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Title: Short passage

Grade: 8-a Lesson: S2-L2

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Step	Type	Explanation	Answer
1	Problem	While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: • Sam Maloof (1916–2009) was an American woodworker and furniture designer. • He was the son of Lebanese immigrants. • He received a “genius grant” from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in 1985. • The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts owns a rocking chair that Maloof made from walnut wood. • The armrests and the seat of the chair are sleek and contoured, and the back consists of seven spindle-like slats. Student Sam Maloof wants to explain the rocking chair to an audience unfamiliar with it. Which option most effectively uses relevant information to achieve the goal?
2	Clue	The facts and details were explicit from the main idea of the short passage.
3	Hint	The main idea of the passage is analyzed and interpreted.

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Problem

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: • Sam Maloof (1916–2009) was an American woodworker and furniture designer. • He was the son of Lebanese immigrants. • He received a “genius grant” from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in 1985. • The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts owns a rocking chair that Maloof made from walnut wood. • The armrests and the seat of the chair are sleek and contoured, and the back consists of seven spindle-like slats.

Student Sam Maloof wants to explain the rocking chair to an audience unfamiliar with it. Which option most effectively uses relevant information to achieve the goal?

Clue

The facts and details were explicit from the main idea of the short passage.

Hint

The main idea of the passage is analyzed and interpreted.