Solutionsheet
- Tick whether the statement is true or false.
- Explain shortly in your own words.
| Statements and explanations: |
true |
false |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
On Friday at school Greg got assigned to a reading group. |
X | |
| (p.13) Yes, the kids were divided into reading groups. |
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| 2 |
There were three levels for the gifted, the middle-achievers, and the slow kids. |
X | |
| (p.13) There were two groups “Gifted” and “Easy”. | |||
| 3 |
Greg was happy to be put in the Gifted Group because it meant to read all about Einstein. |
X | |
| (p.14) Was not happy because that meant to have a lot to read and that was extra work. | |||
| 4 |
Greg did his best in the screening to become part of the Easy Group. |
X | |
| (p.14) Yes, he wanted to avoid the Gifted Group because of the work | |||
| 5 |
Greg’s mom had to do with his assignment. |
X | |
| (p.14) Yes probably, as she was a friend of the principal. | |||
| 6 |
Greg’s mom expects too much of him. |
X | |
| (p.14 -15) No, he is just too lazy and she wants him to engage more in school activities | |||
| 7 |
Roderick is a brilliant idol for Greg as to engagement. |
X | |
| (p. 15) Roderick is even more reluctant to fulfil his parents’ expectations | |||
| 8 |
Greg is somehow relieved that his plan to be put in the Easy Group didn`t work out. |
X | |
| (p.15) Yes, he has realized that the kids in the Easy Group are the retarded ones and that is a serious insight | |||
| 9 |
On weekends Greg gets up extra early for watching the cartoons on TV. |
X | |
| (p.16) No, he says he would get up because he couldn’t stand his own breath any more - believe it ??? | |||
| 10 |
Greg loves Saturdays. He can always sleep in. |
X | |
| (p.15-16) No, his father always starts working loudly in the house at 6 o’ clock regardless of the sleepers |
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