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Checkpoint: Reading Informational Texts — Homework
Apply this unit's full toolkit to a short new passage.
- 1.Passage: "A city press release called the new stadium 'a $400 million gift to downtown,' pointing to the thousands of construction jobs it created. A community group down the street called it 'a $400 million mistake,' pointing to the families displaced when their apartment building was demolished to build it." Name the two loaded phrases used to describe the same project, and the connotation each carries.
- 2.Can both the "thousands of construction jobs" claim and the "families displaced" claim be true at the same time? Explain.
- 3.What is the likely purpose behind the city's press release, and the likely purpose behind the community group's statement?
- 4.If you were taking synthesis notes on this stadium from both sources, name two subtopics you would organize your notes around.
- 5.In four to six sentences, explain what additional question you would want answered before forming your own opinion about this stadium project.
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