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Matthew Has Glasses

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Read the short story entitled Matthew Has Glasses and answer the questions below.
1. Is Matthew well-liked by the other children? How do you know this?

Imagine/Visualize Cuthbert From Three Perspectives 2. Give 3 adjectives that you would use to describe Cuthbert if he was your classmate.

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Give 3 adjectives (that you imagine) the other children would use to describe Cuthberts character.

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Give 3 adjectives (that you imagine) the Teacher would use to describe Cuthberts character.

Imagine/Visualize Cuthberts Relationship With the Other Children 5. What do you imagine Cuthbert has done in the past, which make the children like/dislike him?

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Do you think the narrator (Little Nicholas) is mean-spirited when he thought that it was great when Cuthbert started shouting and crying? Why or why not? Yes, I think he is mean-spirited because No, I dont think he is meanspirited. It is ok for him to feel this way because

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Matthew did one thing that Cuthbert did not do, which made him popular with the other children, even though he too wore glasses. What is this thing that Matthew did?

Inferring Solely From Information in the Text 8. Did Matthew get nought out of ten because he could not see the board, or because he didnt know the answers? How do you know this?

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Draw Upon External Knowledge to Infer Answers 9. Do you think that when Matthew puts on his glasses everything looks peculiar and [his] feet seem very close to [his] face? Why or why not?

10. How would Matthews inability to see the board in class cause him to be at the bottom of the class?

11. Did Matthew get nought out of ten because he could not see the board, or because he didnt know the answers?

12. If I tell you that it is possible that glasses can help Matthew stay awake in class, can you explain how?

13. Why did Alec nearly bump into the door when Teacher sent him outside?

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