Saturday, December 24, 2011

Author, A True Story by Helen Lester

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    This story is found in "California Treasures" book published by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill for many school districts.  The story is written by Helen Lester.  She has written other books like "Hooway for Wodney Wat" and "Tacky the Penguin." 
     This story is found in Unit 3, Express Yourself, 3rd Grade Edition. The following are reading comprehension questions on this story.

1.       Who is the main character? (P. 291) _________________________________________________
2.       The author was the best ____________________________ writer in the world. (p. 291)
3.       The writer made ___________________ of useful lists for her mother. (p. 292)
4.       What did school teach her? (p. 293) _________________________________________________
5.       The author’s writing was the prettiest in the class.  (p. 293) True or False
6.       What type of writer was the author? (p. 293) _______________________________________
7.       What did the teachers have to do to understand her writing? (p. 293) _______________________________________________________________________
8.       After plenty of _______________ she was able to write in the proper direction. (p. 294)
9.       What was difficult for her to write? (p. 294) ___________________________________
10.   Why did the author get frustrated? (p. 294) _________________________________________________________________________
11.   Did the author want to perform in a circus when she got older? (p. 295) ___________________________________________________________________________
12.   What did the author become when she got older? (p. 295) _____________________________________________________________________
13.   What did she learn about teachers? (p. 295) a) ____________________________ b) _________________________________ c) _____________________________  d) _______________________________  e) ____________________________________
14.   What is her favorite subject to teach? (p. 295) __________________________________
15.   What did a friend tell her? (p. 295) _______________________________________________
16.   What did she do that same day? (p. 296) __________________________________________
17.   What did the lucky people send back? (p. 296) _____________________________________
18.   What did the author decide? (p. 296) _____________________________________________
19.   On what try did she get an acceptance for her book? (p. 297) _________________________
20.   What does the author keep in her fizzled box? (p. 299) __________________________________________________________________________
21.   What does she call this box? (p. 299) _____________________________________________
22.   According to the writer, writing doesn’t have to be done on a special time. (p. 300) True or False
23.   Writing anytime, anywhere, means writing on anything. (p. 300) True or False
24.   Why are authors lucky? (p. 301) a) ______________________________________  b) _______________________________________  c) ______________________________  d) _________________________________________
25.   Why didn’t the author like autographing books at first? (p. 301) _____________________________________________________________________________
26.   Did the author dream of becoming a writer? (p. 301) ___________________________________
What do you think her last sentence means? “So this is better than a dream come true.” (p. 301) ______________________________________________________________________________

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