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A Battle in Your Body

Title

A Battle in Your Body

Reading Text

When a sick person sneezes, a virus can spread through the air and be breathed into your lungs. It lands on one of your cells. Your cell has a cell membrane to protect it, but the tiny virus tricks the cell membrane into letting it inside. The cell must fight! The "boss" of the cell, the nucleus, has the instructions (DNA). The nucleus sends a message to make an antibody. An antibody is a special protein that fights the virus. To do all this work, the cell needs energy. The "powerhouse" of the cell is called the mitochondria. It makes energy for the cell to fight and stay healthy.

Activities

Vocabulary

Definitions:
  • Text: To keep someone or something safe.
  • Text: Air coming out of the nose suddenly and loudly.
  • Text: Power to do work or move.
  • Text: A very tiny thing that can make you sick.
  • Text: Body parts inside the chest used for breathing.
  • Text: To move to cover a larger area or reach more people.
Items:
  • Label: Virus
    Answer: D
  • Label: Sneeze
    Answer: B
  • Label: Lungs
    Answer: E
  • Label: Protect
    Answer: A
  • Label: Energy
    Answer: C
  • Label: Spread
    Answer: F
Fill In The Blanks:
  • Before: Cover your mouth when you
    After: so you don't share germs.
    Answer: sneeze
  • Before: We wear a helmet to
    After: our heads.
    Answer: protect
  • Before: You need food to give you
    After: for the day.
    Answer: energy
  • Before: The doctor said I have a
    After: so I must stay home.
    Answer: virus
  • Before: I sent a text
    After: to my friend on the phone.
    Answer: message
Scrambled:
  • Text: to be generated
    Answer: A virus can spread through the air.
  • Text: to be generated
    Answer: The cell has a membrane to protect it.
  • Text: to be generated
    Answer: The nucleus sends a message.
  • Text: to be generated
    Answer: An antibody is a special protein.
  • Text: to be generated
    Answer: The cell needs energy to work.

Comprehension

Questions:
  • Text: A virus can enter your body when someone sneezes.
    Answer: true
  • Text: The cell membrane always stops the virus.
    Answer: false
  • Text: The nucleus is the "boss" of the cell.
    Answer: true
  • Text: The mitochondria makes antibodies to fight the virus.
    Answer: false
  • Text: The cell needs energy to stay healthy.
    Answer: true

Written Expression

Questions:
  • Text: What do you do when you feel sick?
  • Text: How do you keep your body healthy?
Examples:

Examples:

  • When I am sick, I sleep a lot and drink water.
  • I eat fruit and exercise to stay healthy.

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