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The following passage has been adapted from the Lance Armstrong Foundation website. Read it through on your own. Take careful note of the details as you read. There are questions that will follow the article. Your answers to these questions will help your educator to assess how much you are taking in and understanding, as you read.
About Lance Armstrong
At age 25, Lance Armstrong was one of the world’s best cyclists. He proved it by winning the World Championships, the Tour Du Pont, and multiple stages of the Tour de France. He seemed to be invincible and the future ahead was very bright. Then they told him that he had cancer.
Bike racing seemed unimportant, next to the challenge he now faced, but, like most young, healthy men, Lance ignored the warning signs and did not really understand how serious his condition was. He did not go for treatment, so the cancer spread to his abdomen, lungs and brain. His chances did not look too good.
Then a combination of physical conditioning, a strong support system, and a competitive spirit took over. He declared himself a cancer survivor, not a cancer victim.
He started learning about the disease and the treatment. Armed with knowledge and confidence in his medicine, he underwent aggressive treatment and … he beat the disease!
During his treatment he created the Lance Armstrong Foundation. This marked the beginning of his life as a cancer survivor and a world representative for all people who suffered from cancer.
On 28 July 2002 Lance won the 89th Tour de France for the fourth time in a row. He is one of the world’s greatest sport heroes. But although his victories in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 are sweet, his battle against cancer has just begun.
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Educator Assessment:
| Criteria | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Reading | Reads haltingly without phrasing, pausing and understanding. | Reads haltingly, becoming aware of phrasing and pausing, correct pace developing. | Reads with correct phrasing, inflection and pace in most instances. | Reads with correct phrasing, inflection and fluency, is totally in control of pace. |
| Answers to the text | 0 – 3Unable to answer. | 4 – 6Requires prompting. | 7 – 9Shows insight in most answers. | 10 – 12Answers with full insight. |
Well Done!! Lets move on to some creative writing…
| LO 3 |
| READING AND VIEWINGThe learner will be able to read and view for information and enjoyment, and to respond critically to the aesthetic, cultural and emotional values in texts. |
| We know this when the learner: |
| 3.1 understands some elements of stories. |
| 3.1.1 understands title, setting and plot; |
| 3.1.2 understands characters (e.g. describes their feelings and talks about reasons for their actions); |
| 3.8 uses reference books and develops vocabulary: |
| 3.8.2 uses a dictionary. |
LO 5
THINKING AND REASONINGThe learner will able to use language to think and reason, and access, process and use information for learning.
We know this when the learner:
5.2 uses language for thinking;
5.2.1 answers and asks some more complex questions;
5.2.3 analyses the features of things in order to classify them;
5.2.8 evaluates, makes choices and judgements, and gives reasons for them;
5.3 collects and records information in different ways:
5.3.2 designs, draws and labels maps, plans, charts, graphs and diagrams.
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