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"Curtis Aiken..."
"Go For It!"
Asking Questions/Misc.
100
A job that requires special training.
What is a profession?
100
If you do this you make someone not want to do something?
What is to discourage?
100

This is the first event in the story that involves Curtis' illiteracy.

What is the third grade parent/teacher conference?

100
This is why the author most likely included the photo of Magic Johnson at the Olympics.
What is to inspire the reader?
100

This is why it is important to look at photos and read captions.

What is that they provide information that cannot be found in the text?

200
This is an idea you believe in.
What is a cause?
200
This is when someone reveals a secret.
What is a confession?
200

Which words help show the chronological order of events. (list 3)

First, next, last, beginning, middle, end, then, before, after, etc.

200
What information is in the caption under the photo of Magic Johnson with students at his computer center?
Where the center is located?
200

If events are ordered chronologically, they are ordered based on this.

What is time?

300
This is the ability to read and write.
What is literacy?
300
If someone has big goals and dreams they are this.
What is ambitious?
300

What did Curtis fail at that finally lead him to his confession?

He could not run a business without knowing how to read.

300

This is Magic Johnson's main message to the reader.

What is to work hard to reach your goals?

300

What kind of questions should youask when reading a biography.

What is ask the 5 w's and H to find out about the people, places, and events?

Who, what, where, when, why, how

400
This is what people think of you.
What is a reputation?
400
This is what you expect to happen or is destined to happen.
What is fate?
400

This is Curtis's main dream today.

To help other people learn to read.

400

Magic Johnson believes that the best way to achieve personal success is this.

What is to go to college?

400

Why should we ask questions while we read?

To help us better understand the text, to make us go back and re-read.

500
This is the act of separating.
What is segregation?
500
This means that you are unchanging or don't give up.
What is persistent?
500

When Curtis developed tricks to hide his illiteracy, this showed that Curtis was actually very ____________.

What is intelligent?

500
Even though he is done playing basketball, how does Magic Jonson still show his magic?

By inspiring an d encouraging young people to reach their goals.

500

Write a sentence using the vocab word ambition.

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