Question

After reading The high school step team the reader can cnclude all of the following except

A. Karla's grades in math will improve.
B. Karla will decide to join the step team.
C. Karla will be too embarrassed to perform.
D. Karla's teacher will support her participating in the step team

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The High School Step Team
Karla’s cousin Jade urged her to join the step team. “This afternoon you should definitely try out!” Jade suggested after the final bell rang.
“I know she wants the best for me,” Karla thought to herself, “but I’m not sure I’d be any good, and I’d feel embarrassed if I messed up in front of others.” Karla had seen step teams in action: they stomped, they clapped, and they performed all kinds of skillful, synchronized moves.
“Our team is not as amazing as professional steppers, but we have a lot of fun!” Jade said. “Also, if you join the team, you will instantly have forty new friends!”
“I like the idea of forty new friends,” Karla thought to herself. “Still, I’m worried about bringing up my math grade. I’d better play it safe for now," she decided.
“I really appreciate your concern, but I’ve got to say no thanks for now,” Karla told Jade. “I’m going for after­school help in math.”
As Karla turned away from Jade and walked down the hall towards the math class, she pictured her cousin shrugging her shoulders. “Okay, do whatever you think is best,” Jade said. “I’ll see you at home.”
Karla went to the after­school math session. The work was challenging, and she had to concentrate. The teacher said nice things to Karla about her efforts to grasp the ideas they were studying. “And yet,” Karla thought, “I still have a lot of work and study ahead of me.” When the after­school math session ended, Karla peeked into the gym.
"Hey, that’s my cousin!” Jade cried out. “Come on over here, Karla.”
Forty male and female students stopped in mid­routine to look at Karla. Too embarrassed to refuse, she joined one of the lines.
Karla soon learned that stepping requires a lot of mental energy. “It’s something like math,” she thought silently, “but not exactly the same. I have to connect my brain to my body, and make it move or stop at exactly the right moment. The key here is to execute every movement skillfully.” Very soon, Karla had mastered the team’s trademark “slap–finger–snap–slap–slap–stomp.”
That night, Karla got back to work on math. At first, she felt guilty about the time spent in the gym.
Then she reminded herself of the old saying, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” An English teacher once told her the origins of this cliché go all the way back to ancient Egypt.
As Karla worked, she was surprised to find that she suddenly understood her algebra problems better than she had before. “There must be some carry­over effect from step practice,” she concluded. The concentration and focus that she exercised in step team practice seemed to help her focus more clearly on her math. Karla smiled as she thought, “Who would have guessed that spending time with a step team might be more helpful to my math grade than spending time on math work?”
Later, Karla was as much a member of the step team as anybody. “I don’t feel the least bit embarrassed anymore,” she told Jade. “When I am stepping, I feel completely focused on the rhythm of the team and working together with my ‘forty new friends.’ As an added bonus, my math work now seems much easier.”

Answer 3

Thank you :)

Answer 4

what's your guess? have you read it?

Answer 5

No i have not

Answer 6

Well i started reading it once i posted the question. I stopped once i seen you replying to it.

Answer 7

Read it and let me know what you think the answer is, I will let you know if you're correct (:

Answer 8

Okay

Answer 9

" As an added bonus, my math work now seems much easier.” you can probably say she will have a better grade in math right?

Answer 10

possibly

Answer 11

"The concentration and focus that she exercised in step team practice seemed to help her focus more clearly on her math."

Answer 12

So we can probably say a is not our answer right? Because we have concluded her math grade is most likely going to improve

Answer 13

D Karla
s teacher will support her participation in the step team

Answer 14

*Karla's

Answer 15

Now for d it's saying that she will have her teachers support "Then she reminded herself of the old saying, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” this is what her teacher said right? This is saying her teacher thinks that play is beneficial because in the quote the boy is dull without it. Play would be her joining the step team

Answer 16

That's exactly why D is the answer

Answer 17

but the question is asking which one we CAN'T conclude, we can conclude her teacher supports her (d), we can conclude that joining the step team will raise her grade (a) and for b she will likely join the team because she says so many positive things about it "“When I am stepping, I feel completely focused on the rhythm of the team and working together with my ‘forty new friends"

Answer 18

“I don’t feel the least bit embarrassed anymore,” she told Jade."

Answer 19

"C. Karla will be too embarrassed to perform."

Answer 20

Do you think that we can conclude that she will be too embarrassed to perform based off this quote?

Answer 21

No we can not

Answer 22

"After reading The high school step team the reader can conclude all of the following EXCEPT"

Answer 23

so which is the answer? a b c or d

Answer 24

C

Answer 25

great job!

Answer 26

Thanks