Unit 4

How Do Games Influence People?

Lesson 9

Reader's Notebook

Video Games May Help Relieve Pain

Pages 42 to 45 in Literacy in Action 5B.


Many of you have probably played some type of video or computer game sometime in your life. This article describes how the doctors and workers at Johns Hopkins Children's Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland is using video games in a new program to help reduce pain.

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Think about what you already know about video games. On the Reader’s Notebook: Video Games May Help Relieve Pain, add five pros (positive things) and five cons (negative things) about playing video games. These things can come from what you already know about video games or things you have heard or read.




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  1. Download the document Reader’s Notebook: Video Games May Help Relieve Pain.
  2. IMPORTANT NOTE: When the download screen opens: 
      • Click the "Open with" button.
      • Select "Adobe Reader".
      • Click "OK".
      • You will then be able to view the document Reader’s Notebook: Video Games May Help Relieve Pain.

  3. Print the document.
Read the article in two parts: the text part (pages 42 to 44), then the superhero identity pictures (page 45). As you read, fill out the Five Ws Chart on the Reader’s Notebook: Video Games May Help Relieve Pain worksheet.
Answer Questions 1 to 3 in the After Reading section on the Reader’s Notebook: Video Games May Help Relieve Pain.


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How to save a file:

  1. Scan the document to your computer.
  2. Have the file open and select Save As from the File menu.
  3. Name your Reader’s Notebook: Video Games May Help Relieve Pain file in this format: jsmith_rnvideogames and save the file to your Documents folder.


Think About It


Do you think HOPE is a good name for this project? Why or why not?