The pursuit of happiness (Unit 1)

1. How does the person in the photo feel?

• pleased

• exhausted

• furious

• nervous

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

2. What do the four subheadings give us?

• suggestions about how to keep fit

• solutions to the problem of over-exercising

• suggestions about how to be physically fit

• suggestions about how to be happy

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

3. What text type is 'Help yourself to happiness'?

• a prose

• a report

• an advertisement

• a poem

4. What two groups of people does the writer talk about in paragraph 1?

• friends

• adults

• strangers

• parents

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CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

5. Which is not an external source of happiness?

• Hanging out with friends

• Doing shopping

• getting plenty of sleep and doing exercise myself

• going to a party

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

6. Which word in paragraph 2 means the things that people own?

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

7. What percentage of people's happiness level is naturally happier?

• 50%

• 40%

• 20%

• 30%

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CCSS.7.SP.A.2

8. What phrase (3 words) in paragraph 2 is used to show that there are more things on the list?

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

9. When we get a happiness 'high (line 8), is the feeling short term or long term?

• short term

• long term

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

10. What is the meaning of 'count your blessings' (line 24)?

• remember the bad things in the past

• remember how fit you are

• remember how generous you how

• remember how lucky you are

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4