Vale Middle School Reading Article
Are You a Loser? (700L)
1. Comprehension Questions
Thomas Edison says he didn’t fail 1,000 times. Instead of failing, how did he look at his attempts to invent
to invent the lightbulb?
What reason does Michael Jordan give for being successful?
List three items Steve Jobs helped to create that help to demonstrate his success.
List two of George Washington’s failures.
2. Based on the context of the selection, what does each word listed below mean? Use each in a quality
sentence that relates to you personally. (In other words, the sentence needs to be about you.)
slew:
resilience:
cringes:
dejected:
Are you a loser? Scholastic Magazine. April 2, 2012.