1. Harcourt Journeys: Story Selection
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2. Unit 5: Lesson 25
“The Fun They Had”
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3. Turn your Text Book to page 636.
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7. Why do you think Margie was surprised to see a real book in 2157?
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8. Answer:
Books were replaced with computers and television screens in the future.
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9. Why does Tommy think using books was a waste?
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10. He thinks they were used only once and then thrown away.
Answer:
He thinks they were used only once and then thrown away.
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11. Compare the book Tommy found with the books he and Margie use
Compare the book Tommy found with the books he and Margie use. How are the books alike and different?
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12. Alike – both tell stories
Different – old book’s pages are yellowed and wrinkled, telebooks in 2157 are presented on television screens
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13. What does her reaction to the subject matter of the book tell you about Margie?
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14. Answer:
She is doubtful and disapproving. She doesn’t like school and finds it surprising that anyone would find anything interesting to write the subject.
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18. What has made Margie dislike school?
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19. She has done poorly on geography tests.
Answer:
She has done poorly on geography tests.
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20. How do the text and picture show that the teacher in the story is different from today’s teachers?
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21. Answer:
The picture shows that a mechanical teacher is a large machine; there is a box of tools in the picture and the text says that the County inspector “took the teacher apart.”
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22. What does progress mean
What does progress mean? How do you know you are making progress in a subject area?
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23. Answer: 2. You are getting better at something. 1. Improvement
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24. Why does Margie hope the inspector can’t put the mechanical teacher back together?
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25. Answer: Because she would no longer have to do her lessons
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26. Answer:
He was scared and alone; he had been through a terrible experience; he didn’t know who his mother was; he was in a strange place.
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28. What makes Tommy feel superior?
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29. Answer:
He has been reading the book he found and knows more about the schools that students went to centuries ago than Margie does.
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30. What is Margie’s opinion about whether machines make better teachers than people?
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31. Answer:
She believes people are not as smart as the mechanical teachers she uses.
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33. How might teaching machines of the future be better than present day teaching methods?
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36. Projectable 25.3
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39. Projectable 25.4
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43. How did you do?
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