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Piano Man by Patricia Curtis Pfitsch
Ray Charles 1930-2004
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• 16 Based on the selection, what inference could
  you make about
  
• Ray Charles?
• A. He gives up easily.
• B. He wants to be rich.
• C. He is open to new ideas.
• D. He prefers country music.

LC03 Make inferences or predictions based on the
reading (Reading GLE 2.1.5)
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17 In your own words, write a summary of the
selection. Include three main events from the
selection in your summary. ____________________
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LC02 Summarize with evidence from the reading
(Reading GLE 2.1.7) The above item has been
updated in the item template (stem) document.
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• Text-based main events may include, but are not
  limited to
  
• Ray listened to music in Mr. Pitmans café /
  began paying attention to music as soon as he
  could walk and talk / loved music starting at age
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• He dreamed of making a record / playing at
  Carnegie Hall / having a big band of his own /
  meeting the president.
  
• In the 1930s most black people didnt have many
  opportunities to make their dreams come true.
  
• Ray and his mother were poor.
• By the time he was 7, he was nearly blind.
• His mother sent him to St. Augustine School for
  the Deaf and Blind to learn Braille / to learn to
  read / learn to write.
  
• He learned to play piano at St. Augustines.
• He listened to big-band music at St.
  Augustines.
  
• His mother died when he was 15 / he stopped
  eating, sleeping, playing music.
  
• Ma Beck told him to stop feeling sorry for
  himself.
  
• He began playing piano in nightclubs.
• He began experimenting with different music /
  wanted to sing country and western.
  
• His friends tried to talk him out of singing
  country and western.
  
• He made a country and western album that drew
  blacks and whites to concerts.
  
• He played in Carnegie Hall.
• Hes had a band of his own.
• He performed for the president.

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17 In your own words, write a summary of the
selection. Include three main events from the
selection in your summary.

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(A) One day a young boy named Ray heard something
that he thought was wonderful and as he walked
into a café it was music he heard. (E) As he grew
up Ray was blind. (I) his mother died but after a
while (P) Ray got a band and (L) played all sorts
of music (S) Ray became a great musician and (R)
won countless awards.
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17 In your own words, write a summary of the
selection. Include three main events from the
selection in your summary.

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First, (F) Ray went to a school to learn Braille,
and (G) to learn how to play the piano. Then, (I)
his mother died, so he stopped eating, sleeping,
he even stopped playing music. After that, (N) he
made a record of him singing, and he sung for a
lot of people (Q) even the president.
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17 In your own words, write a summary of the
selection. Include three main events from the
selection in your summary.

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(E) Ray is blind. (I) Rays Mom died.
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17 In your own words, write a summary of the
selection. Include three main events from the
selection in your summary.

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The student response earns zero points.
The response contains no text-based events.

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• 18 Which sentence tells how Ray Charles mother
  and Ma Beck are similar?
  
• A. They both encouraged him to be responsible
  for himself.
  
• B. They both wanted him to be a country
  western singer.
  
• C. They both wanted him to be taken care of by
  others.
  
• D. They both encouraged him to be famous.

LA06 Compare and contrast elements between and
within texts (Reading GLEs 2.3.1, 2.4.6)
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19 What are two problems Ray Charles faced?
Describe one step he took to solve each problem.
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LA05 Demonstrate understanding of literary
elements (genres story elements such as plot,
character, setting stylistic devices) and
graphic elements/illustrations (Reading GLEs
2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.3.3)
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• Text-based problems include, but are not limited
  to
  
• Ray was blind.
• People discouraged him from singing country and
  western music.
  
• Rays mother died.
• Ray suffered depression.
• Ray was poor / black.
• Text-based steps to solve the problem include,
  but are not limited to
  
• Ray went to St Augustines School for the Deaf
  and Blind.
  
• Ray learned to read and write using Braille.
• Ray learned to play the piano.
• Ray listened to Ma Becks advice.
• Ray began playing music in a nightclub.
• Ray made a country and western album / didnt
  listen to his critics / played country and
  western music.
  
• Ray had concerts that both black and white people
  flocked to hear.

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19 What are two problems Ray Charles faced?
Describe one step he took to solve each problem.
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One of them was (Problem) he was blind. He was
not put down by this obstacle, but over come
it by (A) going to a school for def and blind
people. Another (Problem) Ray had was people
didnt know if he should sing countary, his
favorite kind of music. But he showed them when
(F) he put out his album Modern Sounds in Country
and Western and (G) even had a concert.
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19 What are two problems Ray Charles faced?
Describe one step he took to solve each problem.
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(Problem) Ray was black and (Problem) he was
blind. (A) he went to a blind people school.
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19 What are two problems Ray Charles faced?
Describe one step he took to solve each problem.
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(Problem) Ray Charles faced his mother dieing
(Problem) He also faced a problem that his
friends wanted him not to sing country songs.
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19 What are two problems Ray Charles faced?
Describe one step he took to solve each problem.
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• 20 Which sentence from the selection is an
  opinion?
  
• A. Hes played in Carnegie Hall.
• B. When he was fifteen his mother died.
• C. So, he often found himself listening to
  the big-band music of artists like Glenn
  Miller and Benny Goodman.
  
• D. All those dreams must have seemed as
  impossible as jumping over the moon.

LT08 Analyze authors purpose and evaluate
effectiveness for different audiences (includes
fact/opinion, authors point of view, tone, and
use of persuasive devices) (Reading GLEs 2.4.2, 2
.4.3, 2.4.4)
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• 21 Which sentence best describes Ma Becks
  response to Ray in the selection?
  
• A. She wanted him to keep following his
  dreams.
  
• B. She wanted him to give up his musical
  dream.
  
• C. She wanted him to try singing country
  songs.
  
• D. She wanted him to play piano at nightclubs.

LA07 Make connections (cause and effect) within
a text (Reading GLE 2.3.1)
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