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Colorado Teen Dies After Hit On Rugby Field - Middle School Reading Article Worksheet

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Colorado Teen Dies After Hit on Rugby Field

Instructions: COMPLETE ALL QUESTIONS AND MARGIN NOTES

Questions: Answer in COMPLETE SENTENCES unless otherwise instructed. Lists and charts are the

exception and may be answered in phrases.

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.

Student _________________________________Class Period______________________

Notes on my thoughts,

Colorado Teen Dies After Hit on

reactions and questions as I

read:

Rugby Field

Sudden Deaths of Two High School Athletes This Week Has Parents and

Support Groups Working to Prevent Further Tragedies

The sudden deaths of two high school athletes this week have parents and

support groups working to prevent further tragedies.

Matthew Hammerdorfer, a 17-year-old from Larimer County, Colo., took a

powerful hit to the chest during a rugby game Saturday and collapsed on the

field. He was airlifted to a hospital where he died.

The young man's death was caused by a condition called "sudden cardiac

death," and experts say it happens far too often to young athletes in the prime

of their lives.

An autopsy today found the cause of Hammerdorfer's death was cardiomegaly

and biventricular hypertrophy, which refers to an enlarged heart and enlarged

ventricles.

It is estimated that one in every 350 children may have dangerous underlying

heart conditions.

Colorado Teen Dies After Hit On Rugby Field - Middle School Reading Article Worksheet