Patient Zero (Chapter 2 pgs 32-38)

The gist of “The Soho Cholera Outbreak of 1854” is...

• Doctor proposes an idea.

• John Snow takes water samples.

• Sarah Lewis discovers that her daughter, Frances, is ill.

• Doctors offer a lot of fake cures for cholera.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The gist of "Nothing to Fret About" is...

• Doctor proposes an idea.

• John Snow takes water samples.

• Sarah Lewis discovers that her daughter, Frances, is ill.

• Doctors offer a lot of fake cures for cholera.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The gist of "The Angel of Death Visits" is...

• Doctor proposes an idea

• John Snow takes water samples.

• Doctors offer a lot of fake cures for cholera.

• Frances keeps getting worse; husband mentions cholera rumors.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The gist of "Cures for a Penny" is...

• John Snow takes water samples.

• Sarah Lewis discovers that her daughter, Frances, is ill.

• Doctors offer a lot of fake cures for cholera.

• Frances keeps getting worse; husband mentions cholera rumors.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The gist of "It's All Gone Quiet" is...

• John Snow takes water samples.

• Sarah Lewis discovers that her daughter, Frances, is ill.

• Doctors offer a lot of fake cures for cholera.

• Frances keeps getting worse; husband mentions cholera rumors.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

How is the section “Cures for a Penny” mostly structured?

• 1. as a descriptive passage of the different cures that doctors offered for cholera

• as a narrative of some of the most important doctors who treated cholera

• 1. as a comparison of the discoveries doctors made that led to the cure for cholera

• as a process discussion of which diseases doctors could cure before cholera

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

How does this section add to the chapter overall?

• 1. It describes why perfume was popular during the time of cholera.

• It details the discovery of water as an effective treatment for cholera.

• It shows that doctors weren’t knowledgeable about cholera at the time.

• It explains why the prices of certain cures for cholera have gone up over time.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What new information does the “The Angel of Death Visits” add to the narrative?

• It provides a possible cause for Frances’ illness.

• It reminds readers of what time period the story is in.

• It introduces the idea that Sarah can find a cure for Frances.

• It explains some of the science that doctors were using at the time.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

How does ending the section “It’s All Gone Quiet” in this way contribute to the whole?

• by showing why some people were so scared of cholera

• by explaining why it had taken so long to understand cholera

• by detailing how some people tried to make money off of cholera

• by introducing someone who may be able to understand the spread of cholera

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Without reading ahead, what is the author suggesting about how the cesspool and the water pump might be related to the spread of cholera? Make inferences and use evidence and clues from this excerpt to support your inferences.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1