A CAT fell in love with a handsome young man, and entreated Venus to change the cat into the form of a woman. Venus consented to her request and transformed her into a beautiful damsel, so that the youth saw her and loved her, and took her home as his bride. While the two were reclining in their chamber, Venus wishing to discover if the Cat in her change of shape had also altered her habits of life, let down a mouse in the middle of the room. The Cat, quite forgetting her present condition, started up from the couch and pursued the mouse, wishing to eat it. Venus was much disappointed and again caused her to return to her former self.

The theme of this story is...

• Never trust your enemies.

• You learn who your friends are when trouble comes.

• Individuals will be who they are. They rarely change

• One man's pleasure is another man's pain

• Revenge hurts the avenger

A FLY bit the bare head of a Bald Man who, endeavoring to destroy it, gave himself a heavy slap. Escaping, the Fly said mockingly, "You who have wished to get revenge, even with death, the Prick of a tiny insect, see what you have done to yourself to add insult to injury?' The Bald Man replied, "I can easily make peace with myself, because I know there was no intention to hurt. But you, an ill-favored and contemptible insect who delights in sucking human blood, I wish that I could have killed you even if I had incurred a heavier penalty.

• Never trust your enemies.

• You learn who your friends are when trouble comes.

• Individuals will be who they are. They rarely change

• One man's pleasure is another man's pain

• Revenge hurts the avenger

SOME BOYS, playing near a pond, saw a number of Frogs in the water and began to pelt them with stones. They killed several of them, when one of the Frogs, lifting his head out of the water, cried out: "Pray stop, my boys: what is sport to you, is death to us.

• Never trust your enemies.

• You learn who your friends are when trouble comes.

• Individuals will be who they are. They rarely change

• One man's pleasure is another man's pain

• Revenge hurts the avenger

THE Bird and the Fox were not friends. But they entered into a partnership together for their mutual protection, went out into the forest to hunt. They had not proceeded far when they met a Lion. The Fox, seeing imminent danger, approached the Lion and promised to contrive for him the capture of the Bird if the Lion would pledge his word not to harm the Fox. Then, upon assuring the Bird that he would not be injured, the Fox led him to a deep pit and arranged that he should fall into it. The Lion, seeing that the Bird was secured, immediately clutched the Fox, and attacked the Bird at his leisure.

• Never trust your enemies.

• You learn who your friends are when trouble comes.

• Individuals will be who they are. They rarely change

• One man's pleasure is another man's pain

• Revenge hurts the avenger

A MAN had two daughters, the one married to a gardener, and the other to a tile-maker. After a time he went to the daughter who had married the gardener, and inquired how she was and how all things went with her. She said, "All things are prospering with me, and I have only one wish, that there may be a heavy fall of rain, in order that the plants may be well watered." Not long after, he went to the daughter who had married the farmer, and likewise inquired of her how she fared; she replied, "I want for nothing, and have only one wish, that the dry weather may continue, and the sun shine hot and bright, so that the bricks might be dried." He said to her, "If your sister wishes for rain, and you for dry weather, with which of the two am I to join my wishes?'

The theme of this story is...

• Never trust your enemies.

• You learn who your friends are when trouble comes.

• Individuals will be who they are. They rarely change

• You can not please everyone

• Revenge hurts the avenger