Embarrassed? Blame Your Brain

This text selection is mostly about________?

• why teenagers are so sensitive to social pressure

• the benefits of embarrassment

• why embarrassment hurts

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

According to the passage, sometimes in middle school ____becomes a top priority.

page 224

• making friends

• spending time with other kids

• making TikToks

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

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Something that is so important to you that you can't do with out it is ___?

• evident

• similar

• essential

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

This system is where fight or flight reactions to stress and fear take place. (see the diagram)

• the dACC system

• the limbic system

• the digestive system

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

Our brains react to ____in the same way

• physical pain and social rejection

• joy and frustration

• exercise and sleep

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

Read this sentence from paragraph 9 of “Embarrassed? Blame Your Brain”

Activity in one system can amplify or cancel out activity in another.

Amplify and cancel out are antonyms.

What is the meaning of the word amplify as used in
this sentence?

• strengthen/ make stronger

• end

• take away

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What genre is the selection, "Embarrassed? Blame Your Brain?"

• Argumentative

• Informative

• historical fiction

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

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CCSS.RI.8.5

In “Embarrassed? Blame Your Brain,” the section “Embarrassment Has an Unfair Advantage” is organized to show the —

• the ways teens can overcome negative thoughts

• positive and negative impacts of social pain

• types of positive feelings teen experience

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which activity deactivates your internal alarm?

• taking slow deep breaths

• yelling

• sleeping

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

Something that is so important that you can't live without it is.......?

• trivial

• inessential

• essential

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4