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Name ________________________

Language Arts, Period ___________

Date _________________________

“Seventh Grade”

Before Reading

Preview “Seventh Grade.” Read to *** then answer the following questions.

“Seventh Grade”

by Gary Soto

On the first day of school, Victor stood in line half an hour before he came to a wobbly card table. He was handed a packet of papers and a computer card on which he listed his one elective, French. He already spoke Spanish and English, but he thought someday he might travel to France, where it was cool; not like Fresno, where summer days reached 110 degrees in the shade. There were rivers in France, and huge churches, and fair-skinned people everywhere, the way there were brown people all around Victor.

Besides, Teresa, a girl he had liked since they were in catechism classes at Saint Theresa’s, was taking French, too. With any luck they would be in the same class. Teresa is going to be my girl this year, he promised himself as he left the gym full of students in their new fall clothes. She was cute, and good at math, too, Victor thought as he walked down the hall to his homeroom. He ran into his friend, Michael Torres, by the water fountain that never turned off.******

Prediction

List three questions that you had while reading the first part of this story.

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What are three things that you think might happen in the rest of this story?

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Give this paper to your teacher when you are done!

Name ________________________

Language Arts, Period ___________

Date _________________________

“Seventh Grade”

During Reading

Literal Comprehension

As you read this story, select the important information to record on the graphic organizer below.

Setting:

Characters:

Events:

Resolution:

After Reading

Summary

On a separate paper, write a detailed summary of this story in your own words. Include the important characters, events, and details from the beginning, middle, and end of the story. You may use the short story and your notes to help your write this summary.

Interpretation

Victor is a dynamic character (one that changes from the beginning to the end) Use information (i.e. quotes, examples) from the story to support this.

Reflection

What do you think is the most important thing that Victor learned from the first day of seventh grade?

Tell why you think it is important.

Metacognitive Awareness

Circle one comprehension strategy that you used to help you understand this story.

• Making connections: I thought about similar experiences and/or stories.

• Questioning: I asked myself questions as I read.

• Visualizing: I pictured what was happening.

• Inferring: I thought about the reasons why things happened.

• Responding emotionally: I understood the character’s feelings.

Give at least two specific examples from this story that show how you used this comprehensive strategy.

Reread what you have written to make sure your answers are

the way you want them before turning in your response.

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