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Boy With Severe Allergies Using Robot To Attend First Grade (1150l) - Middle School Reading Article Worksheet

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Boy with Severe Allergies Using Robot to Attend First Grade (1150L)

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__________________

Boy with Severe Allergies Using Robot to Attend First Grade

Notes on my thoughts,

reactions and questions as I

read:

When Devon Carrow was a baby, a cookie-coated kiss from his mom made him break

out in hives. An accidental encounter with peanuts at his godparents' home three months

later landed him in the hospital, under an oxygen tent. His food allergies are so severe

that he doesn't even have to eat something in order to have a life-threatening reaction --

just breathing in trace amounts of an allergen is enough to send him into anaphylactic

shock.

"He's almost like the boy in a bubble," his mother, Rene Carrow, told the Buffalo News.

"I try to let him do some things. I want him to have the best life he could have."

Now seven years old, Devon's severe allergies mean that he can't leave the house for

long. If he goes to the movies, his mom has to cover the seats with their own sheets and

bring popcorn from home in order to avoid an allergic reaction. Perfumes and fabric

softeners cause his throat to swell closed; friends have to take showers and change their

clothes before visiting. Just sitting in the same classroom with a kid who ate peanut

butter at lunch could kill him.

But thanks to technology, the home-bound boy is finally able to attend school in person

-- so to speak. He sits in his classroom, runs small errands for his teacher, and

participates in group projects all thanks to a $6,000 robot from Nashua, N.H.-based

VGo Communications. "It's not called 'VGo' in the school -- it's 'Devon'," his mother

said. "The only thing that's different is Devon is not in the classroom. He's required to

do everything ever other kid does in the class."

Alphonse, L.M. Buffalo News/Shine. Boy with severe allergies using robot to attend first grade. September 24, 2012.

Boy With Severe Allergies Using Robot To Attend First Grade (1150l) - Middle School Reading Article Worksheet