Name: ______Per. ___ Date 9-15-16
Reading Check on the paragraphs 10-13from Malcolm X’s “Learning to Read”
Directions: Read the following questions paragraphs 10-13 of Malcolm X’s essay and fill in the blanks with the correct details from the reading. (Make sure your responses are spelled correctly and fit the sentences grammatically.)
Questions on paragraphs 10-13
1. Malcolm was so fascinated that he ______and copied the ______
next page.
2. He had the same ______that he did when he read back and studied the first page
he copied.
3. With every succeeding ______, he learned of people and ______and
______from history.
4. According to Malcolm, the dictionary is like a ______encyclopedia.
5. Finally, the dictionary’s A ______had filled a whole ______and he
______.
6. This was the way Malcolm eventually started ______what eventually became the entire
______.
7. It went a lot faster after so much ______helped him to ______handwriting
speed.
8. Between what he ______in his table and writing ______during
the rest of his ______, Malcolm guessed that he ______
______.
9. As his word-base ______, it was inevitable that Malcolm could for the first time
______and now begin to ______what the book was saying.
10. Anyone who has ______can imagine the ______that had
opened for Malcolm.
11. From then until he ______, Malcolm was ______on his
______, and you couldn’t have gotten him out of books with a ______.
12. Due to Malcolm studying of Mr. Muhammad’s teachings, his ______, his visitors,
and his reading of books, ______passed without him even ______
about being imprisoned.
13. Malcolm tells us that up to then, he had never been so ______free in his life.
14. Instructors at the Norfolk Prison colony came from such places as Harvard and Boston ______.
15. The ______was where ______between inmates were
held.
16. Malcolm tells us how we would be ______to know how worked up convict debaters
would get over ______like “Should Babies be Fed Milk?”
17. Available on the ______were books on just about every general subject.
18. A person named ______had ______to the prison a big
______of books.
Name: ______Per. ___ Date 9-15-16
Reading Check on the paragraphs 10-13from Malcolm X’s “Learning to Read”
Directions: Read the following questions paragraphs 10-13 of Malcolm X’s essay and fill in the blanks with the correct details from the reading. (Make sure your responses are spelled correctly and fit the sentences grammatically.)
Questions on paragraphs 10-13
1. Malcolm was so fascinated that he ______and copied the ______
next page.
2. He had the same ______that he did when he read back and studied the first page
he copied.
3. With everysucceeding______, he learned of people and ______and
______from history.
4. According to Malcolm, the dictionary is like a ______encyclopedia.
5. Finally, the dictionary’s A ______had filled a whole ______and he
______.
6. This was the way Malcolm eventually started ______what eventually became the entire
______.
7. It went a lot faster after so much ______helped him to ______handwriting
speed.
8. Between what he ______in his table and writing ______during
the rest of his ______, Malcolm guessed that he ______
______.
9. As his word-base______, it was inevitable that Malcolm could for the first time
______and now begin to ______what the book was saying.
10. Anyone who has ______can imagine the ______that had
opened for Malcolm.
11. From then until he ______, Malcolm was ______on his
______, and you couldn’t have gotten him out of books with a ______.
12. Due to Malcolm studying of Mr. Muhammad’s teachings, his ______, his visitors,
and his reading of books, ______passed without him even ______
about being imprisoned.
13. Malcolm tells us that up to then, he had never been so ______free in his life.
14. Instructors at the Norfolk Prison colony came from such places as Harvard and Boston ______.
15. The ______was where ______between inmates were
held.
16. Malcolm tells us how we would be ______to know how worked up convict debaters
would get over ______like “Should Babies be Fed Milk?”
17. Available on the ______were books on just about every general subject.
18. A person named ______had ______to the prison a big
______of books.
Name: ______Per. ___ Date 9-15-16
Reading Check on the paragraphs 10-13from Malcolm X’s “Learning to Read”
Directions: Read the following questions paragraphs 10-13 of Malcolm X’s essay and fill in the blanks with the correct details from the reading. (Make sure your responses are spelled correctly and fit the sentences grammatically.)
Questions on paragraphs 10-13
1. Malcolm was so fascinated that he ______and copied the ______
next page.
2. He had the same ______that he did when he read back and studied the first page
he copied.
3. With every succeeding ______, he learned of people and ______and
______from history.
4. According to Malcolm, the dictionary is like a ______encyclopedia.
5. Finally, the dictionary’s A ______a ______tablet and he
went on______.
6. This was the way Malcolm eventually started ______what ______became the
______dictionary.
7. Malcolm’s progress went ______after ______helped him to
pick up ______speed.
8. ______what he wrote in his ______and writing letters during
the rest of his time ______, Malcolm guessed that he wrote a
______words.
9. As his word ______broadened, it was ______that Malcolm could for the first time
______and read and now begin to understand what the book was ______.
10. ______who has read a ______can ______the
new world that had opened for Malcolm.
11. From ______until he left prison,in every ______he had, Malcolm
was reading in his ______if he was not reading in the prison ______.
and you couldn’t have ______with a wedge.
12. Due to Malcolm studying of ______teachings, his ______,
his ______,and his reading of books, ______passed without him
even thinking about ______.
13. Malcolm tells us that ______, he had never been so truly free ______.
14. Malcolm tells us how we would be amazed to ______convict
______would get over subjects like “Should Babies be Fed Milk?”
15. Available on the prison______were books on ______every subject.
16. Parkhurst, the president of the ______had ______
to the prison a ______of books.
17. Some of the books looked ancient, covers ______, old time______binding.
18. Parkhurst had the money and the ______interest to have a ______
that you ______in general circulation.