"The Electric Boogaloo/ Just Be Yourself" Daily Grade

In "You Are the Electric Boogaloo", what activity does the author focus on in his letter his teenage self?

• Reading

• Break Dancing

• Singing

• Vandalism

In "You Are the Electric Boogaloo", what does the teen author scream when security comes to escort him out of the mall?

• I love your break- dancing crew, ok?

• It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

• Dancing is not a crime!

• Don't beat yourself up over it, okay?

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In "Just Be Yourself!", why did the author join so many clubs when she was a teenager? (Select TWO)

• She was trying to find her talents and skills.

• She was trying to make friends.

• Because she was forced by her parents
• To improve her college applications

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In "Just Be Yourself", what did the author tell her teen self is happening as a result of all the time she is spending trying to find herself?

• She is preparing for her future.

• She is making a lot of new friends.

• She is too busy to enjoy her life.

• She is actually losing herself.

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Reread paragraph 6 of "You Are the Electric Boogaloo".

“I love that you have the guts to go into Kennedy mall in Dubuque, Iowa, to dance across from Hot Sam’s Pretzels. You and your buddies go for broke in front of a small, glum crowd (who all eat Hot Sam’s pretzels), and when security comes to escort you out, you scream, ‘Dancing is not a crime!’ I love that.” (Paragraph 6)

What impression does the author create with the details in this section of the text?

• The writer creates a humorous picture of the boys' feelings of self-importance in the midst of a fairly ordinary place and situation.

• The writer creates a serious picture of a crime that was committed in a mall.

• The author creates a sad image of dancers who are forced to stop dancing in a famous public place.

• The author creates a hopeful image of dancers who hope to become famous by being discovered at a local mall.

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What context clues would help someone define the word "immense" in this sentence?

"Your immense dorkiness as a teen will be the center of your artistic life, the center of your sense of humor, the center of ongoing friendships with so many of the kids you knew back then."

• The word "center" repeated

• The use of the word "artistic"

• so many of the kids

• ongoing friendships

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What context clues would help someone define the word "majestic" in this sentence from "You Are the Electric Boogaloo"?

"You guys never discuss the relatively boring victories - you only talk about the grand, majestic, hilarious failures."

• grand

• boring

• hilarious

• victories

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Reread Paragraph 13 of "You Are the Electric Boogaloo".

“What if you hit it big at that contest? Would you be a professional break - dancer now? Would success have gone to your head? Or would you be a rich banker? Or a lawyer? Terrible!” (Paragraph 13)

What do you think the author means by asking these questions? What is he trying to say about the importance of failure?

• The author is embarrassed about his past. He has moved on to a serious career and is ashamed of his younger self's goofy personality.

• The author is wanting answers from his past self about why he wasn't more successful in life. He resents the choices he made in the past.

• The author means that if he and won the breakdancing contest, he would probably still not be a successful break dancer, and without the funny experience, he might be a more boring person.

• The author means that if he had won the breakdancing contest, he would have been a famous break dancer, and this story will haunt him forever as a missed opporutnity.

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What context clues would help someone define the word "numerous" in this sentence from "Just Be Yourself"? (Select TWO)

"I just counted and you're in eighteen [clubs], not to mention the numerous after school activities you're involved in."

• counted

• eighteen

• mention

• involved

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1. The title of the second selection "Just Be Yourself" is an idiom. Idioms are commonly used expressions that are not meant literally. Based on the text, what do you think the phrase "Just Be Yourself" means?

• Try to act in your ordinary, natural way

• Try to be normal and act like everyone else

• Try to accomplish all of your goals

• Don't go by a nickname

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