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The Fun They Had Response to Reading Student Name: __________________________________________

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Directions: Read the science fiction story titled The Fun They Had by Isaac Asimov and respond to the following questions in complete sentences. 1. When was this story written? _______________________________________________________________________ _ 2. In what year does this story take place? _______________________________________________________________________ _ 3. How old are Margie and Tommy? _______________________________________________________________________ _ 4. What did Margie write in her diary? _______________________________________________________________________ _ 5. Had Margie ever seen a book before? Where had she heard about them? _______________________________________________________________________ _ 6. What things about the book did she find strange? _______________________________________________________________________ _ 7. Where was Margie’s school? Did she have any classmates? _______________________________________________________________________ _ 8. What subjects did Margie and Tommy learn? _______________________________________________________________________ _ 9. Did Margie have regular days and hours for school? _______________________________________________________________________ _

The following answers will require a more than one sentence response. 10. What kind of teachers did Margie and Tommy have? Explain how the teacher and student interacted together. _______________________________________________________________________ _ _______________________________________________________________________ _ _______________________________________________________________________ _ _______________________________________________________________________ _ 11. Why did Margie’s mother send for the County Inspector? What did he do? _______________________________________________________________________ _ _______________________________________________________________________ _ _______________________________________________________________________ _ _______________________________________________________________________ _ 12. What had once happened to one of Tommy’s teachers? _______________________________________________________________________ _ _______________________________________________________________________ _ _______________________________________________________________________ _ _______________________________________________________________________ _ 13. How does Tommy described the old kind of teachers? _______________________________________________________________________ _ _______________________________________________________________________ _ _______________________________________________________________________ _ _______________________________________________________________________ _ 14. Why did Margie hate school? Why did she think the old kind of school must have been fun?

_______________________________________________________________________ _ _______________________________________________________________________ _ _______________________________________________________________________ _ _______________________________________________________________________ _ 15. Would you like to attend the school that Margie and Tommy attended or do you prefer a traditional school? Explain your opinion. _______________________________________________________________________ _ _______________________________________________________________________ _ _______________________________________________________________________ _ _______________________________________________________________________ _ _______________________________________________________________________ _ _______________________________________________________________________ _ _______________________________________________________________________ _ 16. How do you predict computers will be used in classrooms by the year 2155? Explain. _______________________________________________________________________ _ _______________________________________________________________________ _ _______________________________________________________________________ _ _______________________________________________________________________ _ _______________________________________________________________________ _ _______________________________________________________________________ _ _______________________________________________________________________ _