Reading for Meaning Statements

Directions: The purpose of this page is to hone your ability to gather textual evidence to support
or refute a statement and to focus your reading on some key points in the article. For each
statement below, circle whether the text agrees or disagrees with it, and, in the space provided,
share quoted, textual evidence to support your agreement or disagreement.

Agree? Statements Your Evidence (cite page and paragraph;

briefly explain)
1. According to the article, Easter The artical says "Easter is celebrated all
yes is not celebrated in many around the world. It is one of the most
countries. important holidays in the Christian religion."
This supports the other idea that the article is
saying many people celibrate easter and it is
very important as well.

{no}

2. According to the article, those
{yes} who celebrate Easter will be
no doing it in new and creative ways.
The artical says "Coronavirus is also forcing
churches to embrace new ways of worshiping.
Many churches are rapidly shifting or
expanding services online in time for Easter.
This is to adhere to social distancing
guidelines." People will do a church service
online.

3. According to the article, the

{yes} prices for Easter products will the artical supports this by saying "Finding
no increase this year. eggs to dye could be more difficult and
expensive this year. Egg prices have
skyrocketed due to coronavirus panic
buying." people are trying to stock up on food
in case the whole world gets infected so they
can survive the virus.