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aCTIvITy 2.19
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Synthesizing Temple’s Story
welfare: health and happiness
my Notes
the same details the horses did—like a bale of hay slightly out of place—she could make small changes to calm the animal’s fear before it turned to panic.
4 Temple spent much of her time in the horse barn. She cleaned the stalls.
She refilled the feed bins. She cleaned the leather bridles and saddles and other equipment, making repairs if needed. When the farrier came to hammer new shoes onto the horses’ hooves, she held the reins and kept the horses calm.
5 Back at home, Temple’s mother wished her daughter would study harder and get better grades instead of riding horses and mending bridles. But Temple was proud that she now had an important, responsible job in the barn. The welfare of nine horses depended largely on her care. To Temple, her academic classes didn’t seem to matter half as much. They were “boring, boring, boring.”
6 Soon she began to find it impossible to concentrate on schoolwork anyway. Now in high school, she felt that something new and terrible was happening to her. Her body was changing. The rush of new chemicals her body was producing to change her into a young woman threw Temple’s unusual brain into overdrive. She started having panic attacks.
Second Read
• Reread the excerpt to answer these text-dependent comprehension questions.
• Write any additional questions you have about the text in your Reader/Writer Notebook.
1. Craft and Structure: What is the author’s point of view about Grandin’s autism? How is the point of view conveyed in the text?
2. Knowledge and Ideas: Compare the two passages, noticing that both talk about Temple’s relationship to horses and their importance in her life. Which of the two selections gives you more insight into the significance of this experience? Give textual evidence to show why you think this.
Working from the Text
WRITING to SOURCES Expository Writing Prompt
How did animals help Temple Grandin deal with the challenges of autism? Be sure to
• Write a thesis statement including the topic and your opinion.
• Use textual evidence and supporting details from both sources.
• Add personal commentary.
Independent Reading Checkpoint
Write a brief summary of the book you’ve been reading independently.
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