WARM UP STARE BLITZ, DAY 5 English I LOWMAN EDUCATION Excerpt from "In Three and a Half Hours, an Alarm Will Go Off" 1 (1) Sleep deprivation is pervasive in high schools across the country. (2) Fewer then 20 percent of high school students get the recommended nine hours of sleep they need each night, and two-thirds are classified as severely deprived. (3) And yet, just this past fall, schools in New York City started the school day 40 minutes early to accommodate more extracurricular activities, despite evidence indicating that starting school later could reduce teen car accidents by 65 to 70 percent. (4) What are we doing to our students? Excerpt from "In Three and a Half Hours, an Alarm Will Go Off" Koond U, and Che: 10251 Adapted by Lowman Education Reading - Use the text above to answer the following questions. 1. What evidence is provided to support the claim that starting school early could be dangerous to teens? Select ONE correct answer in each row. multicolumn(1)(|c|)( Type of Evidence ) & multicolumn(1)(|c|)( Evidence ) & multicolumn(1)(|c|)( Evidence Not ) Personal anecdotes about how tired teens feel when they're driving to school in the mornings & Provided to Supported the Support & Provided to Support the Diam Statistical facts regarding the effects of sleep deprivation & & Restricts of opinion polls for teens asking how likely they feel they are to get in an accident & & Data showing that delaying the start of the school day would reduce teen car accidents & & 2. Why do the authors conclude their paragraph by addressing the reader directly? A. To intimidate the reader with a superior tone B. To encourage the reader to reflect on the topic C. To persuade the reader to respond to the author D. To convince the reader to write to school officials Editing - Use the text above to answer the following question. 3. What change should be made to sentence 2 ? A. Change then to than B. Change high school to High School C. Delete the comma after night D. Change severely to severe