Interview
BUILDING BACKGROUND
Bill Haast works with poisonous snakes
 Barry Glass works with rats, mice, other
pesky pests.
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CONNECT 2 UR LIFE
Make a list: Top Ten Scariest Jobs Lists
1. Power line installer
2. Miner
3. Firefighter
4. Police Officer
5. Taxi Driver
6. Broadcast tower technician
7. Bomb Squad technician
8. Stunt person
9. High rise window washer
10. Cemetery worker
KEY 2 THE INTERVIEW

Interview one person asks questions
& another person answers them.
WORDS 2 KNOW
Venom n. poison
 Inject v. force a liquid into the body,
usually with a needle
 Immune adj. protected against an
illness
 Exterminator n. person who kills
insects, rats, and other pests for a living
 Route n. path
 Complete your Workbook page 39
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WORD ORIGINS: ROOTS
Many English words come from other
languages , such as Greek, Latin, &
French.
 Although these words have changed,
the ROOTS reflect their origins.
 Fend  strike
 Ject  to throw
 Termin  boundary or end
 Complete your WB page 38
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Pages 90-92, lines 1-60
BILL HAAST
December 30, 1910 – June 15, 2011
 Miami Serpentarium Laboratories, 1947 until
1984
 He extracted venom from snakes by holding
them by the head and forcing them to strike a
rubber membrane
 He had been bitten 172 times as of mid
2008.
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BILL HAAST
Haast's hands suffered venom-caused
tissue damage,
 loss of a finger following a bite from a
Malayan pit viper in 2003

As a result, He gave up
handling venomous snakes
As of 2008 he continued to
have his wife inject him with
small amounts of snake venom
VOCABULARY
Ject throw (Latin root) : inject
 Banded Krait
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QUESTIONS
Reread lines 14-15. Does this sentence
state a fact or an opinion? How do you
know?
fact; this statement can be proved.
 Reread line 37: Does this sentence state
a fact or an opinion? Why?
Opinion, it can’t be proved; it might feel
different to someone else.
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QUESTIONS

How does studying the photo & reading
the caption on page 91 help you
understand Bill Haast’s job better?
It shows how dangerous his job is, what
one of the poisonous snakes looks like,
and where he works.
THINK IT THROUGH

What are the dangers of Haast’s job?
Snakes bites, being poisoned by a
snake
Pages 92-93, lines 61-102
VOCABULARY
Line 99: high-strung = easily nervous
 Line 87: garden hoe
 Line 92: Tootsie Rolls
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QUESTIONS

Reread line 98. Does this sentence state
a fact or an opinion?
opinion; the statement cannot be
proved, because not everyone thinks
mice are cute.
THINK IT THROUGH
1. What fears does Barry Glass have on this
job?
Being bitten by a rat.
2. In what ways are Bill Haast & Barry Glass
alike?
Both take risks doing dangerous jobs, both
work with animals, both do work that helps
people.
3. If you had to pick one of these jobs, which
one you take? Why?
FACT & OPINION
Fact a statement that can be proved
 Opinion  a statement of a personal
belief & cannot be proved MUST,
SHOULD
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FACT & OPINION
School should serve healthier food.
Most schools feed students foods like
hotdogs, French fries, and hamburgers.
These foods are high in fat. Often they
are low in vitamins. Eating more salads
and fruits would benefit students.
FACT & OPINION
1.
2.
3.
4.
FACT
Most schools feed
students foods like hot
dogs, French fries,
and hamburgers.
These foods are high
in fat.
They are low in
vitamins.
Eating more salads &
fruit would benefit
students.
OPINION
Schools should serve
healthier food.
Workbook page 36
1. I have about 400 snakes in my lab.
FACT – count the snakes
2. We take venom from each snake every
two weeks.
FACT – check the lab records
3. A two-headed snake id the weirdest
thing.
OPINION
Workbook page 36
4. Handling snakes is like playing the piano.
OPINION
5. A person bitten by a banded krait could die
in 30 minutes.
FACT – check books on poisonous snakes
6. Bus have been on earth longer than
human.
FACT – check science book
Workbook page 36
7. Mice like the thrill of trying to get a
Tootsie Roll off a trap.
OPINION
8. Mice will be attracted by peanut butter
and cheese.
FACT – check books on mice
9. The German cockroach is the most
common species.
FACT – check books about cockroaches
Workbook page 36
10. Mice may be pests, but they are really
cute.
OPINION
Workbook page 37
To give readers a clue about the main
idea of this section. B
2. to show Bill Haast in his workplace. F
3. To introduce the entire interview.A
4. To explain the unfamiliar words. E
5. To show who is conducting the
interview. D
6. To give background about the person
interviewed. C
1.