Cheaper By The Dozen Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Lassis: Unit 1 Middle School Page 12
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14Vocabulary: hair, make-up, music, jazz, change
Chapter 17-18
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Soon, hair styles and clothes began to change. It was hard to keep the rules for the
oldest girls. They wanted to have short hair. They wanted to wear shorter skirts. They
wanted to wear silk stockings. First, mother and dad said, "no." Then, they changed the
rules.
Our family was changing.
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Our older sisters wanted to wear make-up. Dad and mother said that respectable girls
did not wear make-up. Dad called wearing make-up "painting." He would not have any
painted girls in his house! Dad said that he would send the girls to a convent if they tried
to wear make-up, short skirts, or stockings. A convent is a place where girls went to
become nuns in the Catholic Church. It was hard for mother and dad to see their girls
grow up.
Our family was changing.
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Music was changing, too. Jazz was popular with young people. Dad and mother did not
like jazz. But, we played jazz on our record players. Dad would shake his head.
Our family was changing.
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Then, our sister, Anne, wanted to go on a date with a boy. Dad said she could go, but
he had to come along. Dad said they must ride in his car. Anne was not happy, but she
wanted to go out. When dad tried to start his car, the engine would not work. Anne and
her date went out without dad. They rode in her date's car. Later, dad went out on other
dates with our sisters.
Our family was changing.
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Sometimes, our little brothers played tricks on the boys who came to date their big
sisters. They found a poem that one boy wrote to their sister. When the boy came to the
house, our little brothers hid in a corner and sang the poem out loud to the boy. The boy
was embarrassed and went home.
Our family was changing.
LASSIS: Unit 1 Middle School Adapted Text, July 2014
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