Name: _______________________ Teacher: ________________________ Block: ______________________ Directions: Read both articles on bear attacks. After completing both articles, answer the questions below. 1) What is a central idea of both articles? Give evidence from the articles to support your answer. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2) What is one fact that both articles have in common? Why do you think this fact is mentioned in both articles? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3) In what point of view is the article “How to Survive a Bear Attack” written? Why do you think the author would choose to write the article this way? What does it do for the reader? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4) Besides point of view, what is one way that the articles differ either in the way they are written (text features, headings, how the information is organized) or in the facts that they give. Give specific examples from both stories. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5) Write a “dollar” summary that gives the central idea of these articles. You must write a summary of the main idea of both articles using 20 words or less. Each word is worth 5 cents. Choose your words carefully to tell the main idea without going over a dollar. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________
