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In Parts of China, BYO School Supplies Include Desks (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__________________
In parts of China, BYO school supplies include desks
Notes on my thoughts,
reactions and questions as I
read:
BEIJING – While millions of students all over the world return to school this
month, youngsters in one part of China were expected to bring not just pencils
and notebooks, but their own desks and chairs when school opened.
As students all over China headed back to class on Monday, the grandmother of
3-year-old Wang Ziqi was spotted carrying a desk in Shunhe, Hubei Province,
for the boy’s first day, while his older sister carried a chair for him.
Wang’s case is hardly unique. In Shunhe, there are more than 5,000 students in
the town’s primary and middle schools, but the government only supplied 2,000
desks for them, leaving 3,000 children to bring their own from home. In the
town of modest means, for some that required grabbing whatever they could so
that they have something to write on, even a coffee table.
Another man in Shunhe, whose son also just started preschool, was reached by
telephone for comment. He spoke on the condition of anonymity since he
blamed local government corruption for the problems.
“The central government has money for the school’s facilities,” he said. “But
when it comes to us, the money is already gone.”
When a local newspaper, the Changjiang Times, reported on the shortfall in
NBC News Beijing. In parts of China, BYO school supplies include desks.
Sept. 4, 2012.

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