L517: Advanced Study of the Teaching of Secondary School Reading

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What do you already know about the Seventeen-Year Cicada? Before reading an article about the Seventeen-Year Cicada, read each statement below. Indicate whether you "agree" or "disagree" with each statement by placing a check mark in the appropriate box under the "Before Reading" heading.

Then read the article. (Click here.) Read to see if you change your mind about any of the statements. 

After you read, indicate whether you "agree" or "disagree" with each statement by placing a check mark in the appropriate box under the "After Reading" heading. Compare your "before reading" and "after reading" responses. 

BEFORE READING
AFTER READING
 		STATEMENTS
Agree Disagree Agree Disagree  
       
  1. Cicadas and locusts are the same thing.
       
  1. Cicadas can be found in virtually any part of the world.
       
  1. The 17-year Cicada spends 16 summers living as many as 20 meters underground.
       
  1. The first thing a cicada does when it emerges from the ground is crawl to the nearest tree.
       
  1. Once it begins, it only takes a cicada about ½ hour to emerge from its shell.
       
  1. Once it begins, it only takes a cicada about 1/2 hour to emerge from its shell.
       
  1. The two dark spots on the sides of an adult cicada's head are its eyes.
       
  1. Adult cicadas need very little food.
       
  1. After laying their eggs, female cicadas die.
       
  1. Cicadas are harmless to people.

Last updated: 06/06/2006, by Jennifer Conner
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