NAME: Eesha Lodhi Purpose/Standard Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.

Directions Annotate the text according to the directions in the right margin.

Focus Question What is the GIST? What keywords help to support the central idea?

Text-Dependent Text Annotations Questions

NFL Brothers Share Super Bowl Titles and a Kidney

Chris Kemoeatu (left) and his brother Ma'ake laugh during a news conference at the University of Maryland Medical Center, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014, in Baltimore, Maryland. Chris Kemoeatu's football career was cut short after seven seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers when he learned he'd need a kidney transplant. (1) After receiving a kidney transplant from his Step 1: Highlight words ​ ​ that show the repetition former Baltimore Ravens football player brother, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ of basic ideas which help Chris Kemoeatu has heard all of the wisecracks. to frame the gist or summary statement. Yellow = football (2) “Everyone jokes about me having a Ravens’ ​ ​ related Orange = kidney kidney,” said Kemoeatu, 31, who played seven ​ ​ related years with the Pittsburgh Steelers. “But hey, I can Green = ​ ​ ​ live with that.” family/brother related Teal = NFL team ​ related (3) He’ll have to. Step 2: Write a gist (4) On Wednesday, Kemoeatu (pronounced statement for the section of the text making sure key-moy-AH-too) and his brother Ma’ake to include the (ma-AH-kay) spoke at the University of Maryland topics/ideas that were Medical Center about the unusual circumstances identified as being repeated. surrounding their Aug. 27 surgeries there. While Step 3: Underline text kidney transplants between family members are ​ ​ ​ ​ that indicates the not uncommon, this was likely the first one strongest evidence that is between players linked to both sides of one of the closest to stating the National Football League’s fiercest rivalries. central idea. (5) “I’m a Raven and Chris is a Steeler but for this ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ procedure, we had to come together,” said Ma’ake, 35, a starting defensive tackle on the Ravens’ 2012 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Super Bowl championship team. Ma’ake also played for the Ravens from 2002-2005. He has ​ ​ ​ one championship ring while Chris, an offensive guard who retired in 2011, has two Super Bowl rings — plus one of his brother’s kidneys. ​ ​ GIST STATEMENT: (6) That difference in assets has not gone ​ unnoticed by the former Raven, who said: “I figure ​ ​ he owes me a lot of steak dinners.” Subtitle #1 THINK: What (7) Chris, who had battled painful kidney Step 1: Highlight using would be a good problems since adolescence, quit football three the same colors as the subtitle for this first section, but include section? years ago to address his deteriorating health. A related phrases, not just transplant seemed to be the best bet, and tests at exact repetition. Orange = kidney ​ UMMC showed his eldest brother was a 99 percent related (expanded to include match, so Ma’ake stepped up. surgery/health related) Green = (8) “I’m the oldest of seven kids and it’s my ​ family/brother related responsibility to take care of the rest,” he said. “If my siblings need blood, it will be my blood. If they Step 2: Write a gist statement for the section need a kidney, it will be my kidney. We both of the text making sure stopped our careers for this, but I’d have done it to include the even if I was a rookie with the Ravens. I have to topics/ideas that were identified as being lead by example.” repeated.

Step 3: Underline text (9) The procedure was set for July but, on the eve ​ ​ that indicates the of surgery, a routine stress test showed Chris had strongest evidence that is heart problems and he had major heart surgery closest to stating the instead. While recovering, he underwent dialysis - central idea. the removing of waste and excess water from the blood - at UMMC to prepare for the kidney transplant.

GIST STATEMENT: (10) “There were days when I drove him ... to ​ dialysis when Chris looked at me and said, ‘I don’t think I can do this anymore,’” Ma’ake recalled. “I said, ‘Bro, muster up all the strength you’ve got. We’re gonna get through this. It’s fourth-and-long but we’re gonna get a first down.'” Subtitle #2 THINK: What (11) Before the transplant, both men checked into Step 1: Highlight using would be a good the hospital weighing 345 pounds, which provided the same colors as the subtitle for this first section though section? a challenge for surgeons. include related phrases not just exact repetition. Orange = ​ (12) “Chris and Ma’ake aren’t your average-sized kidney/health/surgery related people,” said Dr. David Leeser, chief of kidney and Pink (new topic/color) ​ pancreas transplantation. “Using standard = doctor/surgeon Blue (new topic/color) ​ measures of obesity, a lot of (hospitals) would = size of the men or have refused Ma’ake as a donor. He has a 22-inch their kidneys

neck, which is the waist size for a lot of women. Step 2: Write a gist But when we measured his body fat it came out statement for the section average for men in the U.S.” of the text.

Step 3: Underline text ​ ​ (13) In a 2-1/2-hour operation, Leeser removed that indicates the one of Ma’ake’s kidneys, which measured 13 strongest evidence that is centimeters, about 3 cm. more than average, and closest to stating the central idea. passed it on for transplant. (14) “It was the largest normal kidney I’ve ever seen in my life,” said Dr. Stephen Bartlett, the hospital’s surgeon-in-chief who performed Chris’ procedure. “I felt like somebody had thrown me a small football.” (15) The five-hour surgery went off without a hitch and when he awoke in recovery, Ma’ake asked a nurse about his brother and she told him to look to his left. (16) “He was still asleep, with the hose in his mouth,” Ma’ake said. “I knew I’d have something good to wake up to.” (17) Several hours later, Chris was awake in his room when Ma’ake walked in.

GIST STATEMENT: (18) “I told him, ‘There’s no better gift you can give ​ a brother,’” Chris said. Subtitle #3 THINK: What (19) Both men received get-well wishes from their Step 1: Highlight using would be a good teams, with Ma’ake getting greetings from the the same colors as the subtitle for this first section though section? Ravens’ Haloti Ngata and Torrey Smith, among include related phrases others, and Chris, from Pittsburgh’s Hines Ward not just exact repetition. Orange = ​ and Heath Miller. The brothers will remain here kidney/health/surgery related for several months, then return home to Hawaii Yellow = football ​ where they own a sports fitness center. related Green = family related ​

(20) Chris will not return to football, while Ma’ake Step 2: Write a gist isn’t sure. statement for the section of the text making sure (21) “It’s been a tough year,” said Chris, who wore to include the topics/ideas that were a Steelers cap as he spoke to a group of reporters. identified as being “I’ve experienced all I wanted to in football. I’ve repeated. played in three Super Bowls and been blessed to Step 3: Underline text ​ ​ watch my brother play in another.” that indicates the strongest evidence that is (22) Ma’ake said he’d “love to play” and cited one closest to stating the former Raven, linebacker Paul Kruger who is central idea. playing with only one kidney, though business interests and family ties come first. (23) Ma'ake said he has been told that the entire surgery was recorded on film. GIST STATEMENT: (24) “I’ve watched a lot of game films, but I’m not ​ quite ready to see this yet,” he said.

Bellwork:

Day 1: Based on the title and photo, make an inference about the article.

Day 2: PART A: Select Ma’ake Kemoeatu’s reason for donating his kidney. a. He feels responsible for his brother Chris’s poor health. b. He is passionate about taking care of his siblings. c. He was initially refused as a donor and wanted to prove the doctors wrong. d. He wanted his brother Chris to be majorly indebted to him.

PART B: Select a sentence from the article that supports this reason. a. “I’m the oldest of seven kids and it’s my responsibility to take care of the rest.” (Paragraph 8) ​ ​ b. “I figure he owes me a lot of steak dinners.” (Paragraph 6) c. “Using standard measures of obesity, a lot of (hospitals) would have refused Ma’ake as a donor.” (Paragraph 12) d. “It’s been a tough year.” (Paragraph 20)

Day 3: ● Answer the following question: Based on the article, “NFL brothers share Super Bowl titles and a kidney,” which of the following BEST summarizes the ​ ​ article?

A. Ma’ake donated one of his kidneys to his brother Chris. They played for two NFL teams who are fierce rivals; however, after the transplant, they are not sure if they will play football again or not. B. Being the eldest among his siblings, Ma’ake wanted to take care of his brother who needed a kidney transplant. However, the brothers faced complications during surgery as a result of their oversized bodies. C. After receiving a kidney from his brother Ma’ake who played for the Baltimore Ravens, Chris Kemoeatu, who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, was teased by his friends for having a Ravens' kidney. D. According to Dr. Stephen Bartlett, who performed the kidney transplant on Chris, Ma’ake's kidney was the size of a small football. After a five-hour-long surgery, both the brothers woke up fine.