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“My Team Saved My Life”

This bite-sized nonfiction text explores the importance of CPR.

By Sally M. Hernandez
From the November 2017 Issue

Learning Objective: to support a claim with text evidence

Complexity Factors
  • Purpose
    The article tells the story of a 13-year-old girl who suffered sudden cardiac arrest and how CPR saved her life.
  • Structure
    The article weaves together narrative and informational passages.
  • Language Conventionality and Clarity
    Vocabulary: many challenging academic and domain-specific vocabulary (e.g.,compression, cardiologist, oxygenate) Figurative language: rhetorical questions
  • Knowledge Demands
    Prior knowledge of CPR (what it is) will aid comprehension.
Lexile: 850L
Featured Skills: Argument Writing, Text Evidence,
Topic: Health,
Common Core Standards
  • Anchor Standards
    R.1, R.2, R.4, R.6, W.1, W.4, W.5, L.4, L.6
  • Grade 6
    RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.4, RI.6.6, RI.6.8, W.6.1, W.6.4, W.6.5, L.6.4, L.6.6
  • Grade 7
    RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.4, RI.7.6, RI.7.8, W.7.1, W.7.4, W.7.5, L.7.4, L.7.6
  • Grade 8
    RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.4, RI.8.6, RI.8.8, W.8.1, W.8.4, W.8.5, L.8.4, L.8.6
TEKS Standards
  • Grade 6
    6.1, 6.2b,e; 6.10a,c; 6.17c; 6.19
  • Grade 7
    7.1, 7.2b,e; 7.10a,b,c; 7.17c; 7.19
  • Grade 8
    8.1, 8.2b,e; 8.10a,c; 8.17c; 8.19

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Close Reading, Critical Thinking, Skill Building

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STEP 1: PREPARING TO READ

Project the Words and Definitions handout and preview the vocabulary. 

STEP 2: READING AND DISCUSSING

Read the article as a class. Alternatively, you can play the audio version while students follow along in their printed issues.

STEP  3: DO THE ACTIVITY

Have students work in small groups to complete the activity at the end of the article. They will write a claim, find a piece of text evidence, and explain why that evidence supports their claim.

STEP 4: WRITING

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