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WorksheetsA Family Win
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 19mins
What is the thesis or major claim that the speaker makes?
Athletes have to train hard if they really want to win.
Athletes need the support of their families to succeed.
Athletes must sacrifice more than most people to succeed.
Athletes need their families in good and bad times.
Which quotation from the text best supports "Athletes need the support of their families to succeed."?
“I came from a family. In my case, a family of modest means that never planned for a little girl who would ask for a snowboard when she was three years old.” (paragraph 2)
“If I could split this trophy into quarters, I would give each of them their fair share—I don’t even deserve a quarter of this beautiful thing.” (paragraph 5)
“My parents would have been perfectly happy to go to work every morning, then come home every evening to cook dinner and put their feet up.” (paragraph 3)
“The only reason I am standing in front of you today, with this trophy in my hand, is because my parents and my siblings believed in my dream.” (paragraph 4)
Select by choosing the evidence from the text with the correct argumentative text structure.
Introduction
My parents would have been perfectly happy to go to work every morning, then come home every evening to cook dinner and put their feet up.
And they sacrificed a great deal to help me achieve that dream.
I came from a family. In my case, a family of modest means that never planned for a little girl who would ask for a snowboard when she was three years old.
This athlete standing in front of you now couldn't be more grateful to mine.
Select by choosing the evidence from the text with the correct argumentative text structure.
Evidence
My parents would have been perfectly happy to go to work every morning, then come home every evening to cook dinner and put their feet up.
And they sacrificed a great deal to help me achieve that dream.
I came from a family. In my case, a family of modest means that never planned for a little girl who would ask for a snowboard when she was three years old.
This athlete standing in front of you now couldn't be more grateful to mine.
Select by choosing the evidence from the text with the correct argumentative text structure.
Counterclaim
My parents would have been perfectly happy to go to work every morning, then come home every evening to cook dinner and put their feet up.
And they sacrificed a great deal to help me achieve that dream.
I came from a family. In my case, a family of modest means that never planned for a little girl who would ask for a snowboard when she was three years old.
This athlete standing in front of you now couldn't be more grateful to mine.
Select by choosing the evidence from the text with the correct argumentative text structure.
Conclusion
My parents would have been perfectly happy to go to work every morning, then come home every evening to cook dinner and put their feet up.
And they sacrificed a great deal to help me achieve that dream.
I came from a family. In my case, a family of modest means that never planned for a little girl who would ask for a snowboard when she was three years old.
This athlete standing in front of you now couldn't be more grateful to mine.
Select the sentence that supports the inference that the athlete’s family had other dreams that had to be sacrificed for her to achieve her goals.
A. “You see, my parents are not snowboarders—they don’t even ski!”
B. “More than that, my parents are not even athletes. They didn’t grow up in a world where one makes sacrifices for sports.”
C. “But I don’t think they ever imagined that they would have to choose one dream over another.”
D. “I believe that when my parents had us kids, they assumed each of us would have interests as far reaching as the edges of this country—and they were right.”
In one or two sentences, provide and explain two pieces of evidence from the text that support(s) this inference: The athlete could not have won this trophy without the support of her family.
