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    The document summarizes an NPR article about a journalist who discovered a family secret - that his family had a domestic servant named Lola who had been with their family for over a generation. The journalist learned that Lola had essentially been a slave, sleeping in storage spaces, isolated from her family, and verbally abused. He wants readers to understand the conditions that led to modern slavery within the Filipino community and believes revealing this family secret could help address the root of these problems. The text provides details about Lola's poor treatment to support the author's argument about the social conditions of slavery.

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    READING AND WRITING

    ACTIVITY: Read the selection titled “The Social Conditions that Shaped Lola’s Story” at
    https://www.npr.org/2017/05/16/528515935/in-lolas-story-a-journalist-reveals-a-family-
    secret.
    Then, answer the following questions.

    1. What is the author’s authority on the topic of the text?


    A victim now being revealed, of a secret they recently learned.
    discovering that Lola was a domestic servant who had been with Tizon's family going back a
    whole generation.
    2.Whatfactorcouldpossiblyinuencetheauthor’sclaim
    aboutthetopicofthetext?
    That he was related to the house keeper ina very close relation, and had now learn about
    this secret until now.
    3.Whatdoesth eauthorspecicallywantthereadertoknow/believe/do?
    That the need to change them in order to address the root of modern day slavery within the
    Filipino community.
    4. What type of details are provided in the text to support the author’s main idea?
    Is that the family been treating the lola poorly, having her sleep only at the storage spaces or
    the hallways, being isolated from the world, not being allowed to visit his family, and being
    verbaly abused from both parents.
    5. Are there any unsupported arguments?
    None.

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