Tutors Teach Seniors New High-Tech Tricks

According to “Tutors Teach Seniors New High-Tech Tricks,” why do the young tutors sometimes wear special glasses?

• to protect their eyes from the glaring light in retirement homes

• 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 their elderly pupils

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

Which result of the tutoring programs is explained in “Tutors Teach Seniors New High-Tech Tricks”?

• 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.

• Some senior pupils have begun teaching computer skills to other seniors.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

According to “Tutors Teach Seniors New High-Tech Tricks,” what

main qualities do the tech-training programs help develop in the

young tutors? Choose three options.

• Patience

• Sympathy

• Efficiency

• Confidence

• Decisiveness

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

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

• Useful but expensive

• Helpful and worthwhile

• Creative and economical

• Interesting but ineffective

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

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.

• The person is familiar with the type of math problem.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RI.7.4

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

• Long hair

• Blue eyes

• Strong arms

• Poor hearing

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RI.7.4

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.

• Pleased

• Annoyed

• Confused

• Surprised

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

• Their relationships with elderly people need strengthening.

• 
  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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.2

According to “Tutors Teach Seniors New High-Tech Tricks,” young people often asked to help seniors with tech problems because they are highly knowledgeable in computer technology. Which quotation best supports this statement?

• 
  But a number of programs across the country are finding just the right experts to help usher older adults into the digital age.
  For Pamela Norr, of Bend, Ore., the light bulb went off as she, yet again, was trying to help her own elder parents with a tech problem. To whom did she turn?
  “My teenage kids,” she says.

• “So many teenagers think that seniors are just old people that don’t know anything,” she says. “And actually, the camaraderie and knowledge that we can transmit to one another is so wonderful and so helpful.”

• He says teaching tech to seniors has changed his perspective. “I think it’s a very good idea to work on your patience,” he says, “and be more understanding when it comes to what’s going on in their minds.”

• 
  At Pace University in New York, college students who tutor seniors in local retirement homes are prepped with sensitivity training.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

In “Tutors Teach Seniors New High-Tech Tricks,” 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

• • To develop closer relationships with the young people who are their tutors

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.6