Name: ______Per. ____ Date: 12-11-14
Reading Check on “McDonald’s Staffer Learns That Spitting…”article
Directions: Read the following questions on the news article “McDonald’s Staffer Learns That Spitting In The Tea Will Get You Arrested” and the other readings in your packet and answer them in completesentences. Use specific details from the passage and clear explanations to support your responses.
1. Many stories contain a moral which instructs the reader in some way. Review the first article
“Vengeance is Mine” and the last one “McDonald’s Staffer Learns That Spitting In The Tea Will Get You
Arrested” and describe the moral that each conveys.
A. Describe one moral that is present in the article “Vengeance is Mine”.______
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B. Explain how the details in the article make this moral clear______
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C. Describe one moral that is present in the article “McDonald’s Staffer Learns That Spitting In The Tea
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D. Explain how the details in the article make this moral clear ______
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2. In the articles, it describes how workers often retaliated against customers who made complaints.
Based on the articles, describe two things a customers should do while making a complaint to avoid
having a worker do something disgusting to their food. Clearly explain WHY your suggestions will
help the customers to avoid having the worker retaliate against them.
One thing a customer should do:______
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Explain how this might prevent retaliation:______
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Another thing a customer should do:______
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Explain how this might prevent retaliation:______
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3.If you are eating out, what type of restaurant do you think will have the greatest risk of having your food
contaminated by the workers? Explain why.
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4. If you are eating out, what type of restaurant do you think will have the smallest risk of having your food
contaminated by the workers? Explain why.
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5. Suppose you are at a restaurant and you are served something that is undercooked. You politely
tell the waiter to take your order back to have it properly cooked. When the waiter brings your food back,
you notice the food is now overcooked. It is hard and dry. You feel like complaining again, but you
notice that your waiter looks angry and annoyed. You suspect he might do something disgusting to
your food if you bother him again, but you also cannot eat the food that has been brought to you.
Describe what you would do in this situation to solve this problem. Explain the advantages and
disadvantages of your solution(s) to this problem.
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Name: ______Per. ____ Date: 12-8-14
CLASSWORK: Using the Vocabulary Words Correctly
Directions: Read the following sentences and fill in the blanks with the correct vocabulary words from today’s word list. Spell the vocabulary words correctly and add any necessary endings.
1. The natives all ______(add-ed) when they told the explorer to take a hot bath in the
______since they were really planning to cook him and eat him.
2. Even though he was supposed to be ______to his master, the slave still
______(add-ed) whenever he served his master his coffee because he
always ______(add-ed) the coffee with a huge wad of spit.
3. When the obnoxious and rude guest ordered ______because caffeine made
it hard for her to sleep, the waiter got back at her by serving her regular coffee with a/an ______
on his face .
4. Without schools, most teenagers would become ______who ______
(add-ed) due to a lack of education or knowledge
5. Everyone who lacked the king’s ______abilities was forced to be ______
to him and do whatever he ordered them to do.