Sandy'S "Mammoth" Wake: 46 Dead, Millions Without Power (1350l) - Middle School Reading Article Worksheet
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Sandy’s “Mammoth” Wake: 46 Dead, Millions Without Power (1350L)
Instructions: COMPLETE ALL QUESTIONS AND MARGIN NOTES
Read the following article carefully and make notes in the margin as you read.
Your notes should include:
o Comments that show that you understand the article. (A summary or statement of the main
idea of important sections may serve this purpose.)
o Questions you have that show what you are wondering about as you read.
o Notes that differentiate between fact and opinion.
o Observations about how the writer’s strategies (organization, word choice, perspective,
support) and choices affect the article.
Your margin notes are part of your score for this assessment.
Answer the questions carefully in complete sentences unless otherwise instructed.
Student ____________________________Class Period__________________
Sandy’s “Mammoth” Wake: 46 Dead, Millions Without
Notes on my thoughts,
reactions and questions as I
Power
read:
As New York City and New Jersey slowly began digging out Tuesday, the scale of the
devastation of Superstorm Sandy became heartbreakingly apparent, leaving 46 people dead and
authorities with an enormous undertaking to restore power and transit for millions of others.
"That recovery is a mammoth job," New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday evening,
assessing the scope of a once-in-a-generation hurricane that swept homes into the ocean, flooded
large swaths of coastal areas, and left millions of people without power and crippled
transportation.
President Barack Obama declared major disasters in New York City, New Jersey and
Connecticut, promising that the federal government would do all it could to help local authorities
cope with damage. The president was scheduled to visit damaged areas in New Jersey on
Wednesday, the White House said.
Details of the devastation became clearer late Tuesday after authorities made their way through
severely damaged areas across 20 states stretching from New England to Tennessee:
By 8:30 p.m. ET, NBC News confirmed that 46 people had been killed in the U.S., 23
of them in New York — including 18 in New York City. Six people had been killed in
New Jersey; five in Pennsylvania; four in Connecticut; two apiece in Maryland,
Virginia and West Virginia; and one each in North Carolina and Puerto Rico. Before it
made its way north, Sandy was blamed for 68 other deaths in the Caribbean.
More than 6 million homes and businesses were without electricity, about half of them
in New York and New Jersey. That number represents individual structures, including
large businesses, meaning the number of people without light, heat or refrigeration is
Johnson, M. A. & Llanos, M. Sandy’s “mammoth” wake: 46 dead, millions without power. Available at
(adapted for school use)
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