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TUTORING SESSION

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The fun they had
by isaac asimov

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BEFORE STARTING

● What can you see in this

picture?

● What is your experience

with the use of technology
in the classroom?

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 The Fun they had
What did you think the story was
about when you first read the title?

What is the story really about?

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“The Fun They Had” is a science fiction story by
Isaac Asimov.
In this story, two kids living in the year 2155 find a
“real” book written about “the old kind school.” In
those days, children are home-schooled, teachers
are robots, and books are computerized. So the old
style book and its contents are unusual and
surprising for these kids.

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Who is the author of
this story?
• Do you know this author?
• Have you read any other of
his stories?
• Do you know when he wrote
The Fun They Had?
ISAAC ASIMOV
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Isaac Asimov, (born January 2, 1920,
Petrovichi, Russia –died April 6, 1992, New
York, U.S.), American author and biochemist, a
highly successful and prolific writer of science
fiction and of science books for the layperson.
He wrote or edited about 500 volumes, of which
the most famous are those in the Foundation
and robot series.

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 setting
When does this story take place?

The story takes place in May

17, 2155.

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 CHARACTERS
Who are the main characters?
Who are the minor characters?
Can you find expressions that describe
the characters in the text?
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MAIN CHARACTERS
Margie Tommy
She is a curious He is Margie’s
eleven-year-old girl. She thirteen-year-old friend
dreams of an education who finds an extremely
that is interactive, old book in his attic. He
engaging, and involves has an air of superiority
other people. However, when Margie expresses
this vision is incompatible her ignorance about old
with her computerized schools.
and individualized model
of education.
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Minor characters
Margie’s Mother The County Inspector
She expects Margie to He is a mechanic who
succeed in her education fixes Margie’s mechanical
and is disappointed when teacher when the lessons
her daughter has are too difficult for her. He
difficulties with her is described as a “round
geography lessons. little man with a red face
and a whole box of tools”.

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 HERE ARE SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
STORY

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QUESTIONS
1. What did Margie write about in her diary?

2. Who told Margie once about real books?

3. Had Margie ever seen a book before?

4. Why had the pages of the book turned yellow

and crinkly?

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QUESTIONS
5. Where did Tommy find the old book?

6. How was the book that Tommy found different

from his own books?

7. Tommy thought the old books were funny and a

big waste. Why?

8. What was that book about?

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QUESTIONS
9. Why did Margie hate school?

10. What kind of teachers did Margie and Tommy

have?

11. Which part of the mechanical teacher did Margie

hate most and why? How did she write her test
papers?

12. What happened to Margie’s mechanical

teacher?
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QUESTIONS
13. What did the County Inspector do to improve
Margie’s performance?

14. How did Tommy describe the old kind of

teachers?

15. How was Margie’s school different from the

schools that existed hundreds of years ago?

16. Why did Margie think that children had fun at old
schools? Do you agree with her?
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PUNCH code

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Let’s discuss
Compare the “old schools” with Margie
and Tommy’s school.

What about your education?

Would you like to go to a school similar

to the one described in the story?

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 Themes
Let’s talk about the main topics in this
story…
 WHAT ARE THE MAIN Themes
OF THIS STORY?
Education

Books and preservation of the

past
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How can we transfer the
ideas discussed to
recent facts?

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 How was your
experience with
distance learning
during the covid-19
pandemic?

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What do you think about
the story? Did you like it?
Why? Why not?
thanks

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