8th Grade Reading__________________________

“The Moustache” by Robert Cormier                            Alex Rmz
                                                                                           Daniel Valdez

Before You Read
In the story you’re about to read, seventeen­year­old Mike visits his grandmother 
for the first time since she became ill and moved into the Lawnrest Nursing Home.  
Have you ever visited a nursing home?  What ideas do you have about nursing 
homes?  Fill in the cluster map with all the words and phrases that come to mind 
when you think about visiting someone in a nursing home.

It has a weird
smell.

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Before You Read: Quickwrite

Complete the following sentences:

* Most elderly people are sick.

* They like talk a lot because they feel alone.

* They don’t really care about what they are talking.

* Older people feel sad because the are left in there.

* They worry about dead and that you are not coming again.