So You Want to Be President?
By Judith St. George
Due Friday, April 24, 2020
ALL questions are based on the 3 paragraphs below taken from the text So You Want to Be President?
The 3 paragraphs from the text are listed below:
· Every single President has taken this oath: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
· Only thirty-five words! But it’s a big order if you’re President of this country. Abraham Lincoln was tops at filling that order. “I know very well that many others might in this matter or as in others, do better than I can,” he said. “But…I am here. I must do the best I can, and bear the responsibility of taking the course which I feel I ought to take.”
· That’s the bottom line. Tall, short, fat, thin, talkative, quiet, vain, humble, lawyer, teacher, or soldier—this is what most of our Presidents have tried to do, each in his own way. Some succeeded. Some failed. If you want to be President—a good President—pattern yourself after the best. Our best have asked more of themselves than they thought they could give. They have had the courage, spirit, and will to do what they knew was right. Most of all, their first priority has always been the people and the country they served.
Questions:
First Read (Key Ideas and Details)
1. What is the oath or promise that U.S. Presidents make? The President promises to ________________________________________________________________________.
2. What example does the text give about a U.S. President who worked hard to keep his promise? ________________________________________ is an example of a U.S. President who worked to keep his promise.
3. What does the third paragraph say that good U.S. Presidents do? The third paragraph says that good U.S. Presidents _____________________________________________________.
Second Read (Craft and Structure)
4. Why did the author include Lincoln’s quote in paragraph 2? The author included Lincoln’s quote to show __________________________________________________________.
5. When the text says, “That’s the bottom line,” what point does the author make? The author uses “That’s the bottom line” to mean ______________________________________________________.
6. What does “pattern yourself after the best” mean in this text? In this text, “pattern yourself after the best” means that ____________________________________________________________________ .
7. What does the author of this text explain about what a President must do to be considered a good President? The author explains that a President must ________________________________________ to be considered a good President.
Third Read (Integration of Knowledge and Ideas)
8. How does the President’s oath guide him to do his best? The President’s oath guides him to do his best by _____________________________________________________________.
9. What is the author’s main point in this text? The author’s main point in this text is that Presidents __________________________________________________________.
Culminating Activity Answer the guiding question.
What must a President do to be thought of as a good President? A President must ______________________________________________________________ to be considered a good President. I know this because (give an example from the text) _____________________________________________________________.
Opinion:
In your opinion, would you want to be president? Explain why or why not? ( give examples from the read aloud)