Multi-Tasking Makes You Stupid Pre-reading Read the title and subtitle.
1.        Do you think the text is going to discuss the advantages / disadvantages of multi- tasking? (Circle your choice.) What words helped you choose your answer?
Pitfalls                                                                                                                          (10 points) Read the first paragraph.
2.        What idea is illustrated by the situation described in the paragraph?
While trying to do several things at the same time, the brain can not remember what the person did or what he said.
                                                                                                                         (10 points) Close Reading
3 .        In paragraph 2 the writer describes the negative effects of multi-tasking. List five of these effects. …                         (10 points) What evidence does the writer present to support the claim that “there is a clear trend” (line 20) towards multi-tasking?

4 5% of American workers feel that they are asked or expected to work on too many tasks at once  (10 points) 5.        In paragraph 4 the writer presents the findings of  two  studies on how multi- tasking  affects us. Complete the table below to show a) the finding of the two …                                                                                    (20 points)
6 .        What general idea is “listening to a child playing in the next room while talking to your boss on  the phone”( lines 57-58) an example of ?
…                                                                                                                      (10 points) 7.        Using information in paragraph 8, complete the chart to show the difference between the …                                                                                                           (10 points)
8 .        Do the findings of studies on gender differences in human multi-tasking, support the findings on animals?
                        YES                            NO                  (Circle your choice) Support your answer with information from the text.
Yet in studies on humans, on average, the two sexes came out the same                                                                                                                          (10 points) 9.        Why do some people think that women are better at multi-tasking then men?
…                                                                                                              (10 points)