Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden (1290l) - Middle School Reading Article Worksheet
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Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden (1290L)
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__________________
Notes on my thoughts,
Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden
reactions and questions as I
The Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden is now open at the Springfield Museums in
read:
Springfield, Massachusetts, the city where Theodor Seuss Geisel was born and which appears to
have inspired much of his work.
Sculptor Lark Grey Dimond-Cates, who is also Geisel's step-daughter, created the endearing
bronze sculptures of Dr. Seuss and his most beloved characters for the Springfield Library &
Museums Association, located in the heart of this city which is on the Connecticut River in
Western Massachusetts.
Clustered together at the corner of the Quadrangle green near the Springfield Library are three
large sculptural groupings:
Dr. Seuss and the Cat in the Hat: Theodor Geisel at his drawing board, with the Cat in
the Hat at his side.
Horton Court: A 14-foot Horton the Elephant stepping out of an open book,
accompanied by Thing One, Thing Two, Sam-I-Am, Sally and her brother, and
Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose.
The Storyteller: A Seussian storytelling chair, backed by a 10-foot-tall book with the
text of Oh, the Places You'll Go! with Gertrude McFuzz perched on top and the Grinch
and his dog, Max, peeking around the side.
At the far corner of the Quadrangle is the Lorax, which stands on a stump in front of the
Springfield Science Museum with his warning "Unless...," underscoring that museum's
environmental education mission.
Dr. Seuss national memorial sculpture garden. Tortus Technologies. Retrieved Feb. 28, 2012. Available at
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