Read this sentence from paragraph 5. Reading Passage
Should You Work During the School Year?
You also have to be willing to prioritize activities by assigning
by Suff Writer Maryam Khan
them varying degrees of importance.
1 Every Tuesday and Thursday, high school junior Kayla Morrison goes to a local
Use this dictionary entry to answer the question.
café-aot to cat, but to work. For the last four months she's been working at the café
those two afternoons a week and every Saturday moming
-Ize (suffix). to cause; to become [Middle English]
2 Kayla is one of the many American high school students who work. In fact, around
What is the meaning of the word prioritize as it is used in this cighty percent of all high school students will have had some kind of job by the time
they graduate. But is working during the school year a good thing Let's find out
sentence?
Benefits
remember the priority
3 Kayla's friend Sergio Morales is a senior who works fifteen to twenty hours a week
bagging groceries. He says, "Per hour, the money doesn't sound like much, but it adds
make a priority
up. I like being able to spend it on things I want to buy. And I am also saving a little
to go to a community college next year"
4 Sergio has named an obvious benefit of working--getting money in retum for your
add to a priority
labor—yet there are other benefits too
5 A job helps you learn how to manage time. Adding a job to your already busy life
act on the priority
can be tricky. To do this successfully, you have to schedule activities and plan. You
also have to be willing to prioritize activities by Issigning them varying degrees of
importance