Flowers for Algernon Word of the Day

I've got to find the reason for the sharp _________ in Algernon. I've got to know if and when it will happen to me

(Pg. 14)

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Dr. Nemur and Strauss had less than noble __________ for doing the experiment on Charlie's brain.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

He was educated in the tradition of narrow __________; the broader aspects of background were neglected far more than necessary-even for a neurosurgeon.

(Pg. 11)

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

It's a strange __________ to pick up a book that you've read and enjoyed just a few months ago and discover that you don't remember it.

(Pg. 15)

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

But Dr. Strauss had a big argument with him and said an I.Q. didn't weigh ___________ at all. He said an I.Q. showed how much intelligence you could get, like the numbers on the outside of a measuring cup.

(Pg 8)

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Motor activity __________ I keep tripping over things, and it becomes increasingly difficult to type..

(Pg 15)

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

How was I to know that a highly respected psychoexperimentalist like Nemur was unacquainted with Hindustani and Chinese? It's _______ when you consider the work that is being done in India and China today in the very field of his study.

(Pg. 11)

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

I asked Dr. Strauss how Nemur could ________ Rahajamati's attack on his method and results if Nemur couldn't even read them in the first place.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Definition: the action of understanding, being aware of the feelings, thoughts, and experiences of another.

(academic word, not used in the story)

_____________

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The __________ here proven may be described simply in the following terms:.......