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Smoking Toddler Kicked Habit, But Thousands More Addicted (910l) - Middle School Reading Article Worksheet

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Smoking Toddler Kicked Habit, But Thousands More Addicted (910L)

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,

Smoking Toddler Kicked Habit, But Thousands

reactions and questions as I

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read:

Indonesia Considered the Wild West of Tobacco

Regulation

Aldi Rizal can barely speak, but he knows how to ask for a cigarette. The 2-year-

old Indonesian boy is best known as "the smoking toddler," a moniker he earned

when video of him chain-smoking cigarettes hit the Web this spring, shocking

viewers all over the world. So where does this story stand six months later?

Well, there's good news and bad. The good: Aldi has since been to rehab and

kicked the habit. The bad: There are countless other kids out there, just like him.

I traveled to Indonesia to meet Aldi a few weeks ago. His family lives in a small

fishing village in a remote region on the island of Sumatra. It took me 41 hours

to get there, flying from New York to Jakarta and driving through rubber tree

plantations. We met up with Aldi in the market before heading to his home. He's

a local celebrity — as he walked through the stalls we heard lots of people

calling his name, "Aldi, Aldi!" A crowd gathered around him when he stopped

to eat. But Aldi's famous for all the wrong reasons. The toddler started smoking

when he was 11 months old — and within five months he was up to four packs

per day.

Smoking Toddler Kicked Habit, But Thousands More Addicted (910l) - Middle School Reading Article Worksheet