Name _____________________________________ Date ________________________1 ELA1.I.LR1B (PI 39), ELA3.I.LR1A (PI 60), ELA3.I.SW2B (PI 65) T2T The Fun They Had By Isaac Asimov Illustrated by A. J. Garces Genre: Science Fiction Focus Skill: Draw Conclusions Focus Strategy: Summarize Directions: While reading the story The Fun They Had by Isaac Asimov, answer the questions with information from the text. Also, write the page number where you found your information in the box. 1.) What genre is this selection? Pg. __________ 2.) When does this selection take place? P. __________ 3.) How do Tommy and Margie know each other? P. __________ © 2005 - 2006 WIRC Writing Intensive Reading Comprehension, University at Buffalo Name _____________________________________ Date ________________________2 ELA1.I.LR1B (PI 39), ELA3.I.LR1A (PI 60), ELA3.I.SW2B (PI 65) T2T 4.) Where does Tommy find the “real book”? P. __________ 5.) For Margie, what is the worst part of school? P. __________ 6.) What does Margie dislike about her teacher? P. __________ 7.) Why had Margie been doing poorly in geography? P. __________ © 2005 - 2006 WIRC Writing Intensive Reading Comprehension, University at Buffalo Name _____________________________________ Date ________________________3 ELA1.I.LR1B (PI 39), ELA3.I.LR1A (PI 60), ELA3.I.SW2B (PI 65) T2T 8.) Why does Margie say, “I wouldn’t want a strange man in my house to teach me”? P. __________ 9) How does Tommy act toward Margie? P. _________ 10.) How does Tommy compare his teacher to his father? P. __________ 11.) Which of the following is Margie’s mother most likely to say? P. __________ © 2005 - 2006 WIRC Writing Intensive Reading Comprehension, University at Buffalo Name _____________________________________ Date ________________________4 ELA1.I.LR1B (PI 39), ELA3.I.LR1A (PI 60), ELA3.I.SW2B (PI 65) T2T 12.) For which of the following reasons does Margie think that the old schools were fun? P. __________ 13.) Which saying best suits this story? P. __________ © 2005 - 2006 WIRC Writing Intensive Reading Comprehension, University at Buffalo Name _____________________________________ Date ________________________5 ELA1.I.LR1B (PI 39), ELA3.I.LR1A (PI 60), ELA3.I.SW2B (PI 65) T2T 14.) How is the teacher in the real book different from Margie’s teacher? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 15.) List two reasons why the real book seems strange to Tommy and Margie. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ © 2005 - 2006 WIRC Writing Intensive Reading Comprehension, University at Buffalo