Reading+and+Writing

= Chapter 8 A Young Blind Whiz =

Euripides, Greek playwright
 * //"The same person cannot be skilled in everything; each has his special excellence." //**

READING

Before You Read:
A. What does it take to be good with computers?



Do activity B with a partner.

Do activity C for scanning practice and prepare to read.

Review Culture notes on page 149 of your text.

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Read the text through once for general meaning. Timed Reading. Use a stop watch. Convert the time to minutes and then divide the number of words by the number of minutes to get your "Words per minute".

Read the text while listening to the audio recording of the reading passage here. (This time, you may read actively by circling words, writing questions in the margins and taking notes.

After you Read:
A. Comprehension

B: Vocabulary: Using Context

C: Consider the Issues

Building Vocabulary:
A. and B.

= Reading Skill: =

Identifying Pronoun References
A. Analyze the Reading

B. Apply the Reading Skill

Handout Practice



Reflexive Pronoun Review []

Lilly Gaskin media type="youtube" key="XL7uA_imTnY" width="420" height="315"

Titus Ashby media type="youtube" key="qmMbm78sEB4" width="420" height="315"

Tanner Edwards media type="youtube" key="uDKMObSenqg" width="560" height="315"

WRITING

Paragraph topic choices:

1. Describe the three most important qualities for a computer whiz.

2. Describe the special talents of Suleyman Gokyigit.

3. Compare two talented children or compare Suleyman and a child. Choose either Similarities or Differences.

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Topic Sentences
Write a topic sentence for each of the three topics:

1.

2.

3.Although they are both talented children, there are some interesting differences between Tanner and Lilly.

Body
Pick one topic and with group - brainstorm ideas for your paragraph. Choose three from your brainstorm.

1.

2.

3.

Pick one of those ideas and write it out as a sentence. Add 2 supporting details for that point.

Point:

Support:

Support:

Concluding Sentence
Write a concluding sentence for your chosen topic.

C.S.

For homework, write a complete paragraph for your chosen topic.