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Middle School-Social Studies

Student Script
Student Teacher #3

Say: Please highlight any word or idea that you do not understand.

Read:

     Yet it is something that we have been edging away from gradually during my lifetime and the lifetimes of my parents and grandparents. there was a time when where you lived often was where you worked and where you grew the food you ate and even where you were buried. When that era passed, where you lived at least was where your parents had lived and where you would live with your children when you became enfeebled. Then, suddenly, where you lived was where you lived for three years, until you could move on to something else and something else again.

Ask: Who has Picture in Your Mind Card #3?
Please tell what image is going through your mind as you read the story.

Ask: Who has Clarifying Questions Card #3? Please ask some clarifying questions.

Suggested Clarifying Questions:

  1. What does "enfeebled" mean? How can you figure it out?
  2. What does the author mean when she says, "we have been edging away from gradually..."?
  3. What is the era that the author is describing?

Ask: Does anyone else have a clarifying question?

Ask: Who has Teacher-like Questions Card #3?
Please ask two teacher-like questions.

Suggested Teacher-like Question:

What is the author saying about today's society?

Ask: Does anyone else have a teacher-like question?

Ask: Who has Summary Card #3? Please summarize this paragraph.

Suggested summary:

This paragraph is about the contrast between today and long ago.
Ask: Who has Prediction Card #3? Please make a prediction about the next part of the essay.

Suggested prediction:

The author might continue to compare and contrast homes from different times in history.


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