Reading Comprehension Worksheet WK 27(Click Here!)
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Name ________________________ Class ______ LA 10 Reading Comprehension Directions: Read pages 958 - 968 Date _________ Score ____________ Modern and Contemporary Literature 1990 - WK 27 Use complete sentences with proper grammar to answer the following items. 1. What are the three most interesting things about the life of Gabriel Garcia Marguez? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Where do the woman and the girl go when they leave the train? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What does the woman want from the priest? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. List some of the details of the setting that create a picture of the mother and daughter’s destination. What emotional effect do these details create? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. The mother tells the daughter not to take a drink and, above all, not to cry when they go into the town. From these details, what can you infer about the mother’s character and the reason for her journey? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What can you infer about the thief from the details of his crime and from what his mother says about him? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Why do you think he was stealing? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Why do the priest and his sister want the mother and daughter to leave by the patio door or wait until sundown? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. What does the mother’s decision to leave at once through the front door reveal about her character? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Describe the author’s attitude toward the mother in the story. Do you think the author’s attitude extends to poor people in general? What would you say is the theme, or meaning about life, revealed in the story? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 11. What are the three most important things in the life of Luisa Valenzuela? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 12. What does Juan do “without thinking twice” at the beginning of the story? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 13. Why does Juan apply for a censor’s job? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 14. How does Juan earn his first promotion at work? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 15. What does Juan do “naturally” at the end of the story? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 16. How and why does Juan’s purpose change in the course of the story? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 17. Explain how this “change” is the story’s central irony. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 18. Why is the story called the censors and not the censor? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ESSAY : Write a brief essay on your views on censorship. Cite quotations or passages from the story that you agree or disagree with and explain why. What would you censor? Why? What would you not censor? Why? ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Name ________________________ Class ______ LA 10 Writing Date _________ Modern and Contemporary Literature 1990 - Score ____________ Wk 27 Writing: In the short story "Tuesday Siesta" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, when the mother and the daughter first arrive in the town, it is the siesta period. All activities has ceased as the townspeople seek to escape the heat. However, when the mother and daughter are about to leave the priest’s house, the town has awakened. What do you think will happen when the two go out into the street? With someone in your class, together write a follow-up to the story. First, describe what happens when the mother and daughter head for the cemetery. Be sure to stay true to the characters of the woman and the girl as the author has revealed them…Second, finish the story with you and your classmate becoming a part of the your story…you are “transplanted through time and space” and become visitors in the town! What do you do? What happens to you? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Collaborative / PROJECT BASED LEARNING Activity: Directions: 1. Read “Tuesday Siesta” and “The Censors.” (textbook pages 958 – 968) 2. Locate the important terms/vocabulary in “Tuesday Siesta” and “The Censors.” Some are identified… but you need to add more for at least 16! 3. Create a power point presentation (minimum 16 slides) where you … (a.) Write the sentence from the text using the word. (b.) Give the “official” definition of the term. (c.) Provide a synonym & an antonym for the term. (d.) Write a new sentence using the term. (e.) Insert an image for each slide / for each term (reference your sentence.) 4. Title your work LA10 WK 27 PBL (last names) Save to T Drive (your class.) 50% of your score based on accuracy, neatness, & completeness. 5. Print a hard-copy of your power point presentation with four slides to a page. 50% of your score based on accuracy, neatness, & completeness.
