Characters
This 11 year old girl is the main character of the story.
Who is Margie?
According to the story, students no longer read printed books in the future, they read these.
What is a telebook?
This famous author wrote "The Fun They Had" in 1951.
Who is Issac Asimov?
What does "satisfactory" mean?
good
This character finds an unusual printed book in his attic.
Who is Tommy?
In order for Margie to turn in her homework, she has to place it here.
What is a slot inside of the mechanical teacher?
"The Fun They Had" would fall under this literary genre, often set in the future or the past, and it's likely to include technology, alternate words, and non-human beings/creatures.
What is science fiction?
Someone speaking at a funeral, might speak in this manner.
What is sorrowfully?
A short man with a round face and a box of tools, dials and wires was known as this.
The County Inspector
In order to complete her tests, Margie has to fill out one of these, which she learned to fill out when she was 6 years old.
What is a punch card?
Much like students during the Coronavirus pandemic, students in 2155 go to school here.
What is at home?
This word refers to a period of 100 years.
What is a century?
Tommy says that this man is almost as smart as his "mechanical teacher."
His father
Margie is surprised to learn that teachers of the past were this, and likely not as smart as the current teachers.
What is a human (man)?
Margie really hates school in the story because the mechanical teacher is geared to quickly, and it's giving her test after test, which she fails, in this subject.
What is Geography?
This vocabulary word might used to describe the way Tommy talks to Margie, as if he is superior to her, because he's older and knows more than her about schools in the past.
What is loftily?
This character might have said that instruction should be adjusted to fit the needs of every student.
Who is Margie's mother?
This character often behaves loftily toward the other, and even referring to the other character as dumb, at one point.
Who is Tommy?
The title of the story, "The Fun They Had," refers to this group of people, who probably had way more fun than Margie.
Who are students of the past?
The story is set in this year, well into the future.
What is 2155?
This might describe the attitude of someone who is calm, relaxed, casual, or acts without interest toward something else.
What is nonchalant?
"Technology cannot replace human interaction" might be considered this story element.
What is theme?