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  1. Check the Facts

Check () the questions you can answer after reading once. Then go back and look for the answers that you are unsure of.

READING 1

___ 1. What was John Duns Scotus’s profession?

___ 2. How did people feel about him when he was alive?

___ 3. How did people feel about his followers after he died?

___ 4. Why did John Duns wear a dunce cap?

___ 5. Name two famous men that were dunces in school.

___ 6. Why is Theodore Kaczynski famous?

READING 2

___ 1. What percentage of the population is average?

___ 2. What percentage is above average?

READING 3

___ 1. Why does the author feel sorry for child prodigies?

___ 2. Why do child prodigies have problems making friends?

___ 3. What happens when child prodigies play with children their own age?

___ 4. What happens when child prodigies play with older children?

___ 5. What is Ian interested in?

___ 6. Can he talk about his interest with other children? Why or why not?

___ 7. Who can he talk to?

___ 8. Why does Ian feel that he doesn’t have any friends?

  1. V ocabulary work

A. Guess Meaning from Related Words

1. Underline the parts of the word that you know. Then guess the meaning of the whole word.

lawmaker

_____________________________

friendless

_____________________________

knowledgeable

_____________________________

gifted

________________________________

  1. How are the following words related?

a.

lonely

loneliness

_______________________________

b.

passion

passionate

_______________________________

c.

problem

problematic

_______________________________

d.

cone

conical

_______________________________

e.

idiot

idiotic

_______________________________

f.

stupid

stupidity

_______________________________

B. Guess Meaning from the Context

1. Match the meaning with the words

Word

Reading

Meaning

absolute

1

according to time

eponymous

1

radical, extreme

child prodigy

3

a word that comes from a person’s name

chronological

3

an unusual talented or intelligent boy or girl

genius

1/2/3

had to leave school because of bad grades

fanatical

1

total

flunked out of

1

wanting something, someone else has, envious

jealous

3

an extremely smart person