Unit 3: Embarrassed? Blame Your Brain

In “Embarrassed?” the author includes information about Cyberball most likely to explain…

• how Cyberball is played.

• why dodgeball is so exciting.

• how feeling rejected affects the brain.

• why sports injuries are so painful.

Read this sentence from paragraph 9 of “Embarrassed?”

Activity in one system can amplify or cancel out activity in another.

Amplify and cancel out are antonyms (opposites)

What is the meaning of the word amplify as used in this sentence?

• strengthen

• gain color

• add humor

• take away

Which sentence states a main idea of the selection, "Embarrassed"?

• Teen brains are exactly like adult brains.

• It would be best if we could all turn off our brain.

• The brain is part of the digestive system.

• Brain changes cause teens to have strong reactions to social situations.

In “Embarrassed?” the section “Embarrassment Has an Unfair Advantage” is organized to show the…

• ways teens spend their time.

• positive and negative impacts of social pain.

• the sleeping patterns of children.

• types of positive feelings teens may experience.

Read this sentence from the informational box titled “Need Help?” in “Embarrassed?”

You can’t directly shut down this threat alert system, but you can trick your brain into doing it.

What is the most likely meaning of the phrase threat alert system in this context?

• A system that has a public siren.

• A system that prepares one’s body to fight.

• A messed-up system.

• A part of the respiratory system.

What type of passage is “Embarrassed? Blame Your Brain?”

• fiction story

• biography

• informational text

• fable

Who is the author of “Embarrassed? Blame Your Brain"?

• Bill Clinton

• Ryan De Vries

• Janet Jackson

• Jennifer Connor-Smith

It is _____ to do your homework, if you want to get good grades.

• essential

• amplify

• generate

• humiliation

Which word means to create and develop something?

• factor

• generate

• similar

• specific

Which is NOT true about informational text?

• It provides factual information.

• It uses evidence to support ideas.

• It uses the author’s imagination.

• It contains text features.