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Oregon Team Honors Fallen Teammate By Starting With Four Players - Middle School Reading Article Worksheet

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Oregon Team Honors Fallen Teammate by Starting With Four Players

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,

Oregon Team Honors Fallen Teammate by

reactions and questions as I

read:

Starting With Four Players

In recent days, the South Eugene, Ore., community lost two beloved

teenagers who were swept out to sea and drowned, all while on a

retreat with schoolmates who were fellow finalists for the South

Eugene (Ore.) High "Mr. Axeman" pageant. Two families lost sons.

South Eugene High lost two standout students, and the Axemen

basketball team lost its sixth man. After days of grieving in public,

the Axemen returned to the court on Wednesday with heavy hearts

and a long ceremony dedicated to the memories of Connor Ausland,

a member of the school's basketball team, and Jack Harnsongkram,

both of whom were washed into the sea and drowned. The entire

crowd donned shirts with Ausland's No. 35 on the front, with both

boys' names on the back.

Then, in perhaps the most touching tribute of all, the South Eugene

team took the court to take on Churchill (Ore.) High, below

Ausland's jersey -- which was hung high on the wall behind one of

the baskets -- and tipped off the game with only four starters to honor

Ausland's memory.

Oregon Team Honors Fallen Teammate By Starting With Four Players - Middle School Reading Article Worksheet