How Resilience Works & Vocab (ject)

How do we annotate for “key ideas (the what)”?

• place a question mark next to the word/phrase

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• underline or highlight the word/phrase

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

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CCSS.RL.7.10

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How do we annotate for the “who, where, and when”?

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

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How do we annotate “unfamiliar words or phrases”?

• place a question mark next to the word/phrase

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which TWO sentences best identify the author's main claims about resilience? (RI.KID.2)

• Resilience is usually possessed by people or organizations with an understanding and

  commitment to good.

• While certain regulations and practices encourage resilience in companies, it also

  stifles creative thought.

• Resilience is a survival tactic that is born out of life-threatening situations and not

  something that a person can learn.

• Resilience involves approaching reality bravely and with a sense of possibility, as well

  as finding meaning in the challenges one encounters.

• Companies with strong value systems are more likely to be resilient and survive the

  hardships they may encounter along the way.

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which TWO sections from the text support the author's main claims about resilience? (RI.KID.1)

• "The Search Institute, a Minneapolis-based nonprofit organization that focuses on resilience and youth, found- that the more resilient kids have an uncanny ability to get adults to help them out."(Paragraph 10)

• "Facing reality, really facing it, is grueling work. Indeed, it can be unpleasant and often emotionally wrenching."(Paragraph 16)

• "The fact is, when we truly stare down reality, we prepare ourselves to act in ways that allow us to endure and survive extraordinary hardship. We train ourselves how to survive before the fact." (Paragraph 21)

• "'True, I lost many things during my illness," she says, "but I found many more — incredible friends who saw me through the bleakest times and who will give meaning to my life forever.'" (Paragraph 23)

• "Since finding meaning in one's environment is such an important aspect of resilience, it should come as no surprise that the most successful organizations and people possess strong value systems."(Paragraph 28)

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

How does Coutu's discussion of the Holocaust contribute to the text? (RI.CS.5)

• It provides an example of how people were able to survive severe conditions.

• It proves that not everyone has the resilience to overcome challenging situations.

• It shows that remaining optimistic is a key part of surviving grim circumstances.

• It shows that remaining optimistic is a key part of surviving grim circumstances.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Which quote from the text best supports the answer to "how does Coutu's discussion of the Holocaust contribute to the text"? (RI.KID.1)

• "but an increasing body of empirical evidence shows that resilience — whether in children, survivors of concentration camps, or businesses back from the brink — can be learned."(Paragraph 11)

• "A common belief about resilience is that it stems from an optimistic nature. That's

  true but only as long as such optimism doesn't distort your sense of reality."

  (Paragraph 13)

• "Then Stockdale turned to me and said, 'You know, I think they all died of broken hearts.'"(Paragraph 14)

• "In the concentration camps, for example, resilient inmates knew to pocket pieces of string or wire whenever they found them. The string or wire might later become useful"(Paragraph 33)

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What connection does Coutu draw between bricolage and resilience? (RI.KID.3)

• Bricolage requires a high level of intelligence that allows people with the skill to overcome most problems.

• Bricolage allows people to use resources creatively to overcome a difficult challenges.

• Bricolage refers to an individual's ability to not give up on a task, no matter how difficult it may appear.

• Bricolage requires a degree of optimism that allows people with the skill to view resources in a new and useful way.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Which section from the text best supports the answer to "what connection does Coutu draw between bricolage and resilience"? (RI.KID.1)

• "'In its old sense, the verb bricoler… was always used with reference to some extraneous movement: a ball rebounding, a dog straying,'" (Paragraph 32)

• "Bricoleurs are always tinkering — building radios from household effects or fixing their own cars. They make the most of what they have, putting objects to unfamiliar uses." (Paragraph 33)

• "When situations unravel, bricoleurs muddle through, imagining possibilities where others are confounded."(Paragraph 34)

• "Bricolage can be practiced on a higher level as well. Richard Feynman, winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize in physics, exemplified what I like to think of as intellectual bricolage." (Paragraph 35)

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

This is what happened to the basketball player when he got his sixth foul.

• projectile

• ejected

• injected

• jettison

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CCSS.L.5.5C