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Dr. Seuss Biography (1280L)

Instructions: COMPLETE ALL QUESTIONS AND MARGIN NOTES

Read the following article carefully and make notes in the margin as you read.

Your notes should include:

o Comments that show that you understand the article. (A summary or statement of the main

idea of important sections may serve this purpose.)

o Questions you have that show what you are wondering about as you read.

o Notes that differentiate between fact and opinion.

o Observations about how the writer’s strategies (organization, word choice, perspective,

support) and choices affect the article.

Your margin notes are part of your score for this assessment.

Answer the questions carefully in complete sentences unless otherwise instructed.

Student ____________________________Class Period__________________

Dr. Seuss Biography

Notes on my thoughts,

reactions and questions as I

Synopsis

read:

Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts.

He published his first children's book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry

Street, under the name of Dr. Seuss in 1937. Next, came a string of best sellers,

including The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham. His rhymes and characters

are beloved by generations.

Early Life

Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts to

Theodor Robert Geisel, a successful brew master, and Henrietta Seuss Geisel. At

age 18, Geisel left home to attend Dartmouth College, where he became the editor

in chief of its humor magazine, Jack-O-Lantern. When Geisel and his friends were

caught drinking in his dorm room one night, in violation of Prohibition law, he was

kicked off the magazine staff, but continued to contribute to it using the pseudonym

“Seuss.” After graduating from Dartmouth, Geisel attended Oxford University in

England, with plans to eventually become a professor. While at Oxford, he met his

future wife, Helen Palmer, whom he married in 1927. That same year, he dropped

out of Oxford, and the couple moved back to the United States.

Early Career

Upon returning to America, Geisel decided to pursue cartooning full-time, and his

articles and illustrations were published in numerous magazines, including Life and

Vanity Fair. A cartoon that he published in the July 1927 issue of The Saturday

Evening Post, his first time using the pen name "Seuss," landed him a staff position

at the New York weekly Judge. He then worked for Standard Oil in the advertising

department, where he spent the next 15 years. His ad for Flit, a common insecticide,

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Dr. Seuss Biography (1280l) - Middle School Reading Article Worksheet