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(11.44)?_______________
(Support your answer by reference to the text. (Quote first and last word of relevant passage/s and give line
numbers.)
8. Below is a list of markers of information in the text.
Indicate what kind of information is signified.
a. 1.1: «As you know...»
b. 1.7: «Let me briefly summarize. . . »: (Where does this brief summary end?)
c. 1.13: «In fact ...»
d. 1.24: «However...»
e. 1.25: «There is a second type...» Review paras. 4, 5, and 6 for additional markers of information and
indicate the kind of information signified.
CHIMPS EAT CHIMPS,
Dvora Ben Shaul
l.What kind of a text is this? Essay? Book Review? How far do you have to read into the text to find out?
What words or phrases helped you decide?
2.According to Ben Shaul, why is Jane Goodall «to be highly complimented» (line: II)?
3.At what audience is this book directed? (i) laymen; (ii) professionals (in what?)______; (iii) both On what
words or phrases in the text did you base this answer? Lines:_______________________
Words:________________________
4. List some of the special features of this book which Ben Shaul brings to our attention.
5.(INFERENCE) List two beliefs about chimp behavior that were generally held before this book was
published and have now been toppled. People previously thought that:
(a.)____________________________
and that (b.)_
6. Goodall also makes some observations about chimps based on sources other than her own observations.
(a.) List the sources:
(b.) State the observations
7.What are Goodall's qualifications for writing this book?
8.Is there any evaluation of this book either spread throughout the text or at the end? If so, indicate lines and
words or phrases. Does Ben Shaul evaluate Goodall's book positively or negatively?
9. List the vocabulary words you had difficulty with in reading this text. Place a «*» before the words you
feel you absolutely must know in order to understand this reading.
SIGNS IN THE WILDERNESS
by Eugene Linden
Para. 1 (rearranging facts in chronological order)
1. Lucy was bom in ________ (year).
2. When the article was written, Lucy was ________
yrs. old.
3. If she survives for the normal lifespan of a chimp, she will, die in ________ at me age of_______.
4. She lived in Oklahoma from ______ until _____
(between the ages of_______ and________ ).
5. She first met another chimp in _____, at the age of
6. She became famous in ___________ when she
was_________.
7. She was taken to the wilderness in________, at the age of
8. When the article was written she had been living in the wilderness for_________ years .
Final paragraph (implications)
1. Describe the ethos of our time. (What does the writer tell us about it, by implication?)
2. Language is something ______,(whereas we normally think of it as _______ ).