Note to the teacher:
The purpose of this assignment is to familiarize the students with a new speaking and reading vocabulary in reference to menstruation and to reinforce previous work done with the “Words in Color” reading charts. Students may only be familiar with the vernacular terminology for menstruation. In this assignment they will learn to read, write and spell both the vernacular and the scientific terminology. Because I use the “Words in Color” charts, I have left blank words from the charts. If you are using a different reading program, you can leave blank any word you wish. For example, you may prefer to leave blank the new vocabulary words instead. If you use the lesson exactly as it is written, teach your students how to read and define the new vocabulary words before they start to fill in the blanks.
New Vocabulary
period
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menstruate
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flu
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curse
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menstrual
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tampons
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cramps
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menstruation
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sanitary napkins
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Directions: Fill in the blanks using the words from Charts 1 20.
An Embarrassing Situation
Last year my sister chart 1 was chart 12 teen years old. She had chart 2 yet gotten her period. My chart 2 told her not to chart 6 but Pat chart 12 n’t listen. Her friends at chart 10 had told her about “the curse” or their “rag days.” Sometimes they asked her if “her friend” had come yet. Pat looked for spots of chart 11 on her panties. One day she even chart 16 she had menstrual cramps, but she found out that she had the flu instead. She wanted to menstruate so that she could be like her friends and feel grown up. One night Pat and her chart 17 friend went to the movies. She wore her new white chart 2 and a chart 6 sweater. In the middle of the movie her boyfriend went to get some chart 1 corn, and she went to the bathroom. She saw a large chart 5 spot in the crotch of her pants. She knew she had started to menstruate. She had waited so long for this special chart 13 , and now she was stuck in the ladies’ room. If she left the room, people would see the red spot on her pants. Besides she had no tampons or sanitary napkins and even if she did, she wasn’t chart 12 that she chart 14 exactly how to use them. She felt so chart 14 . How could she get home?
If you are not using the “Words in Color” charts, use the words listed below to fill in the blanks.
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not
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mom
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Pat
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four
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worry
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school
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thought
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sure
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knew
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black
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pop
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dumb
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day
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blood
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pants
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red
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Assignment
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Finish writing this story either as a group story or as your own individual story.
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Assignment
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Write a story about a teenage boy who finds himself in an embarrassing situation similar to the one above. For example, he could have an involuntary erection on his first date.
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