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Reading Skill: Problem and Solution Problem and solution is a
pattern of organization where
information in a passage is
expressed as a concerning issue

Complete the table with the correct phrases. (a problem) and something that
is done to remedy this issue
(solution).
Problem 1 Solution 1

Many people got sick from smallpox . Jenner found a way to keep people .

in the 1700s. getting smallpox .

Events It caused red spots on the Events He gave some cowpox germs

body and killed some people. to a boy. After that, the boy did not

get sick with smallpox.

Problem 2 Solution 2

The bacteria caused sickness. Fleming developed penicillin.

Events There were no medicines to . Events He found that something in .

cure diseases caused by the bacteria. the mold could kill bacteria.

something in the mold could kill got sick from smallpox

no medicines to cure diseases keep people from getting smallpox

Unit 12 | Jenner and Fleming: Two Heroes of Medicine