Middle School Informational Text Handouts

Dive into the heart of American tradition with our Thanksgiving Football Informational Texts, meticulously crafted for middle school students in grades 5-8. This resource, tailored to a 6th-grade lexile level, is a touchdown for any ELA curriculum, aligning with key standards that focus on the analysis of print and graphic features.

What’s Inside:

• Three Compelling Articles: Ranging from the mechanics of football to the historical significance of Thanksgiving games, and the cherished Detroit Lions' traditions, these texts are rich with educational content and football fervor.
• Dynamic Text Features: Each article is a playbook of knowledge, featuring captions, subheadings, glossaries, footnotes, maps, diagrams, sidebars, graphs, timelines, and photographs to engage students and enhance comprehension.
• Comprehensive Quizzes: Test understanding with 18 multiple-choice questions that challenge students to apply their knowledge of text features and content.
• GoogleSlides: Present information about text features before reading to build background knowledge or act as a refresher.

Curricular Alignment:

• Standards-Focused: This resource supports ELA goals, encouraging students to dissect the author's use of print and graphic elements for specific purposes, meeting key educational standards.

Easy Implementation:

• Teacher-Friendly: Designed for ease of use, this print-and-go resource includes a 12-slide Google Slides presentation to introduce text features, ensuring a smooth start to each lesson.
• Answer Key Included: Save time with ready-to-use answer keys, simplifying assessment and review.

Student Engagement:

• High-Interest Topic: By combining the universally engaging topics of football and Thanksgiving, this resource tackles the challenge of engaging reluctant readers head-on.

Holiday Relevance: Capitalize on the excitement of Thanksgiving to bring ELA standards to life.

• Rigorous & Multiskilled: Students aren't just learning about football; they're enhancing critical reading skills through a sports lens.
• No Additional Prep: Everything you need is at your fingertips, from the articles to the quizzes and presentation slides.

Perfect for the Season:

Whether you're looking to supplement your curriculum with seasonal material, add rigor to your lessons, or simply bring a high-engagement topic to your classroom, our Thanksgiving Football Informational Texts are your MVP. Score big with students and educators alike by integrating this resource into your middle school ELA game plan today!

This is a primary source analysis of Civil War Solider, Sullivan Ballou's, letter to his wife. Includes a graphic organizer with 10 questions for analysis. A great supplement to any discussion about soldiers in the Civil War.

Sample questions:

-Is this document a primary or secondary source? How do you know?

-Who is Ballou writing to?

-When and where was this document written?

-Did Ballou believe in the cause he was fighting for? How do you know?

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Excerpts from Letters from Birmingham Jail with questions and answer key. Goes well with a unit on persuasive writing or with black history.

This 4-page pre-reading handout provides students with important background information for understanding William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. This resource includes a two-page handout on the history of the Roman Republic. The resource also included is a comprehension check and answer key so that teachers can assess whether students have understood important details from the handout.

Learning about the history of the Roman Republic will provide students with the contextual information necessary for understanding certain lines in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. You could have students read this handout for homework before starting the play; or you could have students read the handout aloud together in class before giving them the comprehension check worksheet.

If you like this pre-reading handout, you'll definitely want to check out my 160-page Complete Teaching Unit on Julius Caesar. The complete unit features colorful and engaging worksheets on every scene in Shakespeare's play. Because the complete unit is both professionally designed and academically rigorous, it is especially well-suited for courses like Honors English and AP Lang.

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Feel free to check out these complete units on Shakespeare's masterpieces:

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Romeo and Juliet

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Julius Caesar

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Macbeth

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Othello

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Hamlet

COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Much Ado About Nothing

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Learn about the Great Depression era through 42 pages of coloring and comic book frames with additional blank templates for creative fact-based writing and assessment. Topics Include: Timeline 1929-1941 President Hoover Stock Market Crash Unemployment Rates Food Riots Immigration Bank Failures Domestic Government Programs President Franklin D. Roosevelt (and re-elections) New Deal Dust Bowl and Eyewitness Accounts Dorothea Lange and Migrant Mother photo John Steinbeck and Grapes of Wrath Minimum Wage Pearl Harbor Germany and World War II Fun, engaging way to learn about the Great Depression era of U.S. History with fact-based writing activities for critical thinking and reinforcement. Meets CCSS and TEKS.

Engage Your Grade 6 Students with "Canadian Communities: Past & Present" - Podcasts and Study Guides!

This comprehensive resource package is designed to enhance your teaching of the first part of the Ontario Grade 6 Social Studies curriculum: Canadian Communities: Past & Present. Bring this fascinating topic to life with engaging podcasts and reinforce learning with accompanying study guides, quizzes, essay questions, and glossaries.

What's Included:

This package is organised into four key units, mirroring the curriculum expectations:

• Choosing Canada as a Home: Explore the diverse reasons why people immigrated to Canada, examining push and pull factors, and the challenges and opportunities they encountered.

• Establishing Canadian Communities: Delve into the establishment and development of various communities across Canada, highlighting the contributions of different groups and the impact of geography and historical events.

• Interaction Among Communities: Examine the complex interactions between different communities in Canada, exploring both cooperation and conflict, and the ongoing journey towards reconciliation.

• Exploring Canadian Identity: Engage students in thoughtful discussions about what it means to be Canadian, considering the diverse perspectives and experiences that shape Canadian identity.

Each unit folder contains the following resources:

• Engaging Podcasts: Two identical podcasts (provided in both WAV and MP3 formats for maximum compatibility) bring the curriculum content to life through dynamic conversations. Podcast lengths vary from 8 to 18 minutes.

• Comprehensive Study Guides ("FAQs"): Reinforce key concepts and address common student questions with detailed study guides. These FAQs provide a valuable resource for independent study and review.

• Short Answer Quizzes with Answer Keys: Assess student understanding with short answer quizzes, complete with answer keys for easy grading and feedback.

• Thought-Provoking Essay Questions: Encourage critical thinking and deeper analysis with a list of essay questions that prompt students to explore complex themes and issues related to Canadian communities.

• Glossaries of Key Terms: Support vocabulary development and ensure students understand essential terminology with glossaries of key terms for each unit.

How to Use This Resource:

• In-Class Listening: Use the podcasts during class time to introduce new concepts, spark discussions, and engage auditory learners.

• Independent Study: Assign podcasts and study guides for homework or independent study, allowing students to learn at their own pace.

• Assessment Tools: Utilize the quizzes and essay questions to assess student understanding and critical thinking skills.

• Differentiated Instruction: The variety of resources provided allows for differentiated instruction, catering to diverse learning styles and needs.

Benefits for Teachers:

• Saves Valuable Prep Time: This ready-to-use resource package saves you valuable time and effort in lesson planning and material creation.

• Enhances Student Engagement: The engaging podcasts and interactive activities capture student interest and make learning more enjoyable.

• Supports Curriculum Objectives: The resources are aligned with the Ontario Grade 6 Social Studies curriculum, ensuring that your teaching effectively covers the required learning outcomes.

• Provides Flexible Learning Options: The variety of resources allows for flexible use in different classroom settings and learning environments.

Bring Canadian history to life in your classroom! Download this comprehensive resource package today and empower your students to explore the rich and complex story of Canadian communities.

This is a 53-page set of worksheets for the book "Who Was Jacques Cousteau?" by Nico Medina. This includes a four-page story test. There are three worksheets for each chapter: * comprehension questions * vocabulary * story analysis Also, there are twenty worksheets at the end: * story review * story reflection * review activity * cause and effect * compare and contrast * illustrations * biography (story map) * news report * critical thinking * inferences * summaries * scrambled sentences * word search * crossword puzzle * story test (four pages) There is also an answer key included at the end of the file. Worksheets for the “Who Was…?” series: * What Was Pearl Harbor? * What Was Pompeii? * What Was the Underground Railroad? * Where Are the Galapagos Islands? * Where Is the Amazon? * Where Is the Grand Canyon? * Who Is Barack Obama? * Who Was Albert Einstein? * Who Was Amelia Earhart? * Who Was Anne Frank? * Who Was Ben Franklin? * Who Was Charles Darwin? * Who Was Eleanor Roosevelt? * Who Was Harriet Tubman? * Who Was Helen Keller? * Who Was Isaac Newton? * Who Was Jackie Robinson? * Who Was Jacques Cousteau? * Who Was John F. Kennedy? * Who Was King Tut? * Who Was Leonardo da Vinci? * Who Was Louis Armstrong? * Who Was Marie Curie? * Who Was Mark Twain? * Who Was Nelson Mandela? * Who Was Roald Dahl? * Who Was Rosa Parks? * Who Was Sally Ride? * Who Was Seabiscuit? * Who Was Thomas Alva Edison? * Who Was William Shakespeare? * Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? * Who Were The Beatles?

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This is a reading passage about Misty Copeland as an African American Artist and Black Changemaker. Students can use this as a jumping off point for a research project or for Black History Month or Women's History Month.

INCLUDED- Reading Comprehension Questions! Differentiated and can be used with any reading passage about an influential female leader. Perfect for close reading!

• Colored and black-line version
• Reading comprehension questions for early elementary (1-3) and separate worksheet for upper elementary (4-6)

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Use these informative factoids about the country of Ireland and St. Patrick's Day as an Interactive Notebook Activity during a study of the country of Ireland or during St. Patrick's Day. Several extension activities are included.

Other resources of interest:

St. Patrick's Day is coming-a wonderful opportunity to introduce your students to the country of Ireland. Did you know that the Celtic knot is a very famous symbol of Ireland? Learn more about Ireland with my fun and informative web quest on Ireland includes 12 questions and lots of extension activities: Ireland/St. Patrick's Day Webquest

2. Another resource about Ireland to consider:This fun/informative play has Ms. Bie Ografee's guest being McSean, a leprechaun. McSean is asked questions by the studio audience about the country of Ireland and the long Irish folklore about leprechauns. Great for a unit on folk stories/folklore or as an activity around St. Patrick's Day. The play has 11 questioners, a Did You Know? section, comprehension questions, a teacher page with extension activities and links as well as the key: McSean the Leprechaun: Reader's Theater Script

3. The Green Game: Need a fun activity where kids have to find answers that have the word GREEN in it or are the color GREEN? Great for St. Patrick's Day or for a Friday. The GREEN Game

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This THE RHETORICAL SITUATION [GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS & WORKSHEETS] product highlights the purpose, definition and clarification, common rhetorical techniques, and methods of appeals . You will find 2 versions of THE RHETORICAL TRIANGLE, 50+ Pages, 10+ Assignments/worksheets, a 12 -item multiple choice quiz, answer keys, THE RHETORICAL CHART, and 6 PROJECTS. This product will lighten your load in covering some RHETORICAL ANALYSIS in your classroom. 6 - 12th Graders will love The Angry Grammar Series because it'll make your class GREAT! Check it out!

This Product Includes:

1. 10 practice worksheets

2. Easy to Comprehend RHETORIC Notes:

PURPOSE, METHODS OF APPEAL, and MORE

3. A 12-Item Multiple Choice Quiz

4. 2 RHETORICAL TRIANGLE Versions

5. 6 MAJOR PROJECTS to make your classroom GREAT!

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Enhance Reading Comprehension with our Informational Text Marking Handout!

Empower your students to excel in reading comprehension with our engaging and effective Informational Text Marking Handout! This must-have AVID resource is designed to boost student understanding through strategic text annotation right at their desks. Your students will love this!

This handout is a game changer for educators seeking to improve literacy skills. By providing a structured approach to text annotation, students learn to identify key details, make connections, and deepen their comprehension effortlessly.

Key Features:

✨ Clear and Concise Design: This handout is hands-on-practice visually appealing and easy to use, making it accessible for all students.

✨ Promotes Active Learning: Encourages students to interact with texts actively, leading to improved retention and analysis.

✨ Supports Differentiation: Suitable for various grade levels and subject areas, promoting inclusivity and adaptability.

✨ Fosters Critical Thinking: Students develop critical thinking skills by engaging in purposeful text annotation.

✨Black and white & color versions

✨ English and Spanish versions included

Why Choose This Handout?

☑ Reading Comprehension Tools: Enhance students’ comprehension skills with a proven method that supports academic success.

☑ Teacher-Tested: Developed by experienced educators, ensuring practicality and effectiveness in the classroom.

☑ Engaging Resource: Captivate students’ interest in reading and analyzing texts with our interactive handout.

☑ Ideal for implementing AVID strategies daily in your classroom and setting up testing strategies and routines in your classroom.

Transform your classroom into a hub of active learning and literacy development! Download the Informational Text Marking Handout today and witness the positive impact on your students’ reading comprehension skills. Let’s empower students to become confident, strategic readers—one annotation at a time!

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This comprehensive resource will have students critically examine the Vietnam War. The provided slide presentation is full of primary based sources, problem-posing discussion questions, POV simulations, & informative video clips that are designed to engage the students in the learning process. Three supplementary activities are included;

Materials:

• Slide Presentation (67 Slides) & Guided Notes Packet (Answer Key Included)
• Vietnamese Independence Debate Activity
• Scavenger Hunt POV Activity
• Secondary Source

Extension Activity #1: Vietnamese Independence Debate

• Each student will be assigned one of two POINTS OF VIEW (POV);
  1. French business leaders 2) Vietnamese communists.
• Central to the debate are the following questions; Why should the U.S. care what happens in Vietnam, along with what happens in France? Whether the U.S. should feel threatened by communism in Vietnam? What do they want President Truman to do about the Vietnamese Declaration of Independence— support it, ignore it, oppose it? Whether the U.S. government should support the French?

Extension Activity #2: Song Analysis

• Students will compare two defining songs of the Vietnam era; The Ballads of the Green Berets, & the War Song.

Extension Activity #3: What is a Whistleblower?

• Students will analyze four individuals; all of whom revealed information about activity within a private or public organization that was deemed illegal, immoral, illicit, unsafe or fraudulent.
• Students can delve further by referring to the Whistleblower Timeline,  and choosing a whistleblower to research (1700’s to contemporary times). Students will prepare a 3 to 5 minute class presentation. 

If you liked this lesson see other related ‘Cold War’ lessons here:

• Hot War Turns into the Cold War
• Cold War Unit Review & Assessment
• The Cuban Missile Crisis Declassified
• The Korean War: A Critical Reading Activity

A reading comprehension tasks which focuses on the role that chemicals in the brain play in wellbeing. Teens will be engaged in this informative text as the topic is relevant yet allows for the development of comprehension skills. Questions range from easy to hard and incorporates cognitive verbs from the Australian Curriculum. This encourages students to go beyond the retrieval and comprehension stages and into analysis and knowledge utilisation. Available as either a print or electronic task in Google Slides and Forms.

Since the Pandemic, so much has gone digital, including testing--both campus and state testing. If your campus and/or state has made the switch to online testing, and you are looking for strategies to help your students adapt their annotating strategies, these graphic organizers can help!

This product includes graphic organizers for poetry (TPCASTT format) and text (can be used for fiction or informational) and is designed to be a gradual release model:

• Students use fully-structured graphic organizers to guide annotating during online testing
• Teachers can print graphic organizers as posters, and blank organizers w/ no text are included to help students transition from guided annotations
• Finally students will be able to transition from graphic organizers to being able to annotate freely using scratch or notebook paper

What You Get

• Poetry (TPCASTT) structured graphic organizer
• Text (Fiction or Informational) structured graphic organizer

-This can be customized to add personal teacher tips or specific classroom annotation symbols or Signposts

• Blank Poetry (TPCASTT) graphic organizer (no text)
• Blank Text (Fiction or Informational) graphic organizer (no text)

-Graphic Organizers can also be printed by the teacher in a poster size as a classroom anchor chart.

**Unveil the Heroic Legacy of Welles Remy Crowther: “The Man in the Red Bandana” on 911, September 11th Attack...**Explore the inspiring story of Welles Remy Crowther, a true symbol of bravery and selflessness, known for his heroic actions on September 11, 2001. This digital resource brings his legacy to life, reminding us of the profound impact one individual can have. Perfect for classrooms, this fact-filled resource is designed to captivate and educate!

What’s Inside:

• Who Was the Man in the Red Bandana?
• Name, Nickname, Profession
• What Happened on September 11, 2001?
• Attack on the World Trade Center
• Heroic Actions
• Identification
• Legacy
• Recognition
• Posthumous Honors
• Important Facts
• Life
• Education
• Fun Fact
• The Red Bandana Tradition

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Bring Welles Remy Crowther’s story into your classroom with a complete, engaging lesson that turns learning into an adventure. Ideal for both online and in-person teaching.

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The History of Fast Food is an engaging and comprehensive resource designed to educate upper middle and high school students about the origins, development, and cultural impact of the fast food industry. Through a detailed reading passage, thought-provoking questions, and note-taking sheets, this resource explores how fast food has evolved from ancient street vendors to modern global franchises.

Students will learn about the groundbreaking innovations of White Castle, the pioneering fast food chain, and McDonald’s transformation into a global icon under the leadership of Ray Kroc. The resource delves into the rise of other major fast food players like Burger King, KFC, and Taco Bell, as well as the industry's influence on society, from affordability and convenience to debates surrounding health and the environment.

INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE:

• A well-researched reading passage on the history of fast food.
• 20 comprehension questions with a separate answer key.
• 10 Note-taking sheets for organized learning.

PERFECT FOR:

• Middle and high school history or social studies classes.
• Homeschool curriculums focused on economics or cultural studies.
• Cross-curricular lessons blending history, business, and health topics.
• Substitute lesson plans or independent student work assignments.

WHY CHOOSE THIS RESOURCE?

• Combines historical insight with cultural relevance.
• Professional, well-structured, and student-friendly design.
• Versatile use across subjects and learning environments.
• Encourages meaningful connections between past innovations and present-day challenges.
• Developed to meet the needs of educators and engage students effectively.

BENEFITS FOR TEACHERS/HOMESCHOOL PARENTS:

• Ready-to-use, structured materials save preparation time.
• Promotes critical thinking and discussion with insightful questions.
• Flexible for integration into various subjects such as history, economics, or sociology.
• Enhances comprehension with note-taking sheets designed to organize key details.
• Adaptable for individual, group, or class-wide instruction.

BENEFITS FOR STUDENTS:

• Engaging content that connects historical events to modern life.

• Develops critical reading and analytical skills.

• Encourages reflection on cultural, economic, and environmental issues.

• Fosters understanding of how industries shape societal trends.

• Prepares students for deeper discussions on innovation and globalization.

With this resource, teachers and homeschool parents can provide students with an insightful look at how fast food mirrors societal trends, technological advancements, and cultural shifts. The included note-taking sheets and assessment questions ensure that students engage with the material critically, sharpening their reading comprehension and analytical skills.

Whether used in history, economics, or cultural studies, The History of Fast Food offers a rich learning experience, fostering curiosity and discussion about the role of convenience and innovation in shaping modern lifestyles.

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Early Humans

Complete Unit

Activities, Bellwork/ Bellringers, Guided Readings, DBQ’s, Reading strategies, Vocab, & much more

Standards:

SS.6.W.1.2: Identify terms (decade, century, epoch, era, millennium, BC/BCE, AD/CE) and designations of time periods.

SS.6.W.2.1: Compare the lifestyles of hunter-gatherers with those

of settlers of early agricultural communities.

Learning Goal: Students will be able to Describe how the physical environment of the pre-historic period affected their daily life.

Essential Question: How do the lives of hunters and gatherers compare to those who began to settle in agricultural communities?

Unit: Early Humans Objective

A. I can identify what are three ways civilizations get resources they need? (SS.6.G.5.1)

B. I can identify what are three reasons why people trade? (SS.6.G.5.1)

C. I can explain what invention made Paleolithic people turn into Neolithic people? (SS.6.W.2.1)

D. I can name three animals that have been domesticated. (SS.6.G.3.2)

E. I can explain why were Paleolithic people’s lives more difficult than Neolithic? (SS.6.W.2.1)

F. I can identify the time period and culture of the Paleolithic people as hunter-gatherers who discovered fire, painted cave walls, and made simple tools. (SS.6.G.2.1)

G. I can explain the emergence of agriculture and its effect
on Paleolithic societies by naming a positive and a negative for agriculture. (SS.6.W.2.2)

H. Students will identify eras as a time period marked by a specific event and identify examples, such as the Neolithic Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age. (SS.6.W.1.2)

Standards:

SS.6.W.1.2: Identify terms (decade, century, epoch, era, millennium, BC/BCE, AD/CE) and designations of time periods.

SS.6.W.2.1: Compare the lifestyles of hunter-gatherers with those
of settlers of early agricultural communities.

SS.6.G.2.1 Explain how major physical characteristics, natural resources, climate, and absolute and relative locations have influenced settlement, interactions and the economies of ancient civilizations of the world.

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Ssss-slide into the prehistoric world with this "Titanoboa Spooky Science & ELA Packet" for grades 4-6! Get ready for your students to be totally wrapped up in this "fang-tastic" resource that combines STEM and ELA skills. Perfect for spooky season or a year-round unit on ancient creatures, this packet will have your students slithering through CCSS-aligned reading comprehension, vocabulary, and science activities. Let them explore the largest snake to ever exist, Titanoboa, as they learn about cause and effect, fossils, and more!

What’s Included:

• Titanoboa Informational Text – A thrilling dive into the world of Titanoboa, covering its size, habitat, and extinction.
• Frayer Models Vocabulary – Key terms like "carnivore," "extinct," "fossil," and "top predator" will help students sink their teeth into new words.
• 5 CCSS-Aligned Comprehension Questions – Keep your students wrapped around text evidence as they explore cause and effect, fossil discoveries, and Titanoboa's hunting style.
• Cause and Effect Chart – Analyze why Titanoboa went extinct and how its environment changed, all while honing those critical thinking skills.
• Draw and Label Titanoboa – Students will unleash their creativity by drawing the massive snake and labeling its powerful jaws and long body.
• Main Idea & Supporting Details Worksheet – Ensure students grasp the main idea and can point out key supporting facts from the passage.

Why You’ll Love It:

• Perfect for Spooky Season – Titanoboa’s massive size and hunting abilities make it a spine-tingling addition to your October lessons!
• Great for Year-Round Fun – Snakes never go out of style! Use this resource in science units on prehistoric animals, ecosystems, or fossils.
• Interdisciplinary Learning – STEM meets ELA in this exciting mix of reading comprehension and science-based activities.
• Easy to Implement – Just print and let your students coil into the world of Titanoboa! Perfect for whole class, small groups, or independent work.

Get ready for your students to be totally wrapped up in this fun, engaging, and educational resource. Add it to your cart today!

This annotation guide for nonfiction provides a simple and easy way for students to learn annotation skills while reading nonfiction articles, primary sources, etc. It is a handout that gives them a step by step guide on how to critically read and gather information from nonfiction texts and be able to use this information for future assignments.

I usually have students put this resource in the front of their notebooks or binders at the beginning of the year so they can refer back to it over and over again.

This resource is for personal use in one classroom only. Please do not distribute

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This includes two Articles "How do hurricanes form? A step-by-step guide" and "How Do Hurricanes Form?" plus a graph titled "Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale" . After reading these two articles students are given a prompt for an expository essay on how hurricanes are formed. There is also an outline sheet included for students to use in order to help them organize their essay. Plus a rubric for easy grading of final essay.

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