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WorksheetsTemple Grandin
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Temple Grandin suffers from a natural disability called
ADHD
Animal Husbandry
ADD
Autism
What did the doctor suggest her mother do with this diagnosis?
he gave no suggestions
ignore her and she'll get better
institutionalize her
send her away to a boarding school
How does Temple remember things?
just like how every normal human does
memorization
by creating pictures in her mind
she writes everything down
Why did Temple's Autism make school and social life hard?
She got teased by her peers and had trouble with social interactions.
She liked to hit people who didn't listen.
She was mad at her mom for sending her away to school.
She missed her Dad.
What claim does Temple make in paragraphs 1-4 of her Autobiography:
I got into fights in school because kids teased me.
They called me tape recorder because I stored a lot of phrases in my memory.
Autism made school and social life hard, but it made animals easy.
There were a few conversations that I liked to have, so that amplified the effect.
What claims does Temple make in paragraphs 5-9 of her Autobiography:
They had emotional problems because in order to save money the headmaster was buying cheap horses.
Whenever you tried to mount beauty, he kicked and bit.
The school had nine horses altogether, and two of them couldn't be ridden at all.
They were pretty, their legs were fine, but emotionally they were a mess.
What claims did Temple make in paragraphs 13-15 of her Autobiography:
I was dedicated to keeping the barn clean and making sure horses were groomed.
I spent every spare moment working the barns.
Animals kept me going.
People and animals are supposed to be together.
What happened when the cattle were put into the cattle dip during the movie?
the cattle wouldn't go into the squeeze chute
the cattle calmed down
the cattle would go berserk
Temple would get upset
Temple was expelled from school for this reason -
Absent too many times
Hitting a student
Yelling in class too many times
Setting a room in the school on fire
Read the list of sentences from the article:
I don’t have the ability to process abstract thought the way that you do.
Here’s how my brain works: It’s like the search engine Google for images.
My mother told me that you don’t hit other kids because you would not like it if they hit you.
But if she said that being nice meant delivering daffodils to a next-door neighbor, that I could understand.
What MAIN ideas does this evidence support?
Grandin wants to help others who have autism communicate better; she had to learn about abstract ideas by having examples presented to her.
Grandin wants to help others who have autism communicate better; she often got into trouble because she could not think abstractly.
Grandin thinks differently than other people because she has autism; she had to learn about abstract ideas by having examples presented to her.
Grandin thinks differently than other people because she has autism; she often got into trouble because she could not think abstractly.
Read the following passage introducing Temple Grandin.
This essay was written by Temple Grandin. She is a professor of animal science at Colorado State University. Grandin, who has autism, is also an internationally famous autism spokesperson and an activist in the autism rights movement. She has written several books, including a memoir called "Thinking in Pictures."
What does the author MOST LIKELY want the reader to think about Temple Grandin?
The author wants the reader to think that Temple Grandin is smarter than most people because she has autism.
The author wants the reader to think that Temple Grandin focuses most of her time on helping animals.
The author wants the reader to think that Temple Grandin is someone who had a hard life growing up.
The author wants the reader to think that Temple Grandin is an accomplished, intelligent person with autism.
A biography is when another person writes about the events in someone else's life.
True
False
Biographies are classified in what genre?
(a)
An autobiography is when someone writes about the events in their own life.
false
true
An author will likely include their point of view in a biography.
true
false
