1. Task 9: Jig-saw reading (1)
Questions:
1.What was the boy’s name, age and nationality?
2.What did the boy look like?
3. What did he learn from his teacher, Nancy Prest one day?
4. What did the boy decide to do after the class?
5. Who were his parents? What did they do?
6. How many people were there in his family? And who were they?
7. How did he collect the money? 

2. Task 9: Jig-saw reading (2)
8. To what organization did he give the money? Who helped him find the organization?
9. What did the boy wear on the day of meeting the people in the organization?
10. Why did he give an extra $5?
11. What did you think of the boy? (Use one or two sentences to answer the question.)
12. What did you think of his parents? 
13. Is there anything in the text that surprises you?
14. What did Anne Frank and Ryran have in common?

3. Task 9: Jig-saw reading (3)
Answers:
1.  Ryan, 6 years old, Canadian
2.  He was a sensitive child with blond hair and blue eyes.
3.  He heard about the sad situation in Africa. The children there had little access to medicine, food or clean water.
4.  He decided to collect $70 for building well in Africa.

4. Task 9: Jig-saw reading (4)
5.  His mother was called Susan. She was 40 years old and worked as a consultant at a government office. His father was called Mark and he was a police-officer.
6.  There were altogether five people in Ryan’s family: his parents, his older brother Jordan, his three-year-old brother Keegan, and Ryan himself.
7.  a. He did extra chores in the house. For each job, he earned $ 2.
b. His grandfather asked the three brothers to pick up pinecones for craft projects. They could earn $ 10 for each garbage can they filled.
c. He got $5 for good grades from his parents.

5. Task 9: Jig-saw reading (5)
8. WaterCan, a small nonprofit agency in Ottawa that funded and monitored well building in developing countries. Brenda Cameron Couch, a friend of his mother.
9. He wore a tie and dress pants.
10. Buy some hot lunches for the people making the well.
11. The boy cared about the people in poor countries. He was sympathetic and hardworking. He was also very independent.

6. Task 9: Jig-saw reading (6)
12. His parents were very supportive and understanding.
13. I was surprised that a six-year-old boy did chores in the house. I was also surprised at the boy’s independence and perseverance.
14. They were both sensitive.